The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-09-29
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One afternoon company a. q,
went to the sea shore to have cacs
Tune, and among them little Oh, sood
her mother. They walked uo ana ma aaIl
. beautiful sandy beach, sat ~ - aoxa
broad shaded piazza of a f;na ~ .Ae
enjoying the music from ooo J h log
and watching the hundreds of n ssla
enjoying the beauties of the nlaapp0 v Y,
themselves. The little folks w. wss. ike
in every direction digging wel,s my
making forts in the sand. br;oa 's aad
happy as the sunshine that s,,r 1au s g
them. Tvs uliounded
The little girl took her doll with :,
as she did on nearly every oc - ssl'
and pointed out to Miss Mary : y
called her, all the beauties = E s =
place. Then, as she received : M. =. me
OF little pail and shovel. WITH =
vltation to q good dig in the sand = !. =
handed Miss Mary to her '. MIL, sls
charging her to take care Of the ' sha;
until her return, and not let hsr ss san
INTO the ocean, OR go out in auv n Is, ~
sail-boats, and went OF full ~ ~
with her friends to distant part II ~ ~
beach. r''s W sae
The mother. conyersino with :.
friends on the piazza. held the d ~
and, after u little while, as two ves M
men trends suggested walk. s6 Ssr 10y.
and absent-mindcdly putting her an
about Miss Mary, started out Bofc. -
they had gone far she noticed 49,
every person coming towards s ~
seemed full of laughter, that lad;ss s =.
gentlemen glanced at her, and then
smiled significantly at each other ,,n 1sa
she felt sure that there must be- so s,s.a
thing peculiar in her dress or lools !.
cause SO much merriment.
She felt each side of her bonr.,
wondering it the long bonnet Mn.
were standing out, and giving her !
ridiculous appearance but no. thew
were all secure in their places. The.
she felt OF her tie. wondered if her eollsr
was awry, and, as different ones s..
preached. each person breaking ont 4.
to q smile as they drew near, she beoss
to wish that she had not started, "a
was decidedly uncomfortable.
Finally. as a company OF young mao.
pie passed, smiling like the rest, but
unlike the others. unable to restr.;n
their risibles. broke out, into 4 merry
laugh as one remarked, ibid You ever
see ANYTHING so ridicuIous?' itinstsp,lv
dawned upon the unfortunate LADY tbst
she was promenading up and down the
beach, gentleman on either side, cor.
versing as though she were sane Der.
SON, and she. tall and large. earring
this little doll on her arm. II was Il.
diculous enough when discovered, and
the gentlemen, as well as the lady: who
had been the cause of all this merri
ment, laughed heartily. q
Poor, innocent Miss Mary, who looked
so pretty as her little blue-eyed !" man.
ma" carried her about, but presented
SO entirely different appearance in the
arms of her tall, absent-minded ssgrxnd.
mother" was Immediately concealed
while the lady and friends walked back
to the hotel. noticing as they went the
look on the faces of the passers-by, II
though they said: "That doll has van
ished. She's discovered what we were
laughing at"
So sometimes when we are inclined
10 grow indignant at the unexplained
smiles of other people, ii is quite posi-
bic we might join in the laugh ourselves
1T we could only discover the cause d
their merriment. CHICAGO Standard