The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-09-10
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One afternoon company of friends
went to the sea shore to have a good
time, and among them little girl and
her mother. They walked up and down
a beautiful sandy beach, sat on the
broad shaded piazza of fine hotel,
enjoying the music from good band,
and watching the hundreds of people
enjoying the beauties of the place, like
themselves. The little folks were busy
in every direction digging wells and
making forts in the sand, bright and
happy as the sunshine that surrounded
them.
The little girl took her doll with her,
as she did on nearly. every occasion,
and pointed out to Miss Mary, as she
called her, all the beauties of the
place. Then, as she received present
of litAle pail and shovel, with an in
vitation to good dig in the sand, she
handed Miss Mary to her mother,
charging her to take care of the child
until her return, and not let her fall
into the ocean, or go out in any of the
sail-boats, and went off full of glee
with her friends to distant part of the
beach. ....t r,-tr -.a-
The mother, conversing with her
friends on the piazza, held the doll,
and, after little while, as two gentle
men friends suggested walk, she rose
and absent-mindedly putting her arm
about Miss Mary, started out. Before
they had gone far she noticed that
every person coming towards her
seemed full of laughter, that ladies and
gentlemen glanced at her, and then
smiled significantly at each other, until
she felt sure that there must be some
thing peculiar in her dress or looks to
cause so much merriment. .!e.-f
She felt each side of her bonnet,
wondering if the long bonnet pins
were standing out, and giving her a
ridiculous appearance, but no, they
were all secure in their places. Then
she felt of her tie. wondered if her collar
was awry, and, as different ones APP
preached, each person breaking out in
to smile as they drew near, she began
to wish that she had not started, and
! was decidedly uncomfortable .J ops
, Finally, as a company of young PEG
, pie passed, smiling like the rest, but
unlike the Others unable to restrain
their risibles, broke out into a merry
J laugh as one remarked. did you ever
, see anything so ridiculous?" it instantly
, dawned upon the unfortunate lady thai
she was promenading up and down the
beach, a gentleman on either side, con
> versing as though she were a sane per
l son, and she, tall and large, carrying
e this little doll on her arfi.a 1t was ri
g diculous enough when discovered, anC
3 the gentlemen, as well. as the lady who
i. had been the cause of all this merri
ment, laughed heartily. -.
j. Poor, innocent Miss Mary, who looked
d so pretty as her little blue-eyed ''mam
: ma" carried her about, but presented
? so entirely different appearance in tn
0 arms of her tall, absent-minded grand
a mother" was Immediately concealed
while the lady and friends walked bac
+ to the hotel, noticing as they went tn
# look on the faces of the passers-by, a
though they said: ''That doll has var
e ished. She's discovered what we wer
laughing at" f-t -a n,
/. So sometimes when we are incline
to grow indignant at the unexplaine
le smiles of other people, it is quite poss
ii BILE we might join in the laugh ourselvt
d if we could only discover the cause
e their merriment. Chicago Standard.