Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-20
THE FACEAT THE WIN.
DOW,

Dorolhea Messinger-or Dolly as she wa.
most generally cllled-was born of Quaker ma.
rents. But nature rebrlled aGaiust her heinz
d quaker, ami threw out rcd flag of defiance
Oh her cafinin- tinted checks and crimson lin.
as red and as fresh as any poppy bud about 10
burst It's green swathe. There was uothiug
hhdertoned or pale about the little face. with
Us plump, melting, white outlines, fram9d i'm
with the richest dark curls, with II CLEAN or
TWO Of alien gold Though them where the
sunshine caught them, the atched well-drtineJ
olack eyebrows, the long, silky, curln. lasbps
that Swallowed the peach bloom on the chesk
the deep, dark sparkling blue eyes lhd dim
pies OIL the chin and the cheeks, aud the tiuy
mole lsn the corner of the sweet little red
mouth.
Everything was, from the restless head to the
Tiny feet, full Of richness and color and warn,
vitality. And til" child, from her bahyhood M,
ooeyed natures caprice. She caught at The.
ird roses that hang over the old latited porch.
Srowed al the golden waves Of li.ht ON lh,.
TIED hoor, and cried for the blue and red and
golden flames OH the wide hearth As soon "a
size could Walk and talk, she began to ,.dorn
herself with corn flower. and poppesi and will
e!lar roses, and went about piping and carrol-
Ting in imitation Of the noisy, drunken sailor.
who went by, on their to way the publi,
houses al New Ipswich, until she quite Devil.
i<red the staid household with her inborl
wandering after The worlds WAYS"
"What ais the child cImuot tell" said the
grave mother, sorely disturb al, TO the husband
one night. "She Is brought up IN quiet aud
decent way, and sees none of the worlds peo
pie, yet she forever chates at our sober color,
and grave ways"
"Thee must uu,I the spirit more" said tn,
father.
"Yet do not know how to answer her al.
ways. She is OVERLOAD in her talking. Yes
tefday morning when | talked to her abon,
wearing no outward adjoining nor costly robes
and told her OF the meek and quiet spirit thai
seeketh no Haunting hues, she held up her RED
aud gold-colored peoples and said, .Doesn'
thee think, mother the dear Lord knew Les,o'
And was slenced.'
The father smiled: Thee is too indulgenl
with her waywardness, mother" but in trltl,
Dolly, the only child, lad nothing to fear bu,
the inildest of reproois from ithcr one of hel
parents.
Only one member ot the family never CAV,
Ia outwardly to the pretty, cooking wilmlnps,
Of the Child, and that was Naomi, the blarl
opok. ''A
Whether her temper hal been suured h,
har0 experience, or the milk of human Kind
ness had naturally turned. was never founf
out. She swathed her head winter and sum
pnsr la half a dozen different coored handker
chiefs, rolled the white Of her eyes portentous
", and called every occurrence, from the lone
aiAught 10 tile earthquake that Jared the earth
eu ware on the dairy shelves, and the death Of
the Cheshire sow's first brood OF pigs, "a iudp
ment." II Dolly scratched her fingers in III,
blackberry bushes or tpe her dress against the
roses, II was always greeted by Naomi with
al awful shake Of the head and the muttered
assurance that Ii was judgement ON her wick
cd heart.
But Dolly soon found a tavorte resort in an
Sa place quarter Of a mile away--"The Ce-
Oars, belonging 10 Sir John and Lady Louisa
ireeottrick, who were now residing in Naples.
Joseph Foote, Sir Johns butler, still took care
oi tie house and grounds in his absence, and
was In his house that Dolly fonnd great
Consolation and delight when oppressed by Ma
proofs. Saw
hs Wlfe, Jolly, buxom old dame, had no
daughters, and made great pet Of Dolly; but
tnat grateful little parsonage found her highest
attractions divided between her red and White