Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-10-25
a Story for Grown People.
BY A VERY LITTLE BOY.

And how would you like it your
seif?" SAID WiIlie,s fairy godmother
/ knitting away very fast on her spi
der's sil K stockings. .ii ~
Willie's mamma opened her eye'
wide under The muslin border OF hel
niehlcap. This was before the dres
sing bell, you unlerstand; and th,
fairy godmother having slipped
down the chimney, had perclred her
self on the bedpost, where she sat il
spectacles and high crowned cap
with her legs twisted around the
post, looking more like nightmare
than 4 respectable fairy godmother
And, she said 10 mamma. yawning 2
But one must have discipline
I you know"
Il agree with YOU" ssid the fairy
sharply. so 10 commence with, ge
up: you should be ashamed to hest
tate and dawdle thus. Yeu ought Il
have the habit ofspringing up at th'
! first tinkle Of the bell
( Now if mamma was anything a
this particular moment she wa.
sleepy, and she put her nose dowr
among the pillows, and gave hersel
little twist, and would have liked
very well not to hear the fairy god
mother
"W hat = perVerse, unmanageablt
creature you are!" said the fairy dis
approvingly. If you could see nov
the expression of your face, and al
/, because Required Of YOU something
7 that IS Tor your good! How sicN
you are with your lseing! and no
mamma, not the brown dress, but the
gray one, if you please!'- 0n
! "But why not---' '"t'
! do you answer me back" cried
the fairy; ''the gray dress, / say, and
no arguments"
/ "But il Is so -" commenced
mamma when,
"Silencei" commanded Willie's
fairy godmether, with such look in
her little black eyes that mamma
thought it prudent to comply, and
get into the gray dress as fast as
possible, though she disliked it, and
only wore it on dismal occasions like
washing days. 1t fitted her i'll, and
she felt addressed, and she was very
wrathful at being twitched out of her
sleep; and though she did not dare to
explode, she did splash the water
and twitch about the ever; and
"Such evidences of temper must be
punished" declared the fairy, sol
emnly. you will remain at home
to-day in place of calling on Mrs.
Greenleaf"
But Mrs. Greenleaf sails for En
rope this afternoon! cried mamma,
aghast.
"Sorry to deprive you of your
farewell; but as you remarked to
Willie, when you kept him at home
from the picnic that he had antici-
pated for six weeks, do it for your
own. good, inv dear" a--s-
She is my dearest friend and i
must see her." said mamma, reso-
lutely. "She would never forgive
my absence. Really, dame, this
passes a joke"
$50 Willie thought. You may
remember he threw himself on the
ground in a sort of despair and that
he would not be eomforted; but as
you very properly remarked, ill-tem-
per must be curbed.r
But" interrupted mamma, al
most beside herself, 'you surely
don't comprehend"
"Did l ever say yes, when i had
once said nor asked the fairy god
mother, austerely Il am sorry for
your disappointment; but - why
tease? We must have discipline,
YOU know
Here the breakfast bell rang, and
as by this time mammals temper was
turned entirely wrong side out, she
went down to the breakfast room and
seated herself with a sullen face,
while the fairy godmo.her took her
place at the head of the table with a
smiling air of having been very pa
tient in doing her duty.
"And what ails mamma this morn
iDg?" asked papa, looking at her in
surprise,
I'VE have had a naughty mamma
here" said the fairy gedmother,
smiling more than ever "a very
rebellious, cross little woman she has
been this morningl''
All the people at the table concen-
trate themselves in stare at man
ma, who feels guiltier and worse
than ever. .1se . .g- ~
"You don't tell what made me- i'll
tempered" thinks mamma.
"Yery sorry to hear this said
papa. disapprovingly.
Out flies the cork of msmma's bot
tied wrath.
''You would be cross, too, if-'' e
mammal mammal" Papa and
fairy godmother cry in full chorus
How dare you, Madam. Go and
stand in the corner!'' si ''1e'