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Minnie Brown.
MINNIE BROWN;
OR,
THE GENTLE GIRL.
BY
FRANCIS FORRESTER, ESQ.
AUTHOR OF "ARTHUR ELLERSLIE," "REDBROOK," ETC.
BOSTON:
GEO. C. RAND, 3 CORNHILL.
WM. J. REYNOLDS & CO.
1853.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by
Daniel Wise,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of
Massachusetts.
STEREOTYPED AT THE
BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.
PRESS OF G. C. RAND, CORNHILL.
MINNIE BROWN.
Minnie Brown had not so handsome a face as some little girls; yetpeople called her a beautiful child. Her beauty was not in her eyes,her cheeks, her chin, her nose, her forehead, or her hair. These wereall well enough; her face was pretty enough in its way, but it was noprettier than the faces of many other girls whom no one ever thought tobe very beautiful. Still, almost all [6]who knew Minnie spoke of her as abeautiful child. Why was this? What was there in Minnie to make peoplecall her beautiful?
I will tell you. Minnie's mind was beautiful. She had a lovely spirit,a mild temper, and an obliging disposition. Minnie appeared to loveevery one. She was never angry, unkind, or rebellious. She almostalways wore a pleasant smile on her rosy lips; a light of lovingtenderness generally shone in her soft blue eyes. She always spoke in agentle voice. Whoever looked upon her felt pleased at her appearance;and hence it was that she was called a beautiful child.
I do not mean to say that Minnie was faultless. There has never beenbut one faultless child in the world, and that was the sinless Child ofMary. But Minnie's faults were very few. Her natural disposit