National Republican., 1883-03-10
CHILDREN WILL TALK.
What the Frecltlc Faced Little Girl Said
to the Missionary Agent.

What the Freclslc Faced Little Girl Said
to the Missionary Agent.
"Mas up stairs 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 double jointed young person.
90, your mother needn't dress up for me-"
replied the female agent of the missionary
society, taking self satisfied 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 ceremony"
oh, but she hasn't got on her every day
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 dickensp 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 'em. Say, do the niger
ladies use hymn book leaves do their hair
up on and make it frizzy2 Ma says she
guesses that's all the good the books do em,
if they ever get any books. l wish my doll
was heathen."
"Why, you wicked little girl, what do you
want of "a heather doll2' inquired the mis-
sionary lady, taking a mental inventory of
the new things in the parlor to get material
for homily on 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 |
want doll with truly hair and eyes that roll
up like Deacon Sliderback's when he says
amen on Sunday. | amt n wicked girl
either, cause Uncle Dick-you know Uncle
Dick, he's been ont west, and swears awful
and smokes in the house--he says Pm n
holy terror and he hopes I'll he an angel
pretty soon. Mall be down in a moment, 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 needed religion. Uncle
Dick says you oughter go to the islands, cause
you'd be safe there and the natifs'd be sorry
they was such sinners If anybody would send
you to en-. He says he never seen heather
hungry enough to eat you, less twas blind
one, and 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 laughing sometimes"
Your Uncle Richard is a bad, depraved
wretch, and ought to have remained outwest,
where his style is appreciated He sets "a hor-
rid example for little girls like YOU"
"Oh, | think he's nice. He cshowed me how
to slide down the banisters, and he's teach
ing me to whistle when ma amt round.
That's a pretty cloak yo've got, aint itP Do
you buy all your good clothes with missionary
money? Ma says you do"
Just then the freckle faced little girls 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
a real sociable chat The little girls ma can't
understand why Il person who processes to be
so charitable as the missionary agent does
should go right over to Miss Dimond's and say
such ill naturcd things as she did, and she
thinks the missionary is double faced gossip,