The Portland daily press., 1885-02-21
Extracts from Mab's Journal.
EDITED BY GOLDEN ROD.

pleasure Dut Tor that or my grandchlldren
and great-grandchildren. Bob, he is my
brother, aged thirteen, kept a journal once;
but stopped lecause we all laughed at him
for writing that he saw two dogs fighting;
"one had an ear chewed off and one an eye
out, and they were awful bloody. 1t was a
splendid sight,"
am eleven years old; Nell is eighteen and
Jacky is four and half. My father and
mother are very happy couple. Nell
writes in a journal too It's just too silly
for anything. l read this in it the other
day "Went to ship-party last evening,
wore my blue satin and pink roses. Maud
Nelson wore blue also; blue is not becoming
to her. Danced every dance and four ex-
tras. Liked Hart BEST Perfectly splendid.
Danced with him four times. Delicious
Elegant time" If couldn't write anything
more interesting than that I'd give up. To
day is pleasant. The sun is shining bright.
] must stop now, because Pm going to
play paper-dolls with May, she is my cousin
aged twelve. She is my most impudent
friend.
June 21st.-Last night was so warm that
after we got iu bed we couldn't go to sleep;
SO Bob, Jacky and got out onto the shed
roof and danced and sang as loud as we
could holler until Mrs. Josiah Jameson came
and told mamma, and she stopped us just as
we were in the middle of "Gaily the Trouba-
dour caught his Catarrh." Anything 1 hate
it's interfering neighbors. We had decided
to make up bed there and stay out all
night so as to be cool.
June 22nd. Our cat, Ransom -tansom-
tizimotee, caught four kittens to-day. l got
ten cents apiece for drowning them. cried
real hard at first, but am more calm now.
Imade forty cents. Hope she'll catch some
more. Fourth of July is coming.
Bob has made tent in the yard out of
old ironing sheets. He asked Mamma this
morning If he could; and when she said
"yes,' he hollered to the boys, II say fellers
she's the fellerp' Bob and five other boys
are going to camp out week in the tent and
sleep, and do all their own cooking. They
have bought big leg of ham. Their fried
potatoes are dreadful greasy.
June S3rd.-May is playing paper-dols
with me to-day. Ny doll, Alphonso Van
Dusenhuysen, is going TO marry her Isabella
Vanderbilt. They are perfectly matched
pair. They were cut from the same pat
tern.
Mr.. Hart is sweet on Nell. He took her
out to ride yesterday afternoon. Mamma
made them take Jacky for chaperon.
When they came home Jacky wasn't with
them. Mamma turned pale and said,
where's Jacky? Mr.. Hart and Nell both
blushed and Mr.. Hart pulled up the flap of
the seat and there tucked away almost out
of sight was Jacky carled up fast asleep.
Mamma says l may go with them next
time.
l am mad with Jennie Carson She
bought five sticks of candy to-day and only
gave me two. call that real stingy mean.
She called me ''sarsy thing'' too. She has
gone too far.
June 26th.-We all went on picnic yester-
day. Didn't have very good time. Nell
and Mr. Hart sat on the rocks and talked
sort of fat; so wouldn't stay with them
and Pm mad with Jennie Carson and May.
May called me proud-cat the other day
because / wouldn't eat the raisins she had
saved out of her pudding. You see she had
sucked them all clean and don't like cooked
raisins anyway.
They, mean Jennie and May, had two
great cream-cakes at lunch and wouldn't
rivo a hito ~ apuhodr 4bouoI 1ra ,,oro I'll
dying for some. They saved it till the last
thing and then May got real perky and took
hers up aud with just the hatefullest smile
said, "NoD, we will eat our cream-cakes.'
So she and Jennie took two great hog-bites
and then began to sputter and screech, sob,
they're sour" We were all glad of it, mean
things.
When we were climbing ON the rocks, Nell
fell down and hurt her wrist. l saw Mr..
Hart lift her up and kiss her hand. She
didn't seem to mind bit. She wasn't
much like Aunt Hannah Jane when che
slipped down on the ice once. A gentleman
tried to help her up, and she said in stern
voice, "Unhand me, STRIP and picked her
self up and stalked off with very dignifled
air. Only her false front was one-sided and
her bonnet nearly off.
have made a solemn VOW not to speak
to May and Jennie ever again.
June 27th.-May and Jennie spent today
with me playing paper dolls. Juanita Casa
blanca and Hortensia Montgomery are having
their trousseaux made to wear to Saratoga.
Julius Van Dusenhuysen had his funeral to-
day and Eugene Vanderbilt has just been
born. She has large blue eyes and golden
hair down to her waist. l am making her
lots of lovely party dresses. May and Jen-
Lie made up by bringing me some chocolate
creams.
Nell was dreadful anxious to 60 and see
Aunt Hannah Jane this afternoon. Mamma
was pleased, because Nell doesn't very often
want to visit her. We were all at tea when
Nell came home. She sat down to the Ia
BILE next to Bob and said Aunt Hannah Jane
was well; then Bob said, ''Say, Nell, who
was that bowling swell saw you riding
with this afternoon@ and Mamma, with a
smile full of pain, said, ''Nell dear, that is
my foot you are stepping on.'' Then we all
laughed, aud Nell looked kind of foolish.
Eugenie Vanderbilts head got torn off to-
day. We had very exciting time. 1 cut
out doctor, aud he set it. She started i'm
mediately for Florida 10 recover her health.
Mamma says Florida is too hot at this time
OF the year; so guess it was Colorado
Springs she went to.
June 29th.-Jacky ran away yesterday
morning. All the neighbors and most of
our family went hunting for him. Mamma
saw some little boys fishing in the Park
fountain. She got nearly scared to death.
because she was sure Jacky had tumbled in
and was drowned, and those boys were fish
ing for his body. The water was only four
inches deep, and they we're fishing for gold
fish. Al six o'clock policeman brought
the runaway home. A real nice Irish lady
had found him fast asleep on the sidewalk
in Niger Alley, aud took care of him until
the policeman hunted him up. To-day
Papa had some placards printed, and Mamma
sewed them on all of Jacky's hats. This is