The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-20

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II i such an ugly. bad dreadful.
sad s'ory thar l don't like very we'll
10 tell il. Ugly and bad because ]
was such a bad girl. and sad and
dreadful because of my poor little
kitty. But. perhaps IL ] tell il some
other little girl will see how much bet
ter il is not TO do what you are told
not to- And IL you can't just once in
: while help doing Il. not 20 try TO
hile il but 20 and tell right away.
o. Il you cant do that. why. tell a.
soon rs you can
She was The cunningest little thing
you ever saw-my kitty. Soft and
silky and white AL over. 50 ! callei
her SNOWFALL al first But every
time Bridget caleb her 20 get some
milk. she used 10 say: ''Snobble.
Sncbble"-and / didn't like il; . We
all got to calling hcr just kitty And
Il was enough name for her; for every
time / called kitty. kitty. kitty. she'd
come running. with her little feet GO
ing ratter. paster. pattsr on the door
till she found me-
Knight have had her vet. II IL hadn't
been for Aunt + uily'< coming. !
don't mean that il was Aunt + nily's
fault. for IL was all mine; but il began
with that. Aunt + nilv hal a beauti-
full little chain she s.sed to wear round
her neck. and Tiers was a little lockct
hung on II. the rret,iest little round
blue thing, 1t was just like one that
Nctfic Hammondrs grandpa gave her
on hrr birthday. only prettier. Aunt
Emily nscd to le. me look NJ l. when ]
climbed mp in her lap II had some
! 81 her mothers hair in Il. but ono day
she said she bell we'd she'd have 10
give il to me when / was little big
ger. and she would put her picture IN
il the. And she tried Il on my neck
and il just exactly fitted
wondered how much bigger I'd
have 10 get. but Of course 4 wouldn'i
Be polite fer me to nsk her. but
didn't. But every time ] went int
her room. and knew il was In . litile
box in her bureau drawer. ! nsel e
look N The glass 10 sec IL 1 WASH
growing very fast ! used 10 20 4
BID vcry early. because every body
SAYS that y axes Iistla girls grow. On
nich< ! went right sfts'r suPper-ane
Idon'tlikc 70 60 10 bed ecriy. either
but the next morning / didn't seem e
have grown any more than ] Gid oshc'
mornings
used to wish / could find : co."
fairy who would touch me with III
wand. and make me : big girl al -
once. BIT / knew The fairies were AL
gone. though ! don't see why there
shouldn't be fairies to day, for I'm
sure We want them - much ~ Gin.
derella and Observation-Disclosures
did / told papa ! wished We had
fairies 70 make things grow. and hs
said:
FAIRIES. my little daughter? Why.
we have fairies all about us-beautiful
ones They come along. every ono
with a sunshine wand. and beam on
the little flowers and the grass ans
every hing else out Of doors Their
they hurry away and bring the rain
|, drops-thousanJs Il them-and throw
|, them down. Aud then they bring I
mil ion little fairies to fan them"
Papa laughed. 80 ! knew he jus
meant sunshine and things and
!, sail:
BIT. papa. meant fairies 70 make
little cir grow"
We'll the very same things make
little girls grow" be said.
sat ont IN the sunshine = great,
great while. and them ] went an
looked in the giasa But I wasn't
Bit bigger. Aud when il rained ] wen
ont into Inc garden AL alone. ans
stayed till ! Wal wetihrough- had
dreadful cold after II. And ] didn'
Look any bigger. and nobody said
.H,w that child erows!'
: Ncttis Ha nmond invited me %
Z party. and I wanted the chain ans
: Iocket worse than ever. 1 kept hoping
? and hoping AL the tims that Aun
7 Emily would say l was big cnougI
7 before the party; but she didn't An,
2 when I was AL dressed % 60. ! wen
! up 70 her room. just 70 zoe Il 81
wouldn't think 20. Aunt Emil.
wasn't there. and when I look "a ON
2 Of the window. ! saw her going out o
? the gate 70 20 down town / though
I'd lust peep and zee II the lockct w
} IN IL box. and Il waS Then I though
I'd like 10 sec how 4 looked ovcg ID,