. The story of live dolls : being an account of how, on a certain June . She chose red, blue, pink and whiteribbons, and roses, forget-me-nots,pansies and morning-glories. Youmust remember these were all dwarfflowers, much smaller than ours, andthe gardener told her they were ever-lasting, and so would not wither. Janie seated herself under a tree,from whose branches dainty parasols ofall colors were dancing and noddingin the breeze. She would have beeneager to pick them at any other time, 45 THE STORY OF LIVE DOLLS but now with her lap full of such vis-ions of beauty, she was blind
. The story of live dolls : being an account of how, on a certain June . She chose red, blue, pink and whiteribbons, and roses, forget-me-nots,pansies and morning-glories. Youmust remember these were all dwarfflowers, much smaller than ours, andthe gardener told her they were ever-lasting, and so would not wither. Janie seated herself under a tree,from whose branches dainty parasols ofall colors were dancing and noddingin the breeze. She would have beeneager to pick them at any other time, 45 THE STORY OF LIVE DOLLS but now with her lap full of such vis-ions of beauty, she was blind to every-thing else about her. She arranged thebows and flowers, and soon had this lotof hats trimmed, and begged for a number she placed themin long rows on the shelves built forthat purpose. She then threw herself on theground to rest, and, glancing up, savrthe parasols. She clapped her hands and bounded to her feet. O Mr. Gardener, cant I have one ?He said she might, and asked her which one she wanted. THE STORY OF LIVE DOLLS That beautiful wait a rnoite one. a moment. They are all so sweet! She finally decidedon the blue—a beauty with lace andforget-me-nots around the top. The pink one had a wreath of wildroses, and it was hard to give that up;but the blue matched her dolls newdress, and so that decided it. Then the 47 THE STORY OF LIVE DOLLS gardener told her that after awhile shecould help him pick the various gar-ments for the army of dolls that hadjust arrived, but that now shed bettergo into the hospital and see what theywere doing there. And so he led herinto the house. Here Janie found the poor crippleddolls being put in fine shape by littledoll nurses, wearing soft gray dresseswith white aprons and caps. Legs andarms were being replaced; the blindwere made to see with blue eyes andbrown; bald heads were covered, andsuch a wealth of hair did those dollshave—some curly, some braided and 48 THE STORY OF LIVE DOLLS
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