Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-08-06

we looked like her. Such hair as she
had, all natural curls down below hor
waist; and such a Hele5dnt wardrobe,
or "trOoso," rs Fanny calls 10. Per-
haps | haven't spelled trOoso right, but
please excuse IL; indeed, you wouldn't
Know whether IL was right or wrong,
you are such poor little ignorant
thing. I'm ashamed Of myself Tor neg
lecting your aduoation ~ i have done,
when / see the dolls here, and realize
how much they know. Just as soon as
get home, wen begin with regular
lessons every day. It isn't yoar fault,
you sweet lamb, that you don't know
anything. 1 am the only one TO blame,
and III try TO make up for lost time
when | come home,
But, dear me, how do run on, with
out telling youa word ofthe adventure.
The 'sad sea waves" put all sorts of
ideas into my mind and get terribly
confused. heard lady sing last night
about the "sad sea waves, "and thinkit
sounds pTettier than the ocean don't
youP Well, TO begin at the beginning:
Yesterday morning Fanny Bell, Dora
Mason, aud | went down TO the beach
asusual, Mademoiselle lucille walking
along by her mamma, iustlike areal live
beautiful child. We scOOped holes in
the warm sand, and made caves, and
then We built the Pyramids. They are
in Egypt, you know, curiosities that
people 90 to see; but we make them
of sand so that they look just exactly
like the pictures, "S6nksn and all. Per-
haps you don't know what the "Sfnks"
is, but l will tell you some day, when
begin your education, my poor
Clytemnestra. ..
Well, at last we wanted to go round
the point to pick some wild morning
gloies, SO we sat Lucille up on a kind of
throne behind the Pyramids, and left
her, We were only gone a little bit OF
while, but what do thinkp when we
came back the tide was in, and the sad
sea waves had washed away Pyramids,
Sinks, Lucille, and all! Oh, the
despair we were i'm Poor Fanny jump
ed right up and down, and sereeched,
and then sinking down upon the sand,
as the story-books say, "she buried her
face in her hands, and wept as if her
heart would break" All at once L saw
something bobbing around, and if there
wasn't Lucille about four feet from the
shore, fastened to rock by the founce
of her pink satin dress! Fanny Shrek
ed aloud, but Dora and seized pole,
and after working long, long time,
we managed to fish her out of the
water.
Lucille is frightfully pale to-day, and
her ourls are gone forever. She is a
bald-headed "faded beauty" as a gem
tleman truly said when he saw her this
morning. When look at her, and re-
member how fine she used to think her
self, l can't help saying, "Well, my
dear, pride must have a fall y L
pity her, though, from the very bot
tom of my heart, for it must be dread
full to be so changed, and all of a sud
den, too. guess we sha' MT have to be
SO particular any more about calling her
Mademoiselle."
can not be thankful enough that
left you at home, my sweet Clytie. The
sea-shore is a lovely place for children
who know how to take care of them
selves, but tis dreadful dangerous for
dolls.
And now goodnight, my pet
Your loving mamma.
BESSIE MAYNARD.
P. S.-Dora has Just come in to say
that Fanny has changed Mademoiselle's
name, and hereafter She is to be called
Jane" Poor thing!-Harper'S Young
People.