The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-05

and her eyes are so big. and when lay
nor down they shut slow slow o. me
b.g hshes lie upon ner cheek ana
when 1 lift her up. they OPEN Ike me
moon rising. / have often thought l"al
she loved me far, far better IMAM amy
other doll. and she is never naughty
II you are grown-up person 3Dg
will saw that dolls. being made OF hI"
and wax. are not able 90 Dee naughty bAl
inst ask your little girl-she knows tneie
are dolls who seem 20 do pi0fohlns .u'Ns7
an nurnose. They are always getAns
tboir faces dirty or their hair tan-i'u'
and when YOU want them 10 Hi1 "'
straight. they tip over on -heiF noses,
and YOU cannot make their waists 7''
right or put bonnet on so tndl ll lo0N7
natural. and sometimes they have ID N'l '-
o,ed vyav of staring az you that makes
YOU feel as ~ You would just as 500"
tbeo, 10 some other little girl as not, nul
Danodu always smiled so softly, ana "i-
,.s,e seemed 10 say nice things Wiin i'i
oves. 1 used 20 read poetry io her our
of NV Mother Goose ani she was very
fond Of IT,. rean To "'' "''
Hickory. dickory. dock.
The mouse Gan up the Clock
The clock struck ono,
The mouse ran down,
pickory, dicAOry, dock.
and
Little Jack Horner
sat in a corner
Eating a Christmas pic
lie put in his thumb.
And pulled out Plum
And said "What I'll brave boy ana j.
Butt never read any Of those dreadful
things. like
Tom. Tom. the pipers son,
Stole pig and away Doc ram
or about the man who Jumped into a
bramble-bush. and scratched out nolu
his eyes" or about poor Jack ana Ji''
You remember how Jack fell down anu
hurt himself2 1 did not want my inno-
cent Dafodn 10 know that there Was any
yyickedness or pain OF sorrow in ine
world. When 1 cut my finger with
Toms knife ] did not Jet her know any
thing about 30. / told aunte tna-, anu
she said 1 was quite right.
a long. long time ago, j Wah,i UP
sick. [ was feverish. mamma said. ana
she sent for the doctor. and he said
must stay in bed, and have medicine.
u is not nice 20 be SICK, and YOU tninN
"a great deal more when you must stay
I'm bed. and 10 was AN so stll and the
shutters IOMfAr nAI'A iI' ''tt |'t-f
and felt solemn. AS n I was in chlfch'
and [ said GO mamma. Have ] any
thing that could Doe caught Ana sHe
said. "Oh. uow And then T asked u
could have my Danoil Boo bed With me.
Mamma said yes and brought hri-
me made me happy tor ~nle.
Then 1 began 10 think that sometimes
when people were ill they died ana went
10 Heaven, and / looked at Daiioli' ana
SAID.
ION my darling. how would you get on
in this world without me- poll Eve
lvn could live almost anywhere, "h1
Doll Gencvine IS so dressy that sne
would be taken out % walk every naf'
and Doll Emma has bumped Der poor
head so much that a htte more cannot
make any difference, but YOU have alN avs
been watched over so carefully. ~ J
die and 20 to Heaven. YOU VIII suI'i
dreadmllyw I could not help crying,
III / die. ard the angels know how l
want Danodn. and how good She is' tney
will let me take her. She certainly eo".'
be little angel DOLL
Then 10 came into my mind 70 efess
her so that they would be sure 20 Know.
Angels always haa wings, and my bai-
fodn must have pair
After a while Tom came into the room
TO see me, and I whispered 10 MN It'd
/ bring me my white straw hat and my
work-basket. and he did Mamma ali
not know. she had her back around.
did not want any one 10 know ma
the hat and the basket in bed until mann
ma left me alone a little while then !
sat up l ached and my eyes were
sleepy. but | would do all l could for
Daffodu before ! grew TOO i'll. The first
thing was 70 get the wings of my hat
I had 10 cut and rip a good deal. and
everything Is hard when you are SICK.
but at last they came on and | TOOK
Of DaGodils blue dress. and sewed the
wings 10 her shoulders. They stood up
beautifully on each side Of her face, and
she looked Just too lovely. Then took
the white lace scarf auntie had given
me 70 make a ball-dress Of for Don
Ophelia and put IL on my Dafodil-not
ike a frOck. but Ike they dress angels
in pictures. as If IL was pinned on-and
tied her hair with silver cord, and tied
silver cord about her waist and looked
at her. and looked. and she was real,
true angel.
Then | felt so hot and 50 weak and
lay down. holding DanOil tight. AMI
suppose ! went 20 sleep. 7 remember
hearing the doctor come again. and after
that II was all like a dream for ever so
! long. But one day | woke wide up.
and drank something nice. and when
mamma sad: DO you know me. dar-
ling?" I said. why. Of course!' and they