Mr. M. No, I believe I must go now. I have all my things to pack up, so we can start off travelling right away. Come, sister, stick the roots of your hair in, and open your distressed looking eyes, and let us be off home.
"I wonder if her eyes will open?" said Maggie.
"Let's try!" said Lina. "Give the wire a good, hard pull."
As she spoke, she caught hold of the wire and gave a tremendous jerk, when, dreadful to relate, pop! out came poor Miss Morris's eyes completely! and tumbled down somewhere inside of her! leaving two great holes in her head of the most fearful description!
The children stared at her in round-eyed astonishment. Now she was certainly too hideous to come to the wedding; and the little girls tried to look as sorry as they could for her, but it was no use; Miss Morris was such a ridiculous object, that they all three burst into fits of laughing. Lina, who had hold of the poor thing, shook so with glee, that the eyes rattled up and down inside her head like a pack of crackers going off, which made the children laugh still more.
At last Minnie contrived to check herself, and made the brother say, rather unfeelingly:
Mr. Morris. There you go with your eyes out! A pretty figure you've made of yourself.
Miss Isabella. Oh! oh!! oh!!! OH!!!!
Mrs. M. Goody, Isabella's got the hysterics! Get some water, quick! what shall I do?
Miss Morris. Oh, my eye! my eye! it's sich a pain!