Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-07
"MLS' %PEABoDY',s" VISIT.

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"MLS' PEABODY's" VISIT.
There were five little folks at the Hall
hdlse, and Susie, only seven, was the
Oldest.
rubber doll had been given to Susie
wfhn she was three years old, but the
twh boys next to her had played with
it, and the two little girls had cut their
teeth Oh it, SO Rosa was q most forlOrn-
looting creature, and many tears had
SUSIE Shed over her deficiencies; but,
likel q true mother, non the less be-
cau$ she was not pretty she loved her.
Besides, she had a promise that. when
all tie shoes and boots were bought and
paid |for, all the new dresses, coats,
hats, caps. hoods, scarfs and aprons
were provided, she should have a nee
new dbl.
''But l shall love you most" Susie
had often told Rose since that old prom
isc, made two years before, when Jack
split Rise Annabeps mouth from car to
car.
Susie S mother scwea it with white
threat, and Susie played the stitches
were tee h; but Rose Annabers beauty
was nos at all improved thereby.
Do'lyWaite, an only child, livednext
door toSus;e, and the large room that
was her nursery wa strcwed with play
things and dolls of all sizes and kinds;
but I am sorry to say that, while she
was very fond of having Sus'e come to
play with her, she had often compared
her wax and china darlings, in their
fresh silk and muslin dresses, with the
snub nosed. ugly Rose Annabel, till
Susie, with her mother-heart full of
grief. had gathered her sorrowful-iook-
ing child to her bosom and gone home
to weep in Sc ret
But Susie was q forgiving little puss.
and enjoyed seeing and sharing in the
]uyuries of Dolly's home. So. when
Dolly called over the fence one morn
ing: "Oh, Susie, mammals gone to stay
all forenoon. You take Rose and come
over and visit me. In be Mis- Norris.
an you be Mis- Peabody an her baby.
I'll have 81 tea party. Bring your card
case with you," Susie ran into the house.
and after a great deal of searching.
pulled Rose Annabel out Of the coal
box, where the twins had buried her
when she last ~died-they had a funeral
over Rose nearly every day-and brush
ing her of, she dressed her in the best
she could find, and was soon on Dollic's
porch, where q tempting little table was
set in china and 81 SIS.
ooh, my! where did you get this
candy?" asked Susie, dropping Rose in
her excitement.
Nov, Susie Hall, you sroil every
bit. You must member you're Mis-
Peabody. an ring the bell, an leave
your card. an ask for Mis- Norris, as q
preachers wife ought to. You've
dropped your old rag doll on the floor,
too"
Susie gathered up the doll, and an
swered iercely:
Now, Dolly Waite. if you're going
to say one word to me about Rose that
ISM t perlitc; / Won't be Mis- Peabody
0 nobody else"
"Well, | won't any more if you only
do rs I said"
So Dolly ran in the hall, and Susie
found q piece OF paper and tripped up
the steps and rang the bell.
Dolly hurried to the door, and with
many bows, said:
''Im much s'prised to see you, Mis-
Peabody: take a chair. No, let's 90 sit
on the porch-you can play you don't
see the party-and call it the parlor,
Susie. l see you have brought your
little daughter. How are her teeth
now, Ms Peabody"
ooh. she's cut them every one!'' an
swered Susie, wincing with shame as
she looked at the long stitches, for
Roses mouth required to be sewed very
often.
$40 look and see how red Laura
Evelyn's cheeks arc. I'm afraid she
has q fever. Pll have to give her some
homely pathjc pills. / guess. DO feel
her pulse, Mis- Peabody, I'd be awful
sorry to have her die, FOR she's ust got
this nice new dress and skirt!'' and the
beautiful, rosy-cheeked wax doll was
put down by the side of poor Rose
Annabcl, who looked shabbier than
ever. ''Don't you tn NIX Laura's
pulse is dreadful high. Mis- Peabody"
Dolly's mother was an invalid, or
thought she was, and was always talk
ing ABOUT her ''high pulse" but Susie's
mother had 80 MANY children to look
after she never found time to be S elk,
and Susie did not kIowth proper thing
to say.
But remembering that she was the
preachers wife, she took hold OF
Laura's t'abby kid hand. shook her
head, and with a look OF most tender
concern on her face, said, feelingly:
s'Poor, little dear! It's most as high
as the church-steeple!!"
Thinking she had said the most
correct thing possible. she was ouite
astonished when Dolly cried, in a pas.
sion:
YOU'RE Just as mean as you can be,
! Susie Hall, to make tun that way, when