Little Prudy's Dotty Dimple

Prudy, "and let me go, for I

goin'," said Dotty;

ittle sister's brain. After she and Susy had gone, and the house was quite still, Dotty stood

y off, Susy and Prudy. Bof of 'em are all gone. Nobody at h

er black baby out of its cradle,

t a 'peakin' to you. I'm goin' to cover yo

"not to be a cryin'! Prudy'd cry! There goes the blacksmif's shop." Dotty meant the bl

ed little girl p

ike mine? No, she wouldn't. Your mamma lets you go to parties all the days only Sundays. My mamma has sticked me into the nursery, and nothin' but a dar'needle to sew with! O, hu

und of little feet. Dott

dar'needle-did you, mamma? Mayn

ed to her little daughter. So Dotty crept close to her moth

, mamma," said she; "punish me

ite to whisper in company. Then she went on talking with h

to do wicked, and get punished; but I want to do wicked,

rudy's closet, and looked at the dresses

scarlet merino. She put on the dress, forgetting,

ing in her efforts to fasten the frock. "My mother must ma

nd little figure into the red merino, and fastening two of the button

ay bonnet she next laid her naughty hands upon. Very charming was this bonnet in Dotty's eyes, as it was made of claret-colored silk, and was all on fi

I'm a boy this time," mused she, giving a last glance at the mirror; "t

rudy's water-proof cloak, and they both stole out by the side do

. "Well, it's by the stone lions, 'most up to the North Pole. Now, Zippy, if

hidden under the cloak, and they both trudged

st did really reach the "house by the stone lions."

veling this way?" cried Florenc

," replied Fanny Harlow.

girls; "don't it look like a chaise top? O, look, look! as true a

ngers in its mouth; though the girls saw nothing but a big, drooping bon

a," suggested Susy, that being the

tween the bars. In doing so she had to push back the chai

rlin!" screamed her

hastened to o

ou naughty thing?" whispere

e, which burst off two buttons, the onl

dress," said

eyed them with such a gaze of lofty disdain th

how tired you must be! Don't you want

shed. "Don't you pity m

s, in alarm; for they saw by the motion of Dotty's elbows, tha

ng up to her, and kissing her; "did

f the kiss, and

d Prudy, "for me and Susy to draw you home in a li

in an agony of mort

ne of the stone lions, and t

side that one tree?" asked she,

ringing her hands. "Only think, if you don't you'll lose five

r. Who is it?" inquired Dotty, changing the subject agai

y. "If you'll go I'll spend my five

ckled limes," said

"and you'll be the sweetest litt

tty, serenely, "when

table? Her manners were as yet unformed; she needed line upon line and precept upon precept. It was dreadful to think of her taking supper at one of the nicest houses in

s; but she said it would "hurt her big bonnet," which she could not be pers

out a picture book fo

ll tear it," sai

o prove that she knew how to handle books, suddenly tore one of the leaves.

tly; "what made you let me do

allowed to spread her bread and butter for her. Dotty had worn the air of a princess royal all the afternoon; but now, seated in a high chair, and surrounded by a group of admiring little girls, she felt like a cr

her good manners," thought poor Susy, har

time, and then I should be sorry, and cry. I'll keep th

; such as coughing and blowing crumbs into her plate, drumming with her feet

ker's bread. I l

whole meal. At last she ceased eating, coughin

er head was swaying from side to side, like a heavy

a guard of all the girls. Next day she was duly punish

row," sighed Prudy. "I never can fee

mind that God allows her to mortify you and me. You know we must have

r is," ad