The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-17
SOME BRIGHT CHILDREN.
A Little Girl With Remarkable Innag-
instfOn.

WHICH you WIN ulnC1ng eyes 20 See IL you
took in the joke. If she could find some
one that would appear to believe any and
everything she said she was in her element
and would reel off marvellous stories by the
hour. The room of family friend was
regular curiosity shop for her, and She
would sit and listen by the hour to de-
scriptions of various odd things that were
in the collection of curiosities. She took
a great interest in a magnet used for a pa
perweight and would play with it when
even her best beloved doll had lost its
charms. One day she walked into the
room with an exceedingly important air.
'What do you fink I saw?'' she said.
81 don't know, I'm sure. A bear?" was
the reply
'No, sir. sawn little girl what had
swallowed a magnet, and what do you fink
happened TO her? Evewy time she goes to
eat her spoon hops wight down her froat,
and the other day she was playing wifi some
nails, and the first fing she knowed she
swallowed 'em, and her mamma gived her
a penny to buy some candy wifi, and she
swallowed it fore she got to the store
Ain that dreffie?'' she exclaimed.
Fearful What did they do for herr"
She paused moment, evidently unpre-
pared for such a 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, a nor
nous big one-and opened her mouth, and
all the things coined up again.
She had been told about a trained dog,
and after that she would have some won
derful tale of dog to tell every time she
saw her acquaintance.
81 was down town this morning." she
would say, "and I sawn a dog, and he was
walking on his hind legs, and he had on
boomers. -
"That so? Then he must have been a
lady dog"
Yes, he was, and he got on bicycle
and rode Off"
AS Bcss had such reputatica for ro-
mancing naturally she was often disbe
ievcd when telling the truth. Ono cold
night she woke her mother and announced
that mouse was in bed with her.
''Bessie," scolded her mother, rather
cross ut being walked from Il comfortable
sleep, you must not tell such stories. 1t
is very naughty, and mamma will have tc
punish you"
"But, mamma, they is mouse. I feei
it crawling up my leg"
\ little quaver of fear in her voice made
her mother believe there might be Il small
amount of truth in the story, so she got
up to investigate.
"Now," she said, eff 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 awoze the
whole household, and the room was filed
with bcwildered 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 l tell you it mouse?' she
exclaimed. what you SO scared about
now"
Bess' mother is q young and attractive
widow, and q 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 ffb One day he came to
call and encountered Bess on the front
| porch. He presented her with box of
caralnels, and being quite sure her mother
was in hearing distance, though out of
sight behind the parlor curtains, ne took
occasion to indulge in a few affecting re-
! marks concerning the happiness of being
! allowed to minister TO the fathcrless babes.
| Bcss 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'ell?''
"Huh-what did you say?" stammered
the astonished man.
''What t'ell?'' repeated Bess.
He gazcd at her for a few minutes in
blank amazement, and then the sound OF
smothered merrimont coming from the
parior windows recalled him to his senses
and after a wild look around as for a ref
ugo he left.
Ethel is tie only child of a college pro
| fessor and was left without a mother, Sc
her training mas been rather different from
| other children, and she is very old anC
thoughtful in her ways. One night he
father was hearing her say her prayers be
fore she went to bed. She had gotten K
her own little petitions and the "God blcs
everybodys," and her father had gotte1
just little inattentive, when he wa
startled by hearing her say, "And Coz
bless the devil, cause nobody cares 'bou
him at all"
"Why, Ethel he exclaimed, "what ar
you praying for the devil for?"
''Well, father the preacher always tell
how horrid bad he is, and everybody hate
him, so I thought I'd better ask God to b
good to him."
Ethel's mother had positively forbidden
her to play in the creek and to make sur
she was obeycd said: ''Now, if you do G
to tho creek, the Lord will see you, and b
will tell me. You know he is everywher
and sees you all the time"
One day Ethel came in, and her mothe
had reason to suspect that she had been t
the creek, so she asked her, Ethel, wer
you at the creek?"
Nom" responded Ethel confidently.
CHOW, remember what l told you tn
other day, the Lord will tell me-
Nom, wasn't there, ?" declared Ethel
Pretty soon she came back and said: g
just wanted to sec if the Lord would b
mean enough to tell you. was down a
the creek, and he didn't tell you after all
I didn't think he'd be SO mean as to g
and tell on me-
Jimmie has been staying in the countr
all summer with his grandpa, who allow
him to assist IN all the labors of the farm
and Jimmie thinks that farm could not
run without his valuable assistance. Hi
mother does not appreciate his achieve
1nents in that line and would prefer tina