The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-06
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After the time / tried to photograph
the baby, my camera was taken away
from me and locked up Tor ever SO
long sac said | wasn't to be trusted
with it ana it would 90 Off some day
when you think it amt loaded and
hurt somebody worse than you hurt
the baby you good-1or nothing little
nuisance.
Father kept the camera locked for
month, and said when | see some
real reformation in you James, 1ou
shall have it back again, But | shall
never have it back again now, and il
l did il wouldn't be of any use, for I'm
never to be allowed to have any mere
chemicals. Father is going to give the
camera to the missionaries, so that
they can photograph heather and
things and all the chemicals ! had have
been thrown away. just because | made
a mistake in using them. | don't say
1t didn't serve me right, but / can't
help wishing that father would change
his mind.
have never said much about my
other sister Lizzie, because she is
nothing bat a girl. She is twelve years
old, and of course she plays with dolls,
and doesn't know enough to play base
ball or do anything really useful She
scarcely ever gets me into scrapes,
and that's where Sue might follow her
example. However, it was Lizzie got
me into the scrape about my chem
icals, though she d -dn't mean 10, poor
girl.
One night Mr.. Travers came to tea,
and everybody was talking about
frcckles. Mr. Travers said that they
were real fashionable, and that all the
ladies We're trying to get them. l am
sure | don't see why. I've NORMA
million frecklcs, and II be glad to let
anybody have them who would agree
to take them away. sue said She
thought freekles were perfectly lovely,
and ii 5 n good thing she thinks so, for
she has about as many as she can use,
and Lizz.e said she'd give anything if
she only had few nice freckles on her
cheeks.
Mother asked what made freckles,
and Mr.. Travers said the sun made
them Just as it makes photographs
''Jimnr viii understand it, said Mr.
Traycrs. He knows how the sun makes
a picture when it shines on photo
graph plate, and all his frecklcs were
made lust in the same way. Without the
sun there wouldn't be.any freckIes.'
This sounded reasonable, but then
Mr.. TraTers forgot all about chem Gals
As ] said, the last time | wrote, chem
icals is something il a bottle like
medic ne, and you have to put it on =
Photograph plate 50 rs to make tie
picture that the sun has made show
Itself. Now il chemicals VIII % his
y .lH photograph plate, it ought TO do
it with q girls cheek. Iou take girl
and let the sun shine on her check,
and pat chemicals on Icr, and il ought
to bring on. splendid .r.cE.es
m very fond Of Lizzie, though she
i G girl, because she minds Ecr own
business. AMI don middle with my
things and Get me. into sCraOes. I'd
have given her all my rockies if !
could as soon Us | Ercw Sic vaatcd
them. and as soon as Mr.. Travers 81 d
that freckles wcr- made last Ike
photographs, | made up by mind /
would make some for her. 50 told
her she should have the best freckIes
in town if she'd come NJ TO mv room
the next morning and let me expose
her to the sun and then put chemicals
on her.
Lizzie has confidence ia me. which
is one Of her best qualities, and shows
that she is a good girl. She was 50
pleased when l promised to make
FIRE Sles for her; aud a. soon as the sun
got up HIGH enough TO shine into my
window She came up to my room all
ready to be freckled.
7 exposed her to the sun for SIX
seconds. l only exposed my photo.raD
plates three seconds, but l thought that
Lizzie might not be quite as sensitive,
and so exposed her longer. Then /
took her into the dark closet where /
kept my chemicals, and poured chem
icals on her checks. / made her hold
her handkerchief on her face so that
the Chemicals wouldn't get into her
eyes and run down her neck, for she
wanted free les only on her cheeks.
| watched her very carefully, but the
the freckles didn't come out | put
more chem Gals on her, and rubbed it
in with a clO.h but it was no use. the
freckIe5 wouldn't come. I don't know
what the reason was. Perhaps hadn't
exposed her long enough, or perhaps
the chemicals were weak. Anyway,
not q single freckie could | make.
So after awhile l gave it up. and
told her it was no use, and she could
90 and wash her face. She cried a
little because she was disappointed,
but she cried more afterwards You
see, the chemicals made her checks
almost black, and she didn't wash Ii
oil. Mother and Sue made a dread
full fuss about it. and sent for the
doctor, who sad he thought it would
wear off in a year or so, and wouldn't
Kill the child or do her very much
haTnl.
This is the reason why they took
my chemicals away and promised to
give my camera to the missionaries.
All | meant was to please Lizzie, and
| never knew the chemicals would turn
her black. But it isn't the first time
| have tried to be kind and have been
made to suffer for it.-Jilnnly Br01U11, Ia
Harpero' Iou1'g Pope.