The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1843-12-08
'Aint YOU shamed, Majer 2 ses she.

Il why Mother ses all Of 'em, 'to say
l stockns rite aiore---.'
Then felt little streakcd too, caus
4 they was all blushin as hard as they
4 could,
'Hghty-tity = SEES the old lady-'what
iinement. I'd like to know what harm
there is in s,ockins. People nowadays
is gi;in so Uealey -mouthed that they
can't call nothM by its name, and | don't
see that they's any better than the old
time people was. When was gal like
you, child, | used to hang up my stockins
and get EN- (ull Of presents
The gals KEEP langhin.
Never mind SEES Miss Mary, the
Majers got to give me a Crismus gift
wont you Majer!'
oh, yes scs |, you know promised
you one
But didn't mean MGt.' ses she.
I've got one for you, what wan. you
to keep all your life, but it would take a
.wo bushel bag TO hold it, SEES |.
oh, that's the kind ses she.
But will you keep it as long as you
leve ? SEES |.
Certainly will, Majer.'
Nov you hear that, Miss Carline,' scs
|; she ses she'll keep it all her life
Yes, will ses Mary-'but what is
| itr
Never mind, SEES I, you hang up bag
big enough to hold it and you'll find out
what it is in the mOrnn.'
Miss Carine winked at Miss Kesiah
and then whispered to her-then they both
laughed and looked at me as mischie-
vous as they could. They spec!ed some
thin.
You'll be sure to give il to me now, if
| hang up a bag ses Miss Mary.
And you promised TO keep it, SEES !.
We'll, will, cause | know you would
mt give me nothin that wash, worth
keepin,'
They all agreed they would hang up a
bag for me to put Miss Mary's Crismus
present in, in the back porch, and about
nine O'Clock told them good evenin and
went home.
set up till midnight, and when they
was all gone 10 bed went softly into the
back gate, and went up TO the porch, and
thar, shore enulf, was CRATE big meal bag
hangin to the ice. 1t was mons,rous
unhandy to git into it, but was termned
not to back out; so sOt some chairs on
the top of bench and got hold of the
rope and let myself down into the bag,
but just as was gettin in, the bag swung
agin the chairs, and down they went with
a terrible racket. But no body didn't
wake up but old Miss Stallionses great
big cur dog, and here he come rippin and
tarn through the yard like wrath, and
round and round he went ryin to find out
what was the matter. | sot down in the
bag and didn't breath louder nor kitten,
for fear he'd find me out and after n while
he quit barkin. The wind begun to blow
bomlnable cold, and the old bag KEEP turn
in round and swingin so it made me sea-
sick as the mischief. | was a iraid to
move for fear the rope would brake and
let me fall, and thar | soi with my teeth
raltIln like had a agcr. 1t seemed like
1t would never come daylight, and do
believe if didn't love Miss Mary so
powerfully | would lroze to death for
my heart was the only spot that felt
warm, aud it did'nl beat more'n two ticks
a mint, only when thought how she
would be sprlsed in the mornin, and then
II went into canter. Blmeby the ours
sed old dog come up on the porch and
begun 10 smell bout the bag, then he bark
ed like he thought he had freed somethin.
Bow WOW, WOW y SEES he. Then he'd
smell agin, and try to git up to the bag.
Git OUT ses | very low, for fear they
would hear me ; Bow WOW, WOW = SEES
he. BE gone you bominable fool, SEES l.
and felt all over in spots, for specled
every mint he'd nip me, and what made
1t worse, couldn't see whar bouts he'd
take hold. Bow WOW, VOW Then
tried coaxin-'come here, good feller,'
SEES |, and whislled little to him, but it
want no use. Thar he stood and kept up
his eternal barkin, all night. | couldn't
tell when daylight was breakin, only
by the chickens CROWN, and was mon.
strous glad to hear EN-, for if | had to
stay there one hour more, don't believe
I'd ever got out o that bag alive.
Old Miss Stations come out fust,
and as soon as she saw the bag, SEES she,
'Wha, upon yerth has Joseph put in
that long bag for Mary I'll lay its a
yearing or some living animal, or Bruin
wouldn't bark at il So