| Show eivir I 1 I 1 1 4 I 1 11 11 nak IN 9 I 1 I 1 f 4 f I 1 a A I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 10 I 1 Z 1 I 1 4 Tru trig 11 a I 1 ca c it was a lark dark D ivr day outside all looked cold and gray inside the fire burna hh high and bright bric tit reflecting on all a ruddy light tight f WM was sitting nt at my ao 10 NN 04 ing my der lug i a a aldish able table la in his til chair beld beside my little four year old rho on hi life sunny curls light lug them with gold ill ills lilue blue P eee on a tablet old and torn la in dimpled hand a pencil brown aad and worn orn on 1 I every page a mark then turned it 0 ocr er arrested cay my attert lon ere ro twenty tour said I 1 IN lint hat are you doing N W title dear deara No sting ng mamma juit just ti trula pasta here I 1 writes every pege page until im trough jen I 1 topi when I 1 has no more t ts dowe IV are turning pace pages each c and every one and re bare hare acea be since state life IK bt gull arvery page in our life uto in time a day ibry page Is I 1 written in a different 11 way ay opening tho the book at tho the birst youthful i joy joya and childish fears dut but later on some trilling trifling joy or pages bathed in tears for evry day another page I 1 I 1 filled cited uy by our creator who linth bath our fortunes willed wilm georgia 11 ellorne washington pa aged 1 14 dolly volly ft 19 2 1 11 tf ur plo one da when the snow was we on the ground one ot of maminas mimi aas grownup grown up tip friends came to lie wa me we and rind the ilbe drought brought a lovely white primrose browing growing in A pot and a dew now dollye ob oh I 1 was so pleas d with both I 1 thanked dear miss ml blattle for or that was ber her name and I 1 said 1 I shall always lore love you tor for you aro are so 0 o food good to a eick sick little tirl girl mamma put the pretty plant on a table nar near mar bed and I 1 held out my hands for or dolly and was placed ber her in my aril arms my ity nt new dolly WM was net dot very large for she he w as a baby end and she be had on a ions long white dreu dress trimmed with lace and a little white boolen oien back sack tied w with fill pink ribbon ribbons lad eideh a cl cunning innIng little lace hood on ber her bead her cheek were wore pink cad and the had a little bit ot of a dimple in her chin so 0 o I 1 named her dotty dimple after a little girl ctrl in a stora book I 1 went to sleep with dotty in my arms and when allen I 1 opened my eyes again I 1 thought I 1 was ee but I 1 found dotty dimple was a real dolly cot like those in dreamland mits hattie had made a tiny blank t ot of pink and white stripes tripe knit together and when I 1 woke oke dotty was all covered e up in it mamma said aid when ahen you are able to walk again you biall bare have a doll carriage for your I 1 by aby and ill the llan blanket k t will be very pretty to pu put over dotty when you tika take her out tor for an 1 I airing my good kind doctor camo came ta to sea in me a the next borni morning ng ind it nd I 1 a asked ake d h him im to ill g gleea ties what my dear miss hattie nesmith bad had brought lie me he ile tried end and tried to gus and then he gave up then I 1 bowed showed h my new dolly and a nd he waa was so edl what do you suppose he did ta es took dotty dimple in hie his arms and nd ho he asked her whit what Is your name little stranger I 1 aid said I 1 dotty dimple playing it was my dolly who answered nw erod then he made ere be he wanted to have a secret with her eo so he held her up and whispered wb loud on pu purpose roose ae so I 1 coald hear bear dotty you are a pretty nice baby and I 1 think you will promise to help me get your mamma well A again gain dotty said all yes doctor you know I 1 spoke for or dotty 1 well ell he eald said lf if you mufit il coax your little mamma to try and leave ber her bed and sit it in the sunshine I 1 will bring you pretty it will be for your little mamma but you can make believe it la is your you M oh I 1 know dotty fished very mch to find out v what hat my good doctor would bring but he only smiled and aid said now ow little it la Is your turn guess it 14 I 1 sat a dolly it li is white and it Is alire alive one pleasant plea jant morning wan mamma zad put me in a chair tor for the first time for I 1 had not been able ab e to more for many week weeks my good kind doctor drove up to the door lie uzi to the ike window and fag was BO so surprised to fee see me sitting there ho he waved bis his hand and cried out brave little girel then be he tied his hi borse horse and made motions for or me to hut shut my afes so I 1 but my eyes as light as I 1 could and put my bands hands over my iny faro fare then I 1 beard the doctor come up stairs and when he be opened the door he said you may look now eo so I 1 opened my eyes and he be held out a beket basket with its cover tied don doru with bine blue ribbon why my der dear doctor I 1 eald laid what have you li im this pretty basket the doctor skilled at lel and he be said now little one it Is III your turn to guess for you ban bart made me try so many times well I 1 guesse candy no try again and then I 1 guessed flowers no I 1 could not think so T gave ve up lie put the basket la my hp and tolt tol me to untie the cover corer when I 1 took off oz the cover what do you suppose I 1 saw way by r never have deneu edi edl it waa was the dearest dearl sweetest swee tet attus white bitty litty fast asleep 1 in the basket a real live baby cat call ob doctor I 1 im Is this kitty for me to keen keep really and true lie 2110 it ft wa wall 11 all II my own kitty ta to 1 Alu alual JL A keep ill aye ays ani I 1 thanked him ft M much well alt all at once I 1 lovel level that dr dear little kitty nearly dearly ae its much as a I 1 did tny my doll lea kitty loohn like a little ball ol 01 white ool un it 11 he opened his round blue eyes M an I 1 put up h a bead head and nil mewed ob b he 4 a such a lar dear with a little pink no nos and inch sott soft clean i white turl tuft ther there was a r tiny bell tieu had on a bitte bin ribbon his hi neck and ani 1 I when mamma put pitt kitty on the floor he walked aked 80 softly entity I 1 could only heir hear the little bell tinkle I 1 named him kit hit CIL mamma Itan itnA rot got a ball ot of wool from her work baet and I 1 unwound wound iia it and andl kit hit ct cat would run after ter it when mam inam na ina drai it sercus the floor jig II 11 I 1 would pit dolt out his hi fit itt k tarry p aed 4 try to hold the trink string I 1 laughed I 1 and alli laughed and so did mamma kitcat kit cat djs a great dil ot of rom pany for he would curl himself up la to lay jay lip lap and SIDE to sleep in the sunshine I 1 would sit it and allta to bli his ion song and I 1 said to mamma on day mamma dear I 1 know tho the word to kit cate tone cons it bounds to bit m juit just is 11 though he bt flags love met ma love inet me I 1 it boll ou 11 in yel hilta wilt will 0 hear him blim singing the sma me word words W 1 I ram katat ICI t rat ang sang a lone long time aeo ago raj lauere lAur sure in little folks I 1 jack 4 O T lintur al 1 children just like irown grown folks art n never ever happy unless they ibey are in the tb depth depths ot of a fad lad and whereas tb the 11 brown town folks fads lads are always a nul nuts ance to their friends woo who don t nap pen to be afflicted at be time with tb the I 1 ame same malady the tale fils the children enjoy mot most seem always by a strang strange fatality to be the ones whose eneo once alses aca their parents the most an norante tb the fad that the bora boys and gifts like ilk best at prent present in I 1 on one that affords the irown grown folka talks though almost as much 1 pleasure aa an it doce doof the children and that Is I 1 the jaek o lantern processions that ire are nightly event events in nearly all part parta of at the city during the waria warin weather it ll 11 sometime a deal of trouble to 11 the parents or big brother brothers and ai bittera ale I 1 to make the little wagons with their illuminated freight for little boya boys and stilt who aro are not or inventive or too lazy to work toi tot their own tint but after the work la Is donn there Is a very pretty result and lota lots of fun that even the crown grown folk folks appreciate in one neighborhood and many others the evening parade has come to be quite the popular amuse I 1 ment with young nd ad old alike aej there la Is great rivalry ai as to beauty and Inge ingenuity aulty of aca in ito formation and equipment of tho the I 1 le floats some of tit t which are oa 01 surprisingly artistic and lad unique bihm ben the father of 0 the family come comes home to dinner bla his ioa son brines brings him the I 1 kattrin mater lala Is b be a has gathered during the molting ino ining for the building of his float and his father who has his seen the other mens children in tho the neighborhood with handl iame displays tho the night be fare ore Is determined that his eon son a show I 1 shall not only equal but surpass the neighborhood and he elvee gives up moat 4 of bis his dinner hour to the combi combination natian A of the thing things he hm has brought from owa with those his son has gathered at home borne in the be he comes home earlier to make improvements be he his has thought of since dinner time the first night be ti sits on cli the porch and watches the parade pass by bua ut the second night tt r be baa has made kiil timber improvements in ilij sons equipment he join joins the procession himself and the third night he be inflate that the whole family except one V person r to take care of the hoose house and ho he cant decide whom to leave at home because everybody ought to take aa an interest Int crest oliell take their places la the line to see the triumph of bis his part ot of I 1 the parade or more correctly va gebat 1 after he has joined it it one ot of the mont elaL orao in 14 town occurred on the eat aide side last week when the process loa was more than T two blocks long and each float 4 shaa another birda birds animals aril mals ships it end and other figures were ere brought out lu relief by the candles behind them and most appropriately the procession was wait beaded by a boy who x bo bore aloft aa all presentment of the yellow KU kid bla his shapeless dress bearing the characteristic inscription ma thin S im in bed bee see X aahl of or samples sample of abo t peart 0 cheerful and delightfully unconscious arni irni rance trance of things 1 15 antrican and Ant acl n displayed dit played by the european press continue to tome in A picture was recently princel prin teil in the london illustrated news of 0 the hoboken IIo boken fire showing the hudson river spanned by two great another delicious morsel Is in cleaned from land uni land meer a magazine on the style ot of I 1 harper a weekly la in berlin 11 which gives the fol lowina interesting Interest lne I 1 neis mr bryn bryin the denotation DenoT Demo atIo 0 candidate in america Is naturally besieged by an army of newspaper reporter reporters 1 who watch his every move inove lie its la to at t present busy on bis his ann bar vetting testing his wheat and the american Amt news are full ot of comments on the act fact that be he joe does not hesitate to perform the most menial duties and andl that be he dresses himself like a common farm band hand GOT goto r stone 0 of MI mit and GO governor cannim ot of california both of choin are also farmer farmers 4 ay are visiting ling him la in k W labor in order to tet get the harrest eader under shelter in due time this assistance he hg ill be este go 94 to kansas city to atte aft W equal convention mv K 7 ameila aa old jus jug fetched 9 at t A auction it was ot of ne ow sto stoneware news aad and barti ea delle H INC K sa N t 0 4 I 1 r t t I 1 4 |
