The record-union., 1897-03-30
>. Better go over and see them,
They are from New Hampshire,

house. Better go over and see them,
wife. They are from New Hampshire,
too"
Il WILL this afternoon. Perhaps I
can help her some," said kind hearted
Mrs. Jenison. So when the dinner dishes
were washed Emma and her mother put
on their sunbonnets and went over to
call on their new neighbors "A little
girl about Emma's age watched them
shyiy from the door.
The women were soon having a friend
ly chat. It did not take people so long
to get acquainted in California forty
years ago as it does now
The little girls sat and looked at each
other shyly until Mrs Bowman said:
Get your dolls, dear, and play with the
little girl" So Jessie got out a doll
trunk and said: Let's go outside under
the trees and play"
Out they went, and as soon as they
were seated on some rocks, Jessie said:
My names Jessie Bowman What's
yours?' Emma told her. Then Jessie
opened the trunk
Il have two dolls. You may have the
prettiest one to play with. Her name
is Posy Bell
She took out doll and handed it
to Emma.
That little girl gave queer little cry
of surprise and joy "Oh, my!" she said.
"She looks just like my Flora doll that
lost on the plains
Then she told Jessie all about it. and
/ must say she had hard work to keep
the tears from rolling out of her gray
eyes. There was a queer look on Jes-
sie's round face, but Emma did not see
it as she sat hugging the doll and telling
her story.
Where did you lose her?" asked Jes-
sic.
i don't know just where, " said Emma,
but 1t was not long after we reached
Platte River
Come in the house. Emma" she said
and the little girl went with her. Won
dering why Jessie acted so strangely.
Mamma" said Jessie, this little girl
says she lost her doll out on the plains.
and she says this one looks just like it,
She says it had on pink dress trimmed
with green" Jessie said this very So
beriy. She was an honest little girl, and
would not keep anything that did not
belong to her, but she had grown to love
the beautiful doll very dearly.
Mrs. Bowman told Mrs Jenison how
Jessie had found the doll. and Mrs. len
isOn said Il think it is Flora doll. Let
me tell you how we can decide. If if
is the doll Emma lost there is a patch
OF white muslin on her breast that put
over little hole where the sawdust
was coming OUT
Sure enough, when they looked there
was the patch.
1t was Jessie's turn to wink back the
tears, but she handed the doll to Emma.
saying bravely: Take her, Emma. She
is yours. You may have all the dresses
I have made her. They will not fit my
DOLL
Emma hugged and kissed Flora doll
IN her delight. but she could not help
feeling sorry for Jessie. Mrs. Jenison,
too, was sorry for the dear little girl
who had given up the beautiful doll so
cheerfully.
So she and Emma and Papa Jenison
had a little talk that evening, and T
Will tell you what came of it. When
Jessie's next birthday came Emma
carried over a large parcel. When
Jessie opened it she saw a doll as near
ly like Flora doll as could be found.
Mrs. Jenison had sent to New Hamp-
shire for it, and it had made the long
journey clear around Cape Horn
The little girls, as well as their moth
efs, became fast friends and many a
happy hour they spent playing with
their dolls under the great pine trees.