Little Prudy's Dotty Dimple by Sophie [pseud.] May
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us and see that all goes right while we sleep."
"O, I know," replied Prudy, quickly; "the verse asks God to give us a _conscience_ to walk back and forth before our lips while we talk!" Miss Carlisle went on to say more about the watch, while Dotty fixed her bright eyes on her face, thinking, "What booful flowers those is in her bonnet! Where did she pick 'em?" The next verse was Sadie Bicknell's:-- "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." Dotty listened to this, and Miss Carlisle's remarks upon it, with the most solemn earnestness, hoping to learn why it was that people should sit with a lamp shining on their feet. She thought she could now see why Prudy loved to go to "Sabber school;" it was because she heard so many funny things. Soon all the little girls had repeated their texts; but, to her great surprise, Dotty had not been called upon to say or do a single thing. It was a marked slight. She hardly knew whether to be angry or not. "I guess the lady didn't see me," thought Dotty. So she cleared her throat with a loud noise, which echoed across the room. Then Miss Carlisle looked at her and smiled. She was off the seat, standing on her tiptoes, Prudy tried to draw her back; but so much the more Dotty persisted. She shook off her sister's hand. "I wasn't a 'peakin' to you," said she. |
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