DEAN'S
Illustrated Farthing Books.
BE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER.
LONDON: DEAN & SON,
11, Ludgate Hill.
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BE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER.
Lily Stuart and Ellie Graham were very nearneighbours, and very dear friends. They attended the same school, and[Pg 3]whenthat was over, they spent most of their leisure time in playingwith each other.
Ellie's younger sister, May, was also a great friend of Lily's, andjoined with them in all their plays; but as she was in a differentclass at school, Ellie and Lily were rather more constantly together.At any other time, however, wherever you saw one of the little girls,you were almost sure of seeing the three; indeed, the two sisters wereso seldom separated, that Lily's little brother Frank, who was veryfond of them both, used to call each of them "Ellie and May"—he heardthem so constantly spoken of together.
At a school which these little girls attended, there was a reward givenfor good conduct and perfect lessons, at the end of each week. This wasa beautiful silver medal, with "Reward of Merit" engraved upon it. Thiswas to be worn the following week, and very happy it made any littlegirl to show her friends this proof of her good scholarship.
There were so many good children at this school, that the kind teacher[Pg 4]wassometimes puzzled to know on whom to bestow it, and thus she wasobliged to make her rules quite strict; and one of them was, that thechildren must not miss a day from school, if they wished to receive themedal.
Ellie and Lily had been longer at this school than May; so when sheentered it, she became very anxious to deserve the medal. Two or three[Pg 5]timesshe almost gained it, and then, by necessary absence, lost itagain. Finally, four days of the week had passed, and May had not oncemissed in her lessons or conduct. Very perfectly did she study her taskfor Friday, and went to sleep to dream of the medal.
Alas! when she woke the next morning, she found the ground coveredwith snow, and the streets looking quite impassable. Still she hopedshe might get to school, when a man who lived in the neighbourhood ofthe school-house, came to Mrs. Stuart on an errand, and he told May'sgrandmamma, that no child could get past a crossing a few streets off,on the way to school. So May, who was rather a delicate child, had tostay at home. Bitter was her disappointment, and still worse did shefeel, when, a few moments after, Ellie and Lily came running in—theircheeks as red as roses—to see if May was ready for school. They, too,felt very badly when they heard she had to stay at home, for they, like...