Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-21
DoINGs OF THE poLLIvERs.


The Delivers are family of dolls.
The country they live in is the nurs-
cry. 1t is very fiat country-some
of them are faded, you know, and
some have bright colors. The house
they live in is little low cupboard,
and that makes an upstairs and
downstairs for the Dolliver family.
The nearest running water is the
washstand. away and away over in
the corner of the nursery, where, If
nurse turns on the faucet, there Is
raging cataract, and large lake.
The Dollivers loved to picnic over
near this natural curiosity. suppose
all children know that when we go
to sleep, dolls wake up and live their
little lives. and have their little pleas
ures and their little pains. as we do;
but in the night time when there is
nobody to see them or to know of it.
The king-or rather the queen-of the
!. eesRaY u S4lshl .!ps Ra9Rgl|tys5s live is
day to visit his daugh- met, o omaa
does things which rr di1fress INN
dreadfully. and these stories OF the
doings of the Delivers will tell you
all about It.
You remember that Mr. Dolliver
was lame man-it was an awful
thing that mouse should have nib
bled his foot because he was stuffed
with bran. and made him lame for
life. Well, then. Mr.. Dolliver was a
lame man and had little stick. like
pencil. fastened to one Of his hands
SO that he could limp about. The
ambition of Mr. Delivers life was
to have horse to ride.
| He was born with penny in his
pocket-dolls are born grown up, you
know, and dressed, too. for that mat
ter. One day Tommy Dolliver found
penny on the nursery floor and car
ried it home. Maybe sometime when
your pennies disappear, and you Won
der where they nave gone, some Of
the dolls have carried them off in
just this way.
Mr.. Dolliver thought that perhaps
for two pennies he could buy him a
horse. There was man on the man
tell really forgot to tell you about
the mantel. 1t was a sort OF high
cliff that overhung all the nursery
country. and on it lived some very ar
istocratic people. There was this gen
tleman who owned the horse. and
who was made of bisque. could
never begin to tell you how beauti-
fully this gentleman was dressed. in
blue knee breeches and Powered
waistcoat and three cornered hat.
Nor could describe the clothing of
his wife who stood on the other end
of the mantel and smiled at him all
day long. But alas and alas! the
maid broke his wife one day when
she was busting and the pieces OF
her we're thrown away.
| Near the bisque man stood the
spotted horse, noble animal who
was all pale gray with tiny black
polka dots on him. and stubby
| name which stuck up and stubby
tail.
Mr.. Dolliyer, though he was lame
man. managed to climb the mantel
one night with the two pennies in his
pocket, and asked the bisquc man
II he would sell his horse.
"No, indeed" said the bisque man.
mot for two pennies. Hes three
pennies or nothing. Why. that horse
cost dime in the open market
not year ago. I wouldn't sell him
for three pennies. only that have nc
use for him.
| All this made poor, lame Mr. Dol
liver. very sad. II have but two pen
Mes" he said, land being lame
man Ishave no way of earning more
Look in his mouth said the
bisque man, you'll find he's worth
the money"
Mr.. Dolliver did not wish to look IL
the spotted horses mouth. He wa!
afraid 1t might bite him But ther
he did not wish to say this. because
he was afraid the bisque man would
laugh at him. So. as the spotted horse
had his mouth obliglngly open--he
was born that way-Mr. DolliveI
looked in and saw that 1t was painted
inside with the very best red paint
That certainly did settle it, and Mr.
Dolliver wanted the horse worse thar
ever, l. had only two pennies
and the l. an insisted that he
would not tan han three. 81
Mr.. Dolliver went b ~
When he got home he lo,-- mar
there with mule to SELL Mr.. Dolli
yer said that he did not want a mule;
he had always heard that they were