St. Landry democrat., 1890-02-01

giving at her heart, as she slowly walked
down to the kitchen and asked Dorothy
Ann, the maid /: Where have they al
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to NE I'd gone, ,oo, if I'd been you
Gone without me!' Hetty stood in
blank amszement for few moments,
then flung herself down OF the floor and
screamed
At the first howl Dorothy Ann quietly
took chair, folded her arms and sat look
ing at Hetty as if she was some very inter.
astng curiosity. And Hetts screamed
louder and kicked until her bropzs slip
pers were as badly off as if they had gone
through half dozen picnics. And the
louder size scream ID and the harder she
kicked, the straighter Dorothy Ann looked
at her.
1t was very perplexing for Hetty. She
had never kicked and screamed before
without every body being frightened for
| fear she would irjure herself, and coaxing
and petting her, and offering her every
thing she wanted, including her own way,
if she would only stop. But here was
Dorothy Ann looking as if she would not
care if it lasted all day, and not soul
anywhere nesr to do any coaxing. Hetty
did not know what to do next.
At last when her throat ached and her
face was red and her whole self badly
tumbled, she sat upon thu flor and looked
at Dorothy Ann. AMI then Dorothy Ann
spoke:
you're nice child nox, amt you?"
"lt was not spoken sneeringly, nor in
anger Dorothy Ann was pleasant
faxed, hard working woman, older than
Amt Emily and her words always had
weight in the family. After pause she
went Oh in slaw, earnest way: you're
a nice child, | say Don't you INK it's
nice to be a maxim yourself trouble and
torment with your cross, grabbed, can
tsnkerons ways? Don't you think it's
nice to cme where folks is all glad to see
you, their hearts just warm and runnin'
over with kind feelins to you, and little
ones that's always givin up to you, and
you just for all the world like a buzzin'
wasp, or a stinein' nettle, or prlckly
chestnut that everybody is glad to
get away from or drop out of their hands?
Don't you think it's nice to keep them
children all rasped up with your rantrums,
and to keep your Aunt in fret all the
time between her wish to do everything
that's kind by you, telin' her children to
do the same likewise, and you a goin' on
like all pc ssessed?'
Hetty started up al Dorothy Ann, be-
wildered at words the like of which she
had never heard before, and slowly through
her mind came the idea that the next
thing for her to do was to feel very angry.
"How dare you talk so to ?" she
cried. Mamma won't let you" But
Dorothy Ann noticed her anger as little as
she had her screams.
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she think it's nice to have little girl to
buy pretty things for and to take good |
care of, and then to have her snappin' |
and snarlin', and scowlin', and max |
in people wherever she goes wish she was |
a thousand miles away? Don't you think |
she's proud of havin' such childf
Don't you think it's nice to see your |
pretty blue eyes all red, and your fore
head all crumpled up SO you might iron it
out, and your mouth that was made to
smile and laugh, all puckered? Don't
you know there's wolves looking out of
your eyes, when there ought to be lambs
and doves? Don't you know the words
you speak are like so many snakes and
toads droppin' out of your mouth? And
what do you s'pose, Dorothy AIMS face
grew solemn-f'the good Lord thinks
when he looks at this little heart of youru,
that he gave you to keep full OF sweetness
and loving kindness, and to Nuke you a
comfort instead of trial to folks-what
loes He think, do you s'pose, when he
sees it all blotted and stained up with all
sorts of hateful thoughts 2"
Hetty had never taken her eyes from
Dorothy AIMS face, and now, as she Gems
% have said her say, and went back to her
work as if nothing had happened, it came
over her very strongly that the next thing
or her to do was to feel very much
ashamed. With little sob or two she
rot off the floor and went out and lay down
lnder an apple tree, There Dorothy Ann
ourd her, an hour later, fast asleep.
"Poor little creature! She's tired her
elf clean cut Dorothy Ann had for
ome days been bilin' over for chance
o speak her mind, and having now had
t, she felt very kindly disposed. She
dipped cushion under the poor little
umpled head and when dinner came,
1ettie found dainty pudding, just big
for her, baked Oh purpose. And
Turing the long afternoon Dorothy Ann
old funny OLD stories. and let her make
nolasses candy to pass away the time.
Il do declare, I'm most afraid to see
lefty p said Tom, as the picnic party
rev near home. And the other members
f it felt so too.
But Hetsy was subdued, and as the days
vent OF everyone was amazed at the
hange in her. And nobody could ever
uess how it came about, for she never
old of Dorothy AIMS sermon. I wish all
poiled children could hear such one {
ont you -Congregationazist.
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