St Nicholas [serial] . long, they came to words-What else could be expected ? Till E made D, J, C and TDecidedly dejected. DOINGS OF THE POLLYS CHRISTMAS SOCIETY IO9 Now, through it all, the ConsonantsWere rudest and uncouthest, , While all the pretty Vowel girlsWere certainly the smoothest. And simple U kept far from Q,With face demure and moral, Because, she said, we are, we two,So apt to start a quarrel ! But spiteful P said, Pooh for U ! (Which made her feel quite bitter), And, calling O, L, E to help,He really tried to hit her. Cried A, Now E and C, come here ! If both will aid a minute,G
St Nicholas [serial] . long, they came to words-What else could be expected ? Till E made D, J, C and TDecidedly dejected. DOINGS OF THE POLLYS CHRISTMAS SOCIETY IO9 Now, through it all, the ConsonantsWere rudest and uncouthest, , While all the pretty Vowel girlsWere certainly the smoothest. And simple U kept far from Q,With face demure and moral, Because, she said, we are, we two,So apt to start a quarrel ! But spiteful P said, Pooh for U ! (Which made her feel quite bitter), And, calling O, L, E to help,He really tried to hit her. Cried A, Now E and C, come here ! If both will aid a minute,Good P will join in making peace, Or else the mischiefs in it. And smiling E, the ready sprite,Said, Yes, and count me double. This done, sweet peace shone oer the scene,And gone was all the trouble 1 Meanwhile, when U and P made up,The Consnants looked about them, And kissed the Vowels, for, you see,They could nt do without them. DOINGS OF THE POLLYS CHRISTMAS SOCIETY. (As told by One of its Members.) By Olive HAT started thething, I dont re-member. Oh, Ibelieve Nell Tain-tor proposed it ;anyway, it wassplendid, and I 11tell you all aboutit. We girls had asociety, you know,and we had ntanything in par-ticular to do; andNell proposedthat we shouldmake somethingfor Polly StevensChristmas. Polly s a realnice girl, and usedto go to our school,she fell on the ice last winter, and hurt her, and she has to lie down all the time; sheeven stand up a minute. ell, we used to go and see her as often as weL1; but, of course, we had our lessons, and prac-„ and other things, out of school; and so sheto get awfully lonesome, Nell said, because she!nt do much of anything, and she had read every book Nell had,—Nell lived next door, andused to run in. And she staid alone ever so much,because her mother s a dress-maker, and has to goout, and she did nt have things very comfortable;the doctors bills were so large, that her motherhad as much as she could do to get along. When Nell told
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