Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-14
SHE WON ALL HEARTS.
THE GROSS AND NAUGHTY LITTLE
GIRL ON The TRAIN.

Al FIRST she Hadn't q Friend on the Car
and Made life Miserable, but Amer a
sleep An Hands Agreed She Wa. tho
Lovoiicst child Alive.
She was Just little girl, and her mother
sat down In q seat near the door Of the car.
and put her parcels around where they
would lie without falling, and then loosen.
ell the strings Of her bonnet.
u don't want my bonnet Oh, - said the
little girl, and all the passengers heard her.
They had not yet ten the depot In the great
city, and most Of the people had children
OF their own at home, 10 they did not mind
her.
u want drink II water" said the little
girl moment later. The pcoplc could
hear her mother saying something In low
tone, aud they all knew the water tank
was At the farther end Of the car, but that
didn't make any difference. II want A
drink Of water repeated the little gltl,
growing louder aud louder each time, tili
her mother got ny and led her down the
long aisle past people who were lust dis.
posing theiF luggage, crowdlnr around
other people who were just disposing them.
selves, aud ~ on 10 the tank. when thry
came back young man had taken their
seat, and the mother had to move up a liz.
tie way.
"why don't he l,, IA Vi thcrcf'' de.
manded the little giri, with an accent ON
the relative prunoun which became a gen.
eral arraiynmcnt Of the culprIt
"ldon't want tOiook out 0f the window"
thc continued. "rhcru isn't ANYTHING TO
zee. Why don't the train 40 oni'
Her tones were ~ shrlll aud penetrating
that no one could forget her even for a
moment.
There l. man with apples. Iwant an
apple
They could hear he mother talking avaln
In that same soft tone, but the little girl
was RELENTLESS. ~ want some ~ his apples. -
She was 10 persistent about IL that tho
mother bought bukct of fruit OF the sta.
ton boy who paced through the train Just
bcfpfe Il started, and sold at a crushing
pricf whatever he had 10 oifur.
TiiE LitfiE DEAR was r1RrD, mars ALL
When the train was under way they
hoped they had heard tho Lost Of her, but
oil u a sudden she dcclarcd her intention
Of sitting On the other side u the car
Thov was no vacant scat there but that
made no difference, and she kept up tho
complaining till young man got up aud
wrnt forward, giving her the vacant scat
and Wishing she might fall out u tho
window.
But even this surrender did not satisfy
her long. She wanted the blind down and
the curtain up. she wanted her mother 10
buy a book when the train fond came
around. she wanted more fruit from the
basket aud she wanted nnother drink. she
was 10 constant that every one In the ear
IuHHII H1ta4
"Drat the young one, anyway" When
she went up for third drink u water sho
stumbled aud fell Il couldn't have hurt
her much. but she screamed aud cried. and
got up cropping her way back 60 the seat,
Her yellow hair tangled aud her face MI
smeaud with orange julcr and candy aud
dust. her clothing rumplod aud her pima.
fors sollel, and her mouth wide open un.
der the streaming eyes.
Aud she hadn't q friend In the car.
but after that she went TO sleep The
nervous Woman at the front of the car
gaspcd her relief, and tho heavy man who
had two seats grunted his satisfaction aud
glarcd around N II word. WERE useless In
the face of suolrfredom from annoyance.
Tue young man WIN at by the young wo-
man IN the middle OF the car HAid "rhnnk
ioiV' and hoped the child might never
wake up. And the poor tired mother
imoothed the pillow and sal IN the littlcst
Biz Of the end oi the scat, and tucked tho
ilnak about her darling. aud kept very stlll
est she should be- disturbed.
AWAKENED inlsELr ANp low TOGETHER.
II was nearly two hours after when she
walked up AZ Inst no one know her sleep
had ended. Then they began 10 he aware
Of silvety little voice, Of u waking but
comforting pr.cnrc, aud they found ID was
that same little girl. The nervous woman
looked around and saw her cooling to
mother, and paliing her face aud nettllng
close against hor-
Deep wh,rc the heart throbs sink and swell
Aud she mutmurcd, "1hc dear little
thing"
The large man watched her for quite a
whlc. and wondered II she would come
aud ride with him, Tue trip was growing
very tedious, Theyoung man sitting with
the young woman reached over the back 81
bis seat aud handed her vegetable ivory
TOY, with red aud blue bangles. the last
one LEFT In the train fcnds box.
She got up after "a time aud went for
ward fAlteringly, olinglng 10 the ends N
the seats and smiling In every ones face,
her checks bright with some mysterious
washing, her eye, alight with rrstfulnce
and health, her apron splck and span. and
her yellow hair falling In the sweetest Of
waves, and her pleasant voice telling them
her name wus Mina, and she was going to
gran'mn's,
And every one In the car was her friend.
Chicago Herald.