The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-19

''but / do believe if there were more
little girls like my sister Dorothy in
the world, there wouldn't be half so
much trouble in it. I'll get what you
want, DOtty."
sOh, thank your cried Dotty; .sand
hope it will work just 'zactly right
hope everything will. "
And so everything did, am sure.
Next morning, just as Bah, who really
did not seem to enjoy her half-score of
dainty valentines as much as she ought
to have done, had finished writing the
address on the pretty Powered envelope
which was to carry that dreadful val
entine to Jennie Hopkins, Jack put his
head in the dOor.
''Hello, Babl'' said he, "don't you
want to take valentine sleigh-rideP
Come on, if you dor And he rolled
his eyes in a funny way at Dotty, who
could hardly keep from laughing.
Hurry now, Bah, if you want to CO."
he said
OF course Bah wanted to 60. 1t was
a beautiful sunny day, and the sleigh
ing never was better. She dropped her
pen and few around to get on her
things-her pretty, fur-trimmed cloak
| and brown-and- hood with nit
tens to match.
Now I'm ready" said she, throw
ing a gay little goodbye kiss at Dotty
She had forgotten all about the val
entine, but a minute or two after she
came running back again. 81 can
mail this while I'm out, she cried.
! breathless with her hurry, 'and then
she'll just get it the right time. Oh, ]
didn't seal it; well there-'tis now!''
Away she flew again then; and Deity
low hack har V1i11Orue Nth oou-
tented smile.
''May be it wasn't right" she said.
''But anyhow I'm glad as can be that /
did; and wouldn't wonder if Barbie'n
be, too. / hope she will; hope she
won't be 'voked at me. May be she
won't ever know, though, and that'L
be better, 1 guess"
But Bah would know. The ride
lasted an hour or more; and then Jack
wanted to buy a paper of candies for
Dotty, and that kept them out little
longer still.
1t was Just before noon that Bah ran
| into the library again, bringing a rush
of the fresh, breezy, outdoor air with
her; and it was just after noon that
there came a loud ring at the door
and quick scamper of feet through
the hal1.
"Why! whyr' cried Bah, ''why, it's
And as true as you live it was
Jennie Hopkins! She held out both
! hands towards Bah, but Bah drew back
looking very sober.
Il don't blame you one bit for being
mad at mel burst forth Jennie then,
half-laughing, half-crying; 'but it
wasn't my fault, Bah, dear. 1t was
that hOrrid Jip that did it. He's
Aunt Amy's dog, you know, and he
hid your invitation under the drugget
| that way he's always hiding things and
we never found it till to-day. And I've
come after you, Bah, just as quick as 1
could"
A flash like sunshine frightened
Bab's face that had been so cloudy.
"Oh, I'm so glad!' she cried. I
| s'pOse I might have known twas some
thing like that, but didn't. Oh, I'm
so glad! thought was left out"
''Wen, you wasn't, laughed Jennie.
''Only Jip was bound you should be,
guess-horrid thing!'
Then they both laughed, and Dotty
no less merrily than they.
"You dear little thing!" cried Jennie,
ST wish you could go, toor'
Anyhow, I'll bring you something"
| whispered Bah with her goodbye
It was a delightful party. Bah
| thought a good many times it was the
| incest one she ever saw. Somehow in
| the fun and frolic she forget all about
! that dreadful valentine; forgot it, until,
| in the midst of the candy-making, she
| heard the postman's knock. Then
| poor Babi
"Oh, I've got another valentinem
cried Jennie, dancing in on her toes,
| with a roguish laugh, ''and [ know it's
a nice one. / know who sent it, too,
| cause I've seen her Us lots of timesr'
Oh dear! it was dreadful. Bah stood
with dOwn-cast eyes and tingling
| cheeks. She felt the hot tears coming.
| If she could Just sink through the floor
| out of sight; if she had stayed at home;
if she only hadn't sent that wretched
| valentinei
She heard a rustic of paper, and then
| little breathless ''O-o-ohr' But she
couldn't look up. They would all hate
| her, she knew; and she couldn't help
| one quick sob. And them
go Babr' cried Jennie. How could
youP''
Bah couldn't answer; she hadn't a
word to say. She wished-she hardly
| knew what.
when you must have thought was
| so mean, too, " Jennie went on, almost
crying herself, ''to send me the sweet
est pretty valentine I've had this year!
| 0 Babr'
WHAT"
1.-The very Ioveliest oner' said
| Jennie.
And so it was; dainty valentine,
all over roses and forget-me-nots and
| lace, that looked like frost-work. And
| so Bab's clouds all cleared away.
| 1t didn't puzzle her a bit, either,
after the first minute.
"'Twos you, 1 know it wasr' she
cried to Dotty, when she had hurried
home at night with her pocket full of
barley candy. II knew it Just as
! quick! o Dotty! you're the darlingest
| girl at ever lived! How did you9'Y
Twas easy as wink!' laughed
Dotty. "Only you most caught me,
you came back so quick; and hoped
it down. But it wasn't all me; twas a
a good deal Jack, Barbie."
mo" said Jack. as he turned his
paper; "'twas all Dotty, every bit of
| it."-Ada @. StoddGrd, in Youths Com
pa''iOn.
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