Nevada County picayune., 1886-02-17
ONLY A LITTLE THING
CoNGREGATIONALIST.
"Pictures! Pictures!w

have their pictures taken. 1t was easy to see that it was something of all event to them. Every bow and rul1le and looping was nicely arranged, their pretty hair braided with great exactness, and each lit- tie lassie moved with due regard to keeping such amount of elegance undisturbed.
 'I'm afraid this wind is going to blow our hair ali rcugh,' said Madge.
 "They always have brush and comb there," said Ollie, with su- perior remembrance of having had a picture taken very long ago.
 Il know l shall laugh" said. .Jes. sic.
 "You musn't,' said Madge very positively. "Of all things in the world I do hate to see a smirk on a photograph"
 "YOu must try to think of some- thing solemn" said Ollie. That's the way I always do."
 q shall be scared, l know," said little Kitty.
 "Then you'd better think of something funny" said Ollie. "We must look exactly as we al- ways do, or it won't look natural. Cheerful, yoa know"
 Then there was pause during which each little girl tried to fix her face exactly as it always was, and ill doing so, managed to look as unlike herself as possible.
 How shall we fix our hands'"
 "Oh, the man will fix them the right way" said Ollie. And our heads, too; they are screwed up in queer kind of thing to keep them still,"
 Kitty felt still 8ore sure of feel ing scared, and her face took on a doleful look which promised poor ly for a cheerful picture.
 The day WAS the first bright one after number of cloudy ones, and they found several sitters before them. Others followed as they waited for an hour or more, among them boy, a queer, awk- ward looking fellow, they thought, very bashful and ill at case. He fidgeted and fassed as if waiting was very hard work for him, and at last spoke few words to tbe busy artist, who turned to those who were waiting for sitting, and said: "Here is young gentleman who wants his picture taken and cannot wait. Is any one willing to give up their sitting and wait longer"
 Nobody seemed ready to do so. A farmer, who had his family there, Said something about it's be- ing hard for him to get them all in to town, and one or two others spoke of their time being valuable, So the man beckoned t0 Madge, and she went to take her place be. hind the screen. saying to her sis ters. "Of course we couldn't wait. :"
 "No indeed" said Ollie, i've can only come on Saturday, and as we are going to spend the day with aunt Annie, it would make us too late"
 "Bht 1 am sorry for that poor boy" said Jessie, looking towards him as he prepared to go. "He seems to feel so badly about it. Look! There are tears in bis eyes,"
 "Pooh! Such a great fellow to cry about thing like that! Look Jessie, ths man wants you next"
 But Jessie remembered some things she had heard about Christs little ones denying themselves in order to do kindness to others, The four had looked forward for some time to this thing of having their pictures taken. It would be something of a trial to wait. But she felt sure the boy must have some much more serious reason for desiring haste. So, when Ol' lie gave her little push, she call ed to him as he was going out of the door, "Stop! You can take my turn"
 "Jessie, what do you meanf" said Ollie, impatiently, as the boy, with a very bright look of gratitude to- wards her, went in to take his sit ting. "Don't you know you can't have your picture taken till next Saturday,
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