Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-31
A Child's Story.
BY II. 8. G..

Mamma, ! think it's q shame that I
can never have anything like other
girls; there is Mamie Phelps, with
nsw maroon velvet and silk dress, and
the loveliest hat to match, while must
wear my old clothes; and I think papa
ID richer than MIR. Phelps, SO am sure
] ought to have new OUTFIT"
Katie, on comparing your clothes
With those Of other girls who were at
church last Sunday, thought you
looked ~ richly and fashionably dressed
~ any Of them; to be sure, you have
not had new church hat for three
months, and the dress you wore You
have had about as long; but I do not
think either Of them are out of style.
You must remember. my child. we are
paying ont great deal for your edu.
0ation. Only think of the amount We
hare paid your music teacher, beside
your other school bills"
"Well, don't care for that; must
dress whether 60 to school or not, and
Twill mot 60 TO church again until I
have different dress, said Katie, with
pout.
Mrs. Giles made no reply to this un.
reasonable outburst, but went about
her work in Q very thoughtful mood.
!" Have I been bringing up my daugh.
ter for . mere butterfly of fashion"
thought she, "when not thirty years
s8e was taught to believe it almost
aatn, TO wear . bow on my bonnet
Brought up, - ! was, in the strictest
4ethodist way, how strange it is
could 90 far have departed from it'll
would not be now just % I was then,
bat ! fear the example I have set my
daughter has not been what Il should.
Ny mind has been too much taken MP
with fashion and the vanities Of this
LIE. have thought too little OF the
POOR and sufering, and I am nov. reap.
Ing the fruits Of my folly. must
strike into . different course, that my
child may not grow mp wholly, selHsh
and vain. / will this afternoon take her
and 60 to see my brothers boy, q poor
dwarf, and see II We will not both be
benefited thereby"
Katie was very willing to accompany
her mother, feeling no misg;vings az
% her clothes. for they were going into
the country. where there would Be no
one to criticise her looks. The family
she was to visit consisted OF her uncle
and his boy, twenty.one years old, the
latter being dwarf and hunchbsck,
Katie, however, knew this only by hear.
ny, for she never had seen her cousin.
and she was sure she should hardly
know her uncle, for she never had seen
him more than three or four times, and
remembered him only a. poor old man
Who had called ct her fathers occasion.
ally when he came to the city. And it
had been . long time since he had
called, for he knew they felt greatly
superior to him, and he did not want
10 mortify them by his plain looks.
AZ the distance was only seven miles
70 his place, Katie and her mother were
driven there in short time. As they
neared the little old brown house, near
u enveloped in bushes and trees, their
eyes soon rested on the strangest little
figure, which hardly looked like hu-
man being, partly reclining on the foer
OF the little piazza.
:" What horrid looking creatur rel"
said Katie. How glad I am do not
look like thatl"
That is Jimmy, suppose. / have
not seen him for dozen years, and he
ID. As you say, Katie. a hideous looking
object, and You may we'll be thankful
you are not go ill.shapeu."
By this time they had reached the
Ijeps.
. This is Jimmy, I suppose" said
Mrs. Giles, reaching out her hand. to
the dwarf.
Dads out in the gardeE," was the
only response, for he was very deaf, and
had forgotten, if he had ever learned,
how to treat strangers civilly.
Supposing that the old gentleman
would soon cone into the house. Katie