The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15
THE LITTLE GIRL WHO PLAYED.

The Visitor and Sue Frances sat on the pleasant,
shady piazza, eating cookies
baby carriage without hat on9' inquired the Wis
itor suddenly.
that's the Little Girl That Never Plays She always
wheeling sweeping doing sonething5 she never
plays" -.
"Never plays! Sue Frances Treworthy!''
''Wel, honest, she guess you'd pity her If
you lived on the opposite side of her' 1t makes mo
The Visitor got up rather suddenly. f1-guess N
take Lady Claire to walk, she said; |she needs con-
But it not Of Lady Gaire's health she was
thinking; she wanted to go little nearer to the Gill
Who Never Played and see how she looked
'|Howd you do7" she nodded to the Visitor.
emo, thank you mean I'm pretty well, thank 1
you" murmured the Visitor in some confusion "You
don't look bit diff rent!' she added honestly
ttMea-diff rentq'' in wonder
IT mean because you don't ever play. s'posed
"Don't play-me! Why, play all the timel"
"Oh!' stammered the Visitor ooh, hope YOU
beg my pardon' thought Sue Frances said you swept
and-and WORKED
"why do; but play all the tine I'm doing it. I
play then' playing it when you came cross tho
playing body guard"
The Visitors eyes opened wide.
Yes' laughed the other, 81 IN the body guard, you
know. The babys the car, and he can't out alone
for fear Of being bombed and-things have to stay
right with him every minute to bodyguard him."
s'Then, when I feed him, have to taste everything
first to be it won't poison him; that the way they
do with the regular czar you know take little bites,
and, when it doesn't poison me dead, give it to the
Butb but you have to sweep lot don't y0u
" Course; and then play I'm driving out the
hordes"
'sThe-the WHAT"
ssHordes-of sin, you know. My, don It I sweep 'em
out like everything make those old hordes fly, tell
you'll But they will creep back next day take the
broom and drive EN- out again That Plays fun, too:
eouldn' It play
'sThere' washing the dshes she said triumphanty.
And you live the other little girl nodded with
ttoh, yes that IS splendid pay!'' she laughed. ct
play that three times day. Shipwreck, call it,
''Shipwreck9" the Visitor gasped.
eyes the dishes tumble into the boiling sea; waves
always soapsudsy on the tips, you know play a
saving folks The nice white dishes the
rstcabin passengers and the cracked and nicked ones
the secondcabin and the pans and pots the steerage
The the boys and the the girls and the
butter plates the little babies It's the greatest play
that is!''
The Visitor went back to Sue Frances with thought
full face She had quite forgotten Lady Claire, who
dangled ANONYMOUSLY by one leg.
ready Wen - she said looking up from the little gold
and white teapot, don you pity her dreadfuly
poor little girl cross there that you We been ataking
p S1 M the the Visitor said quietly
81 know, cause she said She has the spendidest
times sweeping and taking care o. the baby and-you
guess what else, Sue Frances Treworthy! But
If you keep right guessing till tip end of forever
She makes perfectly splendid play out OF Washing the
dishes!'' -
The cambria tea in the tiny gold and white teapot
grew cold while they both sat gazing the street
with wonderstruck faces the Little Girl who Played
bab-the ezar, I mean-up and down in the Sunshine
Annie Hamilton Donnen, in Congregationalist