The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-10-19
A BOSTON INCIDENT.
Showing How Sometimes the
Truth Will Out in Unexpected
Ways.

MAS up stairs changing her
Dress" said the freckled faced little
girl, tying her dolls bonnet strings
and casting her eye about for a
tidy large enough 10 serve as a
shawl for that double-jointed young
person.
"Oh, your mother aeedn't dress
up for me-" replied the female
agent OF the missionery society,
taking self-satisfied view of her.
self in The mirror. 'Iun ND and
tell her TO come down just as she
is IN her every day clothes, and
not to stand on CEREMONY
"Oh, but she hasn't got on her
every day clothes. Ma was all
dressed up in her new brown silk,
cause she expected Miss Dimmond
to-day. Miss Dimmond always
comes over here 10 show
off her nice things, and ma
don't intend to get left. When ma
saw You coming she said "The
Dlcken" and guess she was mad
about something. Ma said if you
saw her new dress she'd have To
hear all about the poor heather
who don't have silk, and you'd ask
her for money 10 buy hymn books
TO send 'em. Saw, do the nigger
ladies' use hymn book leaves 10 do
their hair up on and make it friZzy.
Ma says she guesses that's all the
good The books do 'em, If they ever
get any books | wish my doll
was heaihen."
"Why, you wicked little girl.
What do you want of a heathen
doll!" inquired the missionary
lady, taking mental inventory of
The new things in the parlor TO get
material for a homily on worldly
extravaganza.
$50 folks would send her lots of
nice things to wear and feel sorry
to have her going about naked.
Then she'd have hair to friz, and |
want a doll with truly hair and
ewes that roll up like Deacon Sill
derback'S when he says amen on
Sunday. amt a wicked girl
either, cause Uncle Dick-you
know Uncle Dick; he's been out
WeSt,and swears awful and smokes
in the house-he says Pm a holy
terror and he hopes I'll be an an
gel pretty soon. Mall be down in
minute, so yOu needn't take your
cloak off. She said she'd box my
ears if asked you to. Mas put
ling on that old dress she had lasC
year, cause she said she didn't
want you to think she was able 10
give much this lime, and she need
ed new muf worse than the
Queen of the Cannon Ball Islands
needed religion. Uncle Dick says
you oughter go to the Islands,
cause you'd be safe there and the
natifs'd be sorry they was such sin
ners that anybody would send you
TO 'em. He saws he never seen a
heather hungry enough to eat you
less twas blind one and you'd
SET blind pagan's teeth on edge
so he'd never banker after any
more missionary. Uncle Dicks
awful funny and makes pa and ma
die laughing sometimes.'
"Your Uncle Richard is a bad,
1epraved wretch, and ought to
have remained out West, where
his style is appreciated He sets a
lorrid example for little girls like
,Ou."
"Oh, | think he's nice. He
howed me- how to slide down the
and he's teaching me TO
whistle when ma amt round.
That's a pretty cloak you've got,
int il Do you buy all your good
clothes with missionary money.
ia says you do"
Just then the freckled faced lit
lie girls ma came into the parlor
md kissed the missionary lady on
he cheek and said she was delight.
d to see her, and they proceeded
o have a real sociable chat. The
title giIl's ma can't understand
Vhy a person who processes 10 be
o charitable as The agent does
hould 90 right over TO Miss Dim
nond's and say such ill-natured
hlngs as she did, and thinks the
Missionary is a doubIe-faced gossip.