The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-02
70 N G 70 KS, COL UMN


rho Yer way 4 bont. B.
tas Thg was q ~ Ya1 dolly once
s.! owned little slrl
' ssia. 81 sir that 4 ea HREened vide
Ar AZ. so h y, deli delightful toy
But presently she let her drop
Head downward on the floor.
Ana SHORTY amer tlat-ffrv- -.
L ID Dolls Are II tlOughtiess race
e The empty headed thing forgot
fo wash her piaythIng's face.
She left her sitting all aione. .-.ssssg
Ell 1s's l re- Ell 81! A
TheEaael I, = So! mother the /. sald IL that
Ifs =, Very clear yo 3 don't deserve
Felix Leigh n New Orleans Picayune.
tn. Issy Ind sIa 'ths natssr iiiiis
'Oh, there goes another one! See how
l.pretty ii is, mamma. It's aif yellow and
fbineks Til catch5it in minute =
All right. said his mo lers loekingsu,j
for q moment from her book. Don't
SO, Julius picked up his butterfly net
aafd ran a fters the spretty insect, which
9oatpd from flower to flower on beaufi-
fully painted WINGS a III i Mas 4 pr as1
little boy about. 3 years old, with long,
fair curis, and bright, blue eyes, and wac
dressed insa becoming sailorrsuit of,white
linen. lie made charming picture as he
raced after fhel butterfly u throiighs the
gTHss, studded with wild flowers, and his
mother thought sd. as She sat ol the
Bench under the tree with her; book. IN
Eher. land and watched him. a small
piece Of board lay on the bench near her,
ana sons It We're number Of butterflies
81 yariotls sorts. with pins stuck through
Presently julius came came running unfiin sback
with the, butterhy in his, net, which Mas
lss sl,a ed Ike a8bag and fastened TO the
ssSee, mamma he.f cried;, taking. the
poor, hutfering insect from the NET, and
Eh 4 nEsff ltsup for hen1to dock at Y Amt
Yes, 10 think lit iis the preftiesf ON.
You've got, < she. replied, looking at his
eager face and sparkling eyes more than
at the butterfly !. ow pin it carefully to
:. J! 60, .will;'' said Julinssss II like to
So he took PIN thrust ii through tie
the head. and pushed It Into d TIE board
little way. The poor butterfly writhed
N agony, twisting its body this way and
that, and tiuttering its wings in vain at-
tempts to. escape. from it's torment, ,,Julius
Watched it with a Satisfied smile on his
face. Though he was suchs a urett5 boy,
Ine nag cruel disposition and really en-
Joyed the sufferings Of sthe swre tefed little
! insect instead of plying them. >, -
III wonder how much it hurts ~ he said
Aln't it nice to see lit twistaaround It hat
way. Il reckon it must hurt real bad. I
know 1T would hurt to have a real big
pin stuck right through me-.
He watched the contortioiis Of tie but
terty a little. longer, 4and then, taking q
pin, he pricked his own finger on pur-
pose, Just tossee showit hurt Il r. tsIis III
Onch! he said, putting the finger, on
| which 10 tiny drop Of blood appeared; into
t his mouth. t.That hurts, like, eyerythine,
and it must hurt the Butterfly i hean
worse, for the pin goes clear through his
podys Amt it nice! and he watched, the
sHnerlngsA OF. thes little thing with Still
torture it must be in. $ Oh, what 4 cruel,
hard-hearted boy he was! :: .;z 7 tssS -
Presently the struggles. Of the butterfly
grew weaker, and it Became quite mo-
.tionfess, except for a trembling of its
alntennae, which showed its Hopeless
pain; tits about Dead said julius, Ill
he ran, returning presently with another
victim, to be. impaled on the. board for
his amusement. So things went on for
al. hour, Julius .torturing the helpless
little butterflies and enjoying their suffer
ings, and his mother idly Watching .AHe
Willstearn something about entomology
she thought to, herself. But Julius was
not thinking about entomology, that is.
the knowledge of bugs and flies; lie
hardly noticed that one of his: butterflies
was different from the other. All he
thought about was to5imake" them suffer
and take pleasure in their pain. Pres
emily julius mother went into the house,
telling Ea1i,, hIm not te go away anywhere, and
the butterflies; laid down ON his back. in
the grass under the tree. He was think
ing about the butterflies, and how much
they suffered, and how, nice 1T. was 4 TO
see them writhe in agony, and he said to
himself. 8 ne Of these days I'm going to
get a great big nail and drive it, right
through mammals little Kitten, and see
how much it will hurt. I bet it will
squat! The thought made him smile
sleepily and he closed his eyes,, still think
ing about the sufferings of the kitten and
of the butterflies 11sf*.s :. ~ ~Ts-
Presently he saw a great, Big butter
hy,. the largest that he had even seen,
aand the prettiest. Its wings were. ali
ali the. colors. of the: rainhoW .sTbs e.
PHI catch that one and stick Mn
through IlinI," he:exclaimed and irn,n Rn
IN he ,seized. his net and ran eaftar tI,e
butterfly. The beaiififnI craa t,,re ao ny
ed away and. settled down on a ef,owar
Julius ran up. reaching ont his net to.
wafd it. 4 Down, came the net oyers,tbe
flower but the butterfly MAS not insiie
It fiuttered,away. and rested on 'anothe, .
a little way further. julius followed. but
Just as HE Thought that he was within
reach Of, his prey the insect few further tIear
away. Again and again Julius tried t.
catch it, and some timesY felt sure thatsit
was inside his net, but it, never was. It
flew on from flower to flower. and. over
one fence andsanother. until julius noticed
that he was, in d place where he had
never been before. and began to- feel
alarmed lest he should not bc able ia
find his way home again, but there was
the splendid butterfly only a few Yards
away, Huttering over q bunch Of wild
flowers, and j ulius resolved to haze him
you wait till / Get yo,,v' he cried.
angrily, annoyed at the trouble the little
creature had given ssT'lI m . IL Won so,;rn,
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