Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-12-18

penny to buy some candy wifi, and she
swallowed it fore she got to the store.
Amt that dreff1es" she exclaimed.
Fearful! What did they do for her?"
She paused moment, evidently unpre-
pared for such question, but her inven-
ton was equal to the emergency. "Why,"
she said, with big eyes and bated breath,
"they got great big magnet-oh, nor
nous big one-and opened her mouth, and
all the things coined up again."
i She had been told about trained dog,
and after that she would have some won
derful tale of o dog to tell every time she
saw her acquaintance.
II was down town this morning." she
would say, land sawn dog, and he was
walking on his hind legs, and he had on
boomers"
'That SOP Then he must have been a
lady dog"
eyes, he was, and he got on a bicycle
and rode off,"
As Bess had such reputation for ro-
manoing naturally she was often disbe-
lieved when telling the truth. One cold
night she woke her mother and announced
that mouse was in bed with her.
Bessie" scolded her mother, rather
cross at being walked from comfortable
sleep, "you must not tell such stories 1t
is very naughty, and mamma will have to
punish you"
"But, mamma, they is mouse feel
it crawling up my leg"
A little quaver Of fear in her voice made
her mother believe there might be small
amount of truth in the story, SO she got
up to Investigate
Now" she said, "if there isn't a
mouse there, mamma is going to whip"
And she lifted the covers carefully off.
"Here it is" And Bessie drew up her lit
tie gown, disclosing plump little leg
with very small and miserable little
mouse Struggled up against it.
One shrek after another soon awoke the
whole household, and the room was filled
with bewildered people gazing at Bess and
the frightened mouse. While some one
was removing the poor little animal Bess
was regarding her mother with triumph.
Didn't I tell you it was mouses" she
exclaimed. "What you SO scared about
now?"
Bess mother is young and attractive
widow, and a young minister was much
interested in her spiritual welfare. Bess
did not admire him much, owing to his
habit Of taking her to task occasionally
| for some little fb One day he came to
call and encountered Bess on the front
| porch He presented her with box Of
caramels, and being quite sure her mother
was in hearing distance, though out of
sight behind the parlor curtains, he took
occasion to indulge in a few affecting re-
| marks concerning the happiness of being
allowed to minister to the fatherless babes.
| Bess had heard "Chimmie Fadden' read
and quoted quite frequently, and looking
| up into the minister's face with her wide
innocent eyes she remarked, "What t'ell9'
Huh-what did you saya" stammered
| the astonished man.
"What t'ell?'' repeated Bess
| He gazed at her for few minutes in
blank amazement, and then the sound Of
| smothered merriment coming from the
| parlor windows recalled him to his senses,
and after wild look around as for ref
| uge he left.
Ethel is the only child of college pro-
lessor and was left without a mother, SO
her training has been rather different from
other children, and she is very old and
thoughtful in her ways One night her
father was hearing her say her prayers be-
| fore she went to bed. She had gotten to
her own little petitions and the "God bless
everybodys" and her father had gotten
| just a little inattentive, when he was
| startled by hearing her say, "And God
bless the devil, cause nobody cares bout
him OF all.
"Why, Ethel, I" he exclaimed, "what are
you praying for the devil forP'
"Well, father, the preacher always tells
| how horrid bad he Is, and everybody hates
him, SC thought I'd better ask God to be
/ good to him."
Ethel's mother had positively forbidden
her to play In the creek and to make sure
! she was obeyed said: CHOW, if you do GO
to the creek, the Lord will see you, and LIE
/ will tell me. You know he is everywhere
and sees you all the time"
One day Ethel came in, and her mother
had reason to suspect that she had been to
the creek, SO she asked her, Ethel, were
you at the creeks"
"No'm," responded Ethel confidently.
CHOW, remember what I told you the
other day, the Lord will tell me.
Nom, I wasn't there, declared Ethel.
Pretty soon she came back and said: IL
just wanted to sec II the Lord would be
mean enough to tell you. I was down at
the creek, and he didn't tell you after all.
I didn't think he'd be SO mean as to 60
and tell on me-
Jimmie has been staying in the country
all summer with his grandpa, who allows
him to assist In all the labors Of the farm,
and Jimmie thinks that farm could not be
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