. Bessie on her travels . life ! She talked to it,and caressed it, slept with it in her arms atnight, kissed it the first thing in the morning,dressed and undressed it, and learned to useher needle in fashioning clothes for it. Her fa-ther might be too busy to attend to her; Dorothymight snub her ; fretful, impatient passengerssend her hither and thither till she was readyto drop from fatigue, — she had one solace anddelight that repaid her for all: the recollectionof that little china head, and the staring, blueeyes which lay upon the pillow in her berth,the kisses which she would run and sna
. Bessie on her travels . life ! She talked to it,and caressed it, slept with it in her arms atnight, kissed it the first thing in the morning,dressed and undressed it, and learned to useher needle in fashioning clothes for it. Her fa-ther might be too busy to attend to her; Dorothymight snub her ; fretful, impatient passengerssend her hither and thither till she was readyto drop from fatigue, — she had one solace anddelight that repaid her for all: the recollectionof that little china head, and the staring, blueeyes which lay upon the pillow in her berth,the kisses which she would run and snatchnow and then, till her time was her own oncemore, and she could pet and nurse her littletreasure to her hearts content. And so our four little travellers have beguntheir journey with a kind deed which broughtpleasure and comfort, such as they did notdream of, into this poor, craving, young heart, Lucv* 79 which had had so little to feed upon ; and wentupon their way followed by blessmgs and grate-ful, happy IV. AN OLD ENEMY BUT NEW FRIEND.
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