The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-05-04

eo't' Know now sorry no was,
for fishos' cyos don't show tho
fcclings, rs children's do.
2 I"Now, come with mo-" said
Mrs. Trout, sand swim under tho
bridge, in the shade"
3@ Tommy wondered how It hap.
pened that he could swim so woll,
until no remembered that he was
9 trout. j.g ..... .... ,'..',. ....r's.n
Hc swan along with u sad, lit
tic hoart, until they were undor
the bridge, and Mrs. Trout said
that they, must stay thcre until
the children had gone home from
school, for she saw a, fish line
hanging out .of:Aleck's pocket, as
ho went to school, ut noon, and
no might stop to fish on his way
home. =, -. ....... 49,.
Poor Tommy opened his mouth
to scrcam, but thcro camo no
sound, and Mrs. Trout said: .a
'You are gaping, my dear; put
your head on this little, cool stone,
and take nap"
Now, Alocl, was Tommy's big
brother, and Tommy was think
ing how dreadful it would be, if
Alecls should como fishing and
catch him, their own littlo Tom
:, and carry him homo for sup.
!. But, of course, Mrs. Trout
didn't know this.
lie remembered how ho had
felt whom he had wished he woro
n trout; but it seemed now aa if
his lessons hadn't been very hard,
after all, and he hadn't bcen very
tired, either; and altogether, ho
was n great deal moro wretched,
now ho was trout, than ho had
bcen whilo he was q little boy.
lie began to hopo that other
little boys would ko worry careful
what thoy wished. Ho thought,
if they could only know Of his un-
fortunate wish, thoy ,Oould be
careful DO careful and then he
began to wonder what would be-
como of him in the winter, when
tho brook was frozen ovor.
Just then he heard q noisc that
sounded like thunder.
ut is tho children coming ovor
tho bridge" said Mrs. Trout. II
will just catch that littlo minnow
for our lunch, and then wo will
stay hore, rs safe rs can be-"
Mrs. Trout darted out to catch
tho minnow, and in q minute,
Tommy saw hor 60 up out of tho
sunny brook, away up on tho cnd
of Aleck's fish-line.
Then no heard Alecs say,
"That's q buster now we'll catch
q littlo ono"
Poor Tommy opened his mouth
to scream again, and ho did scream
this time, in good earnest. Thon
he hoard AlocS again saying,
clark ! "What's that? It sounds
like Tommy"
And woll it might sound like
him, Tommy thought. Tommy
felt as queor for n minute rs he
did when he began to bo trout,
for now no began to strotch and
grow largor. Then ho saw tho
bluo sky overhead, and thon green
grass underneath, and-it was on
ly a dream in q nap, aftor all for
he had fallen asleep watching tho
waving shadows and tho bubbling
water.
Tommy jumped up on his two
rested little feet.
"Comc on, TOMMY What arc
you doing there ? and what makes
your eyes SO big ?" said Alcck.
Tommy "camo on" but he
didn't toll what made his oyos so
big. He has never forgotten how
unhappy ho was while he thought
no was n trout; and nobody ovor
hears him wish now to bo any
body or anything but the dear,
little Tommy ho is, except, some.
timos, whom he is in q hurry to be
tho good, useful man no will be-
all in tho right time.
[Little Corporal.
A Yankee ono day asked his
lawyer how an hoiress might be
carried off. "You cannot do ii
with safety" anid tho connsalor