Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-17


d Very. very little fraid'?"
"oh, yes, grandma, you know saca
nice stories Just love 10 hear Eem.'
And Winnie brought her lH,lc raca,r
and seated hers.tf in {. Al 4gaa55z...s
feet. prepared 70 enjoy b.rs,I# .ha4
ooshly,
This Hr1a- -4jr-t am CONS to 5.H
Nou about aTed away on oa t6c pca.-
RE in thc VI ~f, many year4 ago. 81
vas afraid af almost l=veerytnfu4. .fa-t
as yo0 ar Tue little boys al seheal
eaf=d a'r e.ttfc Fraid cXa5. ana
Nshen 1hrs wanted 10 tease h"r Very
much thae called her ,Scarcdy-cat.
when Little F'rafd Girl heard tHs
coyotes h"w'in4 on tho prairie a
nishl. and III. wind go Woo. Woo. az
i swept at1und ne corners OF the
house and ratified HE windows. ~he
eould cowue down under the bed
| clothes aaa iust shiver with frj@ht.
She was ST afraid Of The dark mai
She alwazs covered her head mp t4h
hen She wpnt to bed at night OF
coQ.s1 his Vas Vefy unhealthy for
har ana people used 10 Wonder wha
made hzr 20 p;de and delicate Ie9Il-
ina
Little f1atd tifl. had la walk
=aile AMI a halt=s school. and there
uer,@t4o ay@@he could go one lei
down a laa@lY Iaae and across u
prairie >thare sfraa4e ca. lie herded.
and .he olaer way soeG hor through
"a narrow salp Of woods and dow
into a hollow. ~ .h, was vory YF.V
,aueh afraid of he woods. Sha usually
went 10 school bx way of the lanp.
'.Lat one morning as SHE stared 10
school sha happened 70 @Ianes taNG
thpIane and her. only fev#*4oas
ava. near a clamp of bDsEes. 81
WAS sure shp saw big f0,, IL N"s
standing perfectly molionIe :. v1z}..@
.aeross the road. II would neSar 70 u
., down he lane and run !r'=tisk al
being eaten by a lion. an Vet II"
would noi 90 haeA 10 tho ho79a AMI
say hat lion was ~.aadis. .levp he
laae. for il niehf nof ia 4 slo1l. aal
trl"n her unclcs wonId & lsn At bet
They hat enough 10 tease her tbou.
already. Sc she ven - school that
mornin& through he wool
ervary minute she eHpvet'. a go
liz 10 chase her OF d 9i4 !a@i.aa 10
loap from hehind rec aila grab h@f
Sbo wonld raa antfl almost =ol'i II
breath. tlqon she would Na}k d h1'f
4Gile mfi rested, theq run again
Tho way seemed endleSs., ''et ii all#
a very tired Il tic girl rsaehei tho
g, sohooIhouss.
Little Fraid Girl did lo' meH15ea
die Ion To any of har ,thaomAtes
fol she feared theii=ri,iie'..'. ha' al
5ernoon Is She Vas sain@ ia,9e q
II .i4hdor on lis -vay 10 lewn eave -
a vide ON his WAGON. IS theH pas=ed
Ale place whore I..tila f'raid Girl h,sa
se.su the Lion -ha looked 10 Sc il h
v ore sill There. Au9 the lion had dis
;appearoa She gay" a SIGH Of relief.
fsn the next morning there stood
Mir Lion. as big as life. in the same
-pot. Little F'raia Girl God by III
4s0t, f0p a few minutes. tNin2 to de-
cjGr what 10 do. She would about as
soon he eaten by a lioA as to brave
the terrurs of those awful woods
a4ain. and she felt. way down IN the
bottom OF her heart, tlat his Was no
Iion at all All the lions she had eyer
read about walked back and forth and
switched their tals and roared until
YOU could haar them mile. She de.
ciGed TO walk very close to this mNs
tterious looking thing. and, if it moved.
she would turn and run home as fas
as she could.
Almost tip,oring. Little Fraid Girl
stole softly down the lane, scarcely
tCi3rln9 10 breat ne, d. HI't 'iN" III O.
1.-THE object OF her fright. The hon
never moved Al last she was CLOSE
tnouah to SEE what this terrible crea-
ture she had been running from
was.
Was ii a COW. grandma: sal"
Winnie"
Nothing 50 dangerous as poor,
innocnnt COW. even said grandma
III WAS nethiao but an old blackcned
tence rail sticking up from elump
I,t bushes by the side of the road. Lii
lie F'raid Girl fairly skipped for joy
s. great was her reliof and she ac-
tuaIIy forgot 10 be afraid once be
Tween the fAnce raj and the Scho0l-