St. Landry democrat., 1890-08-16
a Casabiauca in a Small Way.

suppose you all know the verses Whlch
commemorate the heroism If boy name
Casabianca, who 'stood on the burning
deck. whence all but he had fed, because
he had promised his father to remain
there until the latter's return. nave al
WAYS thought that he was very foolish
bow, for he might have known that hsd
his father had any idea that he never
would return no such promise would have
been exacted. And now will tell you
about a small boy who resembles Casabi-
anca in his habit of always doing just what
he is told to do. He has, or should say,
he had colored nurse named Dinah. One
afternoon Willies mamma called Dinah
and told her to.take Willie into the back
ward and keep HIM very quiet. Willie,
who, by the way, is sturdy year-old
followed Dinah willingly, for though she
was very unreliable as nurse. her trollc-
some WAYS made her a splendid playms tie.
Meanwhile, mamma went to her own room
to sleep off u headache. Unfortunately,
few minutes later, funeral passed by.
Now. a funeral is Dinah's especial delight,
and She goes to that of friend or foe with
equal pleasure the cemetery Is only
few blocks from where Willie lives, and
it was but a moments work for Dluah's
| fertile brain to plan for the child's enter
tainment. while she ran across lots ana
| iumped over fences to overtake the pro
| cession,
| Taking long cotton string from her
pocket she FASTENED into the fruit gar
den, grabbed big June bug off the lus-
cious fig he was eating, Il d the string 10
one of his legs and brought him back to
Willie.
Hole i'm, Willie, and let i'm june" she
said.
This was one of her own favorite amuse-
ments aud she knew by many experiments
that q strongsbug could june lone time
before his leg came off.
Willie took the extreme end of the string
between bis finger and thumb and looked
with solemn eyes at the bugs frantic Ell
forts to escape.
Dinah darled into the house, slipped
into the pantry, stole big slice of cake
for Willie loot forgetting in her hurry 10
take another for herself), tore back to the
ward, and putting the cake in Willies un'
occupied hand said:
sit rite hyah, honey. on de steps an
eat YER cake, an let i'm june twel Dinah
cum back. Dinah jes' gwine to run roun
de house or minnit," and away she flew.
The funeral was that of a colored per
SON and the services were long, and Dinaf
in her intense enjoyment forgot all about
the little prisoner she had left at home.
Half an hour later Willie's mamma wa:
aroused by loud screams from the yard
She rushed out to find her little boy seated
on the kitchen steps, with fragment o.
cake in one hand. at which great Shang'
hal rooster was pecking, and the string u
which the June bug was tied held tlghtl.
in the other. while the poor insect buzzet
wildly and few madly back and forth
The child's cheeks ere wet wi tears
and yell after yell issued from his wide
opened mouth.
"Why, Willie; what in the world is tn
matter?" cried his mamma.
IFS SO tiah'd holdn' the string for tina
ole bug to june, mamma"
,, Poor little fellow. He thought he wa
helping the bug to enjoy himself, and re
! NAMED bravely at his post. although ex
! pecting the rooster TO eat him as well a
the cake. When Dinah came home sh
a was told that she need not stay to TAX
care of (?) Willie any longer. SO she bad
the little boy goodbye with sorrowfu
! countenance, saying, as she shook his TIN
! hand: "Dinah's going to leave you, honey
! | deed she is. She's done ebb'rything SD
could to be a good nuss to you. but you
mas done druV her off."-Detroit Frt
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