Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-10-30

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And I'm to have the whip, ard rn let
you have it half the time" shouted
Tom.
Hstty came to the window and said,
Thank you, Aunt Emily, but I'd rather
not go;" and then watched again from
the back OF the room, wondering what
they would do next In the way OF urg-
ing her.
Aunt Hetty got in, and to Hetty's
great establishment the wagon was driv-
en- away. What did it mean? They
surely would never, never think Of such
a thing as going without her. They
must be going to turn back for her-per-
haps they were doing an errand first.
But there was a little misgiving at her
heart, as she slowly walked down to the
kitchen and asked Dorothy Ann, the
maid, ''Where are they all gone"
"Why, to the picnic, Of counsel
Seems TO me I'd "a gone, too, If I'd been
you"
"Gone without me2" Hetty stood in
blank amazemens for a few moments,
then flung herself on the floor and
screamed.
AT the first howl, Dorothy Ann quiet
ly took a chair folded her arms, and sat
looking at Hetty as if she was some
very interesting natural curiosity. And
Hetty screamed louder, and kicked until
her bronze slippers were as badly of as
if they had gone through half a dozen
picnics, And the louder she screamed
aud the harder she kicked, the straight
or Dorothy Ann looked at her.
It was very Perplezing for Hetty. She
had never kicked or screamed before
without everybody being frightened for
fear she would injure herself, and coax
ing and petting her, and offering her
everything she wanted, including her
own way, if she would only stop. But
here was Dorothy Ann looking as if she
would not mind If it lasted all day, and
not a soul anywhere near to do a bit Of
coating.
At last, when her throat ached and her
face was red, and her whole self very
badly tumbled, she sat upon the floor
and looked at Dorothy Ann. And then
Dorothy Ann spoke.
".Now you are a nice child, amt you p
1t was not spoken sneeringly, nor in
anger. Dorothy Ann was a pleasant
faced hard working woman, older than
Aunt Emily, and her words always had
weight in the family. After pause she
went on in a slow, earnest way: you're
a nice child, I say Don't you think it's
nice to be a-maldn' yourself a trouble and
a torment with your cross, grabbed, can
keroHs ways? Don't you think its nice
to come where folks is all glad to see
you, and their hearts Just warm and
runnin' over with kind feelin's to you,
and little on g that's always a. givin' up
to you, and you Just for all the world
like buzzin' wasp or a sdngin' nettle
or a prickly chestnut burr that every
bOdy's glad to get away from or drop
out Of their hands? Don't you think its
nice to keep them children all rasped up
with your tantrums, and to keep your
aunt in a fret all the time between her
wish to do everything that is kind
o. you and tellin' her children the
same likewise, and you a-goin' on like
all pOssegsedf"
Hetty stared up at Dorothy Ann, be-
wildered at words the like of which she
had never heard before, and slowly
through her mind came the idea that the
next thing for her to do was to feel very
angry.
GLOW dare you talk so TO me?" she
cried mamma won't let you" But
Dorothy Ann noticed her anger as little
as she did her screams.
"If you go on so to your mamma, don't
she think its nice to have little girl to
buy pretty things for and to take good
care of, and then to have her R-snappin'
/ and a-snarlin' and a-scOWlin, and a-mRkin'
/ people wherever she goes wish she was a
thousand miles away? Don't you think
she's proud Of having such a child?"
Don't you think its nice to see your
pretty blue eyes all red, and your fore
head all crumpled mp so you might iron
it out, and your mouth that was made to
smile and laugh all puckered? Don't
| you know that there's wolves looking out
| OF your eyes when there ought to be
lambs and doves? And what do you
/ s'pOse''- Dorothy AIMS voice grew
soIemn-''the good Lord thinks when he
looks at that little heart of yOurn that
he gave you to keep full Of sweetness
and lovin' kindness, and to make you
| comfort instid of a trial TO fOlks-What
does he think, do you s'pose, when he
/ sees it all blOtted and stained up with all
sorts Of hateful thUughts2"
Hetty had never taken her eyes from
| Dorothy AIMS face, and now as she
seemed to have said her say, and went
/ back to her work as if nothing happened,
/ it came over her very strongly that
| the next thing for her to do was to feel
very much ashamed. With a little sob
or two she got of the floor and went out
and laid down under the apple tree.
/ There Dorothy Ann found her, an hour
| later, fast asleep.
'Poor little creaturel She's tired her,
| self clean out" Dorothy Ann had for
| some DAYS been "bilin' over to speak her
mind, and having now had it, felt very
/ kindly disposed. She slipped a cushion
under the poor little crumpled head,
and when dinner time came, Hetty Ound
a dainty pudding, just big enough for
her, baked on purpose. And during the
/ long afternoon Dorothy Ann told funny
old stories and let her make molasses
candy to pass away the time.
IT do declare, Pm most afraid to gee
Hettyw said Tom, as the picnic party
drew near home. And the other mem
| bers felt very much so too.
But Hettie was subdued, and as days
went on every one was amazed at the
change in her. And nobody could ever
| guess how it came about for she never
told Of Dorothy AIMS sermon. wish
all spoiled children could hear such a
ORe-dOn't your
HARD CASH.