THE AMUSING GIRL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1436, 21 July 1883, Page 2

THE AMUSING GIRL.

" Ma's up stairs changing:her dress," said the little girl. ■ ;S . ;< " Oh, your mother needn't dreßS up for me," replied the female' agent of the missionary society, taking a selfsatisfied view of hersolf in the mirror. " Run up and tell hev to come down |just as slio is in her every-day clothes, and not to stand on ceremony." i. "Oh, but she hasn't got on liet every-day clothes. Ma was all dolled up in her new brown silk, 'cause she expected Miss Dimond to-day. When ma saw you coming she said—'The ; Dickens.' Ma said if you satf hernew dress she'd have to hear all about tho poor heathen, who don't have silk, and you'd ask money to buy hymn books to send'em. Hay, do the nigger ladies use hymn book's leaves to do. their; hair up on and make it frizzy? Ma, ?&ys she guesses that's all the good the books do 'em, if they ever get any books, I wish my doll was a heathen." "Why, you wicked little girl; what <to you want of a heathen dollf in. quired tho missionary lady. " "So that folks- would somWjer lots' of nice things to wear and feeworry to have her going-about naked.) Then she'd have hair to frizz'; and .'ivwant a doll with curly hair and eyes that roll, up. I ain't a wicked either, cause Uncle Dick-you know' Uncle' Dick, ho swears awful and smokes in the house—ho says I'm a holy.- terror, and he hopes I'll be a angel soon,. Ma'll be down in a minute, so youV needn't take your' cloak off. She said sho'd box my cays if I askejlujou to. Ma's putting on that.ojd dreaS'she had'last year, 'cause sho said sho.' didn't" want yon to think she could give much this time, as she needed-a muff .worse than tho queen of Cannon ball-Islands needed religion. Uncle Dick said you oughter go to tlw islands, 'cause you'd be safer there, and the nativea'd be sorry there was such sinners any body would send you to 'em. He says ho never seen a heathen hungry onough to eat yon, 'less 'twas a blind ono, an' you'd set a blind pagan's teeth on edgo so he'd never hanker after any, inoro. missionary. Uncle Dick's awful funny." "Tour Uncle Richard is f bad, depraved wretch, and ought to have romainod where his style is- appreciated, He sets a horiid example," " Oh, I think he's nice,,' He showed me how to slide down bannisters, and he's teaching me to whistle when ma ain't round. That's a pretty cloak you've, got ain't it ? Do you buy all your good clothes with missionary money 1 Ma says you do." Just then the little girl's ma came into the parlor and kissed the missionary lady on the cheek, and said she was delighted to see her, arid they proceeded to havo a real sociable chat, The little girl's ma canlbiin'derstand why a person who professes to be so charitable as the missionatyiagent does should go right over..toDimond's and say such ill- natured thihgs as she did, and she thinks the missionary is a double-faced gossip.—Exchange.