The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-10-20
THE DOLL'S PICNIC.
Trouble IN Farmer Blakes Garret-Why the
;r-i,> Picnic Failed. 49,. 20 >
Glendive Times.

wife had gone te'the village; and
left9littIe Dick and Fanny to take
care of baby Ben. so the chill
dren thought; they woRId have d
picnic. ..-.: .g'. ID u ..y,l";.. j: /;
1t was Doll. Dink's birthday.
Doll Dinks was a black baby six
months yad, sud 'he seueaked:as He
bad birth day. twice month j. !
:. Doll Midget hadibluezey and
yellow, curIs. She Was sin eaedlto
the picnic. u. @..4ai4 - t,;oois
..s Dick. got q great N ilk pap and
tiled it full. Of water. Ihis;Was
Boston Bay The dolls wePe5frst
20 be. taken out to sail, and then
they were to have d lunch. The
lunch; was a large piece oflspice
cake aud two jam tarts. .4-.qa ,
Fudge, the fat. kitten, was.in.
vited to the picnic, too. To begin
with, they put her ON a small
table close to Boston Bay so that
she could look on. There was
not room in1the boat for three of
them" The lunch was laid by in
an old wooden box. AS soon as
the boat; was ready Doll Dinks
and Doll Midget went On board.
The boat was one Of q Grandpa
Blake's old slippers Then they
set sail: j,Diekt made ithe wind
blow with. tbeOhel ows, ,asEd Fanny
,putfed ;out her rosy cheeks with
all her might: r } 9aj r, z&lE
q But&the trouble was that Baby
Ben wanted to- help with a. FIRE
shovel Sog1be children told .him n
he had better besythe. fairy]god-
mother. The fairy sgodm other al
ways hid in the wood box, and
popped. .lout a asao at the right mo-
ment.ysBaby Benz thought : he
liked best 10. blow. the boat9with
the. fire shovel, buti:Fanny prom
ised to- give. himaia bite sof her
share of the cake. This consoled
Ben, and they made place for
him. in the wood box. There he
kept so very :stiIla:that the chill
asren. Thought be must have gone
to Sleep ..s.@E;.--, ? ,,..,"G's'E''
H. AL at once loud splash was
heard. a fearful storm arose in.
Boston Bay, and the boat was
upset. twas all that fat kitten
Pudge, who had tumbled from,
the table into the milk pan. What
an uproar /" "9lhe dolls had no
life preservers, but Dick and Fan
ny braFeIy dragged them from
the: waters: As for = Pndge, the
children saw the end Of her tail
going down stairs, with stream
like small Charles River drip
ping off. behind! Doll Dinks, be-
ing .hotIow,a ceEld float, and he
saaeaked as loud rs ever when he
was pulled out But, after all,
poor Doll Midget was drowned.
Her nice clean clothes were soak
ed, and her lovely bair came all
out Of curl. :;
a." Now, said Fanny, we must
take Doll Midget tothe kitchen
fire and dry her, or she will never
be fit to come to the picnic. Ole
~:.'Oh, nor replied Dick: She's
dead as a-as a.hai-pin. But PVe
ffsErd, Uncle John tell that they
rell drowned folks ona barrel, and
then blow 'em up That; rusti-
cakes; EN- '.i- 49,. .--. ..''.
'Rusticakes 'em 2 said Fanny.
Yes. that's what Uncle John
called it: Let's rusticake Doll
Midget that way. Hold on till I
get a barrel p '''''..-. '''' -.
j. But all he could find was a large
spoon. Then after Doll Midget's
dress was taken off she was rolled.
Dick rolled her so hard that her
sides split open4 Next he put the
nose Of the bellows between: her
ribs, for he, said that her mouth
was not big enough, Then he
Blew just as hard as be could
The first thing Fanny knew
puff Of sawdust flew out Of Dol
Midget's side into her eyes. Sh(
threw her apron over her .hcac
and began to cry. Dick KEEP
shouting, Shes rusticaked! She''
rusticakcd!' But poor Fanny
cried all the harder. So Dici
proposed to. wake up the fair,
godmother and eat the picnic.
! At this Fanny dried .hereyes
They crept up softly to the wood
hov There Law baby Ben fas