The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-07-04
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A WELL-EARNEO NICKNAME.
A Little Girl who Had "The Ob,tinates.''
and what Happened % Her.
Whats your namc?" asked visitor
Of little yellow-haircd bunch of a
girl.
'Don'-want-cr," WINS the answer. as a
pair OF great. fearless blue eyes looked
up into the lady's face.
Como and sit on my knee. please.
and tell me over again. / don't quite
understand you"
''Don'-want-er." repeated the bunch,
putting a fat forefinger in a red rose
bud OF mouth.
Tell the lady your name," said the
mamma.
''Don'-want-er," came again from
the pretty lips that were now pout-
ing.
Then run out and find brother
''Don'-want-er!"
Che visitor laughed.
'Don'-want-er' has come to be the
obstinate little things nickname" said
mamma. She don'-want-er' do any
thing that other people want her to
do"
Don -want-er'' was only three years
old. She had three little friends Of
whom she was very fond-Frizzle, the
short-legged terrier; Furry, the big
old black cat, and Sunshine. pretty
canary. Frizzle was an educated dog.
Furry was at the head OF the mousse
catching business. Sunshine was a
famous singer He was very fond OF
little Don'-want-er, and would nip at a
lump OF white sugar between her little
sharp teeth.
Perhaps very little folks don't know
the meaning of such hard word as
obstinate. But, as brother Tom said.
Don'-want-er had 1.-The obstinates :"
She was born with them. Now. this is
what came OF Dom. want-er's ..obsti-
nates.n
One day brother Tom was going TO
take her out in the pony cart While
she was waiting for Tom she ran into
the bathroom. The tub was half full
Of water. Come away from the tub"
called nurse. Don want-cr!' said
the little girl. She was having fine
fun bobbiLg her black doll Dinah
up and down in the water. As the
little, fat thing had to reach far over
to do this. she lost her balance and
fell into the tub. There were dreadful
shrieks, and nurse, coming in. saw tho
soles OF two little boots sticking up.
When half-drowned Don -want-er came
out Of the tub, she said: "D'ess me
quick, SO can go to wide" But man.
ma said: .'You can't go to ride to-
day. You can't 60 to ride again this
week." Alas! it was Monday. Please
let me-" begged the dripping child. Il
don't want to-" said mamma, which
were Don'-want-er's own words spoken
In q grown-up way.
But this was not the saddcst thing
that happened on account Of little
Don'-want-er's obstinacy. One day, as
she was tagging mamma about the
house, the lady said: go upstairs to
nurse, Dearie." just then the door-bell
rang. and mamma did not hear Dearie's
answer. We can guess that IL was
Don -want-er." Mamma was very
busy with caller for the next half
hour. The little one strayed to the
kitchen, begging sugar from the cook.
then went to the parlor to play with
Sunshine. After little Furry joined
in the play. She was hungry that day
she had had no mouse-meat for ever
SO long.
Furry" said Dom -want-er. 100
take the sugar in 90 teef. and let Sum
shine pick it,
Furry seemed to have 1.-The obsti-
nates'' also, for she wouldn't hold the
hard white lump properly. and Dom
want-er said: Look in the glass now
an see what naughty tat 90 is!'
Sunshine was standing on the mar Sle
slab under the mirror. Furry gays a
long, sharp yowl. What she ret lily
said was .Don'-want err" Then She
sprang as quick we'll, as quick rs q
cat-out of DOn'-want-er's hands. and
caught dear, dainty little gold-feath.
cred Sunshine in her cruel jaws.
Don-want-er shrieked in piercing
tones. Mamma ran down, cook ran
up. But they came too late to save the
lovely little singer.
When brother Tom heard what
Furry had done. he said that she should
be banished. So. one dark, dark
evening. after Don'-want-er had gone
to bed, he put the cat into = deep. deep
bag. slung her over his shoulder. and
marched with her into q forest. The
bag was tied with q tender string. SC
that Furry could get out if she tried
hard. Tom hung the bag on the
bough OF tree, and ran home as fas,
as he could. The next morning he
told his sister that Furry would
never come back any more. So little
Don'-want-er had only Frizzle left
The obstinate little girl cried very
hard when mamma said: Dear, sweet
loving little Sunshine will never sing
any more. Poor, poor Furry has los,
her good home, and her little mis-
tress, and her warm cushion, and hel
saucer of milk-and all because an oh
stinate child said: i don -want-er.'
Mrs. NJ. F. Butts, in Christian I'm
ion.
One great cause of bsldness, say
q barber. is the habit some peopl,
have of changing the style Of hair cut
ting half dozen times year, Or near
~ as often. They insist on ''shor
pompadour" in the hottest months,
less pronounced crop in the fall an,
then wear their hair longer rs tn