The daily gazette., 1878-03-11
THE LIVE DOLL.
I. A STORY FOR LITTLE GIRLS.

81 am not In the least satisfied with INV
dol, !" said little Kitty. "I don't think
1t nice to play with. / wish she was like
mammals new baby, and could cry, aud
laugh, and grow, and be amusing I" and
Kitty threw her great doll upon the grass
at her feet.
Come, comet p cried a sharp voice at
her elbow. "What is the matter now %
And Kitty, looking about her with a
stare, saw at her side a little woman, not
three feet high, dressed In red cloak
and a pointed hat. She carried in her
hand long wand, and was looking an
grily at Kitty.
"Oh, dear me- p cried Kitty, "I'm so
frightened / don't know who you are.
Please, nam, l never saw such little,
tiny, weeny lady before; and no one ever
scold me-"
"Oh! you are q spoiled child, Pye no
doubt" replied the old lady, "but I'm not
scolding you. And rs for who l am, Pm
q good fairy. / can give you anything
you want, II you only ask me prettily.-
Now you ind fault with that elegant doll
that cost ten dollars last Christmas eve.
And, pray, what kind of doll would
"Oh a live one like mammals, only
smaller" said Kitty. "Please, please, If
you are good fairy, change my doll into
hfC piCdoC, DitstSt.
"You don't know what you are asking. !"
said the fairy, "but I'll do it. And, since
you are young and foolish, III promise
you something else. If you are tired of
the bargain, Saturday night, just week
from this hour, come into the garden and
wait i'll this old summer house for me and
I'll change it back again."
ooh shall neCer ask you that" said
Kitty.
1--WE shall see," said the old fairy.
"Pick your doll up, put her in her car
Now shut your eyes. Hey! presto,
change Now look at your doll"
"W ah! w ah! w-a-a-hw screamed
something in the cradle. Kitty rushed
toward it. She snatched off the afghan.
There, instead of the stiff image OF wax
and wood and kid, lay soft, struggling,
screaming little live doll. Kitty was
overjoyed. She rushed at once into the
house to find her Aunt Anna.
ga live doll p cried auntie, when she
heard the story. 81 wish you joy of the
change. How it screams. You ought to
feed it,"
"oh, so 1 oughtt,," cried Kitty. "shall
give it an apple"' It
'Ne," said auntie, sit has no teeth.
You must warm some milk"
So Kitty, as yet delighted with her
treasure, warmed milk and fed the live
doll with a spoon; in her zeal giving it
much more than it could conveniently
hold. The consequences were sad. AT
dinner time the live doll had the collie,
aud Kitty walked the floor with it. No
dinner for her. No game of croquet
with her brothers and sisters afterward.
Far on in the night catnip tea had its
effect on the live doll, which slept
for time; but at dawn it was awake
again. ..r-
The little nursery kettle was forever
heating on the gas, and the live doll seem
ed able to empty all the milk cans in the
neighborhood.
Still, when it smiled it was very pretty.
1t clapped its hands, and stretched them
out for an orange. All kitty's little girl
friends came to see it, and praised it.; but
us they We're playing, Aunt Anna appear
ed with a roll of flannel and muslin, cot
ten, silk and scissors.
"My child" said she, "you must not
forget that you have live doll. A pink
silk dress was very well for your wax
doll, but this little creature Will suffer-
Cold weather is coming, you must make
it some warm clothing. l will cut you
some patteans."
That was delightful. All set to work
for while. But the making of dozens
Vi Bti was bstSh.-
One by one the guests dropped away and
Kitty was left alone. The i've doll Shrek
ed at intervals. She walked the floor
with it. 1t was evident that the sewing
would occupy her many weeks. Mean
while, this live doll must be bathed, and
fed, and dressed and played with. She
could not drop it anywhere as she could
the wax one, when she grew weary of it.
Still, no other little girl had live DOLL
That was some comfort.
Tuesday came. Little Cousin Fanny
was to have a party. Already Kittys
"When shall get ready, auntie?" she
asked.
"Well, Kitty" said her aunt, 81 think,
on the whole, you had better not go at
all. You cannot leave dolly"
"Oh, we are to take our dolls," said
Kitty.
"But Fanny has decided that as your
doll is live one, it will cry and disturb
the company" said auntie.
"The mean thing" said Kitty.
"Well, it certainly would, you know"
said auntie. "And now you must bathe
it, ana change its flannel, poor thing"
Kitty attended to her live dolls COM
fort. But rs she thought of the pleasant
party, the supper, the candies, the
games the dancing, she felt quite heart
broken. Then what use was it to dress
this doll? The waXen one was credit
to her, after she had tied its sash and put
on its necklace, but this thing chewed
its cap-strings and its bib, and emptied IL
pint of milk out of its mouth, after it
swallowed a quart.
The week passed YEARLY. Hard sew
ing, keeping at home, and live-doll tend
ing had nearly worn Kitty to skeleton.
When on Saturday evening she stood
in the arbor waiting for the fairy, the
doll shrieked.
said Kitty.
"Heyp cried voice. There she was,