The Bossier banner., 1882-12-14
=" EvenZ and Fealings.o

Little Kate Andrews had long wished
to keep a diary. Her elegant Cousin
Maud, from the city, who wore trails;
and frizzes, and carried wonderful
pain ed fan and white parasol trimmed
with lace, kept diary. She used to sit
at her table and write, after everybody
else was in bed. Sometimes Kate silent
with her, and she would wake up after
her first long nap, and watch Maud as
she wrote. Kate thought sine looked
very interesting in her long white wrap
per, her black hair hanging over her
shoulders. and her head supported upon
her hand. To sit up in that way and
write in a diary was the little girls
highest ambition. l.a. +. -
So, when Maud asked Kate what she
shot buy for her after she went back
to the city. the child answered: "a di-
ary, please; one just like yours
The diary came all right, wrapped i'm
buff paper, and directed to Miss Kate
Andrews, care of James Andrews.
Esq" ...t
Kate was delighted. She meant TO
sit up late that very night. Mammawas
going to a party, and it would be easy
to sit up till nine O clock at lea t.
But, for fear something would hap
pen, she thought she would make one
entry in her new book in the afternoon.
So she went to papa's desk. got pen,
INK and blotter, and sat down in the
desk-chair with her left hand support
ing her head, in imitation of Cousin
Maud.
But what should she write? Her lit.
tie mind was perfectly blank the mo-
ment she got the pen in her hand.
Brother Ned sat at the open window
studying his grammar lesson.
Ned, will you please tell me what
folks put in diaries nos1y?" she said.
Events and feelings SAID Ned,
grandly. ~
Kate wrote across the upper part
OF the first rage. Events and Feel
ings.' when she came to another stop
but, Ned, what is eyents?' she
asked, after minute.
Eating your dinner is an event."
said Ned. "And sometimes they put
good resolutions into their diar.es.
And they write down the bad things
they have done.
AheC DeCalHe very QuleL
"lf eating dinner is an event." she
thought, ''it isn't interesting enough to.
put in a diary. l think Cousin Maud
wrote about the friends who came, to
see her, and the books she read But
shouldn't 'spose folks would want to
write it down when they dou't do as
they ought to. l want my diary to be
nice eading."
So, under June 1, 1881, she wrote:
when get time, shall make up some About
my fealings, haven't much of any"
In the evening. after mamma went to
the party, Kate carried the pen and ink
to the nursery. Nurse, thinking she
had gone to bed, sat in the kitchen gos-
siping with the cook. The little girl
established herself at the table and be.
gan to write.
IL was million dollars. gave some to min
lister to build a meetng-ho and make a chin,
Oh Deis. bought white saton dress, with i'm
smiui s,Ss long trane. A member of Congress car-
I ried my trane. The Pres dent gave me a
ookay OF roses. My feelings were happy,
speshiy when gave my white saton dr., So to
a poor woman with ten children. and bought
onto it."
When Kate had written this much, she
stopped to rest and think of some more
events. Then, under another date, sic
.s..4 ss..s 81,
wore reeth of white roses to-day, mid
Of purls. A beggir child came, AMI took rose
out or the reeth and gave 1T to her. The Prince
smiled at me, and called me an angiI.
sat under q tree and read tn ok book Ia
an hour. Reading is NICE"
1t took Kate long time to write all
this: When she had finished she said;
:" There, that what | call events"
While she was trying to read over
her "Eventz and Fealings she fell
asleep, dropping her pen and makinga
big blot on the page. There mamma
and papa found her when they came
home from the party.
They had a hearty laugh over the
poor little book, and after that, when
they spoke of a stilted, unna aural per.
son. they said: He reminds me OF
kate's diary. Mrs. M +. Butts, IN 81.