Article September 21, 1899 Issue

Nell and the Children

From a narrative by B. Q. R.

The Christian Register

"I shall be sorry to leave you, Nell; but I actually burn to put into practice the many things I have been learning here. Above all, I'm going to love those children in my school. You needn't think you mothers have all the good work to do. I'm going to be a secondary mother; and, in the case of the stupid and naughty children, who of course are always the most uninteresting to the teacher, I'm going to look for what their mothers find in them. Who can tell how much good I may do?"

"Who, indeed?" said Nell.

"But how I shall miss Doris and Frank! Do you know, I think the principal charm of that little girl of yours is her unaffectedness. When we were in the electric car the other day, I particularly noticed how wanting in self-consciousness she is. She was telling me about something she had seen; and, although she was not a bit noisy, all in the car who could see her seemed listening to her little story. It was so pretty! Her little hands went fluttering about, and her eyes sparkled; but she was quite unaware of the attention she drew. I felt proud of the child. How have you managed, with all her attractiveness and originality, to keep her so unconscious?"

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