Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-25
GOOsey Lucy.

sleepy.
Mamma asked her what she had
been doing all day.
I've been making cake, said Lucy;
spOnge-cake; it was so good.
Indeed" said mamma. and how
did you make it, Lucy?"
why, I brought the eggs to grand
mamma" said Lucy, "Gnd she broke
them, and then she stirred them round
and round and round; and then I
brought the sugar, and I had a spoon
full on my bread and butter, and she
put the rest into the bowl; and then
she put in the -four and the lemon,
and L had squeeze Of the lemon II
my mug for TO make lemonade. Then
grandmamma stirred it all together
for long time, and was tired, and
played with the kittens"
Who did you say was making this
cake, Lucy?" interrupted Aunt Ellen.
81 was making it! said Lucy.
Didn't I tell you, auntie But I
couldn't be making it all the time, so
grandmamma helped me little.
"Oh!" said auntie. 81 beg your par
don. Go on, Lucy"
Sand grandmamma said, was quite
q good cook. And, please I want to
/ go to bed"
''Trot along as fast as you please,
/ said mamma. "Undress yourself, dar-
ling, and in few minutes I Will come
up to hear your prayers"
The stairs seemed q mile long, and
she thought she would never get to the
top step.
At last, however, she tumbled up on
the landing, and tumbled in at the
first open door.
She vvos AoTL-STrr oI1 E,TT
ing to her beloved little brass bed
stead, of which she was very fond.
"Beddy, dear!" said Lucy. "Dear
little, pretty, shiny beddy, Pm coming
nOw My own little beddy house, all
waiting for me. Pretty yellow balls,
and pretty" but here Lucy stopped
short, and opened her sleepy eyes as
wide as if they had never been sleepy.
ooh! oh! OH" said Lucy. why,
why, it's grOwed big
She sat down on the floor and stared
! at the brass bedstead. It was Just as
| bright and just as pretty, and had just
as many balls on it, but-wOnderful,
most wonderful lit was at least three
times as big as it had been when she
got out of it in the morning. Never
theless, it did not seem in the least
proud or stuck up, but stood there very
quietly.
"Beddy, dear, said Lucy, chow you
have grOwed :"
But the bedstead made no reply.
"Beddy, dear, she went on, IF you
had only told me this morning I would
have tried to grow, too, if you had
! showed me how. Grandpa always
thinks I am growing, and am ashamed
to tell him don't know how. But
never saw anything grow like this
It's perfectly-it's perfectly 'stOnish-
ing!
"WeII, she continued, after long
pause, during which she stared till her
| eyes actually began to water, 81 sup
! pose I may as well get in, though I
/ shall be quite lost in the middle of it.
! It's simply ridiculous for girl of my
size to have a giants bed. I know
mamma viii never find me in it. :"
In five minutes Lucy was in the
very middle of the big bed. In six
minutes she was sound asleep. And
! In seven minutes mamma came up
stairs and went into Lucy's room.
Darling !" said mamma, softly. care
! you awake ?"
There was no answer.
"She is asIeepI" said mamma to her.
self. 81 viii just tuck Aer In without
waking her"
But when mamma went the little
brass bed, 10 and behold! it was
empty.
LUCY" said mamma. Where are
! you?" but no Lucy replied.
Are you hiding, dear ?" cried nam
/ ma. "Come to me, ike good grille,
! and let me put you TO bed"
! Still all was silent, and mamma be-
! came alarmed. She lighted the gas
/ and searched the rOOms and then her
/ own room, which was next to it, but
/ ne sign Of Lucy was to be seen.
/ ELLEN I" cried mamma. "COme up,
| please I cannot find Lucy anywhere
/ Aunt Ellen came running up.
%She must have gone into baby5s
nursery" she said. q Wait till I put
my bonnet in my room, and I VIII go
+ and find her"
! So Aunt Ellen went into her room,
and there was Lucy fast asleep In the
middle Of the big brass bed.
90, hop said aunt Ellen. Some
one has been lying on my bed, said the
middle-sized bear Here Is your Sill
ver-hair, sister"
Mamma came running, and they both
! laughed to see the little mite curled up
| in the middle Of the big bed.
Mamma lifted her softly, and carried
her to her own little bed, and tucked
/ her up IN it; but Lucy did not stir nor
! wake.
She woke In the morning, though;
+ and what do you think she said, when
she opened her sleepy eyes?
@Ohi obi oh |" she said. Way
/ SHY! it's grewed little again. It's
/ perfectly 'stonishing is-Roatth's Cons
t DGD5O78.