The Washington times., 1912-11-20

Nds near tHe Nllldkd, 80 mary
Frances went to school ana Sunday
school when It was not too wet or too
cold.
Mary Frances grandmother and her
aunt dressed her as they thought right,
but Mary Frances did not always agree
with their ideas. and after a little girl
from the city came to visit one of Mary
Frances friends she was more difficult
to please than before.
II am going to make over that red
and black plaid for Mary Frances this
summer" she heard her aunt tell her
grandmother. 81 had It when I was
about her age. 1t will be real pretty
for her. and will get some red ribbon
for her hair"
Now, Mary Frances had lived in ter
ror Of that red and black plaid dress
for two years She hated II, and now
1t had come she was going to have It
made into dress. and she would have
to wear It to Sunday school.
She was sitting under the window in
the garden. studying her lesson for the
next Sunday. The tears gathered in
her eyes. ~ won't wear it," she said
to herself. Il won't wear that horrid
looking thing II never go anywhere"
Mary Frances got up and walked
down the path that led to the road.
The tears were still falling fast and her
cheeks were pink from anger. Il wish
the moths had eaten it," she said at
last, then they could not make II
over"
She stopped and stood still for n min
| ute and stopped crying. 'I'il do II"
| she said. 81 just won't wear that dress.
II was late In September and Mary
Frances grandmother and aunt always
| went 10 the city shopping at that time
| In the year. One morning not long AZ
| ter Mary Frances hears them talking
about the plaid dress they started OF,
leaving her to keep house.
I'VE shall be home in time for sup
per-" her aunt said at parting. you
make tea and toast and put on some
| OF that ounce preserve. / am going 70
get YOU some red ribbon for your hair.
II will be pretty with that red and
| black plaid dress. | am going to make
| II over for you this winter.
Mary Frances said good-by to them,
| and then she did her work. She washed
| the dishes and made the kitchen tidj,
then she spread UP the beds. Her aunt
had turned and pattcd them before
| leaving.
+, When she went up stairs to make the
beds she took the scissors with her, and
after her work was finished on that
floor she went into the attic to a closet
| and opened the door.
There hung the hated red and black
plaid dress. She took 1t down and then
what do you suppose she did-she cut
little holes in the dress.
When she finished she felt sure they
| could not make dress for her. and
there was a look of satisfaction in her
ewes as she hung 1t on the hook again.
II think I will get out that plaid and
rip it," said Mary Frances aunt one
morning after the dishes were put
| away.
She had not been gone long when she
came down with the dress on her arm
and a wild look In her eyes. Mother
she said, In Mortified voice, there are
moths in that attic closet. and they
have eaten this plaid dress almost up.
Both women looked as though they
would faint, and in a few minutes they
were at the stop OF the house taking out
| the clothes: and when Mary Frances
came home from school the yard was
| full OF clothes and bedding that had
| been stored in the attic.
| What Is the matter? she asked at
| the table when she saw that her aunt
| or grandmother were not eating.