The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-05-21
ONLY a LITTLE THING
Pictures. Pictures

taken. 1t was easy 10 see that it was
something of an event to them. Every
bow and ruflle were nicely arranged, their
pretty hair braided with great cxactness
and each little lassie moved with due re-
gard to keeping such an amount of ce-
| gance undisturbed,
'I'm afraid this wind is going to blow
our hair all rough, . said Madge
'They always have a brush and comb
there, F." said Ollie, with a superior remcm-
branee of having had a picture taken very
long ago.
81 know / shall laugh, said Jessie.
You mustn't" sad Madge, very posi-
lively. ''Ofall things in the world | do
hate to see smlrk on a photograph"
"You must try to think of something
solemn, said Ollie THAT'S the way
always do
q shall be scared know, said little
Kitty
''Then you'd better think Of something
funny said Ollie. 1--WE must look ex-
actly as we always do, or it won't look
natural. Cheerful, you know
Then there was a pause, during which
each little girl tried to fix her face exactly
as it always was, in doing so managing to
look as unlike herself as possible.
GLOW shall we fix our hands %
ooh, the man will fix them the right
way said Ollie. "And our heads, too;
they are screwed up in queer kind of a
thing to keep them still. -
Kitty felt still more sure of being scared,
and her face took on a doleful look which
promised poorly for a cheerful picture.
The day was the first bright one after a
number of cloudy ones, and they found
several sitters before them. Others fol-
lowed. as they waited for an hour or more,
among them a boy, a queer, awkward
looking fellow, they thought, very bashful
and i'll at case He fidgetcd and fused as
| if waiting was very hard work for him,
and at last spoke few words to the busy
artist who turned to those who waited for
a sitting, and said:
Here is young gentleman who wants
his picture taken and cannot wait Is any
one willing to give up their sitting to him
and wait longer?'
No one seemed ready to do so. A farm
or who had his family there said some
thing about it being hard for him to get
them all into town, and one or two others
| spoke of their time being valuable. SO
the mau bcckoncd to Mad9c and she went
to take her place behind the screen, say
ing to her sisters "Of course we couldn't
wait "
mo, indeed, " said Ollie, 1--WE can only
come on Saturday, and as we re going to
spend the day with Aunt Annie, if would
make us too late
but I'm sorry for that poor boy,
said Jessie, looking toward him as he pre-
pared to go. ''IIe seems to feel so badly
about it, Look there are tears in his
eyes.
'Pooh! Such great fellow to cry about
little thing like that Look, Jessie, the
man wants you next"
But Jessie remembered some things she
had heard about Christ little ones deny
ing themselves in order to do kindness to
others The four had looked forward for
some time to this thing of having their
pictures taken. 1t would be something of
a trial to wait. But she felt sure the boy
for desiring haste. So, when Ollie gave
her a little push she called to him, as he
was going out Of the door: Stop! You
can take my turn.
''JesSie what do You mean ?' said Ollie,
impatiently, as the boy, with very bright
look Of gratitude toward her, went in to
take his sitting. Don't you know you
can't have your picture taken till next Sat
urday ,"
''Yes, know it, but never mind. "
''And after Bridget took such trouble
doing mp our best dresscs!'' said Madge.
And yours won't be nice and fresh
then, " said Ollie.
Jessie could not help feeling that the
sacrifice was serious one, but in a few
minutes the boy came to her and spoke a
word or two of thanks so very earnestly,
and in manner so much more gentle
manly than might have been expected
from one so bashfnl looking that she did
not regret what she had done.
Ollie and Kitty took their turns, and
then the little party went on to Aunt
Annie's.
''Oh Aunt Annie, said Madge, we've
all had our pictures take" except Jes-
Sic" interrupted Onie-'And She might
Just as we'll as not only there was boy
who wanted his taken first, and Jessie
gave him her tnm."
''And next week we shall send you all
our pictures except Jesses and We don't
know when She can have hers taken
now"
''But the boy wanted his SO badly,
said poor little Jessie in an appealing tone,
quito overcome at being found SO much
fault with.
Aunt Annie asked few questions about
it, and then drew Jessie very tendcrly to
her side ~ am sure, she said, that
when do get .iesse's picture, il will be
the face of dear, unselish little girl, who