The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1883-12-22
The Bad Boys Sister.

The Bad Boys Sister.
''Ma's up stairs changing her dress
said the freckled-face girl, tying b
dolls bonnet strings and casting b
eye about for tidy large enough
serve as shawl for the double.joi1
ed person.
''Oh, your mother needn't dress
for me-" replied the female agent
the Missionary society, taking Sc
satisfied view of herself in the M
ror- ''Run up and tell her to cor
down just as she is in her every-d
clothes, and not stand on ceremony
"Oh, but she hasn't got on h
everyday clothes. Ma was
dressed up in her new brown sill
cause she expected Miss Dimond
day. Miss Dimond always com
over here to show off her nice thing
and ma don't mean to get left. Whd
ma saw you coming she said: IT
dickens!' and I guess she was ma
about something. Ma said if yd
saw her new dress she'd have to he;
all about the poor heather. who don
have silk, and you'd ask her for MOI
money to buy hymn hooks to send
'em. Say, do the niger ladies us
hymn books leaves to do their hal
up OH and make it frizzy! Ma say
she guesses that's all the good tn
books do 'em, if they ever get an
books. 1 wish my doll was
heathen."
"Why. you wicked little girl, wha
do you want of a heather doll!" il
quired the missionary lady, taking
mental inventory of the new thing |
in the parlor to get material for }
homily on worldly extravaganza.
$50 folks would send her lots Of
nice things to wear and feel sorry ID
have her going about naked. Thel|
she'd have hair to friz, and l want a
doll with real hair, and eyes that roll
up like Deacon Sliderback's $ when lid
says amen on Sunday. amt a wicked
girl either, cause Uncle Dick-yo,|
know Uncle Dick, he's been out west
and swears awful and smokes in the
house-he says I'm holy terror and
he hopes Ill be al angel pretty soon
Ma III be down in 4 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 new muff worse than the
queen of the Cannon Ball islands
needs religion. Uncle Dick says you
oughter go to the islands, cause you'd
be safe there, and the natifs'd he
sorry they were such sinners any
body would send you to 'em. He
says he never seen a heather hungry
enough to eat you, less twas blind
one. an you'd set a blind pagan $
teeth on edge so he'd never banker
after any more missionary. Uncle
Dicks awful funny, and makes pa
and ma die laughing sometimes"
"Your Uncle Richard is a bad, de.
praved wretch, and ought to have re.
manned out west, where his style is
appreciated. He sets horrid exam.
pie for little girls like you"
sob, think he's nice. He showed
me how to slide down the bannisters,
and he's teaching me to whistle when
ma amt round. That's pretty
cloak you've got, amt it! DO you
buy all your good clothes with mis-.
sionary money! Ma says you do
Just then the freckle-faced little
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 understand why q person
who processes to be SO charitable as
the missionary agent does should GO
right over to Miss Dimond's S and say
such ill.natured things as she did, and
she thinks the missionary is q double
faced gossip.-Exchange.