Sauk Rapids frontierman., 1859-10-20

hall g do y all and then he will be kon
late you know. s. 4s 81
Oh no Ii wod,t fathsr. only take him
/ fifteen minutes. Nj sffHssfsiss III fifes1sla
Motto pnnp the wateral and ~ w
The water i pumped and she gave
her father kiss. !; Il ],
" And feed the sheep I s 8 S y
II Thessheep are fed; another KISS. MI 4
Ii And throw down the hay for ahs
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The hay II down and and father gays'
Maggie kiss. ...l .
And feed pigs 5'is'7a sss' 81 .i. B
The pigs are fed, and the sodts are III
the trongh lor Ned ssnd Bill; 10 now,
dear father, ,Elet Tnn. do the rest. 4 u ssI
Il. Hurrah hurrah ! shouted Tom AZ
gain: /, A q perfect tom boy our our l1[s Mag s.
A perfect 'ssTom's boy. ''tAmore like,
answered Maggie with pouting lip. 80.
But did not do it all for you; ! did it SO
that papa would not have 70 60 out in
the cold any more; aid wonder ifgirls
who have feet and hands cant do good
things just as we'll AZ boys, and not be
called uTom boys" either D f{s q
You're worth halt dozen boys, Mag
gle, and when ! sell my rabbit-skins |
will get you the prettiest fur tippet ia
town, as white as snow And away
went Tom to the barn, whistling as hap
Py as a king, while Mr.. Harlow drew
his little daughter nearer to, him and
rested his white hairs against her quick
beating heart, as she stood by his side.
He did not speak, but Maggie knew he
was happy. fiasi ssfo adl
o -ss.E S. s9,.. PICTURE II .el ssifE /
" Susie, lay by that Ledger, and 60 out
and bring ia some chips to start uptheI
FIRE. ...... ,.... &.
+ Goodness! gracious! a body can't
read a minute without being told 10 do
something or another. h9i4iI.isssa4 lsssE
Why Susie, you've been reading an
hour. s;4 ssss ssseJ I, ssI1 ,ss
'Tain't ten minutes, and 'tain'tta girls
place no how, to be. building fires. And
Susie did not stir from her book though
the fire was low and the evening cold
and stormy.lass ID asaqaa1 a9 5af M
Father came in stiff and wet, he had
been hard a: work all the afternoon.
John was with him both were tired -
But there was no good fire to sit down
by, SO John only hung his wet coat up
by the door and turned round and went
out TO get wood. Father held his drip
ping feet out over tho almost dead en-
bers, and looked sadly at his daughter.
Susie said he, il seems to me yoaA
ought to keep bettertfres such a day tasI
his John is really tired, and it's hard
for him to work all day and then have
all these chores to do, and mother
ought to be helped too. y a'3Ss 's'5 ta f.sss
I'm sure it won't take long to bring
in little wood .hnswerer1 she pettishly,
dashing away her paper, for it was now
dark es 't'ea s'5fst5f 7s.
Oh, no, not long, but he is wet and
cold, and a good fire to come to is COM
Portable. Yousare most fourteen years
old now, and ought to be thinking about
something useful, and see to some Of
these. things without being told, ~ &
j wonder iftI don u 3tsi s
hope soasd a4 as5taaQa tssats isl8 / pilsa
y The fatherflooked into, The ashes and
said no more. Mother was busy as she
could be in the kitchen, fixing things for
supper, and the weary man and boy
MIXED and fed the stock, andotook care
3ofthe horses. and brought il, thenight's
wood. and an hour had, nearly elapsed
ere either could sit down to supper.
Are you not gong ID writing school
tonight : asked the mother. as John sat
down IN nsthegcorner after supper. .iaat
No, ma am; answered John. am so
cold and tired that / shake All over;
could not draw straight line if | should
try e s's'a $ a0s.p 800 = Il
Who'll go with men exclaimed Susie.
frightened At the idea1 of missing the
sport Of the evening si NJ n, go ss ais
shall not, was the reply, and the /
boy, $ head dropped, and the tears drop
ped from his eyes ID he shaded them
with his weary hand asgiff ~ ESass as
Itsno use, for me to ever try to do any
thing said John. have lost .three
nights now. If Susie would help little
az Maggie Harlow does for Tom, I
might get Of. ind then We might both
learn something j. istssi Vi sfssefa gfsisgsFF \ u
\, Susie cried all they evening because
she was Hspited.'"' Mr., Sennott WIS sad
and grieved, and John was fast learning
TO think women folks were selfish.
While tho mother silently wished that
girls row-a-days wereias they usedsto
b. when she was yoang Susie did not
help her wash the dishes or darn the
socks. u she worked on Till nine ) clock
alone i# isffFsiss3s
uFIow antich pleaasfs onetwilling gsn.a
srous he art cansmake, Hew much sor-
row and gloom one selfish, idle spirit