The Portland daily press., 1885-02-21

She said cheated playing croquet. She is
not very sweet tempered I dom think. 1t is
so easy to be sweet tempered should think
she'd try it ouce in while. 1t is dreadful
for her to grow up SO. / shan't speak to her
again as long as live.
Nell sits on the door steps with Mr.. Hart
most every evening. At eight O'Clock he al
ways kisses me goodnight, and of course
l go indoors. They don't come in though.
think Mr.. Hart must be fond of me. Wonder
If he thinks eight o'clock is my bedtime. 1t
isn't.
July 5th. Yesterday was awful hot.
Bob, Jacky and got up at four o'clock and
threw torpedoes out of the window. The
sidewalk was so wet that hardly any OF them
went off. Bob has splendid cannon.
Papa says splendid is not the word for it.
1t makes more noise than anything on the
street. Nell was real sweet and gave me
forty cents, and had my kitten money; SO
l bought three punches of swapping crackers,
two punches of torpedoes, two soda waters,
flag and some candy. fired off lots Of
the other children's crackers, because told
them they might get burnt, and didn't care
1 did. They thought was real good to
help them. Our fence is all black on top,
we had so many cat and dog fights with
fusees.
May and I have made up She is going to
have party next week and has decided to
invite me. Kitty Jones isn't invited, and
she says she is going to give a spite-party
aud not invite May.
Mr.. Hart called on Nell last night. was
in the bay window behind the curtain. She
looked just lovely and sang "Kathleen Ma
vourneen,' "Auld Robin Gray" and lots
of other things to him, and he leaned on the
piano and looked spooney at her. Bye and
bye heard him say, "Miss Nell, do you
know you are very pretty?' Nell cast down
her eyes and said she never thought of such
thing. Then spoke right up and said,
"Why, Nell Banks, you told Maud Nelson
the other day that Mr.. Vane said you were
raving, tearing beauty, and you said you
knew you had pretty hair, eyes and complex
ion, and you liked your nose if it did turn up
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but you didn't mind" Nell looked as if
she would like very much to box my ears;
but Mr.. Hart only laughed and said some
thing about little pitchers having big ears
Pve heard that times enough. This morn
ing Nell took back that lovely blue ribbon
she gave me the other day.
July 6th.-Pleasant day. Mamma al
lowed me to wear my white muslin all day,
if wouldn't get it dirty. tumbled down
playing 'Puss in the Corner and covered it
all over with green stains from the grass;
but that's a sort of clean dirt so guess she
won't mind. Bob was real funny to-day.
He dressed up in Nelps clothes and went to
walk. He looked just like her only he took
longer steps. When he was switching along
down Maine street with her, mean his,
bonnet and parasol, he saw runaway
horse coming right for him. He forgot all
abont the dress and shinned up tree, and
lots of people thought it was Nell and were
surprised. Nell does not think Bob is fun
ny. Neither does Grandma. She came to
see US the other day and stayed until nine
O'Clock at night. Mamma made Bob 90
home with her. He didn't want to because
he said he had only forty five more pages to
read of Swiss Family Robinson, but he had
to; SO he lit lantern and walked before
Grandma all the way swinging it and holler-
ing at the top of his voice, "This is my
aged Grandmother! She is afraid to go
home in the darkp'
Nell told me this morning that if would
not go with her and Mr.. Hart to get an ice
cream, she'd give me plate of nuts to-
morrow. / love nuts; so | was good and
stayed at home.
July 7th-Nell gave me the p!ateof nuts
this morning. They were doughnuts
That's the hatefullest thing she ever did.
July 8th.-May slept with me last night.
We carried "Gems of English Songs" to bed
with us and sang and sang aud sang until
Mamma came up and took the book, away.
Then we acted out splendid play. May
knows how to faint just lovely; So let her
be the heroine. acted the villain because
and, "tr-r-r-r-ator."
July 12th.-Boiling hot. Took an UNI
brella, pillow and the "St. Nicholas" out
on the roof and read all the morning. Went
out again in the afternoon but couldn't read
because I was disturbed by Mr.. Hart and
Nell talking down in the garden. They
were close to the house in the seat between
the cherry trees. Bob calls it the spoon
holder" Nell was sketchiDg Mr.. Hart.
Pretty soon she stuck her head on one side,
shut one eye and put up her pencil to meas
ure. ''Mr. Hart she said syour nose is
just perfect"
$50 are your eyes,"
"Oh," she answered looking at him out of
the corner of her eyes, 81 was speaking from
an artistic point of view, I didn't mean to
hatter you"
"Nor did you," he murmured, s'you can
not be fattered; you are''--I couldn't
hear single other word.
July 14th.-Toiay is my birthday. Nam
ma gave me writing desk; Bob, pen
knife and Nell, her lovely turquoise ring.
She doesn't need it now because she's got
another one. ISIS made of hammered gold
and has got great big solitaire diamond in
it. Mr.. Hart gave it to her.
l wish l could have heard what else he
said to her that day in the spoon-holder.
/ am going to white out one for the Van
is convenient thing to have in the family.