The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-03-28
A Dav of Surprises.

When Pauline awoke that morning
her first thought was what long,
long day it would be without mamma
Pauline and her mother had been
boarding at a farmhouse when Pauline
had been taken sick, and she and
mamma had had long three weeks in
their two rooms. Polly was almost well
now, but she was not allowed to GO
out or to have any callers. And now
mamma had to go in the city to see
papa and the boys and would be gone
all day She had planned to start by
an early train before Polly was awake,
and she would not get back until after
6 o'clock at night. But Polly had prom
ised to be brave and cheerful, because
she knew mamma really must go.
Mamma had said that Polly should
have some surprises during the day to
make ii pleasant Polly dearly loved
surprises when they were pleasant
ones. The first one came when Betsy
brought in the breakfast tray. AS the
cover was lifted from the plat of hot
toast Polly gave a gasp and then a
laugh The toast had been cut in one
big circle, and eyes, nose and mouth
were marked on it in bright currant
jelly A card in front of the plate had
these lines in mammals writing:
The man IN the moon
Came down quite soon
To inquire the way to Polly.
His picture is here,
In Jelly so clear,
So eat it all and be jolly"
When Polly began to drink her CO.
Goa, she found another card under the
CUP with thesa lines:
when you've drunk your cocoa up
h 10 OIL
Polly finished every crunb of the
nice breakfast in a pleasant Keeling OF
excitement. The surprises were pc
ginning already, and there promised
to be more of them.
There was a thin, fiat box under the
cup and saucer. 1t was wrapped IN
white paper and tied with ribbon
When Betsy had gone out with the
trav Polly opened the box. In it was
a puzzle made from bright colored
picture on a stiff card that had been
cut in many odd shapes. Polly had to
spend some time in getting all the
pieces together properly so as to make
the picture complete. A note IN the
box read:
How is my little daughter? I hope
she will have a pleasant day. Perhaps
She will like to finish Miranda James
white apron. When she gets it all
done and dolly is dressed in it, then
read the note in Miranda's dress pock-
ct. Mamma loves her Polly very
much
polly finished the sewing and then
dressed Miranda and played with her
awhile. She had, forgotten to look Tor
the note in dolly's pocket, but when
She remembered about it she read IL
eagerly r,,;+,
your glass of milk, and then she VIII
bring you another surprise. Guess
what it viii be-" -
Polly had not long to wait until 10
o'clock came. She drank the milk ana
ate the new cookies that Betsy had
iust baked. Betsy had laughed when
polly asked if the cookies were the
sunrise and had said, No, indeed
She came in again in a very few MIN
1tes with the surprise in her apron:
If was-kittens, two of them, borrowed
rom q neighbor. They were just big
enough to toddle about, and how Polly
did enjoy them!
Through the afternoon there, Were
more surprises. One was new story
nook that a note on her dinner tray
old her she would find in mamma
over bureau drawer.
Another note brought IN by Betsy
ater said there were four little pres