The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-12-10
evening l will bring her home to you
and her father

Halo" cried Polly, putting ner
sancy, sunny face in at the door next
morning when breakfast was ready: Il
thought l was fetched last night I"
80 You were, Polly, but | asked
leave to keep you here for the day, and
to take you home in the evening"
Upon my word" said Polly. You
are very cool, amt you I"
However, Polly seemed TO think 1t n
good idea, and added, Il suppose must
give you kiss, though you are cool"
The kiss given and taken, they sat down
to breakfast in highly conversational
tone.
"Of course, you are going to amuse
me - said Polly.
20, of course" said Barbox Brothers.
In the pleasurable height of her an
ticipations, Polly found indispensable
to put down her piece of toast, cross one
of her little fat knees over the other,
and bring her little fat right hand down
in her left hand with a business-like
slap. After this gathering of herself
together, Polly, by that time, mere
heap of dimples, asked in whcedling
manner: What are you going TO do,
you dear old thingi"
"Why, was thinking" said Barbox
Brothers, but you are fond of horses,
Polly p
ponies, 1 am," said Polly, especially
when their tails are long. But horses
n-no-too big, you know"
"Wcll," pursued Barbox Brothers in
spirit of grave mysterious confidence
adapted to the Importance of the CON
sultation, II did see, yesterday, Polly,
on the walls, pictures of two long-tailed
ponies, speckled all over"
4" ,"No, no, Nor cried Polly, in an ecs-
tatic desire to lingcr on the charming
details, mot specklcd all Overw
"Speckled all over. Which ponies
Jump through hoops"
"No, no, Now cried Polly rs before.
"They never jump through hoops"
Eyes, they do. o assure You they do
And eat pie in pinafores-'
ponies eating pies in pinafores"
said Polly. what story-tellcr you
are, amt yOui" =.
Upon my honor. And fire off guns"
(Polly hardly seemed to feel the force
of the ponies resorting to fire-arlns.)
"And / was thinking" pursued the
exemplary Barbox, that ifyou and
/ were to 20 to the Circus where
these ponies are, it would do our consti-
tutions good.'
Docs that mean amusc MS p inquir-
ed Polly. What long words you do use,
don't your
Apologize for having wandered ont
of his depth, he replied: THAT means
amuse us. That is exactly what 1t
means. There are many other wonders
besides the ponies, and we shall see
them all. Ladies and gentlemen in
spangled dresses, and elephants and
lions and tigers"
Polly became observant of the teapot,
with curled up nose, indicating some
uncasiness of mind. "They never get
ont, of course" she remarked, as mere
| truism.
"The elephants and lions and tigers :
o dear mop
"Odear now said Polly. "And Of course
uobody's afraid of the ponies shooting
anybody"
mot the least in the world"
"No, no, not the least in the world
said Polly.
II was also thinking" proceeded Bar
box, "that if we were to look in mt the
toy-shOp, to choose doll
s'Not dressedr cried Polly, with a clap
or rIer hauls. "Eo, no, NO, not dress
edw
"Full dressed. Together with house,
and all things necessary for housckcep-
ing
Polly gave little scream, and seemed
/ =. 4. g Lii.
"What darling you are" she languidly
\ exclaimed, leaning back i'll her chair.
"Come and he hugged, or must come
and hug you
This reSplendcnt programme was car
ried into execution with the utmost rig
or of the law. 1t being essential to make
the purchase of the doll its first feature
or that lady would have lost the ponies
the toy-shop expedition took prcce-
dence. Polly in the magic warehouse,
with Il doll as large as herself under
each arm, and n neat assortment OF
some twenty more on view upon the
counter, did indeed present spectacle
of iudeeision not quite compatible with
unallOyed happiness, but the light
cloud passed. The lovely specimen Of
tencst chosen, oftencst rejected, and
finally abidcd by, was of Circassian de-
scent possessing as much boldness of
! beauty as was recOncilablC with e&-
trcmc feeblcncsS of mouth, and cOmbin-
ing a sky-blue silk pClisse with rose
colOred satin trousers, and black vel
vet hat: which this fair stranger Ia our
northern shores would seem TO have
! founded on the portraits of the late
Duchess of Kent. The name this
distinguished foreigner brought with
| her from beneath the glowing
skies of sunny cline was (on POlly's
authority Miss Melluka, and the costly
nature of her outfit as a housekeeper,
from the Barbox Golfers, may be inferred
from the two facts that her silver tea
spoons were as large as her kitchen po-
ker, and that the proportion of her
watch exceeded those of her frying-pan.
Miss Melluka was graciously pleased
to express her entire appreciation Of the
circus, and so was Polly; for the ponies
ree speckled, and brought down no.
body when they fired, and the savagcTy
of the wild beasts appeared to be mere
smoke,-which article, in fact, they
produce in large quantities from their
insides. The Barbox absorption in the
general subject throughout the realiza-
ton of these delights was again
a sight to see, nor was it less worthy TO
behold at dinner, when he drank to Miss
Melluka, tied stiff in a chair opposite to
Polly (the Circassion possessing an un-
bendable spine,) and even induced the
waitOr to assist in carrying out with
due decorum the prevailing glorious
idea. To wind up, there came the
agreeable fever of getting Miss Melluka
and all her wardrobe and rich posses
sions into fly with Polly, to be taken
home. But by that time Polly had be-
come unable to look upon such aceu-
mulated joys with waking eyes, and had
withdrawn her consciousness into the
wonderful Paradise of a childs sleep.
"Sleep, Polly, sleep" said Barbox
Brothers, as her head dropped on his
shoulder; ''you shall not fall ont of this
bed. easily. at any rate"
What rustling piece of paper he took
from his pocket, and carefully folded
| into the bosom of Polly's frock shall not