Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-10-10
SOMETHING WRONG WITH HER.
A Little Girl who Couid"'t be Induced to
Eat Ice Cream.

An aged man and q little sunny
haired girl entered an iee-cream par
lor on Fourth street. says the Cincin-
natl Commercial Gazette, aud seated
themselves at table. where two plates
OF ice-cream were soon set before
them. The little girl had evidently
never eaten the delicacy before, aud
while she approached the strange eat
able cautiously the old man wadcd
into his with the air OF a veteran, all
the while watching his small compan-
ion with interest.
She took a small spoonful and put it
ia her mouth.
Her blue eyes popped and she
dropped her spoon.
"Oo-oo-ooo! It's coldr' she
hoarsely whispered.
Yes. deary. it's nice and cold. Go
on ana eat 1t; it's good for deary's
health"
She took another small taste and
managed togulp n down with startled
air.
"Oh. it's too cold. granpa, she whis-
pered again.
Oh. no. deary; It is just right; go
on. deary;you will soon learn to love il.
Another small spoonful went into
the little mouth.
"Ouch! granpa. it hurts my teeth!'
"Oh. no. deary; you only think SO;
but it doesn't. y know
Trusting in her grandparents judg-
ment the little miss tried once more
large. heaping teaspoouful. She
laid her spoon down slowly and put
her little hands to her throat.
But it hurts my neck inside" gran
par'
"Oh, you really can't mean that.
deary-such good icr-cream-impossi-
BILE! Why, it is very delicious Go on
deary; eat it all. Grandpa paid 10
cents for it. and you mustn't waste it.
With n resigned air remarkable in
one so young, the spoon again started
on its rounds-oDe, two three.
"Ow-w-wl Granpa, it makes my head
ache so hard!'
'.Pshaw! deary. don't act so like
little baby. You know YOU like 1t.
Eat ii all up. deary. Ii can't give you
the headache-such fine. delicious ice
cream. Ridiculous. dearyw
Four. live. six spoonfuls. Then she
laid the spoon down with n startled
little squeal. and clasping her dimpled
hands across the pit OF her little abdo-
men. doubled up like jacknife.
"Boo-hoo! Granpa. it makes Mat
ties stummick holierl"
With an astonished look the old man
reached over and tasted the cream. 1t
was perfect Then he looked at the
weeping child half-steruly.
There. there. now. deary, don't
make a scene here. before all the la
dies that's good girl; don't act
naughty now. or grandpa will have to
punish you. Come. eat your cream
like good girl"
But | don't want it." she walled.
why. deary must be sickr'
mo. no; Matte ant sick; she don't
want no creami"
Matte is a bad girl" frowned the
old man, rs people commenced to look
around. Matte does want the nice
ice-cream."
.'Boo-hoo- o-hoo-hoo-o-o-o-o-Oi Matte
don't want any of the old narsty mess
Matte won't cat any more naughty v
cold stuff; give little Matte bellyachel
Matte want medsin-want ter 20 ho-
home to her mamma right uow-oo-ooi'
With that she pushed her chair back.
slid 10 to the floor. aud ran out the
front door rs fast as her little legs
could carry her.
Half-stunned with amazement the
old man tottered to his feet aud started
in pursuit. blanched with apprehen-
sion. As he passed the proprietor he
whispered hurriedly:
Il told my darter when she married
that man there was insanity in the
family, but she would have him. and
there. now. knew there was some
thing radically wrong with that baby
the very day it was horn! Girl aud
don't like ice-caeam! End in the asy-
luin. sure-in the ASYLUM. sure as fate
--crazy AS a b,.dbu