Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-01

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haste,
Across the trodden way?
In purple mail bedight,
So dark and truculent,
Armed capable like Launcelot 10,
the fight,
Or on loves errand bent.
For thee the wheatfield towers
In high, dim colonnades,
Still hurrying down the overarchine
bowers,
Still pressing through the blades?
The midgets in thy track
Shrink trembling and aghast.
To see thy jointed horns and armor
black
Sweep proudly, proudly past.
What, wilt not stay thy feet?
No rest, no leisure yet?
Ere those dark clouds In topping
thunder meet,
And all the world be wet?
Well. will onward, too,
Into the western Sky;
Well think great thoughts OF all we
mean to do.
Old beetle, you and i.
From THE Poems of Arthur G.
Benson
NAUGHTY MINNIE AND DOLI1IE.
On Minnie's sixth birthday her dear
old grandpapa gave her a beautiful
doll. In fact, 1t was the very incest
doll that was to be found in the toy
store of the city in which Minnie
lived. Grandpapa whispered to Min
MES mamma that he ,paid-now lis.
ten-that he paid IS for the doll!
So you all know 1t must have been
a very beautiful doll and very sty-
lishly dressed.
The day that Minnie received the
lovely doll for a present she was very
proud OF her and handled her very
carefully, so as not to soil her lovely
gray silk dress, which was trimmed
in pink ribbon bows and white lace
frills. And on her head dolly wore
a most becoming hat trimmed with
pink roses. And dolly's hair was
soft and brown and curly, real hair
that one could comb, you know. And
Minnie. for the time being. very
proud of dolly. decided to give her
a very NICE. aristocratic name. She
called her Pearline. OF course.
grandpapa laughed when Minnie told
him her dolls name. and her NAM
ma said: "Oh. you don't want to
call her that, dear. 1 guess you were
thinking of the name Pauline. weren't
your"
.'No. mamma, wasn't thinking Of
Pauline at all. / named her Pearline
because it is such pretty name
And want her name to stay Pearl.
Inc, too"
So Minnie's mamma only laughed,
Just as Minnie's grandpapa had done.
and dolly's name remained Pearline
And for days and days Minnie never
went anywhere without Pearline. car
rying her tenderly and proudly in her
arms. And every one whom Minnie
met-that she knew-she would tell
about Pearline. and like loving
mother would uncover the dolls face
so that the chance acquaintance
might have look at her.
But after the first week the nov
city Of Pearline wore away. and Min
ME began to grow tired OF her. She
would go to play with her little.
|sfrBopdo %onuatt}uo no.rf,o oyboro%h
or until some girl would ask: Where
Is Pearline? i haven't seen her for
ever so long" Then Minnie would
tip her nose in the air and say: "Oh.
Pearline is such bad child! just
leave her at home as punishment.
you see."
And all the time that Minnie was
saying these naughty things about
Pearline she knew she was misrepre-
senting her dolly, for never better
Jolly lived than Pearline. And she
was such a neat little lady. too. was
Pearline. She had a way Of staying
clean and tidy even when tossed
about by the careless Minnie.
But one day Minnie decided to take
Pearline for a walk in the park. She
dressed her up in her best frock and
hat and put her in pretty doll cab
that her papa had bought purposel,
for Pearline to ride in. After hav
ing traversed several of the shads
walks in the park Minnie decided to
rest awhile beside the fountain. She
sought out bench and sat down. She
drew her dolly close to her side and
began scolding her in very cross
voice. Nov, Pearline." she said
If hadn't brought you out here witt
me should run and romp on the
commons. But here you are-always
in the way, and have to remain here
to watch you. You certainly are a
very naughty child and shall have
to give you away
AS Minnie talked SO GROSSLY to
Pearline stray puppy came along
and listened bit. He seemed to
know just what Minnie was saying
for he looked pityingly on Pearline.
The poor dolly had really droopes
her beautiful head, so miserable did
she feel at being treated so unkindly
by her little girl mamma.
Minnie was too busy watching some
children on the commons to notice
that THE stray doggie had walked
slyly up beside Pearline's cab and
was watching her intently. He seem
ed to say: Never mind, dolly, ]
know how badly you feel about beine
treated SO cruelty. And II you wish
1t will carry you Off. have two
dear little mistresses, and they would
be glad to take you to their hearts
and love you. They are too poor to
have fine dolls like you-unless /
should find one for them. And am
sure you would like to go to them
for YOU seem SO unhappy"
And while the doggie seemed tc
say all this the dolly seemed to be
listening to him, and to agree to al
that he said. Presently Minnie de
cided to take run about the com
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