Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-01-16
MISS DO ROTHY'S DAY.
An Entertaining Story For the New
Year

~ reckon baby'll have to be mighty well
bundled up. to 20 that far on muleback
end come home in the dead o. night, Su.
snnna," said one mother to another, al
they sat with each a child on her lap be-
fore blazing fire, that cracked and sput.
tered and threw its light into the farthes,
corner Of the room. The speaker continued
without giving her neighbor an opportu.
nifty 10 reply: "You remember the shawl
Miss Dorothy gave my Amandy last year
because she had learned to read so nicely:
Well, I'm going to wrap my baby III it to
keep IL from takin' cold. only wish you
had something as warm"
Tn. tone was intended to be kindly and
the offer n friendly one, hut there was an
underlying something in the voice, OF
words, or both, that caused the other to
glance quickly up from the child's face
and reply with n certain dignity:
"You are very kind, Samanthy Jones
hut | have plenty of clothes to wrap my
baby In thanks to Miss Dorothy's teach
ing"
"Well, You needn't be huffy about it,
I'm sure | meant no harm, and going back
To what we were talking about must
say, don't see how we evex. managed tC
live before she came among us. Pm alters
| afeared she'll 20 as she came, all of a sud.
| den, and no one knows where. There's
something mighty mysterious about her
80, ani har snow.w6its can ia fp;v.
. ,,o,,I J.,i 70 tnow what that can Gov.
.rs
Hush, Samanthy I'm afraid to speak in
that free way about her. I've told Simon
over and over, the day would come when
We should have no Miss Dorothy, riding
around With her little mules and cart
snd h.i,,inc ma nurse onr sicf folts' ha'
i.vs I, wnn,J hreat INV heart to oo back n
~ o,a ,,avs ~ i;v;n~ again tboSoh that,s
,aai,v im;,ossibIa alter Mi these vaars
,sarbi,c I"
81 fen1 inst the same as Won do. Susanna
only neyer Ind nmite vo,,r chance at hooL
,arIin, md rnn't tell NV ,houyhts nIite os
mart as Won do. vet much ms I set store bv
her n aiI.rs nnzzles ma to / now where shs
.,.,s .,i h.r n,o"av II stands to rasson
shs must usa n SIGHT q, IL What with
medicine and hooks and nresen.sWapd ali
h.r t.nc.. and hmiIa;ng 4 must cost no,
nth .i,ou, ~ mach no ali tho conntv II
vrn ston tn thinL n, IL she nevar LEARNS one
=, a,,r -. In, a,ya Iaorrad n s;rht ni
h..rn Gn"d cvenin, Simon-T
t;nod evcninc neybhor Wa neva,
h..r .howdv, anv more do wes Of conrse
yon,re ready for TO- morrow. olive me tbs
.hiij s,s,,,,,n - and taLing tho haIf sIaay-
Inc ciiiJ from, the woma5,s arms ha ra.
,,raS :" " .or,,.r % ,,hsra tha shad1w fafy
.s 49,. -, ;u,ant ~ ,ratt;nr, ~. hah,,
.s,.,.,, H. H.. n,aant;,na two nr thraa 9th
e. na,,a T., ,,nstI,, naor na;abhors end
..a,'.J ,h.vns,.ives hy tho f,ra.nlace tn tall
-. ~, ,,','.';,,,, -, shatavar IL xras
.rh.r.,. L.cn or. ~ do;ngs .t bar houso
,his ...l y snata mn MRS E,ndv in .
.hri,, vo;c. cdnscions tb"t sha was nttar-
,nr so,,,a,h'n,, ~ nora thar usuaI ;mnort.
.nce III sent Jobn over a INFINITE thi.
n,or,,,r. 10 ..t for n nott.r,, Iwantad and
n. ali ,hav w.ro ali iwed 70 fits and q
s.,.',,,..i,, -. ,;ra ',,ad - o',ts;aa tha doo-
go. ~, hSras ,hat hadr,t haa,, oranod
Ws,ra ooing 10 have a hir treat tn-mor.
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H., ~. o., wh,, q" sav tbat for whar
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aha,s " "nnJarfmi wn,an ybo ;s y
"Va ,ara ;nst s,,,mn Tho sama thin.
u.h.n ,"n ,..1,a >, sa;d sha ON wLo had
n...., ..i,..t Sn,,,.,ha -. W.nd 7 vas
wonder,n, her. m the money came from
for h", ,' .,.md No" ,naw 3snanS on,
,Da. ~. ~ ,'ip,h, nih ,'ooL % dy Ly n; ep,;nr hars
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snJ ,hn,ch I ,h;nt os ,nmch of W;ss noro'
shw ss an ana rnow that wbare thera,,
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s :, W.
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sr"n, rho ,ornar h, ths oh .do,. amd ,vas .
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ho,,;',,' .a. ;' .n5 ,ae, ",', .,d S ,,s; nht H. !,
a,ad ~. o,., ,he ha tha, Nv, ,ra Sa =,
cchi,La,s a,,J saos anJ ,rh,ta hraad and
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sh.u, ."J p, np, % an. ~ "s ,hat bas"y :.
har"a -. o., ,,,',. - rn ,h,u, a., S,a hro,,.
a ,,,na u, r s,r,b t"owinc o anil ,.ar dnct",
~ .nis VI ; w Mno ON ."l
AMI 1 don't see whose business il is where
sh, gets her money ss lonr as she is moth
in fut n blessing. All I've got to saw is
perna,s where she came from they re ali
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