The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-06-16
That Freckled-Faced Girl


"Ma's up stairs changing her Dress" said
the ireckled-faced girl, tying her dolls bon
net-strngs and casting her eye about for a
tidy large enough to serve as a shawl for that
double jointed youn person.
"Oh, your mother needn't dress up for
me-" replied the female agent of the Mission
airy society, taking self. satisfied view of her
self in the mirror. run up and tell her to
come down Just as she is in her everyday
clothes, and not stand on ceremony"
90, but she hasn't got on her everyday
clothes. Ma was all dressed up in her new
brown silk. cause she expected Miss Dim
mond 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 Dickensl' and
guess she was mad about something. Ma
said il 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-book, to send EN-. Say, do
the niger ladies use hymn-book leaves to do
their hair up on and make it frizzyI Ma
says that's all the good books do 'em, If they
ever get any books. wish my doll was
heathen."
why, you wicked little child, what do you
want of a heather doll?" inquired the mis-
sionary lady, taking mental inventory of the
new things 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 to have her
going about naked. Then she'd have hair
to frizz, and | want a doll with truly hair
and eyes that roll up like Deacon Slider
backs when he says amen on Sunday.
| amt wicked girl, either, cause
nirk-ynn IL.
he's been out west and swears awfully and
smokes in the house-he says I'm a holy ter
ror and he hopes I'll be an angel pretty soon.
Ma ii be down in minute, so you needn't
take your cloak of. 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 muff worse
than the queen Of the cannon ball islands
needed religion. Uncle Dick says you
oughter go to the islands, cause you'd be safe
there, and the MATHS would be sorry they was
such sinners anybody would send you to 'em.
He says he never seen a heather hungry 'nuff
to eat you, less it was blind one, an you'd
set blind pagan's teeth on edge SO he'd
never banker after any more missionary.
Uncle Dicks awfully funny, and he makes pa
and ma die laughing sometimes"
''Your Uncle Richard is a base depraved
wretch, and ought to have remained out west,
where his style is appreciated. He sets
horrld example for little girl like YOU
"Oh, think he's nice. He showed me
how to slide down the bannisters, and he's
teaching me to whistle when ma amt around.
That's pretty cloak you've got, amt it? Do
you buy all your good clothes with missionary
money? Pa says you do"
Just then the ireckle-faced little girI's ma
came into the parlor and kissed the mission
AIRY lady on the cheek and said she was de-
lighted TO see her, and they proceeded to have
real socable chat. The little girls ma can't
understand why person who processes to be
so charitable as the missionary agent does
should go right over to Miss Diamonds and
say such ill-natured things as she did, and she
thinks the missionary is a double faced Cos
sip.