The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-25
THAT FRECKLE-FAcEn
She Goes to Sabbath schoo,
Gets Out Of Her Depth. &'d
Causing Trouble in Two
or Three Families
the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
The freckle-faced little ~,
sent to Sabbath school last Sil Vas
counteract the effect of her rauyto
to the parson and show tba taiks
family was not quite as w;on lie
she had made it appear. Tho ,heda as
told the class about Jonah eacner
offered to answer any ouest;o, and
children wanted to ask shnn.s The
surprising adventures of tbo The
who was thrown overheard for man
and swallowed for a sprat. Thd luck
tie girl stopped making faces a at 1T
boy with large ears in the neyt 'le
and wanted to know if the wb,iInaaess
the story was in the Common %",'elA
Gil. The lady smiled at the ono oeun'
and taking special pride in her nao'
lisr knack OF drawing cut" chiIpd Isu'
and Analysing the operations Of thsan
immature minds, she inquired ,a
reason of the question. Tie
II didn't know" said the frooh,.
faced girl. ."Your husband is i u ts'
Common Council, IN my pa sars S 'ae
got q nap'tite like the whale wHst s
up Mr.. Jones. Pa says he seen a Sin
for a lunch over to Parker's ~ oa
said your husband ate twenty dolby
worth at one sitting, besides a how ~
cigars IN wine huff to float the dsSt
he was piling On folks what 1 vos
more honest IN not so blamed hnn"ss
tween meals. Pa said twas 'snr;sin,
what appetites some whales n moa,
p%olitishuns did have. Then Tncla
Dick-he's been out West N evarv'
where, N says he's a bad man FIN
some place 1 forget-he said twas
curious fact which he'd noticed th,s
the whale couldn't swalIer a sms,,
whole till he got in the Bible, N yonr
husband couldn't eat nothin' bpt
sandwich for lunch till he sot
in the city guv'ment, N then he'd
eat a whole hotel II a cigar stora
thrown in at one gulp n swaIier
his conscience on top O. that to SETTLE
his stomach. Then pa said a mother
time he guessed he was a whale his.
self for swalIerin' all your husband
said bout economy before lection. N
then Uncle Dick, he laughed N said
that was what come of the damdjm.
mick rats takin' in all the Jonshst ha
other side flung overheard. IN Ia
guessed the whale was getting alittlp
seasick.. Then pa aid lie sposed he
Cughter knowed better than to vote
for a man what used to be '%sociated
with Republicans, N Uncle Dick
said that was so, cause Republicans
turned out men witch hadn't
got no principles, only stomachs.
Amt this the same whale Uncle Dick
"WeIl, it's high time your mother
sent you to sabbath school" replied
the teacher severely. "The infu.
ences around you at home are per.
awful for a child of your age
and naturally wicked disposition.
Where do you suppose you will got
if you learn. to talk such scandal
about your neighbors::'
II dunno. Over 10 Miss Slider.
backs, I guess, Ma says that's whtrc
Miss Magruder go TO talk
about the n%eighhors. IN l s'spose |
90, too, when / get big 'nuf.
I'd rather go to dancing school
.hougb, IN ma says l can when pa
gets the rsney Deacon SIiderback
him out of that time they
snapped horses"
The teacher told the freckled-fa faced
;irl to stop talking and learn two
and the little healhsn hid her
ace behind a book and Whispered 10
he next little girl, whose faLner is
he Superintendent: ''Say, don't
'our pa talk through his nose funny
dy pa says if your pa would stayM
lome from prayer mectin' TO mixa
title more sugar with the sand he
ellis for fourteen cents a pound.
he might not need a tire-proof
Offin when he dies"
Then she devoted herself to max.
ng faces at the boy with large ears.
nd giggling at the way the teacher
visited her mouth trying to singa
ymn.