The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-08-06

SfosStuc Auyenlures
A. Esu-krED ~ A I.ErrEa Fnou BESSIE nar-
MAID ID HkR Doll CLsrKxxEsrRx,
WHOM snk lat Ar HONE
ON ORCHARD nR<cH. July. ISL
M DEAREST CLYTEMSEsrRA: do YOU
miss nae? and are You wondering why
do not write' Well. ray dear. writ
ing Is an imPossibility when one Is AZ
the sea-shore- You never knew suc.l
times a we are having all day long.
must tell YOU. first OF all. u an adyen-
ture that befell me yesieriay-not Dss
exactly. either: IL most befell Lucille.
the beautiful Paris doll that Fanny Bell
was 20 proud Of; and well she might be.
for hahisomer creature never walked
You remember her. OF course: the love-
" Madcmoiselle Lucille. as she was
called. that being the French for Miss.
for II would never do 70 call her plain
Lucille. such fine Young lady as she
was. just from France. with all the airs
aud graces that belong 10 Paris. the
polltest city in the world It's no great
wonder she was proud Lucille. mean
for I'm afraid most Of rs would be IL
we looked like her. Such hair as she
had. al natural curls down below her
waist; and such ncicgunf wardrobe.
or "trooso." as Fanny calls H. Per-
haps l haven't spelled trooso right. but
please excuse IL: indeed. u0n wouldn't
know whether il was right or wrong.
you are such poor little ignorant
thing I'm ashamed of myself for neg
lecting your edu alton a 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. II isn't yorr fault.
you sweet lamb. that you don't know
anything. am the only one TO blame.
and I'll Try 10 make up for LOST time
when ! come home.
But. dear me. how do run on. with
ont telling you word ofthe adventure
The ..sad sea waves put all sorts Of
ideas into nv mind and get terribly
confused | heard a lady sing last night
about the '.sadsea waves. and thinxif
sounds prettierthan 1.-THE ocean" don't
y0u2 Well. 20 be I'm NJ the be ginning:
Yesterday morning Fanny Bel. Dora
Mason. and | went down TO the beach
as usual. Mademoiseile Lucille walking
along hy her mamma. Just like . real live
ut4A4A4tAAA tuAAAA W e EIK0NEtA lAtAN- IA
the warm sand. and made caves. and
then we built the Pyramids Taeg are
in Egypt you know curiosities that
people 20 TO see; but we MAKE them
Of sand so that they look Just exactly
like the pictures. sinks" and all Per-
haps you don't know what the Sinks"
i. but Twill tell you some day. when
l begin your education. ms poor
Clytemne-tra-
Well. At last we wanted 70 90 round
the point to pick some wild morning
glories. 20 we sat Lucille up on kind of
throne behind the Pyramids. and left
her. We were only gone q little bit Of
while. but what do think? 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 in. Poor Fanny jump
ed right up and down, and screeched.
and then sinking down upon the sand.
face in her hands. and wept as If her
heart would break" All at once saw
something bobbing around and If there
wasn't Lucille about four feet from the
shore. fastened 70 : 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 i frightfully pale to-day, and
her curls are gone forever. She Is
bald-headed ..faded beauty as gen
tleman truly said when he saw her this
morning. When Hook at her. and re-
member how fine she used TO think her
self. can't help saying. .Well. my
dear. pride must have = fall /
pity her. though. from the very bot
tom Of my heart. for ii must be dread
full to be 50 changed. and NIL Of = sud-
den. too guess we sha' mt have 70 be
50 particular any more about calling her
" MademoiseIle
l can not be thankful enough that I
left you 1t home, my sweet Clytie- The
sea-shore i . lovely place for children
who know how to take care Of them
selves, but lis dreadful dangerous for
dolls.
And now goodnight, my pet
Your loving mamma
Bessie MAYNARD.
p. S.-Dora has Just come in n say
that Fanny has changed Mademoise;,e'
name. and hereafter she is 20 be called
" Jane" Poor thing!-H arpers ToEng
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