The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-05-08

And then Aunt Amy heard her..
prayers. and put her to bed in -.
ming little room. suu'
There. Dolly" she said. .th;.
be your room There will be = T.s.@
the hall, and if you get lonely. i,,s. I'm
me, and I'll come in a moment" ca'l
Lonely? The lump in DolIy,s IT,,
got bigger and bigger as Aunt IA
went away. She thought of som. i;..r
doves she had seen in the porch =. y
came in. They were all cuddled o, quo
together, the dear little things, fons =
them, and Dolly could not help rpmas
bering that there were now only TIM
little anes left at home. and wi.h;se
with all ntr heart that there were fo..s
Presently she heard a strange scra1
outside her window. She cot ont J.
bed and climbed on chair to see vh..
it was
"Who? whc2 whoa" Some,h;,.
which looked a little like the p.,-as
stood on the vine outside. Everytb;nr
was so quiet that she could easily hes
what it said. Dolly had seen so msnr
strange things that she was not at ali sr;
prised. 1t looked so solemn tina. ..
tried to answer very politely when 4
kept on asking:
'.Who? who? who?"
why" she said, I'm only Douv
They brought me here just this mon
ing"
"Who who? who?"
..Oh, Aunt Amy and Uncle Phil
But" she went on. with little culver
of her lip: I'D like TO see'-bere
her lip went up so pitifully that her
voice went down.
''Who? who? who?'
II mean-mamma and-Bessie and
Bell and-the baby. Oh dearr'
Dolly flung herself down on her pillow
and sobbed so hard that she could not
hear whether the thing outside wanted
to know anything more or not. Whep
she looked up again it was darker, but
she could see her new ruffled petteoaa
hanging on the back of chair. )
She jumped up and took it and her
little bare feet went along the soft car
pet all through the long hall and down
the stairs till she came to door which
stood ajar. Aunt Amy sat there Gro
cheting and Uncle Phil was doing in
his chair
AUNT Amy, please cut 'em all off,
said Dolly, holding up the ruffies.
What do you mean, precious?" said
Aunt Amy, in surprise.
''Why,"-Dolly spoke in short SEN
fences with little sniff and sob BE-
tween each one. II want to go home.
and-I don't like wuffles-and- don't
like chickies-and ducks-and / want
to go home and-I want to be man.
mas little girl and 1 want-to 60
ho-o-o-o-o-me.
The sobs grew into long wall -
Aunt Amy gathered her into her arms,
and Uncle Phil, who had been half
dreaming of how delightful it was TO-
have a child on the place. sat up, wo-l
fully perplexed and disappointed.
Dear me! dear mer he said, what
Is to be done now"'
Listen. Dolly DEAR" said Aunt
Amy. s-f you don't want to stay hero
you shall 60 home, but you are rea-
sonable little grille, and will remember
that it is n long way for Uncle Phil e
take You back. You'll wait patiently
for a week. won't you?"
Dolly promised. and Aunt Amy tool
her back to bed and stayed with he'
until she was asleep.
Perhaps she'll get over it in a week
if we coax and pet her WELL" said Tn
Gle Phil.
But Dolly did not get over it till 81
was back in mammals arms, whisperin
to her that she would rather live I
home and have her own little sister
than all the rufiles in the world, eve
if they could be multiplied by hundrs
million thousand. Sidney DGyre, I
Youths Companion.