The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-03-29
"SUCH A 'SPERIENCE.o

I'm years and years older than [ was
yesterday; ages and ages, and yester-
day | was just six, and thought how old
| was. [ had a birthday party, and
grandma sent me Il nice new dollie with
long curls and eyes that 90 to sleep.
The pGrty was nice, too. The little
girls were good; nobody quarreled,
and they all said that my new dollie
was the prettiest that they ever saw. [
named her after every one of them, and
all promised to give her something to
remember them by.
But that isn't what makes me feel
older. On, my, no! It's 'sperience.
That's what it is. And such 'speri-
ence! | never shall forget it as long as
live. (Aunt Lou never forgets things
as long as she lives.)
The little girls went home early
cause their mammas told them they
must, and nv mamma said: ''What
good little girls they are to mind their
mammas so nicely" Well, after they
were gone didn't know what to do
with the rest of my birthday; for it
wasn't like a common day, you see,
and | must do something. | asked
mamma if l could take my dol
lie for walk in the long meadow.
She said "no," mustn't, but
never told me why, nor nothing. She
said that could walk up and down in.
| the garden, and that would do for dol
lie. Then she put on her bonnet and
went up to see grandma. / didn't care
much about walking in the garden; I've
| played there so much that I'm tired of
| it, but | thought that may be dolie
might like to 90, and as she had just
come | must be polite, and do as she
wanted. Mamma always says / must
be polite to strangers, and dolie was a
stranger. So | went out and walked
and walked in the garden, till | got so
stupid (Aunt Lou says stupid), so
stupid there that | could't stay any
longer. l opened the gate, and peeped
into the meadow; then went out, and
before | knew it, there | was climbing
under the rails, and was in the
meadow. But | wasn't going to stay.
l told dollie so. l told her that she
musn I ask to stay, and that we'd Just
90 down to the brock, and let her see
it, then we'd turn right around and
NO'iAS bttOhs L etil llIl SOl w Jlit DIOOk,
and | was so tired when | got there
was so far and dollie was so heavy, you
EnOw-that just sat down for a little
minute OF two to rest.
let dollie look into the brook, then
forgot all about going back, but kept
sitting there, till all of sudden heard
tramp, tramp, and looking up, there
was five hundred thousand million
(Aunt Lou says five hundred thousand
million) cows standing all around me;
some were taking a drink, but they
most all were getting ready to toss
dollie and me up, like a little boy |
once heard of was tossed up. l
screeched and screeched, and let dollie
fall and break to pieces, was so fright
ened.
Then | remembered that mamma
said that the Lord would always take
care of me if ] asked Him. and | was
just going to ask Him not to let the old
cows hurt me, when l remembered that
mamma said that if | was a good little
girl He would love ME and take care of
me. And hadn't been q good girl; l
hadn't minded mamma. That was the
difference. He loves good little girls
and will take care of them; they need
never be AFRAID, but He don't care one
bit for naughty little girls. Oh, such
sperience! There was the COWS, and |
was naughty-O, knew then l was
naughty!
They kept coming closer and closer
all the time, and l remember how
grandma said the Lord would forgive
me if | asked Him, and promised never,
never to be naughty any more. So (
told Him how sorry was, and asked
Him to forgive me and take care of me-
Just told him what mamma and grand
ma said. And what do you think then?
Why, got up, not a tiny bit afraid,
and walked right by the big cows, and
they never touched me. The Lord
wouldn't let them, and may be they
wanted to toss me up; and may be ii
that little boy had asked the Lord to
take care of him, he wouldn't have got
tossed up. The Lord forgave me, then
| was good girl, and he took care of
me. ran all the way home. | told
mamma about it. and she forgave me,
too. Only dollie was killed cause l
was naughty. Wasn't that 'speri-
enco? My, yes feel ages and ages
(Aunt Lou says ages and ages older
than | did yesterday when was six,
and thought was so old. -Fdasy.