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

There was great rejoicing among the
little ones at the farm when it was I'M
derstood that cousin Hetty, who lived
in the city, was coming to make a long
visit. She was not very strong, so
mamma said. and they must all be
careful to be very kind and polite, and
to see that she always had the best of
everything.
The little lassie came, and they were
delighted with everything about her,
from her pretty fair curls and white
face, so different from their w sun
Drowned ones, to her dainty dresses
and French boots. There could be no
doubt that her were quite
equal to her appearance. 20 Jessie and
Tom and Polly resolved to be upon
their very best behavior all the time.
"Will you come IN into the gar
den?" said Jessie. "There are lots of
c,rrants and a few raspberrics ripe.
There will be plenty OF rasp5erries
next week, though"
Such Il garden as that! None of
your little sevcn-by-nine scraps, but q
full acre of everything which could be
found in a liberal, o~ld-fashioned coun-
try garden.
A broad walk through the middle of
it was bordered by beds OF bright-col-
ored flowers, with rows of hollvhocks
and sun-tlowers. at the end. Honey
suckles and morning-glories climbed
over the fences, and in q shady corner
grew such pansies as the children be-
lieved only mamma knew how to
raise.
Miss Hetty tried the fruit and said:
II don't like c%urrants; they're sour.
l like only raspberries."
1t had been supposed that each one
would eat a great many c%urrants and q
very few raspberries. But on hearing
this, the others offered her all the rasp-
berries they could find, and were rather
surprised to see that she took them with
out seeming to think whether they liked
them, too. She kept calling for more,
and, when Tom scratched his face and
Polly tore her sleeve pushing through
the bushes in search of them, very
quietly ate all they had without so much
as a thank you. Then she declared the
berries were not half ripe and not fit to
eat.
Mamma don't wish us to pick the
t&IolSS ~ SllC Is WIFI us. NcllllltU
Jessie, as Hetty began gathering them
freely, ''because She has some choice
ones she wants to keep for seed"
81 like choice pansies, too" said
Hetty, with a scowl on her pretty face.
They went to the swing. where Hetty
grumbled when the others wanted to
take a turn. Then to the croquet
ground, when things went smoothly so
long as Hetty was on the winning side;
but if the play went against her she
grew sober. then sulky, and finally
threw down her mallet and refused to
finish the game.
Long before tea time Jessie and Tom
and Polly began to wonder if it was so
very delightful 4 thing after all to have
acousin from the city to visit them; and
before the first week was gone every
body on the place had fully decided that
it was not.
Hetty could be very sweet and pleas
ant while things were exactly to her
liking, but unless she could have her
own way in everything her trowns and
complaints were ready at a moments
notice. She had never been taught to
take any thought for others, and her
cousins found it very hard to endure all
her whims and i'll humors. They were
very dutifully anxious to heed all
mammals reminders that it WAS their
place to give up to their guest, but she
herself could see that Hetty made sore
demands upon their patience.
One day there was a picnic, to which
all the children looked forward for sew
eral days, and for which great prepara-
tions were made. When aIl were ready
to 60 it was discovered that Hettv was
wearing a pair eli thin slippers.
"Oh. my DEAR said mamma, s:you
must put on your thick shoes. There
will be rough ground and perhaps damp
places to 60 over to-day"
Eetty had made up her mind to wear
those slippers, and was not inclined to
change it, or them, but still quite deter
mined to 90 to the picnic. SO she said:
"Then | believe l won't oo.n
The other children were as much dis
mayed as she had expected them to be.
80 Hetty!' cried Jessie, s'you must
not stay at home. It's lovely out there
wild lowers and vine swings
"And Il creek where we fish and
wade and sail boats,'' said Tom.
and such good things in the
basket whispered Polly.
'Hurry. dear" said her aunt, COAX
lng'y. ''We are all waiting, YOU see"
"Don't wait,' said He,tv: ..I'd rath-
er stay at home" She went to her
room, much enjoying the commotion
She was making. From the back of it
She could look out Of the window and
see what was going on. The children
got into the big spring wayon and sat
looking up at her windows. Then her
aunt came out and called chcerilv up to
her: Come, Hetty, we've got Il good
seat for you.'
Hetty came to the window, and said.
Thank you. Aunt Emily, but I'd
rather not GO and then watched AGAIN
from the back of the room, WONDERING
what they would do next in the way Of
urging her.
Aunt Emily got in. and, to He,tv,s
great establishment. the Wagon was
driven away. What could t mean2
They surely would never, meyer think
OF such a thing as going without her.
hey must be going to turn back Tor