The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-03
"aIs saya You Do"

| MAS up stairs changing her dress" sale
the freokled faced little girl, tying hel
dolls bonnet.strings and casting her eyt
ABOUT for tidy large enough to serve as 8
shawl for that double-jointed young per-
son. ~ la..t s-'4N -. 3
20, your mother needn't dress up TO,
me, = replied the female agent of the mis-.
sionary society, taking self. satisfied view
OF herself In the mirror. 'ltun up and
tellsher to como down just as she is in hel
every day clothes and not stand on cere.
mony."
|'t 20; but she hasn't got on her every day
clothes. Ma, was all dressed up III her
new brown silk, cause, she expected Miss
l)imiaiond to day. Miss Diamond always
co9mes oyer here To show, soff her nice
things and ma don't mean to get left.
When ma saw you coming she said, THE
Dickens y and I guess she was mad about
something. lila said II you saw her new
dress she'd have to hear all about the poor
heathen, who don't have silk, and YOU ID
ask her Tor moro money to buy hymn
books to send 'em. Say, do the nlgger
ladies' use hymn book leaves to do their
hair up on and make it frzzyp Ma saws
sbe guesses that's all the good the books do
en-, II they ever get any books. wish
my doll was heathen."
why you wicked little girl. what do
you want OF heatheu dollp' Inquired the
missionary lady, taking mental mven-
Tory OF the new things in the parlor to get
material for honlily on worldly extraVa-
gance. 80 -
$50 folks would send her lots of NICE
things to wear and feel sorry to have her
going about naked. Then she'd have hair
/ onf I~lI
ana eyes that roll up like Deacon Slider
backs when he says amen on SUNDAY.
amt wicked girl, either, cause Uncle
Dick-you know uncle Dick, he's been ont
West and swears awful and smokes in the
house-he says I'm holy terror and he
hopes Ill be an angel pretty soon. Mail
be down IN minute. 80 you needn't take
your cloak off. She said she'd box NV
ears If l asked you to. Mas putting on
that old dress she had last year, cause she
salt! she didn't want you to think she was
aple TO give much this time and she needed
new muff worse than the queen of the
cannon ball islands needed religion. Uncle
DICK says You ought to 60 10 tho islands,
cause you'd be safe tn ere and the natives
pe sorry they was such sinners anybody
would send you to >em. He says he never
seen a heathen hungry enough to eat you,
less twas blind one, and you'd set
blind pagan's teeth on edge 80 he'd never
banker after any more missionary. Uncle
DICKS awful funny and makes pa and una
die laughing sometimes."
"Your Uncle Richard is bad, depravcd
wretch, and ought to have remained out
West, where his style is appreciated. He
sets horrid eexample for little girls like
YOU" e. -
"Oh, think he's nice. lie showed me
how to slide down the bannisters, and he's
teaching me to whistle when ma ain't
ronnd. That's pretty cloak you've got,
amt 'ts Do you buy all your good clothes
with missionary money! Ma says YOU
do" .t.
Just then the frecklc-faced little girls
ma came into the parlor and kissed the
lady on the cheek and said she
was delighted to see her aud they procec
ded to have a real sociable chat The
little girls ma can't understand why a Der.
son who processes to &c Sc charitable "a
The missionary agent does should 20 right
over to Miss Diamonds and say such ILL |
natured things as She did, and she thinks
Il emlssiOnary ls q double. faced possIn.