Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-18
ELizABETH'S UNLUCkY DAY.

pies out in the back yard. She had
lust got six pies made in cunning little
tins. and had set them in row on
The box to bake in the sun. She gave
Ia SIGH of relief and viewed her work
with the satisfaction of thrifty
housewife when she heard mamma
calling her to come in the house and
get cleaned up for luncheon. Eliza
beth walked toward the house so very,
very slowly that mamma had called
her three times before She appeared
a, the kitchen door. Elizabeth loved
mornings, but she hated afternoons.
II the morning she wore one of her
! blue gingham play dresses and lived
cut in the big back yard.
This same back yard was Eliza
beth's paradise. In one corner was a
big shady tree, under which she kept
teusa She did wonderful things VIII
empty soap boxes which she procured
from the corner grocery. One box
was a parlor, carpeted with piece
Of gay outing flannel, the walls were
hung with wrapping paper and deco
rated with tiny pictures clipped from
the newspapers and magazines. The
top of the box was a dining room
table. on which fresh table cloth
made from last nights paper was
spread for each meal. AS the whole
side Of the parlor was open it was
necessary for Elizabeth to place heT
feet in it each time she sat at tn"
table. The unconventional proceeding
might have been objected to by some
people, bu. as Mariana and GuiAi'
we're, the occupants of the narlo",
Sc emed perfectly satisfied with the ar
rangement there was really no reason
for anyone else to complain. An
ether box served as a china closet
and pantry. and he top Of it was a
cook stove and kitchen table combin-
ed. ca which Elizabeth washed her
treasured bits of china and glassware
aid baked her pies.
The mornings were ore long dream
Of delight, but after luncheon she had
to have her bath and take nap and
taen have her hair eurled and wear
one Of her pretty afternoon dresses
il which she could never have q, good
1iase for fear Of getting it soiled.
50 Elizabeth walked slowly, .slowly
towards the house. thinking what 9
crscl world Il was where little girl
coa.d ret play III the hack yard a.
CAV instead Of Just 81 the mornings
which were 50 unreasoaably Short aHd
fea1ine.
After her nap mamma pae dres
o. her which she d:s,ihel more th2f
any Qf ~ oFhee dresses because i
had more than the usual supply of lac
and rutflas ard ribbons ana she haa [
be correspona.2glT careful wAan 81.
wore it.
Nov, Elizabeth" said mamma, :.
am soins away for a tow minutes AZ
want you o Sc very qHtet and goo I
you may sit out here OF the frol'
porch ana look at yO5s:' picture books.
El5zabesh "a lily promised to hs
ccal an 40 H9a,'y h o.lght she wa:
@o,ng % Sc Pnt after awhile sittins
s!:ll and lookiHg at picture book
became very moaotonous and hel
thoughts tuYnea yearn;ns!y toward h
beloved back ward The first tAi2&
she knew she found herself QEt here
but she only intended to walk up am
down. Then she spied the little White
tent which papa brought home the
light before and she remembered
how she had planned to make a sum
1uer resort for Mariana and GuiAi
we're. She supposed the poor thing
would have to wait another day nov
because she had had her baking to d
that morning, but it did seem
shame for them to have to stay in that
stufy soap box, even if one side of i
were open.
If she were very, very careful sh
believed she could do It without soil
ing her dress and mamma would prob
ably be pleased when she came home
70 see what she had done.
So she set up the little white ten
under the shade Of the ,ree and Won
IN the house and brought mamma's
pretty silver pie knife to dig a little
lake with. Then she began to expert
ence a difficulty because the waite,
would not stay in the lake, so sh
t1otted into the house and brought
cut a hand-painted china berry dish
which answered the purpose beautiful
liy after she had fitted 1t into the