The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-15
MISS "GOING-TO-DO-IT."
Rose Murray's Ten Minutes Experlenc,
in Sometime.

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and Rose Murray rubbed her eye.
shrugged her shoulders, and pinche
her hand a little, just to find out if SD
were awake, or if she were dreaming
She wasn't dreaming, that she knew
for the same voice, with no apparen
owner, kept on talking. And sue
queer things it said in that u~npleasan
way!
Sometime! That's next door to in
a-minute, a close neighbor to after
awhile and going-to-do it. Pretty-soon
tomorrow, one-of-these-days-they cal
all be found together. And you dom
know where sometime is? Well,
never heard any girl of your age tall
more about it. But come along; you'll
soon find out where it is"
"Come along! Where? How can
60 anywhere with only a voice."
How did you 60 to Paris last week,
and to that strange party the Other
night, where the girls all wore theil
school dresses, and the boys forgot te
stand by themselves on one side Of the
roomp"
"Those places! I didn't 60 to either
Of those. was only dreaming then.
But am not asleep now-am Ip" and
Rose squeezed her left-hand little fin.
ger very hard, and rubbed the heel OF
her foot carefully on the sensitive side
of her right foot. "No, I'm not asleep.
Where are you going to take me?"
Never mind, just come" replied
the voice; and added, as Rose moved
slowly in the direction from which it
came: Now you're in Sometime, and
l hope you'll enjoy yourself. I'll come
back for you one Of these days-one of
these days. and the voice died away
as it repeated these words in a mali
cious tone.
What a queer dream I've had"
thought Rose; this is my own room,
and it's almost dinner-time by the
clock. I'd better 60 and make the
dessert l told mother l would after
awhile"
mo, no! Me first! Me first!' called
out voices all around her-some close
by her, some far away, some loud,
some so faint that she could just catch
the words-but so many! The room
was full of them, and each one be-
to something. The loudest of
all came from the algebra at her feet,
which had fallen from her lap as she
looked over the last 81, Nicholas, say
ing: "Ill do that old problem in q
couple of minutes"
The problem spoke now: you
can't get away, you must do me first"
every well,' answered Rose; you're
/ great bother to me, but I'll soon set
lie YOU" and she took a pencil from
he table in preparation for hard work.
"No, no! Give me back to my own
r. You said you would in an hour or
q, when you borrowed me this morn
n.y."
II want to be sewed up" demand
d a great rent in her dress. you
romised to do me sometime, and it's
ometime now"
Put me in order, them" came
ON the work-basket.
Find me first" cried out the
from-where?.
Poor Rose looked around despair
'gly. 1t was her own room, truly,
ut it was so full Of voices, SO crowded
18th things that ought to be done,
nd so many more were pushing in
the doors and windows!
hat should she dop Books wanted !
be returned to their OWNERS, me
,wspaper must be read to her grand
other, pictures must be hung !
the table drawer must be put {
order, even the dust on the furni- {
re insisted that 1t should be taken off !
lmediately. =
Where should she beginP Be done :
ey must; and she went to work in :.
'od earnest. trying to quiet some Of :
Q voices nearest her. But what was
Q useP for every thing done, a dozen
hers crowded around her. Promises r
e had made long ago kept calling to v
r; and, worst of all, little, still v
ices in her heart reminded her of Il
+ broken promise to amusc the baby a
nile her mother took a nap before Il
nner, Of the visit she had meant to D
axe q sick friend, Of the little quar- y
she had been going TO make right
th her cousin, Of the bundle Of
'rm clothes she had promised to give n
'mmy Brown, the washer-woman's .
a, early in the winter. =
Rose had been called a little pro b
lstinator long before abe knew what "
big word meant; and only last a
Elk n Of her best friends had writ n
to her, and begun the letter: my
Ar Going-to-do-it" But now what
$ TO be donep something must. She 8,
yer could do all those things. II "
med Is Il every thing she had meant d
do and didn't do, every thing she ic
J promised to do and had forgotten N
since tho time shs W. avs ysars a