The Lincoln County herald., 1871-07-27
Children's Department
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gill the yellow curl, shook aii over il
like dancing sunbeams. "Es, IN tomc
sometime 90 stay one, eve, ave. 50 many
days"
"Thats righa," answered grandma,
Aking one move good smack from the
plump little lips. Don't forget it," and
then grandma started for home. Dot sat
and watched her till she vas OUT of sight,
then turned her attention to her unfir-
ished bowl Of bread and milk.
The next afternoon, Dot was out 10 the
garden at play with Spot. Spot was her
pet kitten, pretty little white thing
with the cuuuingest black spot on the
top Of her nose. Dot loved Ter kitten
about the best of anything in the world.
II love papa, oh ! erer SO much, an
mamma q bushel, an Spotty oh
loves Spotty lots!'
Spotty returned her little mistress
affection, for she followed her about all
day, slept at her feet nights, aud very
often shared Dots bowl Of bread and
milk.
can't say what put the idea into her
head that afternoon, but she determined
to pay grandma visit. don't suppose
she thought Of the possibility of losing
her way. Hadn't she watched grandma
out Of sight ever so many times? Of
course she had, and knew the way she
went.
So, calling Spotty, and taking her big
pink sun.b bonnet in her hand, for it was
very warm, she crawled through a gap
in the fence where ono Of the pickets was
off, and passed into the road.
She trudged of along the grassy high.
way, singing, and talking to Spotty, who
seemed to relish the runaway as we'll as
her little mistress.
Dot went along very slowly, for her
eyes caught sight Of many strange things
along the road. Here she found pretty
stone all over moss, like velvet, and thore
she found wec, cunning littl, flower.
Then she had to stop and listen to the
birds singing in the trees, and after they
had finished their concert she thought it
only fair to return their favor, so she
sang one Of her little songs that was al.
most as silvery and birdlike as theirs.
BY and by Dot began to get tired, and
to wonder why she didn't come to
grandma's.
She sat down for nwhilo to rest, on an
old log, and then she saw some great
noddiug yellow flowers growing just a
little way from the road, and she started
after them.
"I'll carry 'em to grandma" she said
drawing long breath as she got up,
"Grandma loves en-"
She managed to break off the yellow
blossoms, after q great deal Of pulling
and tugging at the tough stems, and by
the time she had accomplished this feat
the round restless little blue eyes spied
some lillies little way farther on, and
she concluded to get them for grandma,
too.
1Pitty posies," Dot said to Spotty, as
she trudged toward tho lilies, "ain't EN-,
Spotty?"
But when Dot came to the great
golden lilies, spotted all over with Grim.
sop, she found they were ever so much
higher than her head. She tried and
tried to reach them, but failed each time,
and tired out at last with her efforts, she
sat down on the messy ground and laid
her little yellow head on her arms.
Spotty crept up and nestled close to her
little mistress, and begun to purr. And
in little while the blue eyes of the
young traveller began to grow drowsy
the shining lashes dropped lower and
lower, and by and by shut down upon
the flushed, tired cheeks, aud Dot was
fast asleep.
II wonder where Dot y" her mother
SAID, after an hour had passed, and moth
ing was seen or heard of the little girl
she had sent into the garden to play.
"Dot! Dot" she called, but no Dot
answered her.
"Shs cant open the gate" said Dot'l
mother but just then she spied the gaI
in the fence, and saw the print of little
bare feet in the dust in tho roadside.
She followed the crooked, haltiue