The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-19
= The Beepeas.
A Story Of Four Littie
Oils. - - - - - -

HERD were four OF them. ana all
little. siris. lust two years apart in
ages and Just two years apart In
- size. making perfect flight OF
steps when they stood in row
When their dear mother first took
them to the quiet and sunny ftflesplace
on the sea shore they were dressed twice
a day. eaci, time with pretty. fresh little
gown. But they dfds gets so destys and
their faces and hands became SO black ,
that finally. in despair. mother put away
the dressy little frocks. And the next thing
to be seen were four little girls In dark
blue denim THE four little blue -Srsrts"
they were named Immediately. And then
the next funny thing was tyou know. giriA
and boys have q great way OF nicknaming
people. and they seem TO strike such odd
little names, too)-the next funny thing
was that they beeamF the -Four II, Pc
for short. and from that they were known
Us h. =. l.. n Y. H.. b PHI and H. r.
w. and when the summer was closing
they seemed to have no other names than
Beepea- One Eve, ea-Two Eyes. Bee
ea-Three- Eyes and Beepca-fvv. And tho
little Blue Prints seemed TO think Il all
great fun.
Now these little girls had said, when
they first arrived that thevF weres never
going to wear any hats, and they were
never going TO wear any shoes all the
summer long. because II wouldn't be the
country II we had 10 wear hats AMI
shoes." Their heads bore the ordeal of
being hatlsss admirably. but ven must
Judge for yourselves u their feet Jared
so well.
one day their mother. who was quietly
reading at home. was startled at seeing
Beepea Ivy bsssng carried home by an old.
rough-iooking but kind hearted fisherman.
Indeed mum, she has bad bit OF wood
IN her poor footF'
Yes. indeed. a bad BIT OF wood II surely
proved. for mother conid not get tsout.
Try as she would, and she actually had
to call in the doctor. and when he camo
peepea- fvv was put TO sleep for a minute
with q whiff or two. OF chioroform anj
the "bit OF wood was cut opt Other
foot
And Beepea-Ivy was obliged 10 stay In
bed four days with bandaged foot
WAS Tint alts No there was msch 10
follow that kept mother and nursev very
busy The next day Reepea- Three Eyes
ran across the floor. and 81 psome mys-
tcffouS way ntuhbed her great toe. ana n
round piece ~ flesh fell on the floor. and
sh,'re wes much weeping and waiting
And Bcepea- Three Eyes sat on n chair
beside Bccpea-Ivy with her great toe all
tied r.i
Then. as though this was not enough to-
employ the household. the next sfsernoon.s
while in bathing Beep-a-Twe-Eyes cut
her foot with barnacies. Perhaps you nav
think that IL nothing but these cuts wefe
two feet deep. They must have been.
because Beepea- Two Eyes said so. and oe
course they we're her feet--she ought to
have known.
We'll vasciinc and more cotton and BAN
danlng were employed. and mother had
three little Blue Prints 10 read 20 N
stead OF two.
And to cap the climax. the next dnv
nursey saw Heepea -One.Eye iimptng
around, and on asking her the trouble,
learned that her foot had been hurting
her .sfnr years. Dear met Thought
poor old nnrscy and investigated the mat
ter on the spot
"a very had foot 20 be sure" fnf 20
mother eecidei. too. ard the doctor was
again called in. nnd pronounced u a case
OF blood poisoning from rusty nan
wound,
And iieepea- One-Fye was put 10 bed be-
sid. neepea-fvy aud ieepea. r Eyes
and Beepea-Three- Eyes sat In arm~chairs
each side of the bed
And the four little Blue Prints were 10
great fnonrninR'
But their wounds healed, as all wounds
do n you give them time.
And would YOU believe IT, the Bcepeaa
rtili run around barefoot. 'hecapsc u
wouldn't be this country " We wore Jus
shoea and stockings. you know,