The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-02

n And goldenbair in curl.
F. At FIRST by her delightful toy
| The dolly set great store.
But presently she let her drop
| Head downward on the floor
And shortly after that-they say -. -
J q Dolls Are a thoughtless race
| The empty headed thing forgot
| 10 wash her paythings face.
She, left her sitting all alone,
Neglected and yforlorH gs.z So regr
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Thetdolly's mother said, II that
d. Is how you treat poor Pearl.
| It's very clear you don't deserve
TO have u little IgirI!e 80 4AEx.ss
Felix Leigh In New Orleans Picayunc.
The Hoy and the Butterflies.
"Oh, there goes another one! See how
pretty it u.s. mamma. It's all yellow and
black. I'll catch it in minute"
''.All right" said his mother, looking up
for a moment from her book. Don't
So Julius picked up his butterfly net
and ram after. the pretty insect, which
aoated from flower to flower OH bpaut-
July painted Wings He was pretty
fair curis, and bright, blue eyes, and wa.:
dressed ina becoming sail suit of white
linen: He made charming picture as he
| raced after the butterfly through the
grass, studded with wild flowers, and his
mother thought so, as She sat on the
her hand and watched him. A small
piece of board lay on the bench near her,
\ and on it were Il number of butterflies
OF various sorts, with pins stuck through
them. ,,
Presently julius came running back
with the butterfly in his net, which Was
shaped like bag and fastened to the
end Of pole. ~.
See, mamma" he cried; taking the
poor, futtering insect from the net and
it Rretty:'
eyes, L think it is the prettiest one
I you've got" she replied, looking at his
eager face and sparkling eyes more than
at the butterfly. ':Now pin it carefully t.
"ies, / WILL" said Julius. 81 like to
So he took a pin, thrust it through the
body, of the unlucky creature just behind
the head, and pushed it into the board
a little way. The poor butterfly writhed
in agony, twisting its body this way and
that, and fiutterins its wings in vain at
tempts to escape from it's torment Julius
watched it with satisfied smile on his
face. Though he was such Il pretty boy,
ne had cruel disposition and really en-
!oyed the sufferings of the wretched little
Il wonder how much { It h5 1lsH - he said
"Ain't it nice to see it twist around that
way: ! reckon it must hurt real bad
know it would hurt to have a real big
pin stuck right through me-
lie watched the contortions Of the but
terhy, little longer, and then taking a
pin, he pricked his own finger ON nur-
hn h,,,4
"Ouch!' he said, putting the finger Oh
his mouth. '"rhat hurts like everything
and it must hurt the butterfly a heap
worse for the pin goes clear through his
body. Amt it nice!' and he watched the
s smmerlngs OF the little thing with still
torture it must be in. Oh, what cruel,
hard-hearted boy he was!
presently the struggles of the butterfly
grew weaker, and it became quite mo-
tloness, except for a trembling of it's
antennae, which showed it's hopeless
pain: "lts about dead,"' said Julius, Il
ne ran, returning presently with another
victim, to be impaled on the board for
his amusement. So things went on for
an hour, Julius torturng the hclpcss
little butterflies and enjoying their suffer
ings, and his mother idly Watching. He
will learn something about entomology"
she thought to herself. But Julius was
not thinking about entomology, that is,
the knowledge of bugs and flies; he
hardly noticed that one of his butterflies
was different from the other. All he
thought about was to make them suffer
and take pleasure in their pain Pres
emily julius mother went into the house,
Julius, tired and warm with running after
the butterflies, laid down Oh his back in
the grass under the tree He was think
ing about the butterflies, and how much
they suffered, and how. nice it was to
see them Writhe in agony, and he said to
himself. One of these days I'm going to
get great big nail and drive it right
through mammals little kitten, and see
how much it will hurt. l bet it will
sguall!' The thought made him smile
sleepily and he closed his eyes, still think
ing about the sufferings of the kitten and
of the butterflies.
:, Presently he saw great, big, butter
fly. the largest that he had even seen,
and the prettiest. Its wings were all
gold and silver, and blue and rod and
all the colors. of the rainbow. There,
I'll catch that one and stick pin
through him." he: exclaimed. and jumping
up he seized his net and ran after the
butterfly. The beautiful creature float
ed away and settled down on flower.
Julius ran up, reaching out his net to-
ward it: Down came the net over the
flower, but the butterfly was not inside.
1t tuttered away, and rested on another
a little way further julius followed. but
just as he thought that he was within
reach of his prey the insect flew further
catch it, and sometimes felt sure that it
was inside his net. but it never was. 1t
flew on from flower to flower. and over
one fence and another. until julius noticed
that he was i'll place where he had
never been before, and began to feel
alarmed lest he should not be able to
find his way home again. but there was
the splendid butterfly only few yards
away. futtering over bunch of wild
flowers, and Julius resolved to have him.
You wait till I get you!'' he cried.
angrily, annoyed at the trouble the little
creature had given, "I'll make you squirm
Illus thought he heard queer : little bit
Of a laugh, and fine, shrill voice pipe.
around, little frightened, but there was
nothing there except a great big grass
| homer. perched on top of Il weed. Julius
whirled his net aronEd to catch it. but
AMI few away with an odd sound that
| seemed almost like Il laugh. and the
boy ran to make another savage scoop
with his net at the butterfly He almost
got it, but not quite, and the insect
scared little further away, and Julius
followed until he found himself in Il
woods, where the trees grew very high.
1t was 4 beautiful place. The ground was
covered with short thick grass, in which
grew buttercups and daisies and tlande-
lions and all sorts of other wild flowers
so thick that they almost touched one
another, while wild roses and honey
| suckles climbed up the trees. and the
whole air. was fragrant with the per-
fumc of the flowers. The beautiful but
| teriiy. which he had followed so far, had
| settled down right in front of him on
a splendid tulip, which was almost as
bright colored as the insect. Julius
slipped up eagerly toward it, hut the but
! tertly did not move. He reached out his
net very carefully toward it, fearful lest
! it should fly away again, but it remained
perfectly still. ''Ha I've got you this
| time!' he cried. and down swooped the
| net over the beautiful thing.
But just ut that moment the handle of
the net was violently, jcrked away from
him, and great, gruff voice cried: 'Ha.
there! Stop that! How dare you touch
the princess, you wrrtchcd little brute?"
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