The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-14
THE FRscKLE FACED GIRL.

"Ma's upstairs changing her
Dress" said the freckle-faced little
girl, tying her dolls bonnet'strings
and casting her eye about for tidy
large enough to serve as shawl for
that doublc-jointed young person.
"Oh, your mother needn't dress
up for me-" replied the female agent
of the missionary society, taking
self-satisficd view of herself in the
mirror. "Run up and tell her to
come down just as she is in her every
day clothes, and not stand on cere-
mony."
ooh, but she hasn't got OH her
everyday clothes. Ma was al 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
ma don't mean to get left. When
ma saw you coming she said, THE
dickens!' and l guess she was mad
about something. Ma said if 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 more
money to buy hymn-books to send en-.
Say. do the nigger ladies use hymn.
book leaves to do their hair up on
and make it frizzy: Ma says she
guesscs that's all the good the books
dozen, if they ever get any books.
l wish my doll was q heathen."
why, you wicked little girl,
what do you want of heather doll:"
inquired the missionary lady, taking
a mental inventory of the new things
in the parlor to get material for a
homily Oh 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 friz, and l want q
doll with curly hair and eyes that roll
up like Deacon Sliderback's when he
SAYS amen on Sunday. l amt a
wicked girl, either, cause Uncle
Dick-you know Uncle Dick, he's
been out West and .swears awful and
smokes in the house-he says Pm a
holy terror, and he hopes I'll be a
angel pretty soon. Nail 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 needed a new muff
, worse that the queen of the cannon
ball islands needed religion. Uncle
+ Dick says you oughter go to the is
lands, cause you'd be safe there,
and the natifs'd be sorry they was
: such sinners anybody would send you
t to 'em. lie says he never seen q
1 heather hungry enough to eat YOU
1 less twas blind one, an you'd Sc,
blind pagan's teeth Oh edge so he'd
never banker after any more mis-
sionary. Uncle Dicks awful funny
4 and makes pa and ma die laughing
sometimes"
"Your Uncle Richard is a bad
depraved wretch, and ought to have
! remained out West, where his style
is appreciated. He sets a horrid ex
ample for little girls like YOU
l "Oh, think he's nice. He showed
me how to slide down the banisters
! and he's teaching me to whistle whe'
ma amt round. That's a pretty cloal
you've got, amt it? DO you buy al
: your good clothes with missionar.
S money? Ma says you do"
G just then the freckle-faccd LITTLE
: girls ma came into the parlor AM
: kissed the missionary lady on tn
G cheek and said she was delighted t.
see her, and they proceeded to hav
a real sociable chat. The little girl
a ma can't understand why Il perso
II who processes to be SO charitable a
q the missionary agent does should g
y right over to Miss. Diamonds an
e say such ill-natured things as sh
Is did, and she thinks the missionary
II double-faced gossip.-Bosto'
u Globe.
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