St. Landry democrat., 1881-08-27
A PICNIC.

A PICNIC.
There was picnic in Farmer Blake's
attic. The farmer and his wife had
gone to the village, and left little Dick
and Fanny to take care OF Baby Ben
50 the children thought they would
have a picnic. 1t was Doll Dink's birth
day. Doll Drinks was q black baby, six
months old, and he squeaked. He had
a birthday twice a month Doll Midget
! had blue eyes and yellow curls. She
( was invited to the picnic Dick got a
/ great mllk-pan and filled it full of water.
. This was Boston Bay. The dolls were
! first to be taken out to sail and then
they were to have lunch. The lunch
was large piece of spice cake and two
lam tarts. Fudge, the fat kitten, was
invited to the picnic. too 70 begin
with, they put her on u small table,
close to Boston Bay, SO that she could
look on. There was not room in the
boat for three of them.
The lunch was laid bv in an old wood
box. AS soon as the boat was ready,
Doll Dinks and Doll Midget went on
board. The boat was one of Grandpa
Blake 5 Old slippers. Then they set
sail. Dick made the wind blow with
the bellows, and Fanny pufed out her
rosv checks with all her might. But
the trouble was that Baby Ben wanted
TO help with a fire shovel. SO the chill
dren told him he had better be the fairy
godmother. lhe fairy godmother al
ways hid III the wood box, and popped
out at just the right moment. Baby
Ben thought he liked best to blow the
boat with the fire shovel. But Fanny
promised to give him bite OF her share
OF the cake.
This consoled Ben, and they made u
pla e for him in the wood-box There
he keot so very still that the children
thought he must have gone to sleep.
All at once a loud splash was heard.
A fearful storm arose in Boston Bay.
and the boat was upset. it was all
that fat kitten Pudge, who had tumb!ed
from the table into the milk-pan.
What an uproar! The dolls had no
but Dick and Fanny
bravelv dragged them from the waters.
AS for Fudge, the children saw the end
OF her tail going down stairs, with a
stream like a small Charles River drip
ping Off behind. Doll Dinks, being
hollow, could float, and he squeaked as
loud as ever when he was pulled out.
But, after all. poor Doll Midget was
drowned. Her nice clean clothes were
soaked, and her lovely hair all came
out Of curl
Now said Fanny, 'we must take
Doll Midget to the kitchen fire and
Try her, or she never will be fit to
eome to the picnic
"Oh nor replied Dick. "She's
drowned. She's dead as a as a hair
,n. But I've heard Uncle John tell
nat they roll drowned folks on bar
'el, and then blow 'em up. That rus
icakes en-
(Uncle John said resuscitate, but this
vas too bouncing a word for little
)ick.)
Rusticakes 'em?' asked Fanny.
8" Yes. that's what Uncle John called
t. Let's rusticake Doll Midget that
way. Hold on till get a barreln' But
IL he could find was u large spool.
hen after Doll Midget's dress was
aiken off, she was rolled. Dick rolled
tl 50 ndiu lnat nef SlCeS Splt open.
sext he put the nose of the bellows be-
ween her ribs, for he said that her
1outh was not big enough. Then he
lew just as hard as he could The
rst thing Fanny knew. puff of saw
ust flew out OF Doll Mdget's side into
er eyes. She threw her apron over
er head and began to cry. Dick kept
houting, She's rusticaked, She's
But poor Fanny only
ried the harder. So Dick proposed to
AXE up the fairy godmother, and eat
1e picnic. At this Fanny dried her
yes. They crept up softly to the
ood-box. There lay BABY Ben fast
sleep, sure enough. There were
'umbs of spice cake and jam tart on
is froch, and a bit of jam on the end
his nose. The lunch was all gone.
'Oh, you roguen cried Fanny.
Ben opened his blue eyes and looked
cunning that both the children
ughed and forgave him at once. Then
ley agreed to pat off the rest OF the
cnlc G till the next day.-Ioutps COM;