Show I IG 1 1 L' L G c D fL Wv f DOLL c c OLL N o IJ KC J Laura Ann ha had a great huge doll She bhe Shea way was the till hl g largest it loll doll In the town where wh Il Laura Ann lived and she lw was tag named l Miss Ms May after uner J Laura ura Anns Ann's mammas s youngest slater stater Miss ills May lay con could open and shut hut her wr eyes Byers H. H an and could say nay Mamma when Laura Ann pressed tightly against her back and And Aul a R Very Very- I vr very I doll was leas Miss l May Muy Iu too having as aN she Mho did 1 I. I a of If IIII U clothes made malle by hy the busy and anti loving 10 hands of or 1 Laura aura lIra Ann her hel little mother Then Thon there thele were many other othel reasons rea- rea sons why Miss Misa l h My should he be a t per per- H r- r happy loll doll She was taken out lI dl In her go o cart for a tt turn jurn UIn in the tilo Wg big grassy brassy ass yard UI sometimes Laura Lama Ann taking hiking her hm up town when her hel mamma her herlo herto to sent the tore store on an errand On such occasions everybody e would slop stop an and look at Miss lIss May sitting sit sil ting lIng s so 80 o proudly In her cart earl dressed In silk Bilk and ancl lace lacu an and say u I My ly what a JO lovely JOly ly doll How big sh she sho Is An And again agnin Laura inn Ann would take talC Miss May to little picnic parties where the wondering children would gather V round Miss May and express the deep deep- deepest est eat a admiration for 01 her But Hut for fOI all in this Is Miss Ma May was not happy One morning as at she lay Jay on 9 big shelf In a c closet b belonging to Laura Laula Anns Ann's bedroom shi she deeply dl discontented t wit with h her lot lut She Rh I wanted to be lie a girl like Laura Lama Ann inn I to come ane and go to laugh and sing and talk In short Miss May wished to h halle be tie alive all She Sh did till not fancy being a thing of oC rags Ings sawdust kid and anel bisque with imitation lIa hair I 1 She wanted wante a body ully of bones bone mu muscle cle nerves ner blood and flesh neatly covered cO over o with a soft sort fair skin skim just like Laura Anns While Miss May was waR thus deploring her hJ own sad AAd existence she heard Laura Lama i Ann corning coining up lip the stairs very cry slowly I Into her hel little room she came opened time the closet lt door doO and lifted Miss May carefully slows down from froin the shelf elicit Dear Miss bliss May 11 said h Laura ula Ann In a hoarse homs unnatural voice Im Ini that sick Really He liar dear dau daughter I think I If mamma were ule here she sure would put me to heel bed anti ami send for fOI the doctor U Ugh h Then Id I'd have ha to take lake nast nasty old odd medicine and anti keep very quiet Oh how my 10 head aches and anti how tired Iam I T Tam amt am Hut But your new blue frock fiock Isn't done dono yet tt sn so n I J guess Us Ill I'll finish h that Then I shall lie down So Sol placing l Miss hiss May fay hes beside lle her on the he couch Laura Ann gut got her hel work workbasket Im basket and took toot up a needle to thread But nut either through carelessness or the r nel resulting from flom her Indis- Indis Indisposition position the little maid pricked ed her herInger herlinger linger Inger with the needle Oh Oh Just see seethe seethe I the blood 1001 cried Laura Lama Ann holding out nut her hI hurt linger anti and making a wr wry face fael from the lIlI pain Then she shit grabbed a bit hit of Ili rag and wrapped the wounded d iI i- i t I h f I m c 1 a h III my 1113 dear maam member up while exclamations of pale pain the while whine Miss loss May ay had hat been an nn interested observer observer ob ob- ob- ob server ser of the tho accident and somehow when she he saw aw the blood on her little Ittle I mothers mother s finger she he fell felt rejoiced that bat she had none of the crimson fluid In Inside l e herself since the letting of It Il out could be done lone by the prick of a 1 nee needle le mIl and was so BO vcr very painful Il Just then Laura Anns Ann's mamma came une Into nto the room and after kissing I her little Ittle dau daughter she shu exclaimed Why you mitt are burning with fever fc Your face facu Is Hushed flushed anti mul your our breath feverish fl h Do you feel ill III Then Laura Ann explained that she he felt fell hall badly I sort sorl of burned like fire fin and her hones jones ached terribly ached as at the they often did lid after she had hind ridden ho horseback Well Vell ell said her mamma very uneasy over o her hel little daughters daughter's alarming con con- rl ht to bed and dillon I shall put you ou right phone hone at once for 01 the doctor Then rhen Miss s May forgotten by hy Laura Ann lay on the couch and ancl saw Laura LauraAnn's LauraAnn's I Anns Ann's mamma undress her an and put her to tobed I bed Lcd aH after the anxious woman ran rail downstairs and phoned for the doctor who C conic came me very shortly and sat at down on ont oni i f t chair Les beside Laura Anns Ann's bed hecl held her pulse and looked at his watch In ht a II very very wise wa way Then hu Jw shook his hen head hoad gravely CI and spoke Measles lell l s. s my dear dar mam Measles eaRles Then he lie raised his eyebrows s and looked at poor little Laura Ann as If to 10 sa say What did you on catch these lion horrid Id things for forr or and Laura Ann Amt began to CI cry CI very loudly I He Ile quiet be lie quiet said the doctor very solemnly wagging his bald halti head althe at al attin tin the little patient In the bed hecl Then he hc took look some pills fro n his hand hancl medicine ease case and told Laura Ann Aims mamma to 10 give Ive her one every hour and not satisfied satisfied satis satis- fied fild with this punishment he Ill fixed up a bottle of horrid smelling stuff which he hook hool right before Laura Anns Ann's e eyes et as ashe ashi ashl hi- hi said to her mother An And a l dose of this evel every half hour till she breaks ureal out all over 11 Then after telling Laura Lauca Anns Ann's mamma mammato to 10 Iced keep Laura Ann Aim closely wrapped up u and nd to glue give her a lr very light diet the bustling bald headed shaped ball little mile Doctor took look his leave All that day Laura Ann cried at spells slept at spells complained of her hel aching Jones bones and burning flesh esh at spells surd and vainly begged to have ha some orne more light In tI the room for her mamma momma had drawn dran down clown the window shades shade which excluded the light and made the room gloomy gloom enough as Miss May 11 thou thought ht And Ind thus passed the time for two weal weary weeks In which Miss May ny lay unmolested unmolested un un- molested on the couch In a daik corn corner r watching everything that transpired tr In Inthe Inthe Inthe the room of her little mother for fOl although al although al- al though laura Lauia Ann was able ahle to sit up III after oner the tho tenth day a the fat Cot doctor was It Il for meanness s Instructed Laura Antis Alms mamma to keep her In ht a dark clark room for foru forn u n little lon longer er lie He Insisted tf ll that this tills was for fOI the sake of Laura Anns Ann's eyes S but hili Miss iss May didn't believe him She thought he lie was ryas just wanting to tu prolong lons Laura Anns Ann's Imprisonment Then came a day when Laura Ann was pronounced entirely well alII and was al allowed allowed al- al lowed to 10 go out She at once took Miss May ay from her long Ions resting spell on the couch dressed 11 her In III her hel gayest aest silk frock flock and anti sallied forth Into the tho yard where several se of her little playmates were assembled to greet gleet her f Oh I had em terrible t r t-e-r-r-l-h-le t declared f Laura Ann In what Mss Miss May a thought to be a cr very boastful voice as she went vent over o Jr her r recent attack of measles s for the entertainment of her friends And Arid so did I have ha em cm terrible cried crieda a little hay hoy ho of the company I mO most 1 a died I 1 did I hind had em on my illy Insides 1 i did dill for the they Jest wouldn't come corne out All Il the company said Oh Oil goodness and another little boy hay to Miss 1 Mays May's a disgust dis dis- disgust gust began to 10 tell her how hiow ho had had me measles Iles anti and chickenpox and stomach ache all inside of one week weel which brought about other emphatic exclamations of surprise sur sur- prise and looks for admiration And Anti Miss 1 May ray sitting there dressed in silk with never a pain nor an ache achl with never ver a a. tal tale of woe with which to astonish and shock her companions felt Joyously joyous glad that thal after all she was made of rage sawdust t. t kid null anti bisque and amt topped off orf with hemp for or hair Instead In Instead In- In stead of being composed of stuff like Laura Ann was built of stuff which seemed heir hell to aliments ailments that would woul make even ln Mss Miss lIs- lIs lIsay's Mays May's ays ay's 8 sawdust run cold to hear about And from that day to this Miss bliss Iss a 1 May fay Is the thc happiest halIle t little lady In D Doll Doll- land and never ne again has she site complained of her lot There Is s a moral to this stor story Can the little reader dh discover er co It |