the world. It was no use to read and be industrious, for if a person

was not well-born, he could never achieve anything. "And those whose

names end with 'sen,'" said she, "can never be anything at all. We

must put our arms akimbo, and make the elbow quite pointed, so as to

keep these 'sen' people at a great distance." And then she stuck out

her pretty little arms, and made the elbows quite pointed, to show how

it was to be done; and her little arms were very pretty, for she was a

But the little daughter of the merchant became very angry at