The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-12
BARBARA.

ciiRtNA A0NI ifNi Nhth NiN"A E
heroine; FOR Dot Was tail and q1ccniy,
and. OF course. as har-hty as she was
tall. and lllcd up quito % large space IN
socie,g in very opposition io Der name;
whereas Ban Iara was an ctt 81 nine yeaTs'
standing on this cs'ut oid .nrt-;o9l 81
ours. ard was moi ono-qaar.ar as big IS
her name. with the face Of q fairy and
bright brown eyes that looked oUt from
under her yellow bang, riaig.lously like
Dots pony pccfcd FROM under lbs name
and with orbs alm0,, as big and fully
as limpid. But then size j, nay heroine,
and YOU must needs make the best Of
her.
Dot was engaged. ! am happy to say,
10 a perfect Apollo. bat im sorry 70 at
init that she treated sail Aro.io as if he
We're nothing more than q poor. weak,
errirg mortal. and took j. urcu stately,
privileged self 90 lecture t3c Young man
upon certain faults snc took. ass q matter
course, must lie in his possession, being,
as he was. tie only son oi 90 very indul-
gent pain of old folks.
Bat she was shaken 10 Tie very loun-
dation Of her royal boing when. one day,
she discovered That the last sentence Of
her excellent haraueuc hal fallen upon
thin air; and she had 50 confused sense OF
Il pair of indignant. sorToninl eyes leav-
ing their light 10 haunt her. a5 she sat,
amazed aud hurt, after the hali door
slammed Ike "a wooden oath.
He was gone ihcn-"Oh, Scotch,
Scott which was DO slang at al, but
the irate Apollos c4iri,tcucd name. Dot
rose from her chair OF state. and carried
her heart. bleeding and tom. up the
front stairs to auoiut it with tears and
cover it with tie magnificent new bail
dress from Nine. liisl4rice admirable
bandagc.
"Whath the matter. Dot Mis- Bar
barn's eyes had caught the aloam Of
something shining liquid and bead like
upon the very tip Of Dots feather fan.
"Nouth c%ryincl'
Il believe you would cry too, Chckie;
wouldn't You, if the prince came and
promised you nice things. and then
rushed of without saving nything about
ihemi Nouldn't YOU
"Ithn't Thcott going to take you to
the haill'
1T certainly looks that way. He went
Of o. angry with me- Another tear
splashcd iotly down upon Barbara's 1T
tie uptuucl face. The child gravciy
wiped il off. uttcrinc this solemn injunc-
ton: Don't you CRY OF worry Il bit
more about thith. ! viii thee about
thiih matter mythelf, mconsciouslF
initiating papa's most impressive manner
Of speech.
They had always talked TO her as if
She could understand their mature rca-
soning-this sister and this papa-that
she lad come 10 have a ludicrous little
air If sage and wise consideration Of all
things brought within her ken.
Nine O'Clock and no Scotl-he was not
coming then; must she miss tine glorious
assembly bail because Of his anger Not
she. Half past o. had Barharaa been
she wouii nave noticed the quiy.
eyclds that tried SO hard 10 keep
the tcarirops prisoners. Quartero of 10
she gave up all hopes of Scott. and IN ten
minutes more papa was drowned ID asea
Of OVERLOOKING satin, whose cream white
were filing the coupe to It's ut
most capacity.
Ten o'clock. \ loud peal from the
IGOR bell aroused Barbara from Aor
sound siumbcr. Another peal. Dat Of
bed. into her little Mother Hubbard
wrapper, and down the stairs CrcV Bar
lara. Oh tiptoc. too. though there was no
need of that, as every blessed trusted ser
,ant was gone out and the child was
hone in the big house. The wee hand
Mastered the huge door key, and out III
he moonlight the brown eyes discovered
Dots lover.
ooh, it'll your
''Yes, Chickie, Of course it is. Isis
ready;'
Now, I've always been amazed at the
ittle-and big-fbs children can tell on
he slightest provocatioB. 1 had even
so far as To entertain some Cdd Ideas
N the subject of the utter lack Of con
in the world Of childhood, and
believe that veraciiy Is an actual
of education, pure and simple
nm n dismal tDiNICAlpll lIistl tNth NfAH
alton does not always suffice. | have
cen ~astonished with what fertility the
rains Of infancy are possessed. invent
NJ with ease uncalled for and unprece-
ented untruths; and, as Miss Barbara
yas beyond the average, 1 am bound, /
Il truth, to say that she gravely @ II the
Glowing little fb up into Scots listen
ne ears:
s'Yeti. Doth it'll all ready and gone
nth papa-but YOU are 70 bring me in
head. l am almotht drethed; jutht 80
40 the library, pleath, Thcott, and
ill not keep YOU waiting more than
leven minuths." ,
Poor Scotia wrathy whir!wind was
about his ears Is, all uncoA-
,iously, he obeyed the little maid. His
larrel-if so one sided cn auair could
/, called ,:that-with his belo,ed had
riven all thoughts Of the TAI from ms
cad; and now to come and find her OF !
ld away with hor parental relative, and =
realize that she lad had very good
use to think the most horrible things !
the world Of his seeming careiessncss,
ade him blind 10 the simply %outlandish |
heme of the little sister, and 10 be glad !
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