Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-10

go my Were doing An
giving at her heart, and She s,d mis-,
walked down to the kitchen and slowly
they all gomez" where are
"Why, to the picnic, Of
been YOU" I'd
"Gone without meg" Hettv stool,
blank amazement for a few mo- ssooo in
then flung herself down on the f, oos
screamed. Aoof and
At the first howl Dorothy Ann or,o,
took a chair, folded her arms .4paae'ly
looking at Hetty as if she We're ~ sat
very interesting natural CURIOSITY 'onAe
Hetty screamed louder and kicked And
her bronze slippers were as badly o uS1ll
if they had gone through half n d Ilss
picnics. And the louder She scroo uozen
and the harder she kicked, the straight
er Dorothy Ann looked at her. sA'
1t was very perplexing for Het..
She had never kicked and screamed "
fore without everybody being fr;c w.
ened for fear she would iniure herssalts
and coaxing and petting her, and otfo.
ING her everything she wanted, inclnd
ing her own way, if she would onl'
stop. But here was Dorothy Ann 1onI:s
ing as if she would not mind if it ]astsa
all day, and not a soul anywhere ns,s
to do any coaxing. Hetty did not
know what to do next. ."
At last, when her throat ached and
her face was red and her whole salt
very badly tunbled, she sat up on tba
floor and looked at Dorothy Ann. And
then Dorothy Ann spoke:
"You're q nice child now. aim.
you?"
1t was not spoken sneeringly; nor in
anger. Dorothy Ann was a pleasant.
faced, h%ard-working woman, Older than
Aunt Emily, and her words ALWAYS had
weight in the family, After a pause
she Went on in a slow, earnest way.
''You're Il nice child, I say! Don't Won
think it's nice to be a-makin' yourself
a trouble and a torment with yo,,r
Grabbed, cantankerous ways? Don't
you think it's nice to come here whep
folks is all glad to see YOU and their
hearts just warm and a-runnin' over
with kind feelin's to you, and little ones
that's always a-given' up to you, and
you just for all the world like a buzzin'
wasp or a stingin' uettle or a prickly
chestnut burr that everybody's glad to
get away from or drop out Of their
handsp Don't you think it's nice to
keep them children all rasped up with
your tantrums, and to keep your aunt
in Il fret all the time atwecn her wish
to do everything that's kind by YOU
and tcllin' her children the same like
wise, and you agoin' on like all pos.
sessed?'
Hetty stared up at Dorothy Ann, be-
wildercd at words the like of which she
had never heard before; and slowly
through her mind came the idea that
the next thing for her to do was to feel
very angry.
''How dare you talk so to mep' she
cried. ''Mamma won't let YOU" But
Dorothy Ann noticed her anger as little
as she had her screams.
eff you 90 on so to your mamma
don't she think its nice to have a little
girl to buy pretty things for and to take
good care Of. and then to have her a.
snappin' and a-snarlin' and a-scowlin'
and a-makin' people wherever she goes
wish she was a thousand miles aWay:9 :.
Don't you think she's proud Of havin'
such Il child?
Don't you think it's nice to see your
pretty blue eyes all red, and your fore
head all crumpled up so YOU might iron
it out, and your mouth that was made
to smile and laugh all puckered? Don't
you know there's wolves a-lookin out
of your eyes when there ought to be
lambs and doves? Don't you know
that the words you speak are like so
many snakes and toads a-droppin' out
OF your mouth9 And what do YOU
s'pose"-Dorothy AIMS voice grew
.soiemn-'the good Lord thinks when
He looks at that little heart of yourn
that He give you 70 keep full of sweet
ness and lovin' kindness, and to make
you a comfort instid of a trial to folks
what does He think, do you s'pose,
when He sees it all blotted and stained
up with all sorts of hateful thoughts?"
Hetty had never taken her eyes from
Dorothy AIMS face, and now as she
seemed to have said her say and went
back to work as if nothing had hap
pened, it came over her very strongly
that the next thing for her to do was to
feel very much ashamed. With a little
sob OF two she got Off the floor ard
went out and lay down under al apple
tree. There Dorothy Ann found her,
an hour later, fast asleep.
''Poor little creetur! She's tired her
self clean OUT Dorothy Ann had for
some days been ':bilin' over for q
chance to speak her mind,' and having
now had it. felt very kindly disposed.
She slipped a cushion under the poor
little rumpled head, and when dinner
time came Hetty found a dainty pud-
ding just big enough for her, baked on
purpose. And during the long after
noon Dorothy Ann told funny old stories
and let her make molasses candy to pass
away the time.
II do declare I'm most afraid to see
Hetty:' said Tom, as the picnic party
drew near home. And the other mem
bers of it felt very much so too.
But Hetty was subdued, and as days
went on every n was amazed at the
change N her. And nobody could ever
guess how tcame about. for she never
told of Dorothy Ann sermon. l wish
all spoiled children could hear such a
one-don't you? = Sydney Dayre' W
C0nqreg0lonulist.