Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-08-14

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Frizzletop comes to see me sometimes.
In fact, Frizzletop comes to see me a
rood many times. About six times a
day, should say, would be quite fair
average.
Next door to clubhouse is cottage, and
next door to the cottage is Frizzielsop - >
fathers hose So you see she does d nos
have to come very far when she ii'''A'' /"
visit.
Frizzletop isn't her real name, OF course
It il n;ekname somebody gave her
when uba came over one day before
breakfast without being cOmbed. and
with her yellow curls in such tangle
and snarl AM friz, as you never saw. She
likes the name, and calls herself sFrizzle-
top1s s
Her SUNDAY name" she tells folks, is
Miss Susan Eleanora (which it isn't at
allE but she owns a host of other names
Dot and Blossom, Goldilocks. Brooks
of Shefdeld, Pettikins and Muggins. The
one she likes best of all is Sweetheart.
We are lever the best of friends" Friz
and 1. In fact, we nefer have disagree
ment unless refuse TO play BEARS" or
tire at the ninth or tenth REPETITION OF
1.-THE owl and the pussy went 10 sea
and decline to chant any longer; and
even then Frizzle comes round again"
I'm few minutes. Sober reflection al
ways teaches her that L am too valuable
a friend to be neglected. a story of IL
lustrated magazines and >apicture scrap
book are not to be found everywhere, and
when the owner of such treasures can
telrever 90 many faifySstories and make
up truly Ones" and spin yards and yards
of rhyme, she is not to be lightly
snubbed. Narrower, I've got doll.
Don't tell anybody, beg and pray. or
my dignity will be forever compromised
among the '.grown ups;' but have got
a doll, andts0mc times Friz1ietUps comes
and we go<ip skairs and stakeN Dollabel
out of her box in the closet and play.
She has 'yeally, haigs and eyssthat close
quite Of themselves when she Is laid
down; and she has long blue dress and
a scarlet cloak with a hood, and looks
like the pictures of Little Red Riding
Hood; and every individual garment she
wears can be put off and on at pleasure.
In the far-off days of FrizzletOp's In
fancy-that is to say some two years
ago-she1asedU callme "N1it. Edie, 2 her
best attempt aterenonncing Miss Edith
OF late. however, | find we are upon a
different footing. She has at last got a
fan, a parasol. and dress with an over
skirt, and considers herself "most a lady,"
Henceforth we are peers; odious distinc-
tiOns are to be done away. She told me
few weeks ago that she was growing
o0PolfitO say NJ iss, so she now always
calls me+Edts.N - -
Sometimes the usual six visits day
fail to satisfy this young persons thirst
for SOclety...zT roe--r,fs a "A Hf1 r.s-.-r 80
Ring a-ting-ting! went the doOr-bell
last evening. 1t was FriZZletop come to
stay all night with Edits. She could not
reach the bill, so brother Willy came
along to ring it for her, but lively
tattoo on the door panels announced the
nature of.theyisitatidn. = - - r
Frizzletop Assood on thestloer-step hug
cling bundle. She stood SO close to the
door, tAat she tiimbled right-in Gwhen IL
opened, butshe never let go of the bundle.
'H'me comp'ny," she said, edits
comp'ny-cOme to stay all night"
We all told her we were glad to have
company.
Pretty soon we learned more about the
bunilie dtHas b pair of long blue fan
mel night-drawers. FrizZlctOp climbed
upon footstool aadswayed them Mildy,-
and made long speech all in one
breath,wAuosS ,sxsWClH z0l ssasoa
~ mus undress by the fire, ansput on
desc an say my Now-L-lay-:ne, an not
kick fen l go t9,sleep.n t4T.,.,I cot
We had 4 game 6f'ronssIis I'LL the tea
bell rang, and Friz marched out hug
ging her footstool; for this is household
without babies and therefore without u
high chair, so FrizZletop sits at table on
a throne made of an ARMCHAIR and Sbig
DiXhary1 Qr.hex pet foot stoOl. =. = 4
After lea she played Bears and
looked tiirough All the picture books.
The idea of sleep, to Frizzletop's mind,
appeared to be Inconsistent with that of
company" for the later it grew the
wider Awake the blueeyes seemett to be.
When we asked if she was not sleepy,
she said with emphasis, Atihome Unjust
go to bed at seven o'clock; but mamma
says when N company; l can stay up
till Edits bed-time.n stSlsasc 80 -
SD t - bedtime" came about $50
that night, and the pair of friends said
goodnight to all and climbed the stairs.
Lets have goody time fore we go to
S's sRs u sadG sssa1I - he bright coar fire.
and put on the blue flannel night-drawers,
and knelt down sedately to say her
'.Now-I-lay-me,' adding to the verse a
little prayer of)heI own: ''Dod, please
bless everybody in the world: an take Up,
to heaven, an make me goW &hs
Amen" 80
And then the good timer began. She
danced and sang and chattered; she.
bounced upon the bed, shriekinSiW With,
laughter, and tossing up and down upon
the springs, and turned somersaults and
kicked, and rolled about more like alively
India rubber ball than little girl.o4s II :.
After while she grew more sober, and
sitting. down in the middle of the. bed,
begged for s<the liz wee box in the top
drawer Editsga9eher the box, and
she overhauledall the little trinkets it
held Then. she. pleaded for ssall the
boxes" So glOve-box, handkerchief-bOx
and boxes full of lace and ribbons were.
submitted to the investigating fingers.
This queer little mite has genius for
order, and all her own little boxes and
emptied everything Into. apromiscnous
heap, and then folded and smoothed and
petted each article carefully and put it
away in its proper place. When the
work was done, Edits boxes looked neat
er than they had done for weeks.
When the. gas was turned; 4, 4o s%pd she She
s Dspe f soH Sfie atE story bout Cnder
eliai> tne truiy STORY DouC Ctie ntti9
girl you played with long time ago." and
The Three Bears and the Owl, md the
Pussy-cat and Little Dame Crump, and
at lass Ale sa5do oeS'pos'n we go to sleep;
good night;n and was fast asleep in ten
seconds.-Ltberol Christian.
aii" French Coquetry. "a -.
AS to the woman of France, her coqliet-
~ Is proverbial. tits the oil in the salad.
A Sp8nisl1 proverb has it that a kiss with