West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-11-12
TIE FRECKLED.FACEp GIRL.
How She Entertained a Visitor while
HeT ma" was Dressing mp Stairs.

dress," said the freckled- face little
girl, tying her dolls bonnst stliags
and casting her eye about for a tidy
large enough to serve as shawl for
that doubled -jointed young person.
"Oh, your mother needn't dress
up for me-" replied the female
agent OF the missionary society,
taking self sacrificing view Of her
self in the mirror. "Run up and
tell her to come down just as she
is. in her everyday clothes, aud not
stand on ceremony"
ooh. but she hasn't got on her
everyday clothes. Ma was dressed
up in her new brown silk dress.
cause she expected Miss Dimmond
to-day. Miss Dimmond always
comes over to show off her nice
things, and Ma doesn't mean to get
left. When Ma saw you coming
she said the Dicken 2 and | guess
she was mad about something. Ma
said II you saw her new dress she'd
have to hear all about the poor
heathen, who don't have silk, and
and you'd ask her for more money
TO buy hymn books to send to EN-.
Say, do you niger ladies use hymn
book leaves to do their hair upon
to make it frizzy? Ma says she
guesses that'sall the good the books
do 'em, il they ever get any books.
| wish my doll was heathen."
"Why, you ~icked girl, what do
You want Of a heatAen doll ?'' in
quirsd the missionary lady, making
mental inventory Of the new things
in the parlor 10 get material for a
homily on worldly extravaganza.
$50 folks would send her lots OF
nice things to wear and feel sorry
to have her going about naked.
Then she'd have hair to frizz, and
l waRt a doll with truly hair and
eyes that roll up like Deacon Slider
backs when he says amen on Sun.
day. l amt wicked girl neither,
cause Uncle DIck-you know I'm
Gle Dick, he's been out west and
swears awful and smokes all the
house-he says I'm holy terror
and he hopes I'll be an angel pretty
soon. Mall be down in minute,
so you needn't tako your coat off.
She said she'd box my ears il | ask =
ed you to. Mas putting on that
old dress she had last year, cause
she said she didn't want you TO
think she Was able to give much
this time, aud she needed a new
muf worse than the queen of the
cannon-ball islands needs religion.
Uncle Dick says you oughter go to
the Islands, cause you'd be safer
there, and the natives'd be sorry
they were such sinners if anybody
would send you to 'em. He says
he never seen heathen hungry
enough to eat you, les twas a blind
one, an you'd set blind pagan 8
teeth on edge SO he'd never banker
after any more missionary. Uncle
Dicks awful funny and makes pa
and ma die laughing sometimes.
That's pretty cloak you We got
ain'tit? DO you buy all your good
clothes with missionary money
Ma says you d..
Just then the freckle face little
girls ma came into the parlor and
kissed the missionary lady on the
cheek and said che was delighted to
see her, and they proceeded to have
a real sociable chat. The little
girls ma can't understand why a
person who Processes to be so cbari-
table as the missionary lady does
should go right over to Mrs. Dim
mond's and say such ill-natured
things as she did, and she thinks
tho missionary dou blc-f faced
gossip.