Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-22

SHOWING how SOMETIMES THE TRUTH WILL OUT n
UNEXPECTED WAYS.
From the Boston Globe
MAS up stairs changing her dress" said the
freckled faced little girl tying her dolls bonnet
strings and casting her eye about for tidy large
enough TO serve as shawl for that double Jointed
young person. "Oh, your mother needn't dress
up for me. replied the female agent Of the mis-
sionary society," taking self-satisned view OF her
down just as she is, In her every day clothes and
not 70 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
D1mmond always comes over here TO show on her
WSen ensss an no ma dSn5 Intend to get LETT
and guess She was mad about something. Ma
said IL you saw her new dress she'd have TO hear
and you'd ask her for money to buy hymn books
10 send em. Say, do the nigger ladies use hymn
DOCK leaves TO DO their hair up on and make IL
the books do 'em, II they ever get any books
wish my doll was q heathen."
why, you wicked little girl; what do you want
OF heather dolii" inquired the missionary lady,
taxing a mental Inventory OF the new things In
the parior TO get material for homiiy on worldly
$50 folks would send her lots of nice things to
wear and feel sorry 70 have her going about naked
Then shed have her hair TO friz, anu want doll
Win truly hair and eyes that roll up like Deacon
Slderbacks when he says amen on sunday.
amt wicked girl either, cause Uncle Dick-yOu
know Uncle Dick; he's been out West, aud swears
awful and smokes In the houSe-he says I'm a
holy terror and he hopes I'll be an angel pretty
soon. Mall be down In a minute, so you needn't
take your cloak on. She said she'd box my ears II
asked you TO. Mas putting on that old dress she
had last year, cause she said she didn't want you
TO think she was able to give much this time, and
she needed q new mum worse than the queen OF
the Cannon Bali Islands needed religion. Uncle
Dick says you oughter 60 to the islands, cause
you'd be sale there and the MATHS d De sorry they
was such sinners any body would send you 70 'em.
He says he never seen 4 heather hungry enough
To eat you less twas q blind one, and you'd set q
blind Pagan's teeth on edge SO he'd never banker
after any more missionary. Uncle Dicks awful
funny and makes "a and ma die laughing some
times"
"YOur Uncle Richard is bad, depraved wretch,
and ought " have remained out West, where his
style Is appreciated. he sets horrtd example Tor
little girls like you"
"Oh, think he's nice. He showed me how to
slide down the baniSterS. and he's teaching me TO
whistle when ma amt round. That's pretty
cloak you've got amt it, DO you buy All your
good clothes with missionary money! Ma says you
DO"
Just then the freckle-faced little girls ma came
into the parl0r and kissed the missionary Lady on
the cheek, and said she was delighted " see her,
and they proceeded to have a rear sOctable cnaL.
The little girls ma can't understand why person
who processes TO be SO charitable the agent does
should go right over 70 Miss Dlmmonds aud say
such ill.natured things she did, and she THINKS
the missionary Is q double-faced gossip.