The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-03
TOOT'S MISTAKES.
story Of . Queer Little Girl Who Said and
u d Funny 1hinHs.

loot" And Minnie said: Don't you
let her 60 mamma. She will be sure to
do something 'sgracefuL' Uncle Jack
said: foot, you are kiro, and you
shat 60 to Sunday-school, II | have to
take you myself l said: .'Uncle Jack,
what is kiro?" and he said: You find
out, loot, and will give you big sill
yer dollar" So went TO Sunday school
All the way Minnie kept saying: Now,
loot. you mustn't do this and you
mustn't do that" and l said wouldn't.
liked the sup'tendent: he looked like .
long black lead pencil. lie said: How
do you do my dear?" to me- And said:
I'm O. X. How are you?" just like
our hired man. And Minnie jerked my
hand and made me sit down. | just
'ioyed the singing; l didn't know the
song, but sang Little Sallie Waters"
as loud as could, and once they all got
through before l did, and Minnie
jerked me awful.
The teacher was prettier than Minnie.
She had roses in her hat. and two little
hole, in her cheeks when she laughed.
She told q buful story about angels go
ing ur and down ladder. She said they
was white with big wings. And now,
children. ''of course. none of you ever
saw an angel"
II have" said. as loud as could.
'Why Toot.' she said.
..YeS, l have" said. We've got
'em at our house, more'n fifty Of EN-.
They're white with big wings; and they
swim on the pond, and say 'quack,
quack'" Then all the children laughed
and the teacher said:
NO, loot. those are ducks
They passed around plate with
money in it, and / took two bright
pennies, and said: THANK you"
Minnie wanted them herself, and tried
to take them away from me, but held
on them tight and she couldn't get
them.
The superintendent said ii any one
wanted to ask question they could,
and / got up and 50 d: What IL q
kiro? Uncle Jack said he would give
me silver dollar If found out. Min
ME, you stop pulling my sash. I'll tell
mamma OF you when get home" Then
they all laughed again and wouldn't
stop. and the superintendent said: Il
guess it is little girl that means right,
but makes mistakes sometimes" And
said guessed it was. Then they all
stood up and said: Our Father" and
l said amen" as loud as could.
Going home, | said to Minnie:
Wasn't it iotelyy I'm going every
Sunday" But Minnie wouldn't talk.
and made me walk so fast | almost fell
down. When we came TO Mr.. Mays
Jennie stood by the gate and Min
ME stopped to talk to her. looked
through the gate and saw some flowers
and went in. Oh, it was beaOiful, SO
many flowers! | picked nice bouquet
of red IA NUNS, the kind mamma has In
the house. These grew in the ground.
Then l was smelling a rose and an ugly
big fly jumped out of it and bit me on
the nose, and it burned like fire.
screamed and cried, and Minnie came
running into the garden and pulled me
through the gate, and j rked me all
the way home. Minnie's an awful
ierker, and ! screamed and every one
looked at me. And one gentleman said
to Minnie; Aren't you ashame to hurt
your sister," When | got home my
nose was all swclled up and red. Nam
ma put some thing on itand it stopped
aching. Uncle Jack said: foot, you
look like Squire Roberts with that big
red nose" said: did fly bite Ia
nose, too?" And Uncle Jack said: mo
NJ ,,L;.1,,, l,;t Ii. ,,c.o
Minnie made great fuss and said
Il didn't have myself at Sunday
school," but she said the most aboui
what the gent'man said couldn't see
why.
About twenty weeks after went t.
Sunday. school Squire Roberts and his
wife came to see us. The Squire anG
papa and Uncle Jack was sitting on the
/ piazza smoking and talking politics.
! like Squire Roberts-he's SO fat ane
shines SO. went out on the piazza ant
said: "How do you do, Squire; how
every thing?" That's what papa sax
when he saw him. The Squire sa d
Every things all right, my dear; come
and sit on my lap" and / went. KEEP
looking at his nose and thinking how
bad it must feel, and ct last l said
"Does your nose ache much, Squirrel
He said; why. what do you mean
loot? My nose don't ache at all, VIII.
should it?' ] said: Amt it funny
Squire; our noses was just alike, and
the same thing didn't bite them, did it?
/ A fly bit mine, and whisky bit yours
Uncle Jack says So"
guess papa swallowed something tn
wrong way just then cause he choke,
SO, and Uncle Jack never laughed at al
as he gently does when l talk. Thel
papa said real cross: ''Go in the hous,
this minute, loot" and l went An,
the Squire and his wife went right Of
and they've never come since.-Bessi,
q. Hart. in Detroit Free Press