Part 18 (1/2)

I saw a cow the other day in the road, that wasn't hitched. Susy said, ”Go long goff, sir,” but he didn't, and then a man shoo-brauded him, and he went.

We had a dear little toady in the garden, and when I talked to him he winked. He had a nest in the flower-bed last summer.

I like to stay at grandma's, so I can jump off of something. Mother won't let us hunt for any eggs to Portland--'cause we haven't any hens.

Horace was a captain to his men. He made me a sled. I had a new dress on the Christmas-tree, and a sugar basket.

I've got a bad cold, but Susy hasn't. My head is all snuffed up.

When are you goin' to come home?

I haven't seen Grace and Horace for so long! They went home after the baby died. G.o.d has got the baby up in heaven, but the _tired part_ of him is in the garden.

My father is 'most crazy to see me. He is, truly; and when I say _truly_, I _can't_ lie. He _said_ he wanted to see me so he was 'most crazy, and he's comin' to-night.

I s'pose he'll bring me something, for I've been good. When I act cross, it's 'cause I don't feel well.

Aunt Madge says to me I've wrote enough, and I'm tired. She's wrote the letter, but I made it up.

I wish you a Merry Christmas! She asked me if I forgot to wish it, but I didn't.

Good by.

From

PRUDY PARLIN.

SOPHIE MAY'S ”LITTLE-FOLKS” BOOKS

DOTTY DIMPLE AT HER GRANDMOTHER'S

”Sophie May's excellent pen has perhaps never written anything more pleasing to children, especially little girls, than 'Dotty Dimple.' If the little reader follows Dotty through these dozen chapters--from her visit to her grandmother to the swing under the trees--he or she will say: 'It has been a treat to read about Dotty Dimple, she's so cunning.'”--_Herald of Gospel Liberty._

DOTTY DIMPLE OUT WEST

”Dotty's trip was jolly. In the cars, where she saw so many people that she thought there'd be n.o.body left in any of the houses, she offers to hold somebody's baby, and when it begins to cry she stuffs pop-corn into its mouth, nearly choking it to death. Afterwards, in pulling a man's hair, she is horrified at seeing his wig come off, and gasps out,'Oh, dear, dear, dear, I didn't know your hair was so tender!' Altogether, she is the cunningest chick that ever lived.”--_Oxford Press._

DOTTY DIMPLE AT HOME