Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-18
for the sgittle Gplks.
UNFORTUNATE MIR. RICHARD.
THE SAD STORY OF A PAPER DOLL.

what was, IN my OPINION, the incest pa
per dolls house in the world. Perhaps
the reason l liked it so much was be-
cause | made it myself, with the help
of another little girl named Anna.
The partitions between the rooms
were of boards, covered with wallpaper,
and the furniture was of our own design.
Our dolls we cut out of fashion-plates
and picture-b books, and oh such dresses
as they had. Anna and | spent hours
and hours making clothes for them some
times out of tissue-paper, sometimes out
of plain white paper, which we painted
gorgeously.
There was only one drawback to our
otherwise perfect arrangements we had
so few gentlemen. Those in the fashion
plates and picture books were almost
always kneeling down, or riding on
horseback, or doing something else i'm
proper for parlor. Perhaps they had
their hats on, or were smoking. or, if
there was no other objection, they were
very seldom handsome enough to be the
companions of our beautiful ladies. A
man who suited US was quite a rarity.
One day Anna came rushing into the
| house excitedly. 30 Ethel !" she cried,
"papa's tailor has given me the lowell
est man" and she held him up to view.
Oh! he was so handsome, with curly
black whiskers, big black eyes, and
such a stylish suit of clothes.
Chow splendid !" l exclaimed. "Who
shall he be?' We discussed the ques-
tion earnestly, and at last decided that
he should marry our prettiest young
lady, Gertrude de Bourgainville. Then
came the question, What shall we name
the newcomer? Anna suggested Rich
ard la Forester, but 1 thought Richard
Won Der Clare would sound better, so
we agreed that each should make believe
his last name was what suited her, and
we would only call him Mr.. Richard.
Then We set about making wedding
dresses. Annals sister had lately been
married, so Anna knew what ought to
be DONE We made Gerty six new suits,
besides her wedding-dress, which was
composed entirely of lace taken from
candy boxes. New clothes for the groom
were beyond onr power, but Anna made
for Gerty's mother, the Duchess de
Bourgainville, lovely costume of black
and gold. The poor duchess, she was
nothing but head which we stuck tc
different dresses with bees-wax. All
the other lady-dolls had new suits fol
the occasion.
On the day appointed for the wedding
the whole house was lit up with blue
, and red and yellow candles. We hac
: cakes, grapes, and candy for refresh
ments, and, as the dolls were too excited
to eat, Anna and | devoured the good
les ourselves.
After the wedding was over Gerty
: changed her dress and put on stylish
: brown tissue-paper suit. with a yellow
bonnet, and she and her husband wen
| off on their wedding-tour. We tool
l them down to the sitting-room, put then
e up on table to enjor themselves, ant
f ran out into the yard to play "tag.'' Al
= ter nearly an hour had passed Anna sug
l gested that the bride and groom NIGH
e like to 60 home. so We went back to tn
r sitting-room, and oh ! how shall l tel
7 it?
: Nobody was there but Snap, brother
little yellow puppy, who was playin
h with the window-curtain. He knew h
o had been doing something naughty, fc
n he ran out of the room the minute b
saw US. Well for him he did !!
why, where are Gerty and M
J Richard % l cried in dismay. "Ths
Ii naughty Snap has pulled off the tabl'
IT cloth"
Il Here's Gerty," said Anna and thel
was the charming bride, face downward
on the floor. By her lay boot an
: half a leg belonging, alas to Mr.. Riel
ard.
Anna and l were too full of grief
speak word as we hunted for the re
of the groom. We discovered OF
We shoulder and part of his head underneat
n the table-cloth, and the rest of hi
nd nd we found all chewed up by the window
IN curtain.
"Oh that Snap" I groaned.
r., "Never mind" said Anna, who a
ways tried to make the best of things
e's "we'll tell the dolls Mr.. Richard wi
he eaten by lion, and they will all ha7
on to 60 into mourning"
y, y, "Oh no, no, no." cried vehemen
ole ly. ave can't throw away all the
|" pretty colored dresses; and, besides.
,sr they were in mourning they could n
in give any more parties. Let us prefer
,ea that there never had been any such pc
up son as Mr.. Richard, and that Gerty b;
never been married. But, o dear!
me was so handsome.
an
r 81 suppose that would be the best way
said Anna mournfully, and from tn
in