The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-04-13

rlendators VI .c- Dsri1 would "Bother.-
ton BETTY. vench. DInna te rue about Thy to
and sfrh like pug sweah. LIS all very well Tor vo-
men /; but man. Betty, man nun ba' sup n
real s,ingu, 'tss He nun ha' summit u pr'r hts
rits put, hHr, A. he delvcs through u ebert md
tccci stone Wien tia weylos u maunirel (ths
pick, and we-h III desbes ths shall hs tn drink,
my vouch. and III hs Nh tea. III tlen, frit-es
let me aloon snddunns bother ms, Tor its no u'e.
II only kicks my monkey up"
Add Betty found that Il was " no use thni u dh
only kick lis mOsbey up and 70 che let MN slo1t,
except when abe could drop In a ieraushNe wurh
or two. Tho mill wncrs ALCr, ssbroOk aud hiiltrs
Dac bad FOR cdtn any putin house uearcf u an
Edle, and ttey lad more than once called the peo.
pie together 70 point out 10 them the m'scheis OF
drinking, and the advantages u 10 derived from
tue very savings Temperance But all these tnea-
sures. slough they had some e'cc, on the nil Ieo-
tlc, had very little on the miners They either seut
" I,deswel Eiale for kegs " ter 10 pebble n
the mines. or they vent thitLcf themselves On re-
ceivins their wages.
And let ~ QUE SUPPOSE that David Dun'br was
worse than his fDllu or that Betty Dlnstsr
thought her case q particularly hsri one David
was pretty much Of muchuess," according TO
tho country phrase, with the rest OF bis hardwork
Ing tribe, which VAS and always had zen hard
drinking tribe aud Betty, though abe wished n
different, did not complain, iust Dccause 10 vas OF
no use and because sue no worse 81 than her
ncishbors
O.sn when she went 70 carry IN her hose" 70
Aihfori shc ea the children a. home by Themselves.
She had ~ alternative. They were therc IN thAa
solitary valley for many hours playing alone And
~ them il WAS no; solitary. II Ngs all that they
knew ofife and that all was very pleasant to hen.
H. syiing, they hunted for bird's-nesis IN the
copsrs, md amongst tie rocks and srsv stones tfla
had falleu om them. In the copsed hu u the black
birds and thrushes IN the rocks the trctAils; and
the grAv AZ ala IN the stones, which were 80 ox-
actlv oil Their own color, as g. make u dihcut 70
zee them. In summer, they gathered howers and
terries, aud N the winter they played ~ Lorses,
"A nj. md M ptherg tlllga In the
house
On one u these occasions bright At moon in
autumn, tho three children bad rsluhed down the
glen, and found world Ot amusement In being
teams " horses Ia making huc NINE At the zoo,
OF tall Cliff m marching Tor soldiers, icr they had
day-tho only time 10 their iyes-secn somo
soldiers 20 through the village Of Ashford, wien
the, h.d zone Their with their mother, for she
and thcu tJoh them with her when she had sOIDe-
thing nom tie 'hop 10 carry be7 dcs te- bundle u
hose. At longth they came 70 the flot oi NJ open
bill. which s"c,ied = AcOnsilersbl" tMg.L WITH .
rOu nj and climhablc de. uu which grew IA Wilder
Ness - bushes amid which lay scattered nHsscs Of
gray cray. small winding p'th went up this, and
they followed II. II wAsuot long. however, tefVro
they saw something which excited their eager
pucntiou. Little David, WHO was the guide, and
sssImol 90 hius"ii .ch E' ortarcs the prOtcc-
TOR cfAisu,stcri- eNc1Iuci "ScC hcr-V' and SPRING.
ing forward, plucsod y huc crimson cluster o. tho
mountain brsmbl,. Ills sisters. on seeing this
rushel on wiz IKE eSgeruegg. They lUou iorsJok
the LITTLE winding ami era ~ iout path. and hurried
through sinking masses Of moss and dry .rsss,
IRON bush TO bush aud place TO plasc Tlcy wero
far up above tie ys'ey, snl sluost every step
revealed to them sJur -e0 ghtul p1zr Tho clus
t.fs ~ the mouuiau-Suuube resembling muller
aud k-oWn Ouly to the inhsG tAuts u. the bills,
w'c sbunCsnt, anu were raj. idly deyourcd. The
dewhcrry as eagerly gatherel, Its large, pur.
PIE iruit passing with thcm Tor hlsckteiiies In
ter hands were soon seen pusics OF tho lovely
grass Of Pnnsssus, the mountain eistus, and tie
bright blue gerAnium.
10 Be cOniinnedl