The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-04-24
"SUCH A 'SPERIENCE. -

I'm years and years older than | was
yesterday; ages and ages, and yester-
day was just six, and thought how old
l was. | had birthday party, and
grandma sent me nice new dollie with
long curls and eyes that go to sleep.
The party 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 theif mammas told them they
must, and my 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 Ike 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 dollie
might like to 90, and as she had Just
come | must be polite, and do as she
wanted. Mamma always says 1 must
be polite to strangers, and dollie 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 I could't stay any
longer. | opened the gate, and peeped
into the meadow; then l went out, and
before | knew it, there was climbing
under the rails, and was in the
meadow. But wasn't going TO stay.
i told dollie so. I told her that she
mustn't ask to stay, and that we'd lust
90 down to the brock, and let her see
it, then we'd turn right around and
come back. ran till I got to the brook,
and was so tired when / got there-it
was so far and dollie was so heavy, you
.know-that just sat down for little
minute or two to rest.
let dollie look into the brook, then
TO got 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
millioR) cows standing all around me;
some. were taking drink, but they
most all were getting ready to toss
dollie and me up. like little boy
once heard of was tossed up. I
sereeched and screeched, and let dollie
falland break to pieces, Twas SO fright
ened.
Then l remembered that mamma
said that the Lord would always take
care of me if l asked Him. and was
just going to ask Him not to let the old
cows hurt me, when remembered that
mamma said that if ]. was good little
girl He would love me and take care of
me. And hadn't been good girl; |
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 a
'sperienee! There was the cows, and I
was Daughty-O, | knew then was
naughty!
They kept coming closer and closer
all the time, and / 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 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 If
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
was naughty. Wasn't that a 'speri-
ence? My, yes! feel ages and ages
(Aunt Lou says ages and ages) older
than / did yesterday when ] was six,
and thought l was 50 old. -Pansy.