The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-07
MeddIesoDe Jenny.

MeddIesome Jenny.
Cecil EsrIe.l
This wss what she vas called by the
whole family. !: seemed pity to call
such pretty Lille girl oy sUch disagree-
able name, bG: sue bad earned it.
Her mo:he. had whipped, Ecolded, and
talked to her, bat to no purpose. She al
ways had rnedd I'd, and her friends feared
she always you'd As soon IS she had learn.
ed to walk, che would go around the room
putting her nsuds on everything. II 3 bCX
or basket was wilhin her reach, its on.ents
had to be HANDLED and look ID over by her.
The habit grew upon her SO that at nine
years of eye she wss torment 10 all who
were near her. 1t neened as if sac could
let nothing alone Everything which
would be il jared by handling, was put IN
der lock Sn kew.
L seemed 20 be almost her only fsult-in-
deed, it was ths only one that caused her
friends any annoy snce. She was bright.
smart girl quick At her books, full OF fun,
but she would Inedde in spite OF every
thing. Once when her mother had been
talking to her shout this great fault, she
said:
ats no use, mamma; / can't kolp med
ding. Why. when l see things. 1 cant
keep my hands of nom them. It's as rat
ursl for mo - msGdle Is Il is for me 20
breathe. I've tFlad and tried to keep from
II, but it does no good, SO I'm not going TO
Try any more"
Don't talk so, Jenny. You must over
como this fault, or il viii get you into seri-
Gus trouble sometime"
"Don't care IL i does" WEs the sullsn re-.
ply.
With deep sizA, Mrs. Reynolds turned
away. Sac was very anxious tina. her little
@a1gtsfr would make useful woman; but
hos could she be uscfJl ahile she INDUCED
this habit2
OAe day she was alone in her fathers
private room Aud, IS usual, shs WAS peek
ine round 10 sea il she could had anything
ne;f. It did no. take her bright b.oWn
eyes long to spy The key TO her fathers
desk, st.Il 10 the lex, which he had forgot
ten 70 put in his pocket. She had alTsyl
been curious - see the inside Of this
desk, but an opportunity hal never pre-
scented itself 5eiOve G3 /: vas always locked,
and the key safe IL her fathers pocket The
temptation ~ss too great to be resisted.
How eagerly Sd Jura9d the key aad lifted
the covert She looked over papers, read sill
the letters she could ind, and counted tho
money in the p-e.ty knit parse, which she
had given him toe CHRISTMAS before.
Thinking she had examined all the contents
Of the deck, she wss turniag away, when
she spied in one corner, partially covered
by papers, a email parcel, done carefully
up in pink tissue paper.
"I wOn5er what it is," she said, as sbe
took it in her hand.
Untying tie string, and taking of the
covering. she saw s great many pink and
white iOz3Sges.
20, nv" Sue cried, "what a lot OF loz
ensesi OF uTse they're for NE. Paps
has bought them intending to surprise me
Now I'll surprise hin By taking some Of
t.iem'
She didn's 60 as most children would
try one FIRST T. gee if she liked it-but filed
her mouth with them aud commence1 eat
ing.
''Bahi how b;tteIi" che cried.
Yes, they were bitter. 1t seemed tO Jen.
nv that she had never tasted anything
quite so bitter before.
They were ugh lozsTges which Mr.
Reynolds had got tor his cough. He had
locked them in his deck to keep them away
from Jenny, knowing thai if she saw them
she would eat than and make herself sick
How sick sic wasl
For three whole days and nights she
could tsste no food without vomiting.
But i, cured her OF meddling. II she i
tempted to meddle. che mss Only TO think o.
these dread nj days, when she suffered sc
much, ard the & mptEtiOn ia overcome.
Her brothers and sisters tease her some
times by calling cut, 81 zaDges, don't you
want some pretty pink AID white lozenGes
jenny Do have some; they're very nice
and bitter
"Laugb, if you like" she answers, "bu
am very glad [ ate those lozenges fo
they cured me Of msddling. L had a greai
deal rather be called lozsngsr eater thar
Srneddlesome JENNY,