, 1880-07-16

II was not a-,queer baby. | cried like
= amy other child, end was just as trouble
some, so the queerness must have been
- acoui,ed .r-s.,s-.-sgr-- -a-gss--s-- .17
/ cannot discover wherein my queer
ness lies; when ask my friends, they
say gtsWhy--Fell,, you are different
from other toiks."f Al very clear and
satisfactory definition.
This having the, word .queer" at
tached to my name used to annoy me;
dolls were the only specimens Of human
ity TO whom, | confessed this To them
u fIccdnfdsd all my secrets and my, mani
fold trials. They were attentive list
ners-rneyer interrupted me. There was
Rosa, 1.-The very large ons, she was my
prime fayorite, and-oh, thereJ were, so
many OF them l cannot describe them.
When a was eleven years old our
folks tried to make me think was too
old to play with dolls. / felt as though
wi life would have no pleasure for me were
my dolls taken from me. No one knows
how 1 loved them used to 60 to my
room and, locking the door to keep my
: fuh-loving brothers and sisters from in
truding, would play by the hour with
my miniature family. Another favor
ite resort Of mine was the garrett 1t
was full of boxes, barrels and chests,
containing old books, papers and letters
! Many Of the letters were very ancient,
written by relatives Of whom had
scarcely heard. There we're letters from
~ parents TO children, from brothers to
sisters and love letters. The latter m
terested me the most, although 1 thought
them rather silly. Isuppose could not
Iolappreciate 1.-The height and depth, and
length and breadth Of the tender pas
sion
Filling my pockets with apples, I
would take possession Of the garret and
some comfortable old chair, minus an
arm or rocker, and there would sit for,
hours, reading. | had passion for
ghost stories, and storiesNof robbers and
pirates, although they used to trighten
me terribly. When in the midst Of
most frightful story, down would tumble
bundle Of something from the rafters;
v making considerable noisegand leading
me to imagine the ghosts and the rob-
bers had stepped from the book to the,
garrett a,.ra s. ,w SIR
i'iel An old apple tree stood by one of the
windows; it had the greatest faculty for
4 Tunearthly ereaking and groaning, and
. the lightning rod kept up a malicious
racket i declare it is o wonder didn't
lose my senses, reading 30 much trash and
hearing such fearful sounds 9 g
But this has nothing to do with my
lc" "lodgFr." 1 believe I am becoming
gsrruloua
In the first place I must tell you papa
n was q nch farmer, and our neighbors
q were IS few and tar between"
When l was in my twelfth year, papa
and mamma made up their minds to take
trip to the far West. This was some
thing unusual; they seldom left home.
Well, they went, and my two sisters,
two brothers and myself, had gay time
"keeping house."
4. One day, all except myself and our
servant girl were invited to 90 to din
ner party. | confess dreaded to have
them 60. }-A -t
"Kate, we will bring you any amount
of candy" said one
Now, pet, you know you and Sarah
can stay here just as well as not" said
another
"Don't be a baby, Kitty" said a
i. third. a asf T
Finally resignedly bade them .'get
out CT my sight"
Sarah and were good friends; she
told me stories and sang songs till 1 be-
gan to think it was quite fne thing to
be left at home.
Tired of staying in the house, saun-
tered down the front walk, and amused