The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-28
The Wicked Little Girl.

"Ma's upstairs changing her dress, II
said the Ireckle-faced little girl, tying
her dolls bonnet-strings and casting her
eye about for tidy large enough to
serve As q shawl for that double-jointed
yon1S "53Sf, person @
Tor me, y replied the female agent of the
missionary society, taking self.satisfied
view OF herself i'll the mirror. "Rum I'M
and tell-her to come down just rs she is
In her everyday clothes, and not to
stand on ceremony"
"Oh, but she hasn't got on her cyery-
day clothes. Ma was all dressed up in
her new brown silk cause she expected
Miss DImmond to-day. Miss Dimmond
always comes over here to show off her
nice things, and mn don't mean to get
ieit. When ma saw you coming, she
SAID, THE Dickens 7 and l guess she
was mad about something. Ma said II
you saw her new dress she'd have to hear
all about the poor heather, who don't
have silk, and you'd ask her for money
10 buy hymn books to send 'em. Say.
90 the n8ger ladies use hymu-book
leaves TO DO their hair up on and make it
irlzzyf Ma says she guesses that's oil
the good the books do 'em, il they ever
get any books. I wish my doll was a
"Why, you wicked little girl what do
you want of q hoathen doll ?" inquired
tho missionary lady, taking mental in
Ventory OF the new things in the parlOr
to get material for a homily Oh worldly
extravaganza.
80 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 I want doll with
truly hair and eyes that roll up like
Deacon Sliderback's when he says amen.
=! amt n wicked girl, either, cause Uncle
Dlck--you know Uncle Dick, he's been
out West, and swears awful and smokes
III the housc-he says I'm holy terror
and ho hopes I'll he an angel pretty
soon. Mall be down in n minute, 30 yom
needn't take your cloak off. She said
she'd box my ears if I asked Won 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
tins time, and she needed d new muff
worse than the Queen of the Cannon
Ball Islands needed religion. Uncle
DICK says Sou oughtcr 60 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 hcathcn hungry
enough to ent you, less twas n blind
one, nm you'd set blind pagan's teeth
on edge so he'd never banker after any
more missionary. Uncle Dicks awful
funny, and makes pa and ma die laugh
ing sometimes"
''Your Uncle Richard is pad, de-
PRAYED wretch, and ought to have re-
manned out West, where his style is
appreciated. He sets horrid example
for little girls like yo,t."
ooh, l think he's nice. He showed
me how to slide down the bannistcrs and
he's teaching me to whistle, when ma
amt round. That's a pretty cloak you've
got, amt it? Do you buy all your good
clothes with missionary money? Ma
says you do"
just then the little frecklcd-faced
girls ma came into the parlor and kissed
the missionary lady on the cheek and
said she Was delighted to see her, and
they proceeded TO have real sociable
chat. The little girls ma can't under
stand why person who processes to be
so charitable as the missionary agent
docs should go right over to Miss Dim
mond's and say such ill-natured things
as she did, and sho thinks the missionary
IS q dOubln faced srOSsiD