Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-01

And then Aunt Amy heard her say r..
PRAYERS, and put her to bed in a cne
NM There here Dolly" she said, "thi, j.
be your room. There will be a light :; ~
the hall, and if you get lonely. Just ca11
me, and I'll come in a moment"
Lonely: The lump in Dolly's tbro,.
GOT bigger and bigger as Aunt AmS
went away. She thought of some littis
doves she had seen in The porch as shs
came in. They were all cuddled c]nso
together. the dear little things! four %;
them, and Dolly could not help remem'
bering that there were now only thros
little Ones left at home, and wishins
with all her heart that there were four
Presently she heard a strange scund
outside her window. She got out ~
bed and climbed on a chair to see what
it was.
..Who? who? who?:" Sometbin,
which looked 81 little like the parrot
stood on the vine outside. Everythins
was so quiet that she could easily hea7e
what it said. Dolly had seen so manv
strange things that she was not at all sur.
prised. 1t looked so solemn that size
tried to answer very politely when it
kept on asking: i,
.Who? Who: who??" I
s.Whv," she said, .I'm only Dolly
They brought me here just this morl,,
ing"
"Who who? who?"
"Oh, Aunt Amy and Uncle Phil,
But" she went on, with a little culver
of her lip: ''Id like to see"--here
her lip went up SO pitifully that hey
voice went down. !
"Who? who? who?" I
II mean-mamma and-Bessie and
Bell ana-the baby. Oh dear" i
Dolly flung hers:af down on her pillow
and sobbad so hard hat she could not
hear whether the thing outside wanted
to know anything or no.. When
she looked up again it was darker, but
| she could see her new rufied petticoa,
hanging on the back of q 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 a door which
stood ajar. Aunt Amy sat there Gro:
cheting and Uncle Phil was doing in
his chair.
"Aunt Array, please cut EN- all off,"
said Dolly, holding up the ruflcs.
What do you mean, %precious??" said
Aunt Amy, in surprise.
"Why,"-Dol!y spoke in short sem
fences with q little sniff and sob be-
tween each one. II want to go home,
and-I don't like wuales-and7i don't
like chickies--and duoks-and l want
to go home and want to be man.
mas little girl and ! want to 60
ho-o-o-o-o-me!"
The sobs grew into a long wall as
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-
fully perplexed and disappointed.
':Dear me! dear mel" he said, '.what
is to be done now!"
.'Listen, Dolly DEAR" said Aunt
Amy. If you don't want to stay here
you shall go home, but you are a rea-
sonable little grille, and will remember
that it is a long way for Uncle Phil to
take you back. You'll wait patiently
for u week, won't you?"
Dolly promised, and Aunt Amy took
her back to bed and stayed with her
until she was asleep.
perhaps she'll get over it in q week,
if VIC coax and pet her WE'LL" said I'm
Gle Phil.
But Dolly did not get over it till she
was back n mamma arms, whispering
to her that she would rather live at
home and have her own little sisters
than all the rutiles in the world, even
if they could be multiplied by a hundred
million thousand Sidney Doyre, IN
Iouth's Companion.