The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-13

send us the mes of twenty-four cclo-
hrated people made from letters in the
sen euce. owe READ The Good Ola Times.
The itlc Paper Ladies.
This is sCing TO Doe q perfectly drcdiul
vacation. walled Louise sitting cIfcuu-
ISOLATE on tine west porch. Here mann
mas SICK. and Wc can g. go t0 Morris. and
there isn't anything here 90 pidt-y-y!
This is the maiden 400 f'rlorn.
1nat sat ON the porch one summer
And VIZ, ana wished She had never
sang a gay voice behind her. and there
stood Aunt Eess peepius ONT ut her with
merry misch'ef0us face.
The LITTLE maids eyes frightened sud-
IDENTIFY the kiss that Aunt bcss dropped
on her check proved Cd. tu clFe as
spoonful OF sugar iu saucer Of tart
strawberries. All Die morniug-elory bios
SONS looked up and nodded as Aun- Iea7
rercEtd herself ON the railing beside chem
and lbs nImo.e-bce almost misto0k Der
face for a. flower.
ANA now axe the dOlis2' she asked.
The little maid pcu,ed httle.
some of en- are sick and some Of 'em
are dead. DO tired of dolls. I've poi
seventeen dresses mede for Alice Eliza
beth and 1 don't know what 20 do
A queer little smile came creeping about
Aunt Boss lips.
IL know some little girls who haven't
tO make dresses
Louise laughed a little.
"l can make para8Ols-and bats
"lll tell you what Wen do said Aunt
Bess cOnldontally. 81 saw some darin-
little paper dolls 40 Marshall Fields yes
tcrday I'm get the dolls and The tissue
paper if yOull dress them, and some day
Ven take them down TO the Children
Hospital
"Oh. ycsr said Louise. beginning TO
prance. And there are nll OF Alice
Elizabeths dresses, too. she doean ieaip
So his Was how the little paper ladies
Every morning. on her way down town.
Aunt Bess pecptd iu for I'VE minutes
consultation. TO inspect the PINK ana pile
frocks and the ctrlhe lL.lt palaao.
Right here David Boy had his hnGer ln
me rie. for how could there be parasoia
wi bout eticksl And what was a boy
GOOD for ANYHOW. if ho couldn't whittier
Two weeks later there was grand
dress parade ON the shady .pgreh. nere
were twentv-four paper lad as n me-
dlessed ia the gayest ~ rainbow lolors
and each one carried tiny crlmpea paper
parasol Beside III .s. tach one ntu ~
away two other gay frocks, with hats
and .parnsOls u match.
N rained that saturday afternoon that
they planned TO 80 20 The hospital; not
hard rain but drizziY sptetul hitlt
rain. that di1l't ENJOY user "a bll' alu
tried 20 Keep every Douf tir1 p 'ii lawn
"a good time But while Louise was
watching az the window with an 1ppre-
hcnsiVe face. little patch OF piue shy
hloomed out in the west. ana along come
Aunt Bess with big umbrella, and away
they WhlSk 10 eaten u car
III had been such "a doleful day. To the
children I'm the little white beds II scene
ed a weary. weary time since morning.
Little sick heads thrObaed. little nerves
tWitchod. and broken bones achod the
harder for Che rain. The blaek-cyed baby
cried for an hour about nobody knC ~
what. The little dusky-faced Italian
moaned a little now and then. and tried
20 put up her hand 10 her bandaged head,
wondering 0imly why they wouldn't LET
her have her ACCORDION. A horse had
Knocked her down I'm the street, ana the
Ola ACCORDION would never wall again. lne
little fellow who had lost his leg could
just hobble awkwardly 20 the window.
but there was nothing 90 see outside cX-
cept ugly brick walls and chimneys. that
gray sky and the dismal rain.
But AN az once there came a break In
lhe gray clouds a long. bright shaft =
sunshine came in through the western
window. like a bar OF gold. II strcamed
over the little white beds and the clean
scrubbed floor, till even the bldck-eyed
baby looked up and laughed. In spite OF
her poor bandaged feet, and reached out
her hands toward ~
Then a little maid with pink frock
went whisking up and down tho rows OF
dancing and sparkling and before any
body knew what was happening there
were bits OF rainbow a-futJer all through