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

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At first by her delightful toy
The dolly set great store,
But presently she let her drop
Head downward the floor
And shortly after that they say
Dolls are II thOnglItIcsS race
The empty headed thing forgot
TO wash her plhythnS'S face
She left her sitting All alone,
Neglected and (OrlDrn
Her hair had not been romhcd for days,
Her pretty frork was torn.
Th" dolly s mother said, "!f that
Is how You treat poor Pearl.
It's very clear YOU don't deserve
TO have a little gir"'
Felix Leigh in New OrIcnn, Iirayuur.
The 10y and tho Butterflies
"Oh. there goes another one! See how
pretty il is, mamma. It's all yellow and
black. I'll catch it in Il minute"
"All right said his mother, looking ~,
for Il moment from her book "Don't
mash it until | SEQ it,
50 Julius picked up his butterfly net
ana ran after the pretty insect. which
located from flower to bower on brauti.
| FULLY painted wings He was Il pretty
ltllr boy about > years Old with long,
fair cnrls, and bright, blue eyes. and wlr
dressed in !; becoming sailor suit of white
| linen; ne 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
Dencl under the tree with her book in
| her hand and watched him. \ small
piece OF board lay on the bench near her.
| ana on 1t were Il number of butterflies
OF various sorts, with pins stuck through
| them
Presently julius came running h,cl
with the butterfly in his net, which wat,
shaped like bag and fastened to the
end Of a pole
"Sec. mamma" he cried: taking tine
| poor. futtering insect from the net and
holding IT. up for her to hook at. "An't
"lcr, | think it is the prrtticst ON.
you've got she replied, Looking at HE
eager face and sparkling eyes more than
at the butterfly. "Now pin it carefully 10
your board"
"l's, | wiIl:' said Julius. Il like to
| see 1t WrigSlr.'
so he took pin. thrust it through tho
body of the unlucky creature Just behind
the head, and pushed it into the bar.
little way. The poor butterfly writhu
III agony, twisting its body this way and
that, and fiuttcrinG its wings in vain at,
t'lnpts to escape from it's torment. julius
watched it with a satisfied smile on his
race Though he was such Il pretty boy.
|
j"ycd the sulfcr;n@s Of the wrct,hcd littl,.
/ insect, instead of plying them.
wonder how much it hilrts!' he said.
Amt 1t nice t" see it twist around that
way. ! reckon it must hurt real bad !
know 1t would hurt to have Il real big
pin stuck right through me-
He watched the contortions of the lut
terfly Il little longer and then taking a
pin, he prichcd his own finger on BUR
pose, just to see how it hurt.
,'O,1ch! he said. putting the finger OH
which tiny drop of blood appeared, into
his mouth. THAT hurts like everything,
and 1t must hurt the butterfly ii heap
body. Amt it nice!" and he watchcI the
suffcrings of the little thing with still
| greater satisfaction as he realized the
torture it must be III. Oh, what il cruel.
hard-hcarted boy lie waS
Presently the struggles Of the butterfly
grew weaker, and it became quite mo-
tlonlesS, except for a trembling of its
pain: Its about dead,' said Julius, II
| must 90 and catch annthcr!" and away
ne ran, returning presently with another
v!ctlm, to be impalr'l on tho board for
his amusement. SO things went IN for
an hour. Julius tprturinS the h"IpirsS
little butterflies and enjoying their suffer
| lngs. 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 knowlelg" of bugs and flies: h.
hardly noticed that on" Of his butterflies
was different from tho other All he
Thought about was to make them suffer
and take pleasure in their pain Pres
emily Julius mother went into the house
telling nm not to so away anywhere. and
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 with" in agony, and he said to
himself. "One of thrS. days Inn going to
get great big nail and drive it right
through mammals little kitten. and So.
| how much it will hurt. bet it will
Suuall!' The thought made him s,ni,
slrrp]y and he closed his eyes. still think
in% about the suff"rin3s Of the kitten and
Of tn" butterflies.
Presently he saw great. big. butter,
n.y.. tn" largest that he had even seen
and the prrttcSt. It's wings were all
gold and silver and blue AMI rrd and
all III" coIors, of the rainbow. "Ther
I'll catch that on" and stick Il pix,
through him." he exrlaitA.1. and jnmpin.
up h" seized his net and ran after the
butterfly. The beautiful creature float
ed away and settled down on Il 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 Huttorcd away. and rested on another
Il littl" way further. julius followed but
reach of his prey tho insect flew further
away. Again and again Julius tried t.
catch it, and sometimes felt sure that it
was inside his net, but it never was. 1t
flew on from flower to flower and owe,
one fence and another. until julius noticed
that he was in 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 thcr" was
the splendid butterfly only few yards
away. huttcrinS over Il bunch of wild
flowers. and Julius resolved to have him
YOU, wait till | get you!' he cried
! anGrily, annoyed ut the troublr the littl,
with a pin through you!" Just then Jul
Illus bought he heard Il queer little bit
| of a laugh and fine. Shrlll voice pipe
Yes, just wait till You do" He looked
around, little frightened. but there was
nothing there except a great big !-ra>,
| hopper. ncrrhrd on top of Il weed Julius
| Whlrled his net around to catch it. hat
the grasshopprr~ was ,"" quick for him
| and flew away with IN odd sound that
| seemed almost like Il laugh and the
| boy ram to max" another savage scoop
with his net at the butterfly. He almost
| got IT, nut HOT quite. ant the insect
SCARED little further away. and Julius
| followed until he found himself in Il
woods where the trees grew very high.
1t was beautiful place. The ground was
covered with short thick grass in which
grew buttcrcups and daisies and dantc-
lions and all sorts Of other wild flowers.
so thick that they almost touched one
another, while wild roses and honey
sucklcs climbed up the trees and tho
| whole air WAS fragrant with the per-
| fumr Of the flowers. The beautiful hu;-
| tcrtiy. which he had followed so far. had
| settled down right in front of him on
Il splendid tulip. which WAS almost as
| bright colorrd as the insect Julius
slipped mp eagerly toward it. but the hut
| tcrtly did not move lie reached out his
| net very carefully toward it. fearful lost
! it should fly away again, but it remained
perfectly still. lila Eve got You this
| timt!' he cried. ana down Swooped the
| net over the beautiful thing.
But just at that moment the handle Of
| the net was violently jrrkcd away from
| him, and Il great @run voice cried "l1a.
| there! Stop that! How dare you touch
| the princess, You wrrtrllrh little hrutr:'
At the same time something grabbed him