The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-08-26
THE DOLE Ar scHOOL.

The family Of dolls were silently
contemplating their young mistress al
her nursery tea when Miss Franchon,
the Partisan beauty, began rolling her
eyes at the Young Brave-Of-the- Wa
bash, az the Indian doll was called.
The Young Brave returned the glances
with interest, and Miss FanchOn whis-
ppred.
do you know. think she seems dis
consulate tonight"
When the dolls said she they al
ways meant Mary Marcella, their little
mistress. 50 the Young Brayc-of- the
Wabash looked over az Mary Marcclla
nnd grunted a. intelligibly as bra We
might do.
"An affair Of the hearth questioned
the sentimental German gentleman
doll, who reclined in an attitude Of
careless ease on the hearth rug.
He, he, he" laughed the Dinah
doll, whose duty II was TO SIT beside
the infant in long clothes.
Just then MarcelIa finished her tea
and came over 10 where the dolls were
gathered / suppose ] must begin
packing you away she said, looking
sadly at the dolls, FOR tomorrow viii
be the last day" She picked up Miss
Fanchon tenderly, and two large,
round tears rolled down her cheeks.
Yes" she continued, II must pack
you away forever, for ] am going 10
boarding school, and one is not sup
posed to take dolls TO boarding school.
The spcechless agony with which the
dolls suffered at the revelation Will per
haps never be understood. Dinah fell
out Of her chair in q faint, the infant
uttered shrek, and FanchOn forgot
for once 10 roll her eyes and shut them
instead.
But the India rubber doll took no
part in their demonstrations, for ne
had rolled into the passage on an e&-
ploring expedition and was just I'm the
path Of Marcela's papa and his guests
when they passed on their way TO the
laboratory. where Marcella's papa
worked out all manner OF Wondcrlul
things. which were so far ahead OF the
times that he forgot all about the pres
ent. Although he stumbled over the
rubber doll, he would have passed it by
had il not squeaked loudly and bounced
very high when tue professor took his
foot away.
Even n professor cannot help being
trlhe disturbed at such a demonetra-
ton
This must be one ot MarcelIa's s
dolls" he said, as he picked the rubber
doll up. ana the remark seemed 10 re
call something to his mind, for he
added rather abruptly 10 the younger
professor who was with him:
MY little daughter, you know, she's
going away TO boarding school in a day
or two I'll leave this in the nursery
lie was so much aroused 10y the rubber
doll. which continued 10 squeak, even
after IL had been picked up, that he ac-
tually noticed, while he was handing
the doll to Mary Marcclla, that She
had been crying.
why. what is the matter| he
asked. aud he looked IN puzzled way
at the large packing case and the dolls
on the hearth rug. Are you packing
gour dolls to take TO boarding schooiF'
mo" said Marcella, bravely; they
are not going Great-Aunt Caroline
says that one is not expected TO take
1olls 10 boarding school. They make
Dne's room SO diSOrderly."
but. perhaps" suggested Marcella's
papa. who was about rs clever about
dolls as about anything else when he
was once aroused To a sense Of their
paramount Importance, boarding
schools have changed since Aunt Caro-
lines day | am quite certain the one
which you are going TO viii not object
10 dolls
And when. a few days later, Marcella
and her belongings were received al
the boarding school. her papa was par
ticularly anxious about peculiar look
ing hamper and an even more peculiar
looking frame box, out Of which there
emerged the entire family Of dolls and
n most commodius doll mansion. which
} exactly fitted into corner of Mary
! Marcclla's small dormitory division
aud in which, AT her papa's request q
/ particularly elegant apartment was re
served for the rubber Coll.-Birmiuc
/ ham Age Herald.