Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-12-13
WHOLE NO. 1917.
CHILDREN's COLUMN,
Kathie's New Shoes.


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Sunny at all. am very sorry you were
so careless of these, for you know papa
has to work hard to give us enough to |
ca and think you will have to GO bare |
footed for awhile"
The child's lip quivered but she said |
nothing: only ran out doors again to
her mud pies by the old wood-she1,
thinking to herseif-''E know nv papa
has to work hard and I'm sorry. But a
great big stone cutted my shoe an l
didn't do it bit!" And a tear rolled
slowly down the fat, rosy cheek. Oh, |
dear! / wish was q great big man like
silver chair and lots of things. An
mamma should come and live with me,
and-and-Oh, my! Where is my Ser
aphlna Amanda Jane?" And OFF ran
kathie after the doll.
1t was Il very strange dolly and I
doubt If ever little girl who lives in
the Eastern States has seen one like Ii.
Its body was clothes-pin, with two
hair-pins for arms, and walnut head.
The face was linked on, and one corner
of the mouth twisted up and met one
corner of the eye in a very strange man
er!Poor Dolly had no joints and always
had to sleep with her eyes open.
But its little mistress dressed it in
SCIdIJS VI BIN tAfo uiuSlIb Gldb tI1hUlIIlN
had hid away, and altogether, Seraphi-
ma Amanda Jane was quite a stylish
young lady; at least, SO thought ka-
THE.
That night at the tea-table Mrs Har-
ris said, "John, Kathie has worn out
her shoes, Can we afford her any new
ones?''
.'shoe the horse, and shoe the mare,
But let the little colt go bare"
said papa, laughing. Then he added,
"Kathie might pick berries and earn
some shoesp'
So all the evening Kathic sat on the
doorstep repeating to herself-''Earn
some shoes What did papa mean?
I'm a big man like papa. then I'll earn
shoes"
And the last thing she said before she
went to sleep was-sOh, how wish
could!' And she dreamed that a little
man came and threw some bright, red
shoes with blue ties and silver tres,
right on the foot of her bed and then ran
away.
The next day, after Kathie had wiped
the spoons and forks, she said:
"Now, mamma may l go out and
playP"
"Yes," said mamma. And off ran the
IiLLlC &iTls Lie piuh Suu-OOLIcL 1dllluk
back and showing the soft brown curls,
the little shoe gaping like hungry rob-
in, the pretty dress blowing behind her
In the wind, and Seraphina tucked un-
der her arm with legs sticking out very
straight behind, and arms very straight
in front, and a kind of beseeching look
on her blacked face.
The meadow was full of tall, waving
grass, but away at the further end grew
some bushes. Kathie ran to them and
eagerly commenced her search Alas!
no berries. Almost ready to cry with
| disappointment, she thought, "I'll just
go over this ole stump fence, then 1
guess there'il be lot there. May be
i've busheIsl" So she ran on, speaking
occasionally to Seraphina. ssWell,
'Manda Jane, when get home with all
| the berries you mustn't tell, cause
want to s'prise 'em all. Now, you
| won't, will you?"
1 suppose Amanda must have said
''No," for KaIhie continued. ssThat's a
good child. An I'm goin' to buy pair
of shoes for my own self. Won't that be
| nice? And perhaps I'll buy you some,
| too"
The next field proved barren, as did
the next also. Still the child ran on,
| until, at last, she came upon a bush
4 berries.
'Oh. Seraphina, see here! See what
| I've found"'
"Why, Seraphina 'Manda Jane Har-
ris, I've been an gone an come 'thout
| any pail! Oh, l can take my apron.''
And she lifted it and picked into it until
the bush was empty. '
ssCome. dollie, let's go and find some
more; cause l don't b'lieve I've got as
much as two hundred quarts, and papa
said man, way off, wanted two hun
dred quartsi Just think how rich I'll
| ber'
| ments; but she must have seen a weary
expression on dollie's face, for she re-
marked, 'tPoor 'Manda, you is hungry,
an SO am I. But want to save all the
berries, and l haven't eaten one. And,
'Manda, 1 don't b'lieye God pounded in
a great many berry-bushes. But you
must be a good girl am not fwet about
! it,"
'Manda only smiled, calmly.
The next field held several loaded
bushes, hut so far Off! Aud the poor
little feet were very tired. Never mind,
she was earning shoes. So on trotted
the little girl, making u pretty picture
| The grass was so long that nothing could
be seen but pink sun-bonnet above it.
Suddenly Kathie cried out, "Why, Sc
raphina Amanda Jane! where's our
house? l don't see it at all. We've
j gone an got lost, and we'll die aud be
all Gated up, an nobody won't never
find ms, an"
Here the little maiden seated herself
on stone, aud cried despairingly. But,
looking up, at length she said, 81 guess
may be papa'll lind us. Let's say our
prayers, then go to sleep. Il pray the
| Lorti-pray the LOrd-to find my house
again!" And the little head sank down
on the grass. asleep. s.- .....e
1 The sun had disappeared behind the
western hills when Mrs. Harris finished
ironing u little dress, and bethought her
self that she had not seen the owner Of
the article for some time.
Tea was, ready, and she went to the
door and called. No answer. Then she
looked up the road, aud down the road,
through the house and barn, and even
into the old corn-crib, where kathie
sometimes made mud-pies, but no little
girl. She rushed to the wide, back pi.
azza, aud said,
sJohn, Kathie is lost!
"Nonsense." But he took his hal
from the peg behind the door aud Went
out.
Nearly two hours of fruitless search
ing, and Mr.. Harris began TO despair
He knew that 'lost" on the great Yves.
tern prairies meant very different
thing from "lost' in the Eastern cities
| But at length. weary aud heart-sick,
he stumbled on very strange thing &c
find OH the prarie. 4 child, with long
curling hair, damp with dew; flushed
checks, damp with something else; and
one corner OF a little check-apron, near.
ly full of berries, held fast Ia her hand
while Dollie lay cuddled up under tho
arm. There were no stains about ths
mouth, showing that the child had beer
faithful to her errand. ST.
As her father lifted her In his arms, she
turned nneasily in her slumber and muir.
INJURED, "I'm earnin' shoes.''
With his own eyes suspiciously wet
he carried her home, and laid her, doll
berries and all, in her mothers arms.
The next morning, when Kathie woke
in her own little bed at home, che OK.
pressed no surprise, but simply asked,
'Oh, mamma, where are the berries p
"Safe my darling"
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