The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-03-29
CBoston Globe.1
A EKECKLED-FACED GIRL
Places Her Mother in a Peculiar Light
Before Visitor.

Mas up stairs changing her Dress ~
said the freckled-faced little girl.
tying her dolls bonnet-strings and
casting her eye about for a tidy large
enough to ser4 for shawl for that
uble-jointed young person.
20, your mother needn't dress up
for me-" replied the female agent Of
the missionary society, taking self
satisfied view of herself in the mirror.
Run up and tell her to come down
just as she is in her everyday clothes
and not stand on ceremony. .a :
30, but she hasn'tg on her every
day clothes. Ma was all dressed up
in her new brown silk, cause she ex-
pected Miss Dimmond to-day. Miss
Dimmond always comes over here to
show off her nice things and ma don't
mean to get left. When ma saw you
coming she said, The Dickensr and I
guess she was mad about something.
Ma said if you saw her new dress she'd
have to hear all about the poor heathen
who don't have silk, and you'd ask
he.' for more money to buy hymn
books to send 'em. Say, do the mig
ger ladies use hymn book leaves to do
their hair up on and make it frizzy?
Ma says she guesses that's all the
good the books do 'em, if they ever
get any books. [ wish my doll was a
heathen."
'Why you wicked little girl, what
do you want of heather doll?" in
quired the missionary lady, taking a
mental inventory Of the new things in
the parlor to get material for homily
on worldly extravaganza.
$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 to frizz, and | want
doll with truly hair and eyes that roll
up like Deacon Sliderback's when he
says amen on Sunday. l ain t wick
ed girl, either, cause Uncle Dick
you know Uncle Dick, he's been out
West and swears awful and smokes in
the house-he says I'm holy terror
and he hopes I'll be an angel pretty
soon. Mall be down in minute. so
you needn't take your cloak off. She
said she'd box my ears if asked you
to. Mas putting on that old dress
she had last year, cause she said she
didn't want you to think she was able
to give much this time, and she need
ed new muff worse than the queen
of the cannon ball islands needed re-
ligion Uncle Dick says you oughter
to go to the islands, cause you'd be
safe there and the natifs'd be sorry
they was such sinners anybody would
send you to 'em. He says he never
seen heather hungry enough to.eat
you, less twas blind one, and you'd
set blind pagan's teeth on edge so
he'd never banker after any more
missionary. Uncle Dicks awful fun
ny and makes pa and MA die laughing
sometimes"
Your Uncle Richard is bad, de-
praved wretch, and ought to have re-
mained out West, where his style is
appreciated. He sets horrid exam
pie for little girls like you.
"Oh, think he's nice. He showed
me how to slide down the bannisters,
and he's teaching me to whistle when
ma ain round. That's pretty cloak
you've got, amt it? Do you buy all
your good clothes with missionary
money? Ma says you do"
Just then the freckled-faced little
girls ma came into the parlor and
kissed the missionary lady on the
cheek, and they proceeded to have a
real sociable chat. The little girl s
ma can't understand why person
who processes to be so charitable as
the missionary lady does, should &C
right over to Miss Diamonds and say
such ill-natured things as she did. and
she thinks the missionary is double
faced gossip