SHE SURPRISED THEM.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1899, Page 2 (Supplement)

SHE SURPRISED THEM.

Presence of mind has turned defeat into victory for generals on the ba||3^; field, for statesmen in the Senate chamber, and for lawyers in the courtroom. It is a rare gift, but aW young woman,-who lives, in the.liitte town of Hawthorne, in the pipe.TygSP of Florida, possesses it to an unuspl degree. The Sunday .school to wt| dl she belongs recently gave a SiiiMW school concert, and though she « hardly five years old, she sho^ef! sflefi willingness to contribute 1o I.he. success of the occasion that she -yeas ?»* trusted by her teacher with the recitation of a verse. , She applied herself to.her task, &n<j at the preliminary rehearsal aequitteo herself to the delight of her teagM and the envy of her classmates. The Sunday afternoon came at W"1 The church was crowded, and th£ ercises began. The little girl as 1B * flutter. At last the long awaite4 s?°" ment arrived, and the superintesg^ announced her name. She tpdPp bravely up the aisle, and with;** 1! help of his hand mounted the« . and stood on the platform fadng.w> people. 'Oh, what a lot of folks all IooKHJf ■ at me!' she thous-ht.

In fact, like many an older WF" in a similar situation, that was an f£ could think of. The verse which sne knew so well that she had been it in her sleep she could not thin* « at all. , ... But she was not the child to g»" ,: way to defeat without a struggleshe couldn't think of that verge, W* could of another, and so while W; congregation were hushed to W_the first syllable from her faWP»S lips, she piped up in a shrill tteDW- v

Needles and pins, Needles and pins,

When you get married the trouble b#** " In one respect, at least, her iW tion was the success of the afternOP*

EITHER WAY. < He: 'You will some day regret* fusing me.' She: 'Really?' .-, flB He: 'Really. If you livejgMm old maid you will regret this *MJjj' arid if you marry some Wlw'i-,■.;; will feel sure I would have .»»? * better husband.' i