New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-04
THE WICKED LITTLE GIL.

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"Mas M stairs ChauWl ner dress. satI the
freck Il. faced little pirl, tglng her dolls bonnet
strings and casting her c"e about for % tidy large
enough to serve shawl for that Cntbs-Juintcd
young person.
"Oh, yoir mother needn't dress Nd FOR me-" re-
phed the female agent of the missionary SOC -,
taking Sc i-sat SIZED view OF herself ln tho mirror
" Run no anI tell h"TtO como down just "a, She rs
in hrr .veryday clothes. and no. 10 sand on eeIc-
mOnv. "
Ma was al dressed M In her new brown ~ IL
cause she expected Miss iliuMo1| To-day. Ms,
Dnmoud WAYS comes over here 20 show o or nice
things and ma don't mean 20 90, l'f'. " n ma
saw YOU coming she said The Dckensl ana
gnesS she was mad about sometime. Ma s0id n Vol
saw her new dress she'd have 10 hear all about
the poor heather. who don't have silk, and you'd
ask b,r for money 10 buv hymn books 20 send en-
-ay, do the Niger ladies' use hyinn nook leaves 10
do their hair up on aud make u lrll1y Ma SAYS
she grlesses that's all the good the book, do en- II
hey ever get any books ! wish my doll was a
hea,hen" l., ,..,, ..-...
of hrathcn dol T. inquired the missionary lady,
taking mental inventory OF the new things IN Tho
parlor 10 get material for homIly on worldly ex-
trsv ganCe
SO folks would send her lots of nice things 10
wear and feel sorry 10 have her going about naked
Then she'd have HAIR to friZ: and ! want dol
with truly haIr aud eyes that roll up like Deacon
Sderback's when he saws amen on sunday. amt
Ivicked girl = thcr cause Uncle y ,ck-you know
Uncle Dick he's been out West, and swears awfnl
and smokes in the hOuse-he saws I'm q holy trrror
and he hopes III be an angel pretty soon. Nal bs
down "a inmate. 20 NOu lc'hu I lhht your tAoah
oil She SAID she'd box my ears 4 asked you 10.
Mas putting on that old dress she had last year,
cause she said she didn't want you 10 thiuk
abe was able t. give much this zine, and she needed
a new mutt Morse than the Queen OF the Cannon
Bail Islands needed religion. lnc.o DICK
saws yon GU hter go to the ISLANDS, c use
vou'd be sale there, aud the va i'-d
he sorry they was such sinners any
body would send you to 'em. He SAYS he never
scen heather hungry enough 10 rat yOu Tess twas
a blind one an you'd set blind pagan's teeth on
edge so he'd never banker after any more mission
ary Uncle Dicks awful funny aud makes pa and
ma die LAUGH ing sometimes
Your Uncle Richard IL bad dcrravcd wretch,
and ought To have remained out West, where his
style Is appr. caied. lie sets a hOu!d example for
il, lie giTis Ike yOu.'
"Oh | thlnK he's nice. He showed me how 10
slide down the hannIsters, and he's teaching me 20
whistle when ma amt 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 ieckle-faced htilr girls ma came
in o tho parlOr and kissed the missionary adv on
the cheek and said shO delighted TO her. and
they proceeded TO AVE real socldDlc chat. The
htile piIi's ma can't understand why person who
pro esses to be charitable as the missionary agent
does should 90 rlgut over 10 Miss DimOud'S and Say
s.cb ll-natured things "a Rhc Oid, aud sno thinks
The missionary Is a doubi"-iaced gossip.