Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-24
What the FreckIed Faced Little
Girl Said 10 the Missionary
Agent.

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Agent.
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 serve as shawl for
that double jointed young person.
20, your mother needn't dress up
for me, replied the female agent Of
the missionary society, taking a self
satisfied view OF herselfin the mirror.
Run up and tell her to come down
just as she is in her everyday clothes,
and not stand on ceremony"
20, but she hasn't got on her every.
day clothes. Ma was all dressed up
10 her new brown silk, cause she ex-
pected Miss DimmOnd o-day. Miss
Dimmond always comes over here 10
show of her nice things and ina don I
mean to get left. When ma saw you
coming she said, The diekensl and
guess she was mad about something.
Ma said If you saw her new dress she
would have to hear all about the
poor heather who don't have
silk, and you'd ask her for more
money to buy hymn books to send
'em. Say, do the niger ladies use
hymn book leaves to tie up 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
heather"
why, you wicked little girl, what
do you want OF a heather doll?' in
Quired the missionary lady, taking an
inventory of the new things in the
parlor to get material for homily on
worldly extravaganza.
so 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 friz. and | want a
doll with truly hair and eyes that roll
up like Deacon SIiderback's when he
says amen on Sunday. | amt q
wicked girl, either, cause Uncle
Dick-you know Uncle Dick, hes beer
out West, swears awful and smokes il
the house-he says I'm a holy terror
aud he hopes I'll be an angel pretty
soon. Mall be down in a minute, 81
you needn't take your cloak off She
said she'd box my ears if | asked yor
to. Mas putting on that old dress
she had last wear. cause she said sbt
didn't want you to think she cOulC
give much this time, and she needed
new muff worse than the queen o
the cannon ball islands needed reli
gion. Uncle Dick says you ought tt
20 to the islands. cause you'd b,
safe there, and the MATHS d be sorr,
they was such sinners anybody would
send you to EN-. He says he neve
saw heather hungry enough to ca
you less twas blind one, aud you't
set blind ones tooth on edge so he't
never banker alter any more mis-
sionary. Uncle Dicks awful funny
and makes pa and ma die laughing
sometimes "
Your Uncle Richard is bad, de
PRAYED wretch and ought to have re
manned out West, where his style i
appreciated. He sets horried exam
pie for little girls like you"
20, | think he's nice. He shove,
me how to slide down the banisters
and he's teaching me to whistle whe
ma amt round. That's pretty oloal
you've got, amt itP Do you buy al
your good clothes with missionar
money? Ma says you do"
i Just then the freckled. faced littl
girls ma came into the parlor, an
kissed the missionary lady on tn
cheek, and said she was delighted t
see her, and they proceeded to have
real sociahle chat. The little girl
ma cant understood why a perso
who processes to DO SO charitable a
the missionary agent does should g
tight over to Miss Diamonds and So
uch ill-natured things as she did, an
The thinks the missionary is a double
laced gossip.