The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-07-10

III A denl, ami Gale little masH Mnmu
II tine ffUwtsxs and issss arfil liurytar
II aies All aatnR SHE wms. for mstaip,r did
MT come cut iiIttD tnia garden much
taiesss days JOAN stopped lissGlre a tail
\ pink hHilsiisc,k, ami suaitse.
II ~ dhnit taiatnik taiiH iB ssirth q nii.p
summer as must" SHE said ~ usssi
TO say 'ffnit,," 0nns-eih, ws,srs aeId
ye:ass agcg, when d WARS issrwitte q
little baby, hut aey 'tniertnR" Now.
'casise Tim must grown lp, you ssss"
| Then size walked ON aattm dtswm t1ia
little twisted gravel pasah, with he,,
hsnds ciaspat heiiiiIdl HEX agnf Essr
bno,ws grave with taissns.iu. For SD MAN
Daddy used 10 walk when is wss
having a Hilg 'tcisnii,ik,"
"Rnu ITS wttniIs diRgs-inastt wears
since MAN Dtafity Went AWAY" sii,
ssaatf., stopping Besfifie a arag green
bush df lavender "sanfl hss ssatt gsufasy
so hasttg., hss squeezed me $50 aaaud than
ds hnrtt and His eyes wsrs angry, aqna
D hasssrt bsss,n naagfrg att ell Are ysm
sonny, sweet lhwsmtisr2"
SHE bus,iisfl fter fa,ts I'm the nita.y7r,sae.
them trsuttaf cm down the nssde pssrah,
tiiu she caaans 10 a tall fsr9cse. She
tilSsd back har yellow head amt a.tzssa
EiD at dltte white anrf red bells with
Wide eyed gravity, hssr hands still
cinsspsG BesiatpG aer back.
"Nae day" she asitsl "a lady came tn
see nsrlter. gt vast was a aanx
Big tisne ass, a&sns you were tsermsa,
pretty laGfses WHEAT bow, ausd she tried
10 KISS ME when sass was xsiirx bun
u GstsMr Dixie her, ytvp ssse, and 4 w,sraEs
aer Kissss EssS, and q ram i'm to ntsscitsp
ans mother was taa On titss-g fspxqsr
the bed wttsSut covers Inn tine draw
JaSnSesaS you know, and the lady
was ssssdaaag ever 90. and hssr 6r,sss
WAS as long ss a new murse sasgfs.
and THAT was the day Mann Daddy went
AWAY
Ssae bowed srapesy to- the polite kpx~
gloves and ssNtsad ON.
BefSrs group Of tain, white Elaass ss4
stopped sgstnL She came closer. and
shortening mp her srnass puGIed ONE
GENTLY DOWN and Laid her soft check
against the snowy petals.
For na0aest the baby gsD gravereS.
MAN Daddy lowed you ire hes-esr
OF AN Queen of the Garde@.-thsrfs |
what he called you, you KNOW
Then a cry went mo I'm tse warm
sweet ahF> II want Maa Daddy-oa. \
! want him 80 bades
The ffttGe hands were mncaasDeS ontu
TO be locked together tighter sim A
For I'm most grown up. you see
whispered Baby Joan to the tan white
N.Y. and gfown~Wps don't cry, Won
know
She left the Iffses, and walked ON sn
aeev Thought At the end Of the path
Der wee red swnshsde was tied with
string TO a NAT tn the wall. gucb
. long while II had taken to fix tbs.
"propeiiy," but Joan eyed #
proudly now.
Are you ker-wite happyT' she said.
Seepfng round at the clambering white
snd pink e0nvolvuius behind the LIT.
ls paras0L Poor muslin ladies'. dfdn'.
he wind blow you frefYui?"
Then she watched little blue butter
~ as she futtered about from flower
% flower, and finally sailed over the
wall.
III was a butterfly" she said TO
he c0nvoivu1Hs, II would soon find
Nan Daddy" She sighed, 20 that her
mall mHslin-pinafored bosom gave
zig heaye. But then" with another
bought, I'D have to leave mother"
She sighed again. Mother saws. :
Don't worry, Joan when 1 ask when
Ian Daddys coming home, and then
ne kisses me ever 10, to make up" :
She trotted ON again with hands be- ,
ind her back.
A. woman looking from q window
hrned away IN anguish from the small I
eminine imitation Of Man Daddy. /
Suddenly the chubby legs twinkled I'm
'Ild haste up the garden, across the I
elvet lawn, out Of the open gate into {
he road. .
II can 70 most az fast as butter. ,
"" said Joan, "and III find Man q
daddy ut the nice place where Fido q
'as took when he was lost, where /
here were such heaps and heaps of Il
ogs. l know Man DaddyTl be there" /
18th . gleeful cbuckle that brought
be dimples laughing TO her cheek. b
Mother never thought Of that, I |,
'lieye It was the lilies what put the
ierink In my inside"
Along the hot. dusty road, meeting no I
10 In this peaceful dinner hour, she v
'otted, her sunbonnet dragging behind =
nd her yellow hair rivaling the glow I
ig cornfeld on either side. h
In her desire to emulate the butterfly n
10 got over the ground at a surprising h
ace. She put all her heart and soul