Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-09-06
aTo pick up boaes,Y said Paul" know


this. yellow brick house. Come this
evening. Come about eight. Come
to the back door, Is this your little. sis
ter e7Boadn tila1 4s77 bHse 80, 49, -'A
"Yes,'' said Paul sasd 3, ! sissl las
"Well, bring your sister. like your
little sister, Hell he'll he !yoGeed mernfng
and good luck to- you" Then he patted
Noras head and went away laughings
",Heh he! hei"4A4S So
1t was hard work for Nora, walking so
far out of town, and then climbing SO many
fences, looking for bones, which had been
thrown away, or hidden by dogs. Ard
many times they were driven away by
cross servants.
"It's all your fault, said Paul, You are
always peepmg in at windows. Ii you
don't stop it, III strike YOU"
81 only. want to see what the little girls
do,n said Nora. They 60 up the steps,
and the door shuts, and then, when can't
see them any more, then what do they do
| Paul?"
allow should know" said Paul.
I" Can't you stop talking and give me some
thing to eat? What have you got ?"e
"Nora showed him all her broken bits,
and then united the corner OF her hand,
kerchief. There were few pennies tied
up there, which a lady had given her
who was pleased with her pleasant face
"What shall we do with these, Paul?"
"We.l," said Paul, 81 think, I
think I'll buy cigar. L never had a
cigar :.
@To be sure" said Nora, "Such a big
| boy ought to have, a cigar n ufiuLp'
| And while Paul smoked his-cigar, she
fnI no
smoke. He leaned back against a
tree. Icing away with his feet crossed
thigh UP on rock. Nora was so pleased !
| How glad am I've got you" said she.
eff | didn't have you, shouldn't have
ANYBODY. When j grow up, may be
| iii be your mother and give you good
things" a-
7 "You're a little fool!"' said Paul "Stop
your talk now, and go look for more
bones. There's no need of both. Of US sit
ting idle" 49, G-4. = - o -
| 90, my feet ache so !" said Nora. But
| she minded Paul, and went searching
about till he called her to go back to the
| city.
/ The walk back was so tiresome that
Nora almost dropped down from weari-
ness. 20 Paul! " said she, "my hands are
too little and they are sore, and my feet
are too. can't hold on Q it's going
Paul it's going Nj. IT,
Paul gave her a blow across the shout
ders. "There! |" said he. Let that bas-
-ket go down again, will you? Hurry up!
who wants everybody staring
"Nora's bare feet were bleeding, her
arms ached, and her shoulders smarted
where his hand came down. She was such
a little, such very little girl Poor thing
she did her best. a
Upon reaching the yellow brick house,
Paul and Nora walked directly in at the
back door as they had been told. The
wicked looking man came to meet them,
and took them into room that was very
low in the walls, and that hung round with
bird cages In these cages were canary
birds,-a great many canary birds,-al
Java sparrows and hooking birds. The
room smelt very strong of soap. In a door
leading to the next apartment there were
two squares Of glass set; through this
small window they could see mans face
tipped little backwards,f which the hand
of another man was covering with soap
foam. By this they new it must be bar
bers shop. "A &&4 % 90
The wicked looking man took Nora by
the hand, and said, as he placed her in a
chair, "All right, my little lady, he he
hei All right, my little beauty! l want to
cut off your hair" .,--.~ Z. rr~,rr-s
"Ono! O no! 7" said Nora. And she
covered her head with both hands.
90 yes o yes!" said the man. 81
II won't charge you anything, a penny
Cheap enough, he hel he For the
wicked looking man wanted Nora's beau
tiflil hair, to make up into braids and curls
such as ladies buy. He came close up
with his shears.
40, want it, want it! said Nora
beginning to cry.
"Let the man have it, can't you?" said
Paul.
90, I can't let him, can't, can't !"
said Nora, sobbing.
"Wby not? what's the use Of it? said
Paul.
/ 60" said Nora, because-because-
like it. I have no boots, and no night
clothes, and nobody to lead me, and So
and SOL want il"
"I1l tell you what I'll do" said the man
l "I1l give you something for it. What dc
you want most? He he! he! Think
now. Isn't there anything you want
most ?"
eyes, sir" said Nora. For she remem
bered what she had told Paul in the morn
] ing. ,bst. t = a,o's ID, II
HWell," said the man, az thought SO
What is it? Say"
az don't like to speak il" said Nora.
Don't like to? Why?
!" Because" said Nora, sobbingy "yor
naven't-it seems like-as if you couldn't
Paul burst out laughing. "She wants
somebody to call her darling" said he.
"To cali her aoldt 2"
4 g To call her darling. And then heburst
out laughing again; and the man raised
both hands and put up his shoulders, anC
burst out laughing, and they both laughed
together
Z At last the man took walk roun(
among his bird cages, and said /; 4" Come
e., Pm tell you what I'll do. I'll give you
bird If you'll give me your hair, Pll Civ
you bird"
"A live one?"o, asked Nora.
Eyes, live one. And besides that
. your haie will grow; then you will hav
BOTH" -
"Will it sing?" asked Nora.
"When it is old enough" said the mar
!, Sand here's little basket to keep hir
! in. 1t used to be strawberry basket. L
l. put some wool in 1t. 1t looks like bird
:, nest. I'll tie long string to it and han
= it round your neck. There, how do 70
! like that !? He he! he lji
He hung it round her neck. The bir
I. looked up into her face with its bright littl
70 eyes, Nora put down her lips and kisse
= it. Then she looked up at the man an
} said family, II will"
p The man caught up his long shears, an
!, in less than five minutes Nora's beautifl
IA hair lay spread out upon the table. 81
- turned away from it. weeping