. Harper's young people . hich forms a part of the costume of every Indian girl inMexico. The boy. however, was more talkative, and told 376 HARPERS YOUNG PEOPLE. VOLUME IV. me his name was Carlito, which is also the name of manyof my readers, only perhaps they do not know that littleboys who talk Spanish say Carlito instead of sisters name was Luzita, which means very prettyand bright; and very pretty and bright she was, with herplump nut-brown cheeks, her streaming black hair, andher beautiful eyes. I had a copy of YOUNG PEOPLE in my hand, and assomething had to be done to overco
. Harper's young people . hich forms a part of the costume of every Indian girl inMexico. The boy. however, was more talkative, and told 376 HARPERS YOUNG PEOPLE. VOLUME IV. me his name was Carlito, which is also the name of manyof my readers, only perhaps they do not know that littleboys who talk Spanish say Carlito instead of sisters name was Luzita, which means very prettyand bright; and very pretty and bright she was, with herplump nut-brown cheeks, her streaming black hair, andher beautiful eyes. I had a copy of YOUNG PEOPLE in my hand, and assomething had to be done to overcome the shyness ofthese two little Indians, I opened it, and showed them apretty picture of some soldier boys marching in grand re-view. A smile rippled all over Carlitos brown face. Look, Luzita, he cried—look at the little soldiers. The blue cotton mantle fell from the pretty eyes, andLuzita was soon chattering merrily with her brother overthe wonderful pictures. In the city of Mexico are a great number of little In- 1. CARLITO AND LUZITA. dians. They are a very busy little people, and run aboutthe streets or sit at the corners all day long, selling fruit,sweetmeats, little baskets and brooms which they makethemselves, funny little brown jars and plates just largeenough for toy kitchen furniture, and many other inter-esting things. But among them all there are few so in-telligent and pretty as Carlito and Luzita. These two little children had kind parents, who, al-though they could neither read nor write, knew the im-portance of knowledge, and sent Carlito and Luzita toschool. They were very studious, and had learned torend their little primer and to make big letters on theirslates, when one sad morning their papa lay sick andquiet with closed eyes, and before night he was dead. They lived in a tiny cottage on the banks of one of theold canals which lead from the city of Mexico to the largelake lying miles away at the foot of the mountains. It was not a pretty white cottage
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