Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-01-13
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hear that boy.
"You're a good boy, Eben," says I
"aud | oughter been ashamed to let you
be the first to say that, and three year:
older than you; but I'll put my trust in
Him, and do the best l can"
"All right, SIS" says be, "and now let's
make fire, and get some breakfast righ,
away. for i IN remendus hungry; aiD'tyou!'
swell, don't you make no noise to wake
up Marin, for dear life," says l "for,
sure as you do, she'll worry the skins Of
of us-that ever should say So"
And so then him and nc begun to
make fire; but jist as it begun to kin
die, Eb, who was standing looking on,
poked his head up chimbly, and then,
quick as thought, wha. does be do but pull
the fire all apart, aud stamp it all out.
"Why, Eben Hapgood, what under the
sun did you do that for 2" says l. "What
sort Of mischief are you up to, now p
"Mischief!" says he. "Look up the
chimbly yourself, Tury."
Well, l looked, but l couldn't see a
thing
"What is it?" says l.
"Covered with snow" says he. awe
mustn't make fire."
"Musr'r? Pshaw, nonsense" says !! /;
81 guess so. Won't the heat mel, the
snow? You'll see the FIRE will do the
business in few moments"
"Stop, Tury," says be. "Before the
Ere melts that snow, it has got to burn,
hain't it? and in the mean time, if there
amt no draught, where is the smoke to 60
to? Don't you see We are packed in As
tight as in boz, and if the smoke can't
60 up chimbly, won't it como out into the
room here, aud choke us? Don't, pray,
make fire, if you don't want to make q
regular smoke.house Of the place, e2d ba-
con US all by Wholesale" Now warn's
that smart for boy only eleven years old
to have thought Of!
"Bus, Ebsus" says I, "sha'n'swe freeze
here without any s:e?"
"Oh! l guess not" says be. "We're
SO banked up that the wind can't gel in
and if we are a little goldfish, that's better
than being choked with smoke. But
what shall We do for breakfast, Tury !?
I'm most awful hungry. l never could
stand nothing with an empty stomach"
says he.
"WelI," say, I, "Eb, we've got cold
meat, and baked beans, aud bread, and
cake, and pies in the house SO you see
We shan. starve, any way"
"No," says be, "sba'n't starve; but l
kinder want something hot. l vow I'd
give my best jack.kuife for q cup Of hot
tea or coffee"
"Cau't have it, guess" says I, look
ing at the great, yawuiug, black fire.
place. "Stop q minute though, Eb. Come
to think out, there's the old nurse-lamp
father bought when little Martha was
sick +; couldn't We manage to kinder cook
with that?"
"Well thought Of" says Eben. "You
60 get it, Tury, and get on the rest of
your clo'es, and then we'll try our hands
At it. l guess we'll make it work."
So rumaged out the lamp, aud, sure
enough, We managed to heat some water,
to make some tea, and bile some eggs,
and We had quite breakfast.
SWELL" says Eb, "my condition is won
lerfully improved BY that. Now, Tufy,
Rouldn't it be we'll to give poor Marin a
iced? l reckon she must be hungry, too,
BY this time"
So we fixed up . nice breakfast for
mother in.law-a bowl of hot tea, two
'iled eggs, two crackers split, and dipped
n hot water, and buttered, . piece of
,ie, some cold. meat, and so on-and l
ook it into ber room for her.
dts dark and stormy" says /, land I
bought, mebbe, as you want very we'll,
'ou'd like your breakfast in here, Marm."
"What time is ii" says Marin, rou-
ing up.
"WeIl, I don't exactly know" says l,
but l reckon it's carly"
"Look at my lamp, Tury," says she,
it didn't burn half the night. do wish
on was more careful about things"
looked at the lamp the oil was
urned clean out.
swell, III get another for you, Marm,"
ays i; and l slied out the empty one,
nd then fetched in full one.
"What in the world did you bring me
"a .or1" says Marin. "Ain's you got no
offee p
"No," says I, II didn't make noas to.
sy, and 1 thought you liked tea better"
"Thats when l have the headache"
,ys she. "Hasn't father come home yeti"
"No," says l." be didu't come"
"It's real opfeelipa in him." saws she.