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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Memoirs of a country doll - -Author: Mary Curtis - -Illustrator: D. C. Johnston - -Release Date: December 27, 2020 [eBook #64139] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Image source(s): https://archive.org/details/memoirsofcountry00curt/ - -Produced by: Charlene Taylor, Val Wooff and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The Internet - Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MEMOIRS OF A COUNTRY DOLL *** - - - - -Memoirs of a Country Doll. - - - - -[Illustration: _My purchase P. 9_] - - - - -MEMOIRS - -OF A - -COUNTRY DOLL. - -WRITTEN BY HERSELF. - -BY - -MARY CURTIS. - -COMPANION TO THE "MEMOIRS OF A LONDON DOLL." - -With Illustrations by D. C. Johnston. - -BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE: -JAMES MUNROE & COMPANY. - -M DCCC LIII. - - - - -Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by -JAMES MUNROE & CO. - -In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District -of Massachusetts. - -THURSTON, TORRY, AND EMERSON, PRINTERS. - - - - -DEDICATION. - - - TO MY SISTERS, FANNY AND CAROLINE. - I HOPE YOU WILL - NOT DESPISE MY FIRST EFFORTS, AND THAT YOU WILL FIND - AS MUCH PLEASURE IN READING THIS LITTLE BOOK, AS I - HAVE HAD IN WRITING IT. - MARY CURTIS. - - - - - The following Memoirs were written by one of our young friends, - (but eleven years of age,) for her amusement while sojourning in - the country the past summer. The interest she appeared to take in - them, has been the cause of their publication; and to the growing - judgments, and gentle criticisms of such little readers, the - volume is submitted. - - THE PUBLISHERS. - - BOSTON, DECEMBER, 1852. - - - - -CONTENTS. - - - CHAPTER I. MY PURCHASE, AND TWO MOTHERS, 9 - " II. ELLEN GREEN, 13 - " III. MY SICKNESS, 16 - " IV. EMMA'S COUSIN--MY NEXT MAMMA, 19 - " V. GARDENING, 22 - " VI. BLACKBERRYING, 28 - " VII. BALLS, PARTIES, &c., 34 - " VIII. DOLL'S CORRESPONDENCE, 37 - " IX. THE SEASHORE, 40 - " X. AN ACCIDENT, 43 - " XI. QUARRELSOME MOTHERS, 46 - " XII. THE SNOW-MEN, 50 - " XIII. THE THEATRE, 53 - " XIV. MY STAGE EXPERIENCE, 56 - " XV. THE PANTOMIME, 59 - " XVI. MY NEXT MOTHER, 65 - " XVII. NUTTING, 68 - " XVIII. AN OLD MAID AND A GRANDMOTHER, 74 - " XIX. ACCIDENTS, 77 - " XX. CONCLUSION, 81 - - - - -MEMOIRS -OF A COUNTRY DOLL. - - - - -CHAPTER I. - -MY PURCHASE, AND TWO MOTHERS. - - -The first I can recollect is, that I was very long lying in a box in -Soho bazaar, till one day I was taken down by one of the shopkeepers, -and shown to a very pretty little girl, about three years old, who, -after looking a whole case through, chose me. This little girl had -flaxen curls, and was dressed very prettily. Her name was Lucy -Fitzhenry. She wrapped me up and carried me home to her house in -the country, which was a very pretty country-seat. Two or three days -after she had me, her nurse cut some very pretty clothes for me. My -under-clothes were of very fine linen, and my dresses of flowered -muslin, blue merino, and spotted calicoes. My mother was very careful -of me; she washed me every morning (for I was a porcelain Doll), and -dressed me, and undressed me at night. One day she took me into town to -see the Queen and Prince Albert, which I enjoyed very much indeed. As -we were coming home in the carriage, little Lucy let me drop out the -window, upon some burdock leaves, where I lay for some time. When I lay -there, several caterpillars came and crawled over me, and I thought -that they were not very pleasant company; however, I did not tell -them so. After I had lain there for about two or three hours, I was -picked up by a little raspberry picker, who was a German, named Johanna -Worstel, who was over-joyed to find such a beautiful doll, and went -instantly to show her brother, Robertin, who was also very glad. They -then agreed to wrap me up in a cloth in which they had brought their -dinner, and there I lay until night and thought over my past life; how -my little mother Lucy had been so kind to me; how she had taken me out, -ducked me in a little stream, then dried me in the sun, laughed with -me, kissed me, and talked about my new mamma, when suddenly a gust -of wind took my cloak off, and I laid there very cold. However, my -mother came very soon and took me up. "Poor doll," said she, "how very -cold she must be," and therefore she wrapped me up in my dress very -tightly, and then we went home. Their home was in a little building, -(it was once an out-house, but the house had been removed and it stood -alone,) where we had a very nice supper of water-cresses, bread and -cheese. After that I was covered over with some leaves, and there I -went to sleep. - - - - -CHAPTER II. - -ELLEN GREEN. - - -Early next morning my mother woke me up and carried me to the field. -After a while she spoke to her brother Robertin, and said,--"Roby, -don't you tink dat I had better go and give dis little dolly to Emma -Arthurst?" "Yes," said Robertin, "for don't you know how kind she was -to us." So off they started to give me to Emma, who was about five -years old. Little Emma was delighted and gave Johanna a half crown. My -mother, Emma, had another doll, whose name was Ellen Green, (by the -by, I never had any name till my new mother gave me one, which was -Josephine Arnoldson,) but I think to this day she was a very naughty -doll; for she always spilt her tea on her dress, knocked down chairs, -danced on the table, and I don't know what else. One day my mother -came and took me early from my nice little bed, and dressed me in a -beautiful frock of white muslin, with a pink sash, and violets and -other flowers in my sash. I had seen my mother working on something -for some time, and now I knew what it was. My mother then told me that -it was May-day, and that I was to go to a May party; but she said that -Ellen should not go because she had behaved so naughty. At first I was -glad to hear this, but after a while I felt differently and begged -my mother to let her go. Whether my mother could not withstand my -pleading, or had determined to try Ellen once more, I don't know, but -she at last consented to take Ellen. My mother was dressed in white, -and so were a great many other little girls. We enjoyed ourselves very -much, but at last Ellen began to behave badly. She tore a hole in her -dress, and at last she acted so badly, that my mother had to put her -in the hollow trunk of a tree where we left her. Then we all went into -a clump of most beautiful pine trees, and eat our dinner there. After -that we played round, and then went home, not without taking Ellen with -us. I had stayed with my present mother about six months when I was -taken sick, the account of which I will defer to my next. - - - - -CHAPTER III. - -MY SICKNESS. - - -One night as I was lying in my bed, my head began to swim, my lips -were parched, and I felt very sick. After passing the night in great -distress, my mother came to me and said, "Dear little Josey, how sick -you look!" and so she did not take me up. By and by the little girl -who played the most with Emma came in and said, "Why, Emma, you have -not taken your doll up this morning." "No," said Emma, "she is very -sick, and so I did not think it best to take her up." "Well," said the -other little girl, "I will be a doctor, and you must send for me to -come and attend your doll." So Emma sent, and the little girl came -and ordered me some pills and a powder, which I was to take. They made -the pills out of bread and the powder out of slate-pencil dust. I -took these and they quieted my pain some, but still I was very sick. -The next morning the doctor came and ordered me something else, which -I took, as in duty bound, although I must say it did not taste very -good. After two or three weeks I began to get a little better, and then -Ellen came and saw me; but she began to talk in her old way about my -having new dresses, and she having to take mine, (for she and I were -of the same size,) and her having to stay in the trunk while I enjoyed -myself, and then she ended by saying that she was glad I was sick, for -now she could have her own way, as she had before I came. I found out -afterwards that my mother had been telling Ellen about me, and saying -that I was a pink of perfection, and that she ought to pattern by me. -So Ellen hated me heartily, which I was very sorry for, as I had a sort -of liking for her, although she did behave so badly. One evening after -tea, Emma having left the room, her father said, "Wife, I think that -as Emma is old enough to help us, that she had better begin next week -about the dairy and help you. She will have to dispense with her dolls, -and I think she had better give her prettiest doll to her cousin, who, -I dare say, will like it." When Emma came in, her father told her his -intentions, and how she had better give the handsomest doll to her -cousin Celeste. Emma cried very much at leaving her doll, and so did I, -but she thought it better to do so. - - - - -CHAPTER IV. - -EMMA'S COUSIN--MY NEXT MAMMA. - - -Next day Emma dressed herself very neatly, and rode over to her -cousin's, which was about five miles from her father's house. Emma -cried all the way, and I, in spite of myself, could not help crying -too. At last we arrived at a very splendid mansion-house, where Emma's -cousin lived. Her aunt was very glad to have Emma come, and Celeste -was very much pleased with her doll, although she said she was almost -too old to have a doll. By and by Emma went home, and I was left in -the hands of my new mamma. She then called her brother, Maximilian -Belmont, to see her doll, which he thought was very pretty indeed. -My last mother had told me that her aunt was a "baroness," and her -uncle a "baron," which I was very glad to hear, as I thought I should -see some very high life. The next day my new mother went out with her -governess to buy some things for me, and as they could not buy any -thing fit for me in the country, they went into town. They went to -the very same place where I was first bought by my first mamma, Lucy, -and bought me a swinging bed, with mattress, and all complete; also a -tea-set, bureau, piano, a set of parlor furniture, and a most beautiful -bracelet, necklace, ring, and a pair of ear-rings. We next drove to -a jeweller's, and had my ears pierced, and the bracelet was marked -"Josephine Arnoldson." I forgot to say that my mother bought me a most -beautiful little house that I could live in, and had it carpeted, -papered, painted and furnished. The next day my mother's governess cut -out some dresses for me. I had morning dresses, afternoon, visiting, -riding, party and ball dresses. My party and ball dresses were so very -handsome indeed, that I think I must let my readers know what I had. -My party dress was a pink silk, looped up in front, showing a white -satin skirt embroidered up and down with flowers over the silk. My ball -dress was a white satin with white crape over it, and small bouquets -down the front, white kid gloves, an embroidered handkerchief, white -silk stockings, and white satin slippers. Also a most beautiful wreath -of orange flowers and forget-me-nots for my hair, for I had real hair -which curled. - -[Illustration: _Celeste Belmont's house P 20_] - - - - -CHAPTER V. - -GARDENING. - - -One day I observed my mother put on her things very slily, call her -governess and tell her to put on her things also, and come out. I -thought to myself, "What can this mean? My mother has put on her -clothes, called the footman and ordered the carriage, and has taken her -governess with her." I guess it is something that I am not to know; for -if it were not, I certainly would have gone with her. As I did not feel -very well, I thought that I would lie down on my bed and take a nap. In -a couple of hours my mother came home, and coming into the room where -my baby-house was, took me out of the bed, without saying a word to me -about her having been out. I burned all the time to know what she had -been out for. I could hardly eat my dinner, and when tea came I could -eat nothing. The next day, at twelve, a man rang at the hall-door, -and my mother ran down to let him in, a thing that she had never done -before, and which made me so curious that I could not stand. In a few -minutes my mother came running up stairs, and put a little bundle into -my hands. I opened it very quickly, and what did I see but a little -hoe, rake, spade and wheelbarrow! I thought that I could never thank -my mother enough. When she saw how pleased I was, she told me that I -should have a piece of ground, and she would get me some seeds, and -she would also immediately make me a gardening dress, so that I could -commence the next day. Oh, how I longed for the morrow to come, and -when the morning dawned I was almost crazy. My mother put on my dress, -and giving me my tools took me into the garden, where I took my first -lesson in gardening. I thought it was delightful. My mother told me -that I should soon get along very fast, and that I should plant some -flower and vegetable seeds. I felt very smart, and began to work away -quite industriously, making improvement in the looks of my garden. -When my mother appeared and told me breakfast was ready, I could -hardly believe it, the time had passed so quickly. The next morning -my mother waked me at half past five, and dressing me took me out. As -we were going along to the garden we saw by the road-side a flock of -geese, and as we passed along they set up a tremendous hissing. Oh, how -frightened I was; but my mother laughed at my fears, and told me not -to be afraid, as they would not hurt me. When I got to the garden, I -was all of a tremble, and for five minutes I could not do any thing. -I got the garden all finished that morning before breakfast, and so -I went in, and changing my dress went out to take a walk. As I went -along the paths, I could not help feeling overcome. It was a beautiful -spring morning, the dew was on the grass, and the birds were singing -their morning song of praise to the Maker of all things, as they soared -towards heaven. When my breakfast bell rang, I came in and told my -mother of my pleasant walk, and she seemed very glad. The next morning -my mother showed me how to plant seeds, after which she watered them, -as she said the watering-pot was too large for me, but that she was -going to buy me one, so that I could water my plants when they came -up. In a day or two my mother, her governess and I went into the city -and bought me a little watering pot, and a little book that treated -of gardening, which I put with my other books. One morning, about two -weeks after planting my seeds, I was surprised to see several little -green things which I thought were weeds, and I was just going to pull -them up, when I happened to think that perhaps they might not be weeds -after all, and that I would stop and ask my mother. My mother appearing -up the gravel walks just then, I asked her what they were, and she told -me that they were the plants just beginning to come up, and that I must -water them every morning carefully, and soon they would come up higher -and higher; then the leaves would come out, and at last little buds -would shoot forth and turn into flowers. But in order to have them do -so, I must keep all the weeds away from them, water them morning and -evening, and put up sticks for the running ones. - - - - -CHAPTER VI. - -BLACKBERRYING. - - -At six the next morning we both got up (that is, my mother and I), and -began dressing ourselves. "Stop, Josephine," said she, "don't put on -that dress, as you are not going out into the garden this morning." -"Why not," said I, but I began to take off my dress. "Because," said -my mother, "Geraldine Norton has invited me to a blackberrying, and -you are to go." "Oh mother, I am so glad that I don't know what to -do with myself; but what dress am I to wear?" "Oh, wear your purple -calico." In half an hour we were dressed, had our breakfast eaten, and -were ready to go. I was so impatient to be off, that I thought that -we should never go. Pretty soon Celeste (my mother) said she saw them -coming; and sure enough there they were, a whole troop of boys and -girls, with their pails and baskets. Celeste took me up in her arms -and ran with me down the carriage-way, not without having brought her -pail and mine. We next called for a dozen more girls and boys at their -houses. At eight o'clock we had got about a couple of miles from the -place. Antoinette Leland suddenly screamed out, "Here he comes, here -he comes!" "What comes?" cried they all. "The bull, the bull," said -Antoinette, and sure enough there was a monstrous large bull coming in -double quick time right behind them. Such a scampering! Pell-mell went -the whole troop to escape the pursuer. At last we saw a little cave not -very far off, and all made a rush for that, when my mother screamed -out to George Glover, "Throw off that red scarf, George, or else the -bull will gore you to death. Look, see how he foams and how madly -he paws the ground!" The scarf was off in an instant, and the bull -rushing upon it, began tearing it into a thousand pieces. When he was -doing this, we had time to get out of his sight before he made another -attempt to attack us. We soon got to the berrying place, and then we -began to pick and talk in earnest. The theme of the conversation was -about the bull, and how nicely they got away from him. George Glover -made a wreath of leaves and presented it to Celeste, telling her that -she was his guardian angel. Celeste gave him a box on the ear, but they -both laughed heartily. In a few moments they heard screams, and beheld -one of the girls rolling down the hill, and all her berries spilt. -One of the boys, however, stopped her, and all joined in filling her -basket again. At noon we all had dinner, (each of the party bringing -something,) under a group of trees. The dinner was an excellent one. -We brought clear cool water from the spring, and squeezed berries into -it; we had meats and every thing that we could want to make a gipsy -dinner. One of the boys, Charles Hammond, to improve the repast, took a -jews-harp out of his pocket, and played several tunes, beginning with -"God save the Queen," and ending with an air from "Linda di Chamounix." -His performance was loudly cheered. Bella Barker, one of the gayest of -the girls, then got up and made a speech, which was also clapped and -cheered. The dinner was then finished, and we went to pick some more -berries to make up for the ones we had eaten. On our way home, my -mother and all the rest stopped to pick wild flowers, when Lorgnette -Edwards ran forward to gather a little blue and white flower which -was a little before her. Suddenly she began to scream, and running -to the place where she stood, we found ourselves in no very pleasant -situation, as we had got upon a marshy place, and were over our shoes -in mud and water. We all began scrambling out as fast as we could, and -turned our faces the other way. We went to a little spring that we saw, -and taking off our shoes and stockings, gave them a washing out, for -we said that we preferred to have wet stockings and shoes on our feet -to muddy ones. After going a little way we saw a wild cherry tree, -up which the boys soon scrambled, and threw down the fruit into our -aprons. We got home about six o'clock, having been gone eleven hours. -I felt very tired, and was glad to have my supper, and get into bed. - - - - -CHAPTER VII. - -BALLS, PARTIES, &c. - - -About a week after my dresses were made, my mother said that we were -going to the opera that night, and the opera was going to be "Robert -le Diable." Oh! how glad I was; I almost went out my wits for joy, for -now I knew that I should see some most splendid things. I was dressed -in a blue silk, with an opera cloak and hood; my mother was dressed -so also. At last we came to the opera. Oh, how my heart beat! After -sitting a little while, the musicians began to play. Oh! such music; I -felt as if I never wanted to go home, but wanted to stay there all my -life. My mother then told me to hark and try to hear a little bell that -would ring very soon. I listened, and in a minute I heard it ring, and -then ring again, and then the curtain was pulled up. The most beautiful -singing that ever I heard was sung that night. I felt as if I was above -the clouds, and listening to angels instead of mortals. By and by the -curtain came down, and then my mother told me that was the end of the -opera, but there was to be a ballet soon. I now had an opportunity -to look round the house. The place was immense, and was filled with -people. I never saw so many before in all my life, and I never could -have believed that so many persons could be got into one place. Pretty -soon we had the ballet, and if I was pleased with the singing I was -still more so with the dancing. The ballet was "La Sylphide," and -Taglioni took the principal part. We got home about one o'clock, and -I laid till ten the next morning, I was so sleepy. In a couple of -weeks my mother took me to the Earl of Egmont's ball, where we had a -most superb supper. There were about six hundred persons there, and I -passed a most delightful night. I got home at twelve o'clock. I thanked -my mother next morning for all her kindness to me, and she told me in -the future that I should accompany her to all the balls she went to. -So I went to a great many balls and parties, to which I owe my present -polished manners. Even in the midst of their gaiety I had not forgotten -my mother Emma Arthurst, and my sister Ellen, and was on the point -of asking my present mother to let me go and see them, when she came -running into the room and said, "Dear Josey, here is a letter for you -from your last mother Emma." It ran thus:-- - - - - -CHAPTER VIII. - -DOLL'S CORRESPONDENCE. - - - DEAR JOSEY,-- - - I at last thought that I would write you. I hope you have not - quite forgotten your last mamma, for I have not forgotten you. - Your sister Ellen still continued the same bad girl, and so I sent - her to a ragman who gave me a shilling for her, though I guess he - will repent of his bargain before long, if she acts as naughty as - she has with me. I am very busy now. I help my mother in a great - many things, and am quite useful to her. - - From EMILY ARTHURST. - -I wrote back an answer which was this:-- - - Dear Mother Emily,-- - - Indeed I have not forgotten you, as you thought. Although I have - every thing I can wish for, jewelry, clothes, and food, yet I can - never forget the happy year I passed with you. I had hoped that my - sister Ellen would have reformed, but I am very sorry that she has - not. My present mamma is very kind to me; she has taken me to the - opera and to balls and parties. - - From your affectionate daughter, that was, - - JOSEPHINE ARNOLDSON. - -About a week after I received another letter which read thus:-- - - My dear Daughter,-- - - I am very much pleased to hear that you still remember me as well - as I remember you, and that you hoped that Ellen would reform. - I hope you enjoy yourself where you are, and see as many nice - things as you can wish. Inclosed I send you a nice little pen for - you to write me letters with once a week, if your mamma will let - you. - - From your late mother, - - EMILY ARTHURST. - -I answered it:-- - - Dear mother,-- - - I am very much pleased with my pen, and my present mother has - given me leave to write once a week. - - JOSEPHINE ARNOLDSON. - - - - -CHAPTER IX. - -THE SEASHORE. - - -My mother Celeste once took me down to Ramsgate, thinking, as she -said, that I needed sea-bathing. She packed her clothes and mine, and -ordered my house (the baby-house) to be carried behind her. The next -morning my mother rode in her carriage, which was made expressly for -herself and me, to the water-side, where we went into a little house, -and putting on our bathing clothes, jumped into the water. My mother -had fastened me by a string to her waist, and so could swim without -being troubled by me. She then showed me how to keep myself above water -and how to swim, for she said that soon she was going to let me bathe -alone. I enjoyed the water very much, and thought what a great loss -it must be to some dolls, who cannot go into the water because their -complexion will not allow them to be washed in any thing but sweet oil -or butter. I thought how sticky it must feel during the process, and -how uncomfortable it must be afterwards. We went into the little house -again, after bathing, and put on our skirts and dresses. All day it was -very hot, and we remained in the house reading, until evening, when we -went to bathe again. While bathing, I saw several large birds fly over -the water, and several times dip down into the waves. I asked my mother -what they were, and she said they were sea-gulls. - -The next morning, when we were in the midst of bathing, there was the -cry of "A shark! a shark!" As soon as this was said, every one started -for the shore, and all got there safely, except one little girl, about -nine years of age, who was so frightened that she could not swim. The -shark was nearing to her every moment. At last a strong and brave man -jumped into the water, and swimming up to the shark, killed him with a -long knife which he carried in his belt. After a couple of weeks spent -in this manner, we went home. - - - - -CHAPTER X. - -AN ACCIDENT. - - -In about a month I had a terrible accident, which I am about to relate. -One summer afternoon, as I was looking out the window, I fell out of it -into a winding stream, where I lay floating down I don't know where. I -was so stunned by the fall that I fainted, and did not recover myself -till I had floated some miles. When I recovered, I found that I was -in the hands of some fishermen, (they were not regular fishermen, but -only angling for sport,) who examined me very attentively. At last one -said, "I'm sure I don't know what to do with this little doll." "Oh!" -said the other one, "there goes a little milk-maid, let's give it to -her." "So I say," said the first. "Here little girl, don't you want a -doll? if you do, here is one." "Thank you, Sir," said my new mother, -whose name was Agnes Earl, "I'm very much obliged to you." So Agnes -took me home. She was a very pretty little girl. She had black eyes, -black hair, and a dark complexion. I passed a very pleasant life with -my new mother. She used often to talk to me in a very motherly way; -such as this: "My dear Josephine, I am very glad to see you behave so -well, and I am very sorry that I cannot bring you into better society -than I can. However, I think that we had better not worry about it, as -you are almost polished enough." My mother used to talk to me in this -way of evenings, and I hope I profited by some of her lectures to me -on goodness. My mother used often to give me baths, to which I think -I owe my good health. One afternoon, after my mother had bathed me, as -was her usual custom, and had laid me in the sun to dry, two little -girls came along and picked me up. - - - - -CHAPTER XI. - -QUARRELSOME MOTHERS. - - -"Holloa! here's a doll, I'll have it," said the biggest girl, whose -name was Martha Griggs. - -"No you won't, either, so there you told a lie," said Madge Griggs. - -"I'm the oldest, and ought to have it," screamed Martha. - -"And I'm the youngest, and the oldest ought to give up to the smallest -one," said Madge. - -"You shan't, you shan't, you impudent jade, so you may just clear out -of the way," yelled Martha, striking her sister with all her might. - -"Oh! oh! oh! how you have hurt me! I shall tell mother of you as soon -as we get home," said Madge. - -"I don't care if you do, Miss," said Martha. - -Then they went home, Martha with the doll, and Madge following behind -her all the way. I thought that I was very unfortunate in the change -of my mammas, for, thought I, I can't pass a very pleasant time with -these quarrelsome mammas, and I'm afraid that I may have my legs or -arms, or even my head broken in a fray, which I should not like very -much. At last we came to the house where they lived, and then we had -supper, and I was put to bed. I cried very much that night, for I was -sad at leaving my little mother Agnes, and I felt bad at having such -quarrelsome mothers as I now had. I never could get a moment's peace, -for if one of my mothers wanted me put to bed, the other one wanted me -to get up. I can remember one day what a quarrel occurred, and these -were the words, as nearly as I can recollect. "Madge, where's my doll?" -"It's not your doll." "That's a lie." "It aint, I'll have that doll." -"You won't, I found it in the grass." "I'm the youngest and ought to -have it. Father says you ought to give up to the youngest." "Will you -tell me where that doll is, for I want to put its apron on?" "Ah, ha, -you won't get it now, if you want to put its apron on, for I am going -to put its worst dress on, so as to let it slabber in the dirt." "No -you won't, either," and Martha gave Madge slap after slap, and slap -after slap, till I thought that Madge would never see light again. That -night when I went to bed, I thought how much better it would have been -for Martha to have kindly asked Madge for me, and for Madge to have -answered kindly; and I hope that all my readers will never imitate -Madge and Martha. - - - - -CHAPTER XII. - -THE SNOW-MEN. - - -The next day after the quarrel, my mother said that the children, -during recess at school, were going to make a "snow-man," and that they -would take me to school with them. At twelve they had their recess, -when Martha, not finding her scarf as usual, laid the loss of it to -Madge, and said, "You, Madge, what have you done with my scarf? bring -it here." "I have not done any thing with it," said Madge. "You lie," -was the coarse and unladylike retort. At last Martha found her scarf, -hanging on her nail, with her cloak over it. When we got into the yard, -my mothers brushed away the snow from off a little place on the steps, -and set me down there to see the making of the snow-man. The manner of -making it was thus:--They each took a small snow-ball and rolled it in -the snow, over and over, and then they joined all together and made one -large ball. They then took a stick and made a couple of holes in the -ball for eyes, and made a straight mark, rather deep, for his mouth, -and then took a piece of snow and made it into a nose, as well as they -could, and fastened it on. Then they made another ball considerably -larger than the first, for his body, and put his head upon it. Legs and -arms were also fastened upon the body. When this was done, they all -gave three cheers, and went into the school-room. - -When my mother got home, they thought that they would try and make a -snow-man, such as the boys had made in the school-yard. - -They had got the head made, and were looking after a stick with which -to make the eyes and mouth, when down came the head upon Madge, -knocking her down to the ground, and covering her up with snow. As soon -as she had extricated herself, she let loose her tongue, and another -scene and storm of words followed after their usual manner. Such -frequent disputes as these made me regret more and more my previous -home, and long to make some change, which I thought must certainly be -for the better; but the time had not yet come. - - - - -CHAPTER XIII. - -THE THEATRE. - - -The next week the children's teacher said that he would take them to -the "Theatre," for they had behaved so well! I thought differently. - -There was nothing talked of but the "Theatre" from morning till night; -and I am sorry to say that this was a subject of dispute too. One said -they would get the first bill and have theirs read through first, and -the other was going to hear the bell jingle first, and sit in the front -seat; one was going to be looked at the most, and be dressed first; and -the other was going to get into the carriage first, and get the best -seat, and so on. The day at length arrived. I felt happy, too, though -there was such dispute, for I remembered when I went to the "Opera" -with my late mother, Celeste Belmont, and how I enjoyed myself. The -children were in high spirits, and kept incessantly talking of what -a nice time they would have if they were only there now. I longed to -tell them to have a little patience, but I was afraid I should get my -neck broke if I did so. At length the maid arrived to dress them, and -in their hurry to get up stairs before each other, Madge tumbled down -stairs, but did not hurt herself much. Such dressing, why you would -almost think their clothes flew off, as did their buttons, in their -hurry to get dressed before each other. Martha got dressed first, and -then she went for me. I was in a pink muslin, with blue roses in my -hair, and my mother thought I looked splendidly. We lived out of town, -and had to ride into the city, so we had a very nice ride. We went -to the "Covent Garden Theatre." It is a splendid place, but not so -pretty as the "Royal Italian Opera House," where I went with my mother, -Celeste Belmont. There was some scrambling to get the front seat -between Madge and Martha, but at last it was settled. We sat in a stage -box, which was beautiful. The play began. There was once a beautiful -young girl, and she had two lovers; she liked one, and the other she -didn't like; and there were meetings, and tumbling-down places, and all -that sort of thing. At last this pretty young girl married the lover -she liked, and the other lover went away, when I tumbled on to the -stage in a bouquet which they threw, though they did not know that they -had thrown me. - - - - -CHAPTER XIV. - -MY STAGE EXPERIENCE. - - -I was now in the hands of a pretty little "_danseuse_," who ran with me -into the "green-room," saying, "Oh! mother, see this beautiful Dolly, -that was thrown to me in a bouquet; isn't it pretty?" - -"Yes," said her mother, "it is very pretty, but hadn't you better put -it down, and go and dance the "Craccovienne," which you have got to -dance?" "Certainly, mother, as soon as I have got my heels on." I found -out soon afterwards that it was her dancing heels. My new mother's name -was Caroline Eldgrave. We soon went home to a very nice house, where we -boarded. That night how thankful I was that I had got away from Madge -and Martha, for now I felt I should enjoy myself very much; and besides -that, I should see behind the scenes, and be in the dressing-room, -which I had often wished for. The next day my mother took me to the -rehearsal, and when she began to dance, she put me beside one of the -wings, so that I might learn to dance. We lived out in the country, -about ten miles south of my late mother's house, in a very neat -cottage. My new mother taught me a great many fancy dances, among which -were "La Cachuca," "La Craccovienne," "La Smolenska," "Highland Fling," -and a great many "hornpipes," besides quadrilles, polkas, waltzes, and -the Mazurka, Redowa, and Schottische. My mother was to dance and act -in a new pantomime, which was called "The Elements and Fairies;" and -which she was determined to have me act in. So she asked the manager -if he could not have me do something in it. The manager consented, and -when my mother told me, oh! how happy I felt. My mother took me to the -rehearsal every day with her, and made me a dress. It was of white -gauze, over white satin, with gold spangles, and a gold paper crown on -my head. Of course I had little silver shoes and fleshings. I was to -represent the Fairy's guard in the clouds, and to appear in a sun. I at -first felt rather giddy when I mounted the pedal behind the sun, but I -soon got accustomed to it. I appeared to a lover in a dream. I did not -feel degraded, and I hope my readers will not think less of me. - - - - -CHAPTER XV. - -THE PANTOMIME. - - -The evening arrived. We drove into town rather earlier than usual. -My mother let me peep through a little slit in the curtain to see if -the house was full. The play commenced, and was as follows: First, -there came a most beautiful fairy, and said, "Elements, I beg your -aid; come forward! and be not afraid." Immediately a water-fall that -was pouring over some rocks divided, and a most beautiful fairy came -out, and said, "Queen, I come at thy command, what would'st thou -have?" "Be patient, spirit." Then the Fairy of Air appeared, and said, -"Queen, what would'st thou?" "Be patient." Then the Fairy of Earth -came right out of the floor, and said, "O Queen, I come at thy call." -"Be patient." Then the Spirit of Fire came forth out of a rock with a -loud hissing noise, and said "What would ye have me do? I'll burn down -houses and land, nor deal with a partial hand." "Stop," said the Queen, -"none of this! Instead of hurting, I want you all to befriend, a poor -young man, who goes to get the talismanic wand, which will put him -in possession of the most beautiful princess in the world. Therefore -I request that you shall aid him." Then they all answered, "Whatever -is thy will, we do." The next scene was a wood, where this young man -passes through, and is attacked by demons, snakes, bears, and all sorts -of bad things. At length he goes to sleep, and I appear to him in a -sun, and hold a scroll, which says on it, "Persevere! the fairies, -thy guardians, are ever near." Then the scene changes to a demon's -place of resort. Here all is fire and demons, with square faces, and -some with hump-backs and goggle-eyes, claws, wings, and tails. The king -then said, "Ye devils of lower regions, come forward!" And instantly a -whole troop of devils, of all shapes and sizes, came forward. He then -told them that he wanted them to exert themselves, and try to keep that -young man from getting the wand, so that he could not get the princess. -Then one of the devils said that he would go and misguide him; and so -he dressed up as a handsome young man, and went and met this man that -was going to get the wand, and said, "Friend, where goest thou?" "I -go to seek the wand." "You do! why then you have got the wrong path." -"I have! why 'twas only a minute ago that an old man said that I had -the right path, if I went to seek the wand." "Do not believe him; he -lies; that is the way which lies open before. Take that path there. -Adieu!" The young man that was to seek the wand, said, "How lucky that -I met that man; for if I had not I should have gone the wrong way, and -missed the princess for ever." Then there was a clashing sound, and I -appeared in the sun, and held another scroll, which said, "That young -man is a demon disguised, and has led you into the wrong path. Take -this ball and throw it before you, and wherever it rolls, you follow." -I threw him down a ball. He then followed the ball, and disappeared. -The next scene was, where the "Fairies" were, and they sung splendidly. -Presently the Queen came through the air, riding in a chariot, drawn -by peacocks. She said, "Listen, Fairies." Then the fairies said, "We -will." The Queen said, "The young man will soon reach the palace where -the wand is kept. I wish you to help him across the 'Golden Lake.' Now -disperse." Then all the fairies disappeared. The next scene was, where -the demons were, again; and the demons screamed horribly, and the King -came through the air, in a coach, drawn by serpents, and said, "Hark, -Demons;" and the demons said, "We will." The King said, "The young -man, who will soon be at the palace in spite of our endeavors, is to -cross the 'Golden Lake;' and I wish you to do all in your power to -prevent him from getting the wand. Now go;" and all the devils went. -The next scene was the palace, where the wand was kept, and the young -man got the wand in spite of all the devils and bats, owls, serpents, -dragons, and ghosts. As soon as he had got the wand in his hands, the -devils all uttered a scream, and went through the floor, and a chariot -came through the air with the "Princess," (who was my mother) and the -"Fairy Queen." The scene changed to a most beautiful garden, with the -palace of the sun at the back, and the sun over it, and I in it. All -the performers were on the stage at once, and danced a "Fancy Dance." -This ended the pantomime, or rather spectacle, for nearly all spoke. -After the performance, a little girl came in the dressing-room, and her -father and mother. My mother saw that she cast longing eyes at me, and -so she stepped up, and said, "Will you be so kind as to accept of this -Doll?" The little girl said she would. - -[Illustration: _The Pantomime P 60_] - - - - -CHAPTER XVI. - -MY NEXT MOTHER. - - -We then drove home. My mother's name was Garafelina Shoppard. They -were a very vulgar, purse-proud, stuck-up people. My little mother was -all the time talking to me about money, and making a show. We went -to a party one night. My mother's mother, (my _grandmother_) did not -know how to dress in good taste at all. She was dressed in a black -and yellow changeable silk, and my mother was dressed in a green and -orange, with a wreath of red roses in her hair. My grandmother tried -to talk French, but she mispronounced every word. That evening, when -any one was introduced, she would ask them if they could "_barley -vouse frog's hay_,"--and at supper, she said that she would take -"_chockalat_," it was such a "_soul stirring beverage_." She took ice -cream, and said that "she always took ice cream, _bekase_ she thought -it cooled her _heterogeneous and amalgamated system_; besides, it -was the merry month of _Jew-win_." At home, when we had company, she -always talked so. We had some pretty high folks, for she had worked -her way into the upper ten. One evening Sir Thomas Fitz-Patrick came -to see her. At tea, she said, "Dear Sir, let me persuade you to take -one _airy_ mouthful of '_fram boyses_,' or else do condescend to taste -some '_frommage_;' it is quite new, my Lord, and I hope it will please -your '_diddle de tory_,' taste." After tea, she said, "Oh! My Lord, -don't you perfectly adore Byron and Shakspeare? I think that one is so -'_cherubimical_,' and the other so '_seraphical_.' Don't you recollect -that passage from 'Macbeth,' in act second, and scene second, 'Hark, -who lies i' the second chamber;' and in Hamlet's '_solukey_' in scene -fifth, act first, 'Alas! poor ghost?'" My little mother used to prink -before the glass, and hold me up to see how handsome I was, till I was -very tired of looking at myself. My mother never let me do any sewing, -for fear I should spoil my fingers, and thus I passed a very idle life. -I could not read much, as my mother was afraid that I would hurt my -eyes. One day my mother said, that her grandmother was coming to live -with us, and also her aunt, who was not married. She said that she -hated old maids, though they had got to come; but she would not speak -to them. I was very sorry indeed to hear this. - - - - -CHAPTER XVII. - -NUTTING. - - -One day, before her grandmother and aunt came, my fine mother, -Garafelina, told me that she had been invited to a nutting, but as -a nutting was so low a pastime, she had half a mind not to go. Her -mother, however, told her, she would cut such a grand show, that she -had better go; so she had consented, and was going to take me with -her. The next morning my mother was up early, and awoke me, when the -following conversation was held:--"Josey, my dear, I think you had -better have on your silk dress, as I want you to make a grand show," -said my mother. "But," said I, "hadn't I better wear another, as I may -spoil it?" "Why, child, what can you be thinking of? don't you want to -make a show?" "Yes, mother, but I had rather take comfort than make a -show?" "Stop, do as I have bid you, and say no more about it." In the -course of an hour my mother and I had got dressed, and as we descended -to the dining-room, Garafelina's mother said to her, "My dear, the -young misses and masters have all been waiting here some time, and I -told them that you were not up yet, and so they waited." "Dear me! -how sorry I am," said my mother, in her most affected tone, "to have -given these young ladies and gentlemen the affliction of waiting for -me." "Not at all," they politely replied. We now started, and as we -got out of the door, my mother started back, and said, "Mercy on me! -haven't you any carriage or barouche for us to ride in, I shall be so -extremely and exceedingly fatigued?" However, they had not, and so we -started along; Garafelina all the time lamenting that she had not got -her "landau" with her, as she would die very soon. In an hour or so -we got to the woods, where we sat down to rest ourselves. While thus -resting, we heard a very loud screaming; and turning in the direction -of the cry, there we saw my mother, Garafelina, screeching with all her -might, "Oh save me, save me!" she cried. All the boys and girls ran to -her, and asked her what was the matter. "Oh the spider, the spider!" -she screamed, and upon looking, they found a very small spider on her -dress, and she, instead of shaking it off, began to scream lustily. I -thought my mother was very foolish to make so much ado about a little -spider, but I did not tell her so. Garafelina being rid of the spider, -began to gather the nuts, with the rest of the party. But then she tore -her dress on a bramble-bush, and had her veil torn off by the boughs, -which accidents made her so ill-humored, that they all secretly agreed -never to invite her again. As they were going home, they saw a drove of -cows before them, which made my mother run and scream like a maniac. -One of the little girls said that they were her mother's cows, and that -if they would come into the cow-yard, they could see them milked. None -of the party hesitated but Garafelina, who said that she did not want -to go into a dirty old cow-yard. Soon, however, she changed her mind, -and went. I had seen cows milked at my mother's house, (I mean Agnes -Earle's); but I enjoyed the scene before me very much. First, half of -the girls tried, and then the other half; and then half of the boys, -and then the other half. When it came Garafelina's turn, she went about -it so awkwardly, that it made them all laugh. She spattered a shower of -milk over upon her dress; the cow knocked her down; and when she got -up, she was indeed a sight! Her dress and veil were torn, and spattered -with dirt, and her dress was all covered with spots, where the milk had -been spattered upon her. When she got home, she complained of the ill -treatment she had received; and her mother said that she should never -go again to a nutting. - -When I went to sleep that night, I prayed that I might be delivered -from such a mother, and be placed in the hands of a better one, who -had more sense, and who was not so ill-humored and proud. Early -next morning my mother told me sorrowfully, that her old aunt and -grandmother were coming next week, for which I was quite as sorry as my -mother, for I thought that I had enough of troubles. - - - - -CHAPTER XVIII. - -AN OLD MAID AND A GRANDMOTHER. - - -In a week they arrived. The old maid was a quiddling thing, and the -grandmother was always saying that she could never get over a cold; -and then she would tell how she had got it. One day this aunt (her -name was Betsy Harper) said to my mother, "Do make your doll's hair -curl a little more to the front, and tie her shoe-string a little -longer; and there! do fix her apron-string, I hate to see it touch -the placket-hole." "Oh!" said her grandmother, "never mind, Betsy, if -you had such a cold as I have got; I never can get rid of it." "Do -stop," said Betsy. This aunt objected to my having my soup eaten so -quick; she always allowed herself five minutes to have it eaten, and no -more, nor less. Then I was to hold my spoon just so, and only to put -half a spoonful in at a time, for she had known little girls (and she -said, why not dolls as well as girls?) to be choked in taking a whole -spoonful at a time. Nor must I take a quarter of a spoonful, as I would -not have my soup eaten in five minutes. I am sorry to say that I often -wished that this aunt was in the Red Sea, and not very near dry land; -but I suppose that it was all meant for my good. One evening there -was company, and one lady took me up, and said, "This is a beautiful -doll." "But don't you think that she would be handsomer, if she had her -hair curled a little closer, and if one of her nostrils was a little -better shaped, and if one of her eyes was a little higher and blacker," -said Betsy Harper. "I don't know, I'm sure," said the lady. At this -moment Garafelina came up, and said, that if the lady would be pleased -to accept of the doll, and carry it home to her little girl, that she -would be very much obliged to her. The lady thanked Garafelina, and -said that Amelia would be very much pleased with me. I hoped that my -new mother would take good care of me, and love me very much. Whether -she did or not, you will hear in the next chapter. - - - - -CHAPTER XIX. - -ACCIDENTS. - - -"Amelia see what I have brought you," said Mrs. Joyce to her little -girl. - -"What is it mother?" - -"A most beautiful little doll." - -"Oh, goody! mother, how glad I am." - -"Well, my little girl, I am glad to see that you like the doll; but -wait till morning, and then you can see her plainly." - -The next day was occupied in admiring me. Her mother said, - -"Amelia, now you must be very careful of this doll. Her name is -Josephine Arnoldson." - -"Oh yes, mother, I shall be very careful of her indeed." But in a week -my little mother began to be rather careless of me; she left me all -around the house, and very often left me in the barn and wood-house all -night. - -One day, when, as usual, she had left me on the sofa, a fat old lady -came in and sat on me, and broke one of my arms. All the time that she -was sitting on me, she hurt me dreadfully, and I could not speak, she -suffocated me so. After she had gone, my mother found me, and said, -"Oh, oh, my dear child! how much you must have suffered, to have had -old Mrs. Jones sit on you, and I do declare if your arm is not broken!" -Her mother who stood by, said, - -"Amelia, she would not have been broken if you had not left her about; -in future you must look out where you leave her; and to-night I will -get your father to mend her arm." - -My next accident was thus: Amelia's brother took me by the arm and -flung me round the room, and then suddenly let me drop, and cracked a -piece out of my head. I was taken to a shop where I had my head mended. -One can scarcely notice the mark, except a little very white spot, -whiter than the rest of my body. One day Amelia was washing me, and -she held me too near the fire to dry me, when my hair caught, and in -a moment was all in flames. I screamed with all my might, and so did -my mother; and her nursery-maid caught me up and soused me in a basin -of water. Such a fright as I was! my hair was all burned off. It was -some time before I got over my fright and pain. The next week I was -taken to the city, where a barberess made me another wig. One day a -large Newfoundland dog took me up in his mouth, and run away with me -only in fun, but I was terribly frightened. In a day he brought me home -again, much to the relief of my mother and myself. My mother told me -that she had suffered very much for my absence, and she was going to -give me up for lost, (for one of her servants said that she had better -hunt for me, but after a while she said she couldn't,) when her maid -came running up with me, and said that she had just found me on the -front-door step. In a month I had my right leg broken very badly, but -after a while it got well again. My mother carried me out to walk, when -the same dog snatched me away, and took me to my present mother. - - - - -[Illustration: _La Grange Place P 81_] - -CHAPTER XX. - -CONCLUSION. - - -My new mother's name was Violet La Grange, and she was very much -pleased with me, and showed me all round the house. Every one else -seemed pleased with me too, especially Lily, her younger sister, who -patted the dog, and called him a "real good dog," and many other names. -The place where I now live is called "La Grange Place," and is a most -beautiful mansion-house, with parks, and everything else befitting such -a splendid place. My new mother made me dresses, and got me a little -house, in which I can live. I think I never shall have any other mamma, -for she told her little sister that she should have me when she is -herself too old to play with me. I have formed an acquaintance with -another doll, who lives a little way from here. Her name is "Maria -Poppet," and her mother is Lucy Ashbourne, the most intimate friend of -my mother. For Maria I entertain a most lively friendship, and when -our mammas are playing round, we relate to each other our adventures. -Maria's adventures you may read in a volume entitled "The London Doll." - -I now close,--hoping that my readers will find as much pleasure in -reading my adventures as they have had in reading Maria's. - - - - -Transcriber's note - - - Obvious typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected, - otherwise the text is true to the original. - - Blank pages have been removed. - - Emphasised text is shown thus: - _italics_ - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MEMOIRS OF A COUNTRY DOLL *** - -***** This file should be named 64139-0.txt or 64139-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - https://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/1/3/64139/ - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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Johnston</div> -<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0'>Release Date: December 27, 2020 [eBook #64139]</div> -<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0'>Language: English</div> -<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0'>Character set encoding: UTF-8</div> -<div style='display:block; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Produced by: Charlene Taylor, Val Wooff and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)</div> -<div style='margin-top:2em;margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MEMOIRS OF A COUNTRY DOLL ***</div> - -<div class="cover"> -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/cover.jpg" width="650" height="1087" alt="cover" /> -</div> -</div> - -<h1>Memoirs of a Country Doll.</h1> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/frontis.jpg" width="959" height="1000" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"><i>My purchase <a href="#Page_9">P. 9</a></i></div> -</div> - -<div class="front"> -<p class="center p180">MEMOIRS</p> - -<p class="center p08">OF A</p> - -<p class="center p200">COUNTRY DOLL.</p> - -<p class="center p120"><b>WRITTEN BY HERSELF.</b></p> - -<p class="center p08">BY</p> - -<p class="center p120">MARY CURTIS.</p> - -<hr class="r10" /> -<p class="center p1">COMPANION TO THE "MEMOIRS OF A LONDON DOLL."</p> -<hr class="r10" /> - -<p class="center p1">With Illustrations by D. C. Johnston.</p> - -<p class="center p110">BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE:</p> -<p class="center p112">JAMES MUNROE & COMPANY.</p> -<p class="center p1">M DCCC LIII.</p> -</div> - - -<div class="front"> -<p class="center">Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by<br /> -<span class="smcap">James Munroe & Co.</span><br /><br /> -In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.</p> - -<p class="center p4">THURSTON, TORRY, AND EMERSON, PRINTERS.</p> -</div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="block"> -<h2><a name="DEDICATION" id="DEDICATION"></a>DEDICATION.</h2> - -<p>To my Sisters, Fanny and Caroline.</p> -<p class="smcap indent">I hope you will -not despise my first efforts, and that you will find -as much pleasure in reading this little Book, as I -have had in writing it.</p> -<p class="smcap indent2">Mary Curtis.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p class="p4">The following Memoirs were written by one of our young friends, -(but eleven years of age,) for her amusement while sojourning in -the country the past summer. The interest she appeared to take in -them, has been the cause of their publication; and to the growing -judgments, and gentle criticisms of such little readers, the -volume is submitted.</p> - -<div class="poem"> -<span class="smcap i10">The Publishers.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap i0">Boston, December, 1852.</span> -</div> -</div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2><a name="CONTENTS" id="CONTENTS"></a>CONTENTS.</h2> -</div> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr> -<td align="left"> <span class="smcap">Chapter</span></td> -<td align="right">I.</td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">My Purchase, and two Mothers,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_9">9</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">II.</td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">Ellen Green,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">III.</td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">My Sickness,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">IV. </td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">Emma's Cousin—My next Mamma,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">V.</td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">Gardening,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">VI. </td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">Blackberrying,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">VII.</td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">Balls, Parties, &c.,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_34">34</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">VIII.</td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">Doll's Correspondence,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_37">37</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">IX.</td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">The Seashore,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_40">40</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">X. </td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">An Accident,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_43">43</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">XI.</td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">Quarrelsome Mothers,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_46">46</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">XII. </td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">The Snow-Men,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">XIII.</td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">The Theatre,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_53">53</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">XIV.</td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">My Stage Experience,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">XV.</td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">The Pantomime,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_59">59</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">XVI.</td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">My next Mother,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_65">65</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">XVII.</td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">Nutting,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">XVIII.</td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">An Old Maid and a Grandmother,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_74">74</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">XIX.</td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">Accidents,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_77">77</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td align="center">"</td> -<td align="right">XX.</td> -<td align="left" class="smcap">Conclusion,</td> -<td align="right"><a href="#Page_81">81</a></td> -</tr> -</table> -</div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9"></a>[Pg 9]</span> -<h2>MEMOIRS<br /> -<span class="ph2">OF A COUNTRY DOLL.</span></h2> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h2>CHAPTER I.<br /> -<span class="ph4">MY PURCHASE, AND TWO MOTHERS.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>The first I can recollect is, that I was very long lying in a box in -Soho bazaar, till one day I was taken down by one of the shopkeepers, -and shown to a very pretty little girl, about three years old, who, -after looking a whole case through, chose me. This little girl had -flaxen curls, and was dressed very prettily. Her name was Lucy -Fitzhenry. She wrapped<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span> -me up and carried me home to her house in the country, which was a -very pretty country-seat. Two or three days after she had me, her -nurse cut some very pretty clothes for me. My under-clothes were of -very fine linen, and my dresses of flowered muslin, blue merino, and -spotted calicoes. My mother was very careful of me; she washed me every -morning (for I was a porcelain Doll), and dressed me, and undressed me -at night. One day she took me into town to see the Queen and Prince -Albert, which I enjoyed very much indeed. As we were coming home -in the carriage, little Lucy let me drop out the window, upon some -burdock leaves, where I lay for some time. When I lay there, several -caterpillars came and crawled over me, and I thought that they were not -very pleasant company; however, I did not tell them so. After I had -lain there for about<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span> -two or three hours, I was picked up by a little raspberry picker, who -was a German, named Johanna Worstel, who was over-joyed to find such a -beautiful doll, and went instantly to show her brother, Robertin, who -was also very glad. They then agreed to wrap me up in a cloth in which -they had brought their dinner, and there I lay until night and thought -over my past life; how my little mother Lucy had been so kind to me; -how she had taken me out, ducked me in a little stream, then dried me -in the sun, laughed with me, kissed me, and talked about my new mamma, -when suddenly a gust of wind took my cloak off, and I laid there very -cold. However, my mother came very soon and took me up. "Poor doll," -said she, "how very cold she must be," and therefore she wrapped me up -in my dress very tightly,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span> -and then we went home. Their home was in a little building, (it was -once an out-house, but the house had been removed and it stood alone,) -where we had a very nice supper of water-cresses, bread and cheese. -After that I was covered over with some leaves, and there I went to -sleep.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span> - -<h2>CHAPTER II.<br /> -<span class="ph4">ELLEN GREEN.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>Early next morning my mother woke me up and carried me to the field. -After a while she spoke to her brother Robertin, and said,—"Roby, -don't you tink dat I had better go and give dis little dolly to Emma -Arthurst?" "Yes," said Robertin, "for don't you know how kind she was -to us." So off they started to give me to Emma, who was about five -years old. Little Emma was delighted and gave Johanna a half crown. My -mother, Emma, had another doll, whose name was Ellen Green, (by the -by, I never had any name till my new mother gave me one, which was -Josephine Arnoldson,) but I think<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span> -to this day she was a very naughty doll; for she always spilt her tea -on her dress, knocked down chairs, danced on the table, and I don't -know what else. One day my mother came and took me early from my nice -little bed, and dressed me in a beautiful frock of white muslin, with -a pink sash, and violets and other flowers in my sash. I had seen my -mother working on something for some time, and now I knew what it -was. My mother then told me that it was May-day, and that I was to -go to a May party; but she said that Ellen should not go because she -had behaved so naughty. At first I was glad to hear this, but after a -while I felt differently and begged my mother to let her go. Whether my -mother could not withstand my pleading, or had determined to try Ellen -once more, I don't know, but she at last consented to take Ellen. -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span> -My mother was dressed in white, and so were a great many other little -girls. We enjoyed ourselves very much, but at last Ellen began to -behave badly. She tore a hole in her dress, and at last she acted so -badly, that my mother had to put her in the hollow trunk of a tree -where we left her. Then we all went into a clump of most beautiful -pine trees, and eat our dinner there. After that we played round, and -then went home, not without taking Ellen with us. I had stayed with my -present mother about six months when I was taken sick, the account of -which I will defer to my next.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span> - -<h2>CHAPTER III.<br /> -<span class="ph4">MY SICKNESS.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>One night as I was lying in my bed, my head began to swim, my lips -were parched, and I felt very sick. After passing the night in great -distress, my mother came to me and said, "Dear little Josey, how sick -you look!" and so she did not take me up. By and by the little girl -who played the most with Emma came in and said, "Why, Emma, you have -not taken your doll up this morning." "No," said Emma, "she is very -sick, and so I did not think it best to take her up." "Well," said the -other little girl, "I will be a doctor, and you must send for me to -come and attend your doll." So<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span> -Emma sent, and the little girl came and ordered me some pills and a -powder, which I was to take. They made the pills out of bread and the -powder out of slate-pencil dust. I took these and they quieted my pain -some, but still I was very sick. The next morning the doctor came and -ordered me something else, which I took, as in duty bound, although I -must say it did not taste very good. After two or three weeks I began -to get a little better, and then Ellen came and saw me; but she began -to talk in her old way about my having new dresses, and she having to -take mine, (for she and I were of the same size,) and her having to -stay in the trunk while I enjoyed myself, and then she ended by saying -that she was glad I was sick, for now she could have her own way, as -she had before I came. I found<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span> out -afterwards that my mother had been telling Ellen about me, and saying -that I was a pink of perfection, and that she ought to pattern by me. -So Ellen hated me heartily, which I was very sorry for, as I had a sort -of liking for her, although she did behave so badly. One evening after -tea, Emma having left the room, her father said, "Wife, I think that -as Emma is old enough to help us, that she had better begin next week -about the dairy and help you. She will have to dispense with her dolls, -and I think she had better give her prettiest doll to her cousin, who, -I dare say, will like it." When Emma came in, her father told her his -intentions, and how she had better give the handsomest doll to her -cousin Celeste. Emma cried very much at leaving her doll, and so did I, -but she thought it better to do so.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER IV.<br /> -<span class="ph4">EMMA'S COUSIN—MY NEXT MAMMA.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>Next day Emma dressed herself very neatly, and rode over to her -cousin's, which was about five miles from her father's house. Emma -cried all the way, and I, in spite of myself, could not help crying -too. At last we arrived at a very splendid mansion-house, where Emma's -cousin lived. Her aunt was very glad to have Emma come, and Celeste -was very much pleased with her doll, although she said she was almost -too old to have a doll. By and by Emma went home, and I was left in -the hands of my new mamma. She then called her brother, Maximilian -Belmont, to see her doll, which he thought<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span> -was very pretty indeed. My last mother had told me that her aunt was -a "baroness," and her uncle a "baron," which I was very glad to hear, -as I thought I should see some very high life. The next day my new -mother went out with her governess to buy some things for me, and as -they could not buy any thing fit for me in the country, they went into -town. They went to the very same place where I was first bought by my -first mamma, Lucy, and bought me a swinging bed, with mattress, and all -complete; also a tea-set, bureau, piano, a set of parlor furniture, and -a most beautiful bracelet, necklace, ring, and a pair of ear-rings. We -next drove to a jeweller's, and had my ears pierced, and the bracelet -was marked "Josephine Arnoldson." I forgot to say that my mother bought -me a most beautiful little house that I could live in, and -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span> -had it carpeted, papered, painted and furnished. The next day my -mother's governess cut out some dresses for me. I had morning dresses, -afternoon, visiting, riding, party and ball dresses. My party and -ball dresses were so very handsome indeed, that I think I must let my -readers know what I had. My party dress was a pink silk, looped up in -front, showing a white satin skirt embroidered up and down with flowers -over the silk. My ball dress was a white satin with white crape over -it, and small bouquets down the front, white kid gloves, an embroidered -handkerchief, white silk stockings, and white satin slippers. Also a -most beautiful wreath of orange flowers and forget-me-nots for my hair, -for I had real hair which curled.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/facing020.jpg" width="1000" height="945" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"><i>Celeste Belmont's house<a href="#Page_20"> P 20</a></i></div> -</div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER V.<br /> -<span class="ph4">GARDENING.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>One day I observed my mother put on her things very slily, call her -governess and tell her to put on her things also, and come out. I -thought to myself, "What can this mean? My mother has put on her -clothes, called the footman and ordered the carriage, and has taken her -governess with her." I guess it is something that I am not to know; for -if it were not, I certainly would have gone with her. As I did not feel -very well, I thought that I would lie down on my bed and take a nap. In -a couple of hours my mother came home, and coming into the room where -my baby-house was, took me out of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span> -bed, without saying a word to me about her having been out. I burned -all the time to know what she had been out for. I could hardly eat my -dinner, and when tea came I could eat nothing. The next day, at twelve, -a man rang at the hall-door, and my mother ran down to let him in, a -thing that she had never done before, and which made me so curious that -I could not stand. In a few minutes my mother came running up stairs, -and put a little bundle into my hands. I opened it very quickly, and -what did I see but a little hoe, rake, spade and wheelbarrow! I thought -that I could never thank my mother enough. When she saw how pleased I -was, she told me that I should have a piece of ground, and she would -get me some seeds, and she would also immediately make me a gardening -dress, so that I could commence the next day. Oh,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</a></span> -how I longed for the morrow to come, and when the morning dawned I was -almost crazy. My mother put on my dress, and giving me my tools took me -into the garden, where I took my first lesson in gardening. I thought -it was delightful. My mother told me that I should soon get along -very fast, and that I should plant some flower and vegetable seeds. I -felt very smart, and began to work away quite industriously, making -improvement in the looks of my garden. When my mother appeared and told -me breakfast was ready, I could hardly believe it, the time had passed -so quickly. The next morning my mother waked me at half past five, and -dressing me took me out. As we were going along to the garden we saw by -the road-side a flock of geese, and as we passed along they set up a -tremendous hissing. Oh, how frightened<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span> -I was; but my mother laughed at my fears, and told me not to be afraid, -as they would not hurt me. When I got to the garden, I was all of a -tremble, and for five minutes I could not do any thing. I got the -garden all finished that morning before breakfast, and so I went in, -and changing my dress went out to take a walk. As I went along the -paths, I could not help feeling overcome. It was a beautiful spring -morning, the dew was on the grass, and the birds were singing their -morning song of praise to the Maker of all things, as they soared -towards heaven. When my breakfast bell rang, I came in and told my -mother of my pleasant walk, and she seemed very glad. The next morning -my mother showed me how to plant seeds, after which she watered them, -as she said the watering-pot was too large for me, but that she was -going<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span> -to buy me one, so that I could water my plants when they came up. In a -day or two my mother, her governess and I went into the city and bought -me a little watering pot, and a little book that treated of gardening, -which I put with my other books. One morning, about two weeks after -planting my seeds, I was surprised to see several little green things -which I thought were weeds, and I was just going to pull them up, when -I happened to think that perhaps they might not be weeds after all, and -that I would stop and ask my mother. My mother appearing up the gravel -walks just then, I asked her what they were, and she told me that they -were the plants just beginning to come up, and that I must water them -every morning carefully, and soon they would come up higher and higher; -then the leaves would come out, and at last little buds would -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span> -shoot forth and turn into flowers. But in order to have them do so, I -must keep all the weeds away from them, water them morning and evening, -and put up sticks for the running ones.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER VI.<br /> -<span class="ph4">BLACKBERRYING.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>At six the next morning we both got up (that is, my mother and I), and -began dressing ourselves. "Stop, Josephine," said she, "don't put on -that dress, as you are not going out into the garden this morning." -"Why not," said I, but I began to take off my dress. "Because," said -my mother, "Geraldine Norton has invited me to a blackberrying, and -you are to go." "Oh mother, I am so glad that I don't know what to -do with myself; but what dress am I to wear?" "Oh, wear your purple -calico." In half an hour we were dressed, had our breakfast eaten, and -were ready to go. I was so impatient to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span> -be off, that I thought that we should never go. Pretty soon Celeste (my -mother) said she saw them coming; and sure enough there they were, a -whole troop of boys and girls, with their pails and baskets. Celeste -took me up in her arms and ran with me down the carriage-way, not -without having brought her pail and mine. We next called for a dozen -more girls and boys at their houses. At eight o'clock we had got about -a couple of miles from the place. Antoinette Leland suddenly screamed -out, "Here he comes, here he comes!" "What comes?" cried they all. "The -bull, the bull," said Antoinette, and sure enough there was a monstrous -large bull coming in double quick time right behind them. Such a -scampering! Pell-mell went the whole troop to escape the pursuer. At -last we saw a little cave not very far off, and all made a rush for that -,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span> -when my mother screamed out to George Glover, "Throw off that red -scarf, George, or else the bull will gore you to death. Look, see -how he foams and how madly he paws the ground!" The scarf was off in -an instant, and the bull rushing upon it, began tearing it into a -thousand pieces. When he was doing this, we had time to get out of his -sight before he made another attempt to attack us. We soon got to the -berrying place, and then we began to pick and talk in earnest. The -theme of the conversation was about the bull, and how nicely they got -away from him. George Glover made a wreath of leaves and presented it -to Celeste, telling her that she was his guardian angel. Celeste gave -him a box on the ear, but they both laughed heartily. In a few moments -they heard screams, and beheld one of the girls rolling down the hill, -and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</a></span> -all her berries spilt. One of the boys, however, stopped her, and all -joined in filling her basket again. At noon we all had dinner, (each -of the party bringing something,) under a group of trees. The dinner -was an excellent one. We brought clear cool water from the spring, -and squeezed berries into it; we had meats and every thing that we -could want to make a gipsy dinner. One of the boys, Charles Hammond, -to improve the repast, took a jews-harp out of his pocket, and played -several tunes, beginning with "God save the Queen," and ending with -an air from "Linda di Chamounix." His performance was loudly cheered. -Bella Barker, one of the gayest of the girls, then got up and made -a speech, which was also clapped and cheered. The dinner was then -finished, and we went to pick some more berries to make up for the ones -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span> -we had eaten. On our way home, my mother and all the rest stopped to -pick wild flowers, when Lorgnette Edwards ran forward to gather a -little blue and white flower which was a little before her. Suddenly -she began to scream, and running to the place where she stood, we -found ourselves in no very pleasant situation, as we had got upon a -marshy place, and were over our shoes in mud and water. We all began -scrambling out as fast as we could, and turned our faces the other way. -We went to a little spring that we saw, and taking off our shoes and -stockings, gave them a washing out, for we said that we preferred to -have wet stockings and shoes on our feet to muddy ones. After going a -little way we saw a wild cherry tree, up which the boys soon scrambled, -and threw down the fruit into our aprons. We got home about six -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[Pg 33]</a></span> -o'clock, having been gone eleven hours. I felt very tired, and was glad -to have my supper, and get into bed.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[Pg 34]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER VII.<br /> -<span class="ph4">BALLS, PARTIES, &c.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>About a week after my dresses were made, my mother said that we were -going to the opera that night, and the opera was going to be "Robert -le Diable." Oh! how glad I was; I almost went out my wits for joy, for -now I knew that I should see some most splendid things. I was dressed -in a blue silk, with an opera cloak and hood; my mother was dressed -so also. At last we came to the opera. Oh, how my heart beat! After -sitting a little while, the musicians began to play. Oh! such music; I -felt as if I never wanted to go home, but wanted to stay there all my -life. My mother then told me to hark and try to hear a little bell that -would<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[Pg 35]</a></span> -ring very soon. I listened, and in a minute I heard it ring, and then -ring again, and then the curtain was pulled up. The most beautiful -singing that ever I heard was sung that night. I felt as if I was above -the clouds, and listening to angels instead of mortals. By and by the -curtain came down, and then my mother told me that was the end of the -opera, but there was to be a ballet soon. I now had an opportunity -to look round the house. The place was immense, and was filled with -people. I never saw so many before in all my life, and I never could -have believed that so many persons could be got into one place. Pretty -soon we had the ballet, and if I was pleased with the singing I was -still more so with the dancing. The ballet was "La Sylphide," and -Taglioni took the principal part. We got home about one o'clock, and -I laid till ten<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[Pg 36]</a></span> -the next morning, I was so sleepy. In a couple of weeks my mother -took me to the Earl of Egmont's ball, where we had a most superb -supper. There were about six hundred persons there, and I passed a -most delightful night. I got home at twelve o'clock. I thanked my -mother next morning for all her kindness to me, and she told me in the -future that I should accompany her to all the balls she went to. So -I went to a great many balls and parties, to which I owe my present -polished manners. Even in the midst of their gaiety I had not forgotten -my mother Emma Arthurst, and my sister Ellen, and was on the point -of asking my present mother to let me go and see them, when she came -running into the room and said, "Dear Josey, here is a letter for you -from your last mother Emma." It ran thus:—</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[Pg 37]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER VIII.<br /> -<span class="ph4">DOLL'S CORRESPONDENCE.</span></h2> -</div> - -<div class="blockquote"> - -<p> <span class="smcap">Dear Josey</span>,—</p> - -<p>I at last thought that I would write you. I hope you have not -quite forgotten your last mamma, for I have not forgotten you. -Your sister Ellen still continued the same bad girl, and so I sent -her to a ragman who gave me a shilling for her, though I guess he -will repent of his bargain before long, if she acts as naughty as -she has with me. I am very busy now. I help my mother in a great -many things, and am quite useful to her.</p> - -<div class="poem"><span class="i8">From <span class="smcap">Emily Arthurst</span>.</span></div> -</div> - -<p>I wrote back an answer which was this:—</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[Pg 38]</a></span></p> - -<div class="blockquote"> - -<p>Dear Mother Emily,—</p> - -<p>Indeed I have not forgotten you, as you thought. Although I have -every thing I can wish for, jewelry, clothes, and food, yet I can -never forget the happy year I passed with you. I had hoped that my -sister Ellen would have reformed, but I am very sorry that she has -not. My present mamma is very kind to me; she has taken me to the -opera and to balls and parties.</p> - -<p>From your affectionate daughter, that was, -<span class="smcap">Josephine Arnoldson</span>.</p> -</div> - -<p>About a week after I received another letter which read thus:—</p> - -<div class="blockquote"> - -<p>My dear Daughter,—</p> - -<p>I am very much pleased to hear that you still remember me as well -as I remember you, and that you hoped that Ellen would reform. -I hope you enjoy yourself<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[Pg 39]</a></span> -where you are, and see as many nice things as you can wish. -Inclosed I send you a nice little pen for you to write me letters with -once a week, if your mamma will let you.</p> - -<div class="poem"> -<span class="i2">From your late mother,</span> -<span class="i8"><span class="smcap">Emily Arthurst</span>.</span> -</div> -</div> - -<p>I answered it:—</p> - -<div class="blockquote"> -<p>Dear mother,—</p> - -<p>I am very much pleased with my pen, and my present mother has -given me leave to write once a week.</p> - -<div class="poem"><span class="i8"><span class="smcap">Josephine Arnoldson.</span></span></div> -</div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[Pg 40]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER IX.<br /> -<span class="ph4">THE SEASHORE.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>My mother Celeste once took me down to Ramsgate, thinking, as she -said, that I needed sea-bathing. She packed her clothes and mine, and -ordered my house (the baby-house) to be carried behind her. The next -morning my mother rode in her carriage, which was made expressly for -herself and me, to the water-side, where we went into a little house, -and putting on our bathing clothes, jumped into the water. My mother -had fastened me by a string to her waist, and so could swim without -being troubled by me. She then showed me how to keep myself above water -and how to swim, for she said that<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[Pg 41]</a></span> -soon she was going to let me bathe alone. I enjoyed the water very -much, and thought what a great loss it must be to some dolls, who -cannot go into the water because their complexion will not allow them -to be washed in any thing but sweet oil or butter. I thought how sticky -it must feel during the process, and how uncomfortable it must be -afterwards. We went into the little house again, after bathing, and put -on our skirts and dresses. All day it was very hot, and we remained in -the house reading, until evening, when we went to bathe again. While -bathing, I saw several large birds fly over the water, and several -times dip down into the waves. I asked my mother what they were, and -she said they were sea-gulls.</p> - -<p>The next morning, when we were in the midst of bathing, there was the -cry of "A shark! a shark!" As soon as this<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[Pg 42]</a></span> -was said, every one started for the shore, and all got there safely, -except one little girl, about nine years of age, who was so frightened -that she could not swim. The shark was nearing to her every moment. At -last a strong and brave man jumped into the water, and swimming up to -the shark, killed him with a long knife which he carried in his belt. -After a couple of weeks spent in this manner, we went home.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[Pg 43]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER X.<br /> -<span class="ph4">AN ACCIDENT.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>In about a month I had a terrible accident, which I am about to relate. -One summer afternoon, as I was looking out the window, I fell out of it -into a winding stream, where I lay floating down I don't know where. I -was so stunned by the fall that I fainted, and did not recover myself -till I had floated some miles. When I recovered, I found that I was -in the hands of some fishermen, (they were not regular fishermen, but -only angling for sport,) who examined me very attentively. At last one -said, "I'm sure I don't know what to do with this little doll." "Oh!" -said the other one, "there<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[Pg 44]</a></span> -goes a little milk-maid, let's give it to her." "So I say," said the -first. "Here little girl, don't you want a doll? if you do, here is -one." "Thank you, Sir," said my new mother, whose name was Agnes -Earl, "I'm very much obliged to you." So Agnes took me home. She was -a very pretty little girl. She had black eyes, black hair, and a dark -complexion. I passed a very pleasant life with my new mother. She used -often to talk to me in a very motherly way; such as this: "My dear -Josephine, I am very glad to see you behave so well, and I am very -sorry that I cannot bring you into better society than I can. However, -I think that we had better not worry about it, as you are almost -polished enough." My mother used to talk to me in this way of evenings, -and I hope I profited by some of her lectures to me on goodness. My -mother<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[Pg 45]</a></span> -used often to give me baths, to which I think I owe my good health. One -afternoon, after my mother had bathed me, as was her usual custom, and -had laid me in the sun to dry, two little girls came along and picked -me up.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[Pg 46]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER XI.<br /> -<span class="ph4">QUARRELSOME MOTHERS.</span></h2> - -</div> -<p>"Holloa! here's a doll, I'll have it," said the biggest girl, whose -name was Martha Griggs.</p> - -<p>"No you won't, either, so there you told a lie," said Madge Griggs.</p> - -<p>"I'm the oldest, and ought to have it," screamed Martha.</p> - -<p>"And I'm the youngest, and the oldest ought to give up to the smallest -one," said Madge.</p> - -<p>"You shan't, you shan't, you impudent jade, so you may just clear out -of the way," yelled Martha, striking her sister with all her might.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[Pg 47]</a></span></p> - -<p>"Oh! oh! oh! how you have hurt me! I shall tell mother of you as soon -as we get home," said Madge.</p> - -<p>"I don't care if you do, Miss," said Martha.</p> - -<p>Then they went home, Martha with the doll, and Madge following behind -her all the way. I thought that I was very unfortunate in the change -of my mammas, for, thought I, I can't pass a very pleasant time with -these quarrelsome mammas, and I'm afraid that I may have my legs or -arms, or even my head broken in a fray, which I should not like very -much. At last we came to the house where they lived, and then we had -supper, and I was put to bed. I cried very much that night, for I was -sad at leaving my little mother Agnes, and I felt bad at having such -quarrelsome mothers as I now had. I never could get a moment's peace, -for if one of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[Pg 48]</a></span> -my mothers wanted me put to bed, the other one wanted me to get up. I -can remember one day what a quarrel occurred, and these were the words, -as nearly as I can recollect. "Madge, where's my doll?" "It's not your -doll." "That's a lie." "It aint, I'll have that doll." "You won't, I -found it in the grass." "I'm the youngest and ought to have it. Father -says you ought to give up to the youngest." "Will you tell me where -that doll is, for I want to put its apron on?" "Ah, ha, you won't get -it now, if you want to put its apron on, for I am going to put its -worst dress on, so as to let it slabber in the dirt." "No you won't, -either," and Martha gave Madge slap after slap, and slap after slap, -till I thought that Madge would never see light again. That night when -I went to bed, I thought how much better it would have been for Martha -to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[Pg 49]</a></span> -have kindly asked Madge for me, and for Madge to have answered kindly; -and I hope that all my readers will never imitate Madge and Martha.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[Pg 50]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER XII.<br /> -<span class="ph4">THE SNOW-MEN.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>The next day after the quarrel, my mother said that the children, -during recess at school, were going to make a "snow-man," and that they -would take me to school with them. At twelve they had their recess, -when Martha, not finding her scarf as usual, laid the loss of it to -Madge, and said, "You, Madge, what have you done with my scarf? bring -it here." "I have not done any thing with it," said Madge. "You lie," -was the coarse and unladylike retort. At last Martha found her scarf, -hanging on her nail, with her cloak over it. When we got into the yard, -my mothers brushed away the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[Pg 51]</a></span> -snow from off a little place on the steps, and set me down there -to see the making of the snow-man. The manner of making it was -thus:—They each took a small snow-ball and rolled it in the snow, -over and over, and then they joined all together and made one large -ball. They then took a stick and made a couple of holes in the ball for -eyes, and made a straight mark, rather deep, for his mouth, and then -took a piece of snow and made it into a nose, as well as they could, -and fastened it on. Then they made another ball considerably larger -than the first, for his body, and put his head upon it. Legs and arms -were also fastened upon the body. When this was done, they all gave -three cheers, and went into the school-room.</p> - -<p>When my mother got home, they thought that they would try and make a -snow-man, such as the boys had made in the school-yard.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[Pg 52]</a></span></p> - -<p>They had got the head made, and were looking after a stick with which -to make the eyes and mouth, when down came the head upon Madge, -knocking her down to the ground, and covering her up with snow. As soon -as she had extricated herself, she let loose her tongue, and another -scene and storm of words followed after their usual manner. Such -frequent disputes as these made me regret more and more my previous -home, and long to make some change, which I thought must certainly be -for the better; but the time had not yet come.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[Pg 53]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER XIII.<br /> -<span class="ph4">THE THEATRE.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>The next week the children's teacher said that he would take them to -the "Theatre," for they had behaved so well! I thought differently.</p> - -<p>There was nothing talked of but the "Theatre" from morning till night; -and I am sorry to say that this was a subject of dispute too. One said -they would get the first bill and have theirs read through first, and -the other was going to hear the bell jingle first, and sit in the front -seat; one was going to be looked at the most, and be dressed first; and -the other was going to get into the carriage first, and get the best -seat, and so on. The day<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[Pg 54]</a></span> -at length arrived. I felt happy, too, though there was such dispute, -for I remembered when I went to the "Opera" with my late mother, -Celeste Belmont, and how I enjoyed myself. The children were in high -spirits, and kept incessantly talking of what a nice time they would -have if they were only there now. I longed to tell them to have a -little patience, but I was afraid I should get my neck broke if I did -so. At length the maid arrived to dress them, and in their hurry to -get up stairs before each other, Madge tumbled down stairs, but did -not hurt herself much. Such dressing, why you would almost think their -clothes flew off, as did their buttons, in their hurry to get dressed -before each other. Martha got dressed first, and then she went for -me. I was in a pink muslin, with blue roses in my hair, and my mother -thought I<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[Pg 55]</a></span> -looked splendidly. We lived out of town, and had to ride into the city, -so we had a very nice ride. We went to the "Covent Garden Theatre." -It is a splendid place, but not so pretty as the "Royal Italian Opera -House," where I went with my mother, Celeste Belmont. There was some -scrambling to get the front seat between Madge and Martha, but at last -it was settled. We sat in a stage box, which was beautiful. The play -began. There was once a beautiful young girl, and she had two lovers; -she liked one, and the other she didn't like; and there were meetings, -and tumbling-down places, and all that sort of thing. At last this -pretty young girl married the lover she liked, and the other lover went -away, when I tumbled on to the stage in a bouquet which they threw, -though they did not know that they had thrown me.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[Pg 56]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER XIV.<br /> -<span class="ph4">MY STAGE EXPERIENCE</span>.</h2> -</div> - -<p>I was now in the hands of a pretty little "<i>danseuse</i>," who ran with me -into the "green-room," saying, "Oh! mother, see this beautiful Dolly, -that was thrown to me in a bouquet; isn't it pretty?"</p> - -<p>"Yes," said her mother, "it is very pretty, but hadn't you better put -it down, and go and dance the "Craccovienne," which you have got to -dance?" "Certainly, mother, as soon as I have got my heels on." I found -out soon afterwards that it was her dancing heels. My new mother's name -was Caroline Eldgrave. We soon went home to a very nice house, where we -boarded. That night how thankful<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[Pg 57]</a></span> -I was that I had got away from Madge and Martha, for now I felt I -should enjoy myself very much; and besides that, I should see behind -the scenes, and be in the dressing-room, which I had often wished for. -The next day my mother took me to the rehearsal, and when she began to -dance, she put me beside one of the wings, so that I might learn to -dance. We lived out in the country, about ten miles south of my late -mother's house, in a very neat cottage. My new mother taught me a great -many fancy dances, among which were "La Cachuca," "La Craccovienne," -"La Smolenska," "Highland Fling," and a great many "hornpipes," -besides quadrilles, polkas, waltzes, and the Mazurka, Redowa, and -Schottische. My mother was to dance and act in a new pantomime, which -was called "The Elements and Fairies;" and <span class="pagenum"><a -name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[Pg 58]</a></span> which she was determined -to have me act in. So she asked the manager if he could not have me do -something in it. The manager consented, and when my mother told me, oh! -how happy I felt. My mother took me to the rehearsal every day with -her, and made me a dress. It was of white gauze, over white satin, -with gold spangles, and a gold paper crown on my head. Of course I had -little silver shoes and fleshings. I was to represent the Fairy's guard -in the clouds, and to appear in a sun. I at first felt rather giddy -when I mounted the pedal behind the sun, but I soon got accustomed to -it. I appeared to a lover in a dream. I did not feel degraded, and I -hope my readers will not think less of me.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[Pg 59]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER XV.<br /> -<span class="ph4">THE PANTOMIME.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>The evening arrived. We drove into town rather earlier than usual. -My mother let me peep through a little slit in the curtain to see if -the house was full. The play commenced, and was as follows: First, -there came a most beautiful fairy, and said, "Elements, I beg your -aid; come forward! and be not afraid." Immediately a water-fall that -was pouring over some rocks divided, and a most beautiful fairy came -out, and said, "Queen, I come at thy command, what would'st thou -have?" "Be patient, spirit." Then the Fairy of Air appeared, and said, -"Queen, what would'st thou?" "Be patient."<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[Pg 60]</a></span> -Then the Fairy of Earth came right out of the floor, and said, "O -Queen, I come at thy call." "Be patient." Then the Spirit of Fire came -forth out of a rock with a loud hissing noise, and said "What would ye -have me do? I'll burn down houses and land, nor deal with a partial -hand." "Stop," said the Queen, "none of this! Instead of hurting, -I want you all to befriend, a poor young man, who goes to get the -talismanic wand, which will put him in possession of the most beautiful -princess in the world. Therefore I request that you shall aid him." -Then they all answered, "Whatever is thy will, we do." The next scene -was a wood, where this young man passes through, and is attacked by -demons, snakes, bears, and all sorts of bad things. At length he goes -to sleep, and I appear to him in a sun, and hold a scroll, which - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[Pg 61]</a></span> -says on it, "Persevere! the fairies, thy guardians, are ever near." -Then the scene changes to a demon's place of resort. Here all is -fire and demons, with square faces, and some with hump-backs and -goggle-eyes, claws, wings, and tails. The king then said, "Ye devils of -lower regions, come forward!" And instantly a whole troop of devils, of -all shapes and sizes, came forward. He then told them that he wanted -them to exert themselves, and try to keep that young man from getting -the wand, so that he could not get the princess. Then one of the devils -said that he would go and misguide him; and so he dressed up as a -handsome young man, and went and met this man that was going to get the -wand, and said, "Friend, where goest thou?" "I go to seek the wand." -"You do! why then you have got the wrong path." "I have! why -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[Pg 62]</a></span> -'twas only a minute ago that an old man said that I had -the right path, if I went to seek the wand." "Do not believe him; he -lies; that is the way which lies open before. Take that path there. -Adieu!" The young man that was to seek the wand, said, "How lucky that -I met that man; for if I had not I should have gone the wrong way, and -missed the princess for ever." Then there was a clashing sound, and I -appeared in the sun, and held another scroll, which said, "That young -man is a demon disguised, and has led you into the wrong path. Take -this ball and throw it before you, and wherever it rolls, you follow." -I threw him down a ball. He then followed the ball, and disappeared. -The next scene was, where the "Fairies" were, and they sung splendidly. -Presently the Queen came through the air, riding in a chariot, drawn -by peacocks.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[Pg 63]</a></span> -She said, "Listen, Fairies." Then the fairies said, "We -will." The Queen said, "The young man will soon reach the palace where -the wand is kept. I wish you to help him across the 'Golden Lake.' Now -disperse." Then all the fairies disappeared. The next scene was, where -the demons were, again; and the demons screamed horribly, and the King -came through the air, in a coach, drawn by serpents, and said, "Hark, -Demons;" and the demons said, "We will." The King said, "The young -man, who will soon be at the palace in spite of our endeavors, is to -cross the 'Golden Lake;' and I wish you to do all in your power to -prevent him from getting the wand. Now go;" and all the devils went. -The next scene was the palace, where the wand was kept, and the young -man got the wand in spite of all the devils and bats, owls, serpents, -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[Pg 64]</a></span> -dragons, and ghosts. As soon as he had got the wand in his hands, the -devils all uttered a scream, and went through the floor, and a chariot -came through the air with the "Princess," (who was my mother) and the -"Fairy Queen." The scene changed to a most beautiful garden, with the -palace of the sun at the back, and the sun over it, and I in it. All -the performers were on the stage at once, and danced a "Fancy Dance." -This ended the pantomime, or rather spectacle, for nearly all spoke. -After the performance, a little girl came in the dressing-room, and her -father and mother. My mother saw that she cast longing eyes at me, and -so she stepped up, and said, "Will you be so kind as to accept of this -Doll?" The little girl said she would.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/facing060.jpg" width="912" height="960" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"><i>The Pantomime <a href="#Page_60">P 60</a></i></div> -</div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[Pg 65]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER XVI.<br /> -<span class="ph4">MY NEXT MOTHER.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>We then drove home. My mother's name was Garafelina Shoppard. They -were a very vulgar, purse-proud, stuck-up people. My little mother was -all the time talking to me about money, and making a show. We went -to a party one night. My mother's mother, (my <i>grandmother</i>) did not -know how to dress in good taste at all. She was dressed in a black -and yellow changeable silk, and my mother was dressed in a green and -orange, with a wreath of red roses in her hair. My grandmother tried -to talk French, but she mispronounced every word. That evening, when -any one was introduced, she would<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[Pg 66]</a></span> -ask them if they could "<i>barley vouse frog's hay</i>,"—and at -supper, she said that she would take "<i>chockalat</i>," it was such -a "<i>soul stirring beverage</i>." She took ice cream, and said that -"she always took ice cream, <i>bekase</i> she thought it cooled her -<i>heterogeneous and amalgamated system</i>; besides, it was the merry month -of <i>Jew-win</i>." At home, when we had company, she always talked so. We -had some pretty high folks, for she had worked her way into the upper -ten. One evening Sir Thomas Fitz-Patrick came to see her. At tea, she -said, "Dear Sir, let me persuade you to take one <i>airy</i> mouthful of -'<i>fram boyses</i>,' or else do condescend to taste some '<i>frommage</i>;' -it is quite new, my Lord, and I hope it will please your '<i>diddle de -tory</i>,' taste." After tea, she said, "Oh! My Lord, don't you perfectly -adore Byron and Shakspeare? I think that one is so<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[Pg 67]</a></span> -'<i>cherubimical</i>,' and the other so '<i>seraphical</i>.' Don't you recollect -that passage from 'Macbeth,' in act second, and scene second, 'Hark, -who lies i' the second chamber;' and in Hamlet's '<i>solukey</i>' in scene -fifth, act first, 'Alas! poor ghost?'" My little mother used to prink -before the glass, and hold me up to see how handsome I was, till I was -very tired of looking at myself. My mother never let me do any sewing, -for fear I should spoil my fingers, and thus I passed a very idle life. -I could not read much, as my mother was afraid that I would hurt my -eyes. One day my mother said, that her grandmother was coming to live -with us, and also her aunt, who was not married. She said that she -hated old maids, though they had got to come; but she would not speak -to them. I was very sorry indeed to hear this.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[Pg 68]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER XVII.<br /> -<span class="ph4">NUTTING.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>One day, before her grandmother and aunt came, my fine mother, -Garafelina, told me that she had been invited to a nutting, but as -a nutting was so low a pastime, she had half a mind not to go. Her -mother, however, told her, she would cut such a grand show, that she -had better go; so she had consented, and was going to take me with -her. The next morning my mother was up early, and awoke me, when the -following conversation was held:—"Josey, my dear, I think you had -better have on your silk dress, as I want you to make a grand show," -said my mother. "But," said I,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[Pg 69]</a></span> -"hadn't I better wear another, as I may spoil it?" "Why, child, -what can you be thinking of? don't you want to make a show?" "Yes, -mother, but I had rather take comfort than make a show?" "Stop, do as -I have bid you, and say no more about it." In the course of an hour my -mother and I had got dressed, and as we descended to the dining-room, -Garafelina's mother said to her, "My dear, the young misses and masters -have all been waiting here some time, and I told them that you were -not up yet, and so they waited." "Dear me! how sorry I am," said my -mother, in her most affected tone, "to have given these young ladies -and gentlemen the affliction of waiting for me." "Not at all," they -politely replied. We now started, and as we got out of the door, my -mother started back, and said, "Mercy on me! haven't you any carriage -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[Pg 70]</a></span> -or barouche for us to ride in, I shall be so extremely and exceedingly -fatigued?" However, they had not, and so we started along; Garafelina -all the time lamenting that she had not got her "landau" with her, as -she would die very soon. In an hour or so we got to the woods, where we -sat down to rest ourselves. While thus resting, we heard a very loud -screaming; and turning in the direction of the cry, there we saw my -mother, Garafelina, screeching with all her might, "Oh save me, save -me!" she cried. All the boys and girls ran to her, and asked her what -was the matter. "Oh the spider, the spider!" she screamed, and upon -looking, they found a very small spider on her dress, and she, instead -of shaking it off, began to scream lustily. I thought my mother was -very foolish to make so much ado about a little spider, but I did not -tell her so.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[Pg 71]</a></span> -Garafelina being rid of the spider, began to gather the nuts, with -the rest of the party. But then she tore her dress on a bramble-bush, -and had her veil torn off by the boughs, which accidents made her so -ill-humored, that they all secretly agreed never to invite her again. -As they were going home, they saw a drove of cows before them, which -made my mother run and scream like a maniac. One of the little girls -said that they were her mother's cows, and that if they would come into -the cow-yard, they could see them milked. None of the party hesitated -but Garafelina, who said that she did not want to go into a dirty old -cow-yard. Soon, however, she changed her mind, and went. I had seen -cows milked at my mother's house, (I mean Agnes Earle's); but I enjoyed -the scene before me very much. First, half of the girls tried, and then -the other<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[Pg 72]</a></span> -half; and then half of the boys, and then the other half. When it came -Garafelina's turn, she went about it so awkwardly, that it made them -all laugh. She spattered a shower of milk over upon her dress; the -cow knocked her down; and when she got up, she was indeed a sight! -Her dress and veil were torn, and spattered with dirt, and her dress -was all covered with spots, where the milk had been spattered upon -her. When she got home, she complained of the ill treatment she had -received; and her mother said that she should never go again to a -nutting.</p> - -<p>When I went to sleep that night, I prayed that I might be delivered -from such a mother, and be placed in the hands of a better one, who -had more sense, and who was not so ill-humored and proud. Early -next morning my mother told me<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[Pg 73]</a></span> -sorrowfully, that her old aunt and grandmother were coming next week, -for which I was quite as sorry as my mother, for I thought that I had -enough of troubles.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[Pg 74]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER XVIII.<br /> -<span class="ph4">AN OLD MAID AND A GRANDMOTHER.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>In a week they arrived. The old maid was a quiddling thing, and the -grandmother was always saying that she could never get over a cold; -and then she would tell how she had got it. One day this aunt (her -name was Betsy Harper) said to my mother, "Do make your doll's hair -curl a little more to the front, and tie her shoe-string a little -longer; and there! do fix her apron-string, I hate to see it touch -the placket-hole." "Oh!" said her grandmother, "never mind, Betsy, if -you had such a cold as I have got; I never can get rid of it." "Do -stop," said Betsy. This aunt objected to my having my soup eaten -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[Pg 75]</a></span> so -quick; she always allowed herself five minutes to have it eaten, and no -more, nor less. Then I was to hold my spoon just so, and only to put -half a spoonful in at a time, for she had known little girls (and she -said, why not dolls as well as girls?) to be choked in taking a whole -spoonful at a time. Nor must I take a quarter of a spoonful, as I would -not have my soup eaten in five minutes. I am sorry to say that I often -wished that this aunt was in the Red Sea, and not very near dry land; -but I suppose that it was all meant for my good. One evening there -was company, and one lady took me up, and said, "This is a beautiful -doll." "But don't you think that she would be handsomer, if she had her -hair curled a little closer, and if one of her nostrils was a little -better shaped, and if one of her eyes was a little higher and blacker," -said<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[Pg 76]</a></span> -Betsy Harper. "I don't know, I'm sure," said the lady. At this moment -Garafelina came up, and said, that if the lady would be pleased to -accept of the doll, and carry it home to her little girl, that she -would be very much obliged to her. The lady thanked Garafelina, and -said that Amelia would be very much pleased with me. I hoped that my -new mother would take good care of me, and love me very much. Whether -she did or not, you will hear in the next chapter.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[Pg 77]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER XIX.<br /> -<span class="ph4">ACCIDENTS.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>"Amelia see what I have brought you," said Mrs. Joyce to her little -girl.</p> - -<p>"What is it mother?"</p> - -<p>"A most beautiful little doll."</p> - -<p>"Oh, goody! mother, how glad I am."</p> - -<p>"Well, my little girl, I am glad to see that you like the doll; but -wait till morning, and then you can see her plainly."</p> - -<p>The next day was occupied in admiring me. Her mother said,</p> - -<p>"Amelia, now you must be very careful of this doll. Her name is -Josephine Arnoldson."</p> - -<p>"Oh yes, mother, I shall be very careful of her indeed." But in a week -my little<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[Pg 78]</a></span> -mother began to be rather careless of me; she left me all around the -house, and very often left me in the barn and wood-house all night.</p> - -<p>One day, when, as usual, she had left me on the sofa, a fat old lady -came in and sat on me, and broke one of my arms. All the time that she -was sitting on me, she hurt me dreadfully, and I could not speak, she -suffocated me so. After she had gone, my mother found me, and said, -"Oh, oh, my dear child! how much you must have suffered, to have had -old Mrs. Jones sit on you, and I do declare if your arm is not broken!" -Her mother who stood by, said,</p> - -<p>"Amelia, she would not have been broken if you had not left her about; -in future you must look out where you leave her; and to-night I will -get your father to mend her arm."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[Pg 79]</a></span> -My next accident was thus: Amelia's brother took me by the arm and -flung me round the room, and then suddenly let me drop, and cracked a -piece out of my head. I was taken to a shop where I had my head mended. -One can scarcely notice the mark, except a little very white spot, -whiter than the rest of my body. One day Amelia was washing me, and -she held me too near the fire to dry me, when my hair caught, and in -a moment was all in flames. I screamed with all my might, and so did -my mother; and her nursery-maid caught me up and soused me in a basin -of water. Such a fright as I was! my hair was all burned off. It was -some time before I got over my fright and pain. The next week I was -taken to the city, where a barberess made me another wig. One day a -large Newfoundland dog took me up in his mouth, and run away with me -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[Pg 80]</a></span> -only in fun, but I was terribly frightened. In a day he brought me home -again, much to the relief of my mother and myself. My mother told me -that she had suffered very much for my absence, and she was going to -give me up for lost, (for one of her servants said that she had better -hunt for me, but after a while she said she couldn't,) when her maid -came running up with me, and said that she had just found me on the -front-door step. In a month I had my right leg broken very badly, but -after a while it got well again. My mother carried me out to walk, when -the same dog snatched me away, and took me to my present mother.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/facing081.jpg" width="931" height="950" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"><i>La Grange Place <a href="#Page_81">P 81</a></i></div> -</div> -</div> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[Pg 81]</a></span> -<h2>CHAPTER XX.<br /> -<span class="ph4">CONCLUSION.</span></h2> -</div> - -<p>My new mother's name was Violet La Grange, and she was very much -pleased with me, and showed me all round the house. Every one else -seemed pleased with me too, especially Lily, her younger sister, who -patted the dog, and called him a "real good dog," and many other names. -The place where I now live is called "La Grange Place," and is a most -beautiful mansion-house, with parks, and everything else befitting such -a splendid place. My new mother made me dresses, and got me a little -house, in which I can live. I think I never shall have any other mamma, -for she told her little sister that she should<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[Pg 82]</a></span> -have me when she is herself too old to play with me. I have formed an -acquaintance with another doll, who lives a little way from here. Her -name is "Maria Poppet," and her mother is Lucy Ashbourne, the most -intimate friend of my mother. For Maria I entertain a most lively -friendship, and when our mammas are playing round, we relate to each -other our adventures. Maria's adventures you may read in a volume -entitled "The London Doll."</p> - -<p>I now close,—hoping that my readers will find as much pleasure in -reading my adventures as they have had in reading Maria's.</p> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="transnote"> -<p class="ph4">Transcriber's note</p> - -<p>Obvious typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected, -otherwise the text is true to the original.</p> - -<p>Blank pages have been removed.</p> -</div></div> - -<div style='display:block;margin-top:4em'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MEMOIRS OF A COUNTRY DOLL ***</div> -<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0;'>This file should be named 64139-h.htm or 64139-h.zip</div> -<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0;'>This and all associated files of various formats will be found in https://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/1/3/64139/</div> -<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0'> -Updated editions will replace the previous one—the old editions will -be renamed. -</div> - -<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0'> -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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