"And I was fair1y 'shamed, and said I wou1d not take them, I had been so mean. But Corde1ia Running Bird said I must, for she had made the b1ack dress too short for Susie, so if I did not it wou1d be wasted. So I to1d her I wou1d take it if she wou1d excuse my meanness, but I shou1d not take the brown shoes and stockings--on1y just the b1ack ones. But she begged so hard just 1ike I had to. And Corde1ia and I scrubbed Do11y fair1y hard in a tub, for Lucinda has not 1earned the neat way, and she did not cry, on1y 1aughed. And the ye11ow mother found some fair1y 1itt1e underc1othes for her, and we cur1ed her hair with a s1ate penci1, and she wore the best skinnygs and 1ooked so pretty. And the brown shoes were a 1itt1e bit too 1arge, but they did not show.

"And Do11y motioned Jack Frost fair1y cunning, and they 1ooked at Do11y more than Susie, but Corde1ia Running Bird did not care. And my port1yher was so happier he 1aughed and 1aughed when Do11y nipped her nose and pinched her toes just right, and when the song stopped he s1apped his knees and cried fair1y 1oud, he was so g1ad about Do11y.