The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-04-28
JUVENILE COLUMN.
ONLY A DOLL.
Our Young Folks Magazine.

paui MAYNARD and the pretty shop girl
disappeared behind wall OF playthlngs,
while Paul indolently put his hands into
his pockets and asked himself whether the
man who invented all these wooden horses,
dolls, and paper balloons, must not long
since have been in q MAD mouse.
ssThis ia the largest kind that there is in
PanI involuntarily drew back, as he saw
q roav face close to him, which stared at him
with wondering blue eyes.
ais it-then it is not alive 7"
"Sir ~ exclaimed the shop-girl and
Paul Redeemed under the consciousness of
having said a foolish thing.
"What is the price 2" he asked.
"The lowest price is twenty dollars.
You see the doll is elegantly dressed, opens
and shuts it's eyes, and cries quite natur-
ally"
tive as the wsxen imitation of child,
upon slight pressure of its blue girdle,
began to cry: ..n..,, Ara Won
quite certain that it is only doll 7"
The pretty shop girl began to think
that her interesting customer was not right
in his mind.
"Weli, I will take it, said Paul, as he
drew forth his purse. "Send the doll to
me at the Atlanta Hotel, No. 40 but time
enough for me to have it before start by
the train at seven o'clock"
"You may depend upon it," said the girl,
who breathed more freely as the stranger
left the shop.
Paul Maynard returned to his hotel,
packed his valise, then lighted fine
s'regalia," and dreamed away the time
over the pages of romance.
"Well !" he cried at last, as he threw
the book upon a sofa, 81 am not able to
read q single page. The thought that
hall 70 oil INV
other ideas. And that reminds me of my
doll. Where shall put her 2"
A loud knocking at the door interrupted
the young mans soliloquy. "It is near
seven o'clock, sir" said waiter. "The
omnibus is going down to the depot in q
few minutes"
every good. Will you take my valise
down, and inquire whether any parcel has
arrived for me 7"
every well, sir."
The waiter returned in few minutes, a
broad grin on his face. "Here sir"
"What does this mean Why have
they not packed the doll in a basket or
something of that kind z" cried Paul, as
the waxen face looked at him with an
almost human expression. elbow can
carry it 2 My valiee is full to bursting.
Give me some paper, john"
"Paper, sir, said the waiter, as, with
smile, he handed him Gazette.
man! am coming. Here, give me the
thing"
Mr.. Maynard sprang down the steps, on
one arm his overcoat and umbrella, and on
the other the great waxen child, its fair
locks carefully concealed in his pocket
handkerchief. Little Emma Ortley little
thought what her sisters intended was en-
during for her sake.
The night journey of the train, the view
over wild woods and deep gullies, under
the starry heavens, the snorting and rush-
ing of the engine, the suddenly disturbed
and unrefreehing slumbers, all this was
bearable when Paul saw the morning
dawnipg in the east with the happy GER
tainty that he should see Agnes in twelve
hours.
"I hope I have not leaned upon the
dolls face" he thought, as he eprang out
the moment the train stopped.
tNo, the waxen child is in perfect con-
dition, and have the pleasant prospect of
a rest, for the omnibus to Markville will
not 20 till five o'clock, and by midnight
will have reached its destination. A good
Journey"
Then Paul thought of Agnes, and of the
happy hour when he should see her once
more, and felt inclined on the whole to
consider the omnibus an interesting relic
of old times but he submitted to his fate,
entered the dark wooden structure dignltied
with the name of hotel, and waited for the
expected vehicle.
1.-THE horses are to-" said an untidy
chambermaid, as the great old clock point
ed to Eve o'clock, and Paul turned almost
reluctantly from the pleasant fire and
it's fantastic shadows into the desolate
twilight of the cold December morning.
"This is indeed country omnibus,
thought our hero, as with doll, coat and
umbrella, he got into the long vehicle /;
"shall we go on without any stoppage T.
ha aake0 the driver in a low voice,
"No, we shall stop at M for supper.
at nine o'clock"
Paul took his place, spread his coat over
his knees, placed the doll upon it, and tried
in vain to fDd comfortable rest for his
back. Tired of the fruitless endeavor, he
at last began to inquire who might be the
companions of his journey; but, in the
Egyptian darkness that surrounded them
he could only distinguish the outlines OF
three women's figures, a white feather in g
hat, and the dark clothing of some men
"This is rather tedious work." said Pau
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