Evening star., 1909-06-19

She was known everywhere as Dumpy-
boo.
Well, this little DumpyDoo lived in
the suburb of a great city and her papa
went to work in the city every day, leav-
ing Dumpy-Doo and her mamma alone
till evening Then such good times they
all had when Dumpy-Doo's papa came
home in the evening. Dumpy-Doo and
her mamma would go to meet the papa
at a railroad crossing, and from there
they would walk home together, hand In
hand Dumpy-Doo would walk between
her papa and mamma, and she always
felt that nothing could harm her then.
And of course, nothing could. When
little girls and little boys are with their
papas and manlmas no harm can come to
them, for both the papa and the mamma
thoughtfully and lovingly protect them.
Well. one evening Dumpy-Doo's mamma
was i'll and she said to her little grille:
'Daughter, mamma cannot go with you
to meet papa this evening, she is feel
ing too i'll. with a very bad headache.
Do you think you could 80 alone to meet
papa?'
'.Oh, yes. mamma" cried Dumpy Doc.
IF neither OF us 30 to meet papa he
will wonder what is the matter. I'll run
down to the railroad crossing and wait
for him.
"Well, the crossing Is only two blocks
from home, and you can see our cottage
all the way" said the mamma And
there are no trains passing at this time
in the afternoon. only In the mornings
and at midnight do they come thunder
ing along. So there'll be no danger in
your going down there. But do not cross
the tracks unless you see papa coming
the other side"
Then. as it was almost time for the
papa to be coming home. DumpyDoo got
her little sunbonnet, kissed her mamma
goodbye and ran down the little grass
grown suburb street toward the railroad
tracks, two blocks distant. She reached
the crossing and sat down on a big stone
to await her papa's coming. After a few
minutes she eSpied man down the
street who resemhled her papa, and just
she was about to take offs her little
Sunbonnet to wave to him he disappeared
into shop at distant corner Dumpy-
Doc jumped up from her seat and ran
across the railroad tracks, going on to
the shop she had seen the man. whom
she thought to be her papa, enter. On
reaching the shop door she looked about
inside but the place was full Of GUS
toners. and Dumpy-Doo supposed her
papa was in the rear OF the long room.
She entered and looked about. Several
men were there. but her papa was not
one of them. Then Dumpy-Doo noticed
that there was a side door which led
into another street, and she thought that
probably her papa had gone out at that
door, intending to walk around the block
and approach the railroad crossing from
another street. DumpyDoo went out at
the side door and ran down the street.
hoping to overtake her papa. She went
quite long way before she realized that
she was not taking any notice of the
distance she was going, nor the corners
she had turned. Then she stopped and
looked about her. The street was strange
TO her. and she could not tell one direc-
ton from another. She thought she
knew the direction in which her own
home lay. and started out quickly, fear
ing her father would reach the cross
ing before she should arrive there and
go on home without her, and that her
mother would be made very uneasy when
the papa should arrive without the little
daughter.
So and on went Dumpy-Doo, think
ing it strange that she should not have
thought the distance so long in coming,
for now 1t seemed endless.
And after d while Dumpy-Doo noticed
the street lights were glowing. It was
coming night. She hurried now all the