Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1881 — The Girl Everybody Likes. [ARTICLE]

The Girl Everybody Likes.

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envy or malice in her whole composition. She enjoys herself and wants everybody rise to do the same. She has always a kind word and a pleasant smile for the oldest man or woman: in fact, I can think of n<f hteg she resembles more than ai sunbeam, which brightens everything it comes in contact with. 6

All pay her marked attention, from rich Mr. Watts, who lives in the mansion on the hill, to negro Sam, the sweep. All look after her with an admiring eye, and say to themselves, “She is Just the right sort of a ghri."- - The young men or the town vie with one another as to who shall show her the most attention, but she never encourages them beyond being simply kind and jolly; so no one can call ner a flirt; no, indeed, 'be young men would deny such an assertion as quickly as she. Girls—wonderful to relate—like her, too, for she never- delights In hurting their feelings or saying spiteful things behind their backs. She is always willing to join in their little plans and assist them in any way. They go to her with their love affairs, and she manages adroitly to see Willie or Peter and drop a good word for Ida or Jennie, until their httle difficulties are all patched up, and everything goes on smoothly again—thanks to her. Old ladies say sbe is ‘'delightful.” The sly witch—she knows how to manage them. She listens patiently to complaints of the rheamatism or neur&lgia, and then sj mpatizes with them so heartily that they are half- cared. - But she cannot be always with us. A young man comes from a neighboring town by-and-bye and marries her. The villagers crowd around to tell him what a prize he has won, but he seems to know It pretty well without any tolling, to judge from his face. So sbe leaves us. and it is uot long before we hear from that place. She is there the woman everybody Hkeg.