THEIR PETITION.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume V, Issue 49, 6 December 1890, Page 19

THEIR PETITION.

M hen several persons combine in an effort to obtain desired privileges they are usually successful. There lies great virtue in numbers. Elsie, a little New Zealand girl, was delighted with the prospect of a trip to Melbourne, anil it never occurred to her that all her twelve dolls were not to go also. ‘ Tell me where they’re to be packed, mamma,’ she said, ‘ and I’ll put them in. They mustn’t be rumpled and tumbled.’ ‘ Elsie, dear,’ said mamma, regretfully, but firmly, ‘ I really can’t allow you to take all that set of dolls. ' You may have two, any two you like, but there I draw the line. Twelve dolls are quite unnecessary.’ Elsie made no reply, but went quietly on, altering a skirt for Lady Ethelinda, the prettiest one of the waxen and china-faced family. Later in the day, when her mother entered the room devoted to packing, she saw a curious sight. Supported against a trunk sat a row of dolls, in travelling costume, as far as they could manage such, and above their heads was pinned a large placard, bearing the words, * We are waiting to be packed.’ What mother could resist the united appeal of a dozen dolls ? Not this one, and to Melbourne the twelve went.