The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-14
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was told to hold out her pinafore while the.
mistress counted apples into it for apudding;
the pinafore was not half full when the mis-
tress was called away, and then little kie,
left alone, looking II all the bright. rosy ap,
pies, laying in rows on the low eheif, found
the temptation too great for her, and bit one
OF them, which she hastily returned 70 its
place When the mistress came back and
found the little culprit, with cheeks snffnsed
with crimson, and head hanging down, she
easily discovered what had happened, and
then in spite of her promises that she would
be good, sne was summarily punished and put
to bed.
''She is but . child said Sally. !
'che Is q naughty child, said the mis-
tress, ''and its just she should be punished. 2
les, ma am," Sally ventured to say,
'.only somehow if You re angry when you do
ii, won't she think you don love herr
Dear me, Sally. nov foolish you are.
don want her to think love her when she
is naughty, but only when she is good
oh, don't you, madam replied Sally
doubtfully. Well. ma am. no doubt but you
know best?i
III must be jns., continued the mistress
she shall be INDUCED when she's good but
shall never overlook ii when she is naugh~
iy
The mistress was as good as her word, and
a. little lie WAS often naughty IN her child
ish way, il followed that she was often pun
lshea, till once seeing her dear Sally crying
after the mistress had been more than usually
angry, she climbed up her knee and made
many pretestations that she never would be
naughty airy more, and make Sally cry
Poor little kie, she had her troubles. but
she loved Sally dearly; and perhsp, child as
she was, she had sometimes, when the rain
was pouring down and the wind bowling out
SIDE, dim perception that she had been saved
from dreaTy. iolisone. and evil life, and II
was strangely better TO sit with Sally in the
cheerful kitchen. and hear the rosebuds tap
ping. than TO wander up and down those ever !,
iengthenlng roads, cold and hungry ana neg
lected. And now she had been very good /,
for a long time: and by Consequences. she |
was very happy, and The time passed very
rApialy, Till all tAe snow mad melted awavanr |
the garden was full Of croeuses and snow
drops; i seemed only few days aud they :
wertevef. and she could witch the rosebHds /
coming oati ard then II seemed q very little /
tine l0neet before sally Was constantly tel~ /
ing her 10 uick the rose leaves no and throw !
them out, when they dritfed III al the win /
dow.
Al last one day, one sorrowful day, the /
mistress eane into the kitchen 10 make
rh3sln padding. wlle she sent SuEy and iit-
IL hie q the shep, and during their absence
she twisted NJ some few raisins in d paper
and laid them on the dresser, intending 10
give them to the child when she came in
But Sally came ii very late and when she
iild "a rabbit and papers OF sugar, rice and
lea on the table and then proceeded to count
or eggs and produce. apples and other good
things. the mistress forgot the raiSins. aud
pashed back her -four and I'll her apparatus.
10 make room far tie groceries. sally was
mo- 4 good ACCOUNTANT, AMI she had scarcely
made but the price Of each article and pro
dueed the change. when some friends came
to see the mistress. aud she went into the
parior.
When they were gone, she remembered
her intended presen, and came back nio the
kitchen; she removed every parcel and
every dish. searched the dresser. and looked
on the Floor, but the paper OF raisiEs vas not
10 be- found, it was gone.
Come here, little he. she said gravely
.tdid yca see paper 81 raisins on the table
when you came home
= y es. ma am said the child, whose small
hands were closely easped behind her.
And do you know what has become of
them - /.
NO, dou't-l'm sure don't" replied
the child and her delicate neck aud face be-
came suaaseG with crimson
''Oh, my dear exclaimed Sally, III
she II speak the truth. ] knew misses WOE
be So angry wiih her. G, she viii speak the
tru'b ! know.
Il did, ] did. cried the child, with nn
outbreak Of tears.
sally upau this searched the floor and ts
hes and nothing could tie clearer tnnn THAT
the raisins were not there alas, They
could nos doubt that she had eaten them. for /
she had been left alone IN the kitchen for 8 I
few minutes. and Sally herself admitted that
they could 10; have gone without hands.
Now i YOU vii speak the truth. said
the mistress grayey and confess that you
took those ralsins -
~ didn't" repeated the child. now too {
much in passion 10 care wha; she said, Il
don't want the nasty raisins, and won't have
tAesa.
'.0h. this viii never do said the mistress;
s'saliy. really must correct ber?'
VIII she tell 1t ali 2 said Sally. once more.
shopping oser the child, for she had flung
herself on the floor and was soDbing and
Screaming. But 10. httle lie would only
Struggle ~ f ht her. ill al another bidding
SIZE went wltn sorrowful heart to fetch q
rod, and when she came back she found the
child in such passion. that she ventured TO
demonstrate, though she sill hurriidly looked
hbout with the vague hope that she might
have spoken The truth AFTER all.
Poor little RE, she was so very nauChtT.
Sally WIS the more grieved because lately
she had always spoken the truth; bnt now
when nj haur after her punishment. the mis-
tress csrne IL amin. and offered TO forgive
he- on cord ii3on IS her speaking .he truth,
she sallsHlF walked into the corner and sob
bed ami weisld nai say word.
4fhsn. sally. you mus; 70 these erraDds
by yourself said the mistress; II meant to
hut
slay hnre d. herself
i8.ile HE looked ~ ns she went away. and
sas ,ha. she was very steru and angry. O.
Icw litiie either OF them thought they should
rever look one another in the face again.
Sally went away. 1t was precious afternoon.
and the kifehen door leading into the back
ra-den was open. Little RE was At frs, dis
consoiate. bat soon the light spirits Of child
hood began to assert themselves, and she be-
run 10 play, though very quietly, and with an
occasional sob, till at last. O woefnl mis-
chance. she knocked down a cheese plate.
il fell gathering upon the floor, and broke
into fifty pieces one moment she stood
sgast then her terrified fancy feicned step
uoon the stairs she darted through The
open door and rushed down the garden
Where she should ro TO escape the anger Of
the mistress. she scarcely knew but she came
10 the garden wicket. il let into a lane.
She ran away, no one knew what
became Of her.
There was a man who said, some time az
terward. thai be met her that night, about
shutdown. wandering over the moor, but he
had asked her no questions, for he thought
some of her friends must be near at hand
In the course Of time many minors were
abroad respecting her but nothing was ever
SHOWN. Little RE was not" she had van
ished from her place like dream
But weeks
aftsA when poor Sallys simple heart was
getting used to missing the child, the mistress
came into the kitchen and took down little
covered jar full of caraway seeds. from q
shelf over the dresser; mist seemed to rise
and shut cat the Sunshine within and with
out. for there lay the paper Of rasins; in an
instant she knew it again, and knew that in
her hurry and confusion she herself threw it
in. Yes. that little lar had been standing
beside her Then into it she must have Ell
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