Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-12-01
THE CHICKEN THAr WOULDN'T
STAY BURIED.
BY FRANCIS LEE.

BY FRANCIS LEE.
"Bug can't remember uncle Philip and
aunt Jennie, can he, Sylvia? He hasn't
seen them for a whole year, and moren a
whole year"
brim, with his hair in his eyes and the pol
len of yellow lily on his face.
81 taa!' he cried.
"Perhaps be can," Harry, said Sylvia.
HE has remembered strawberries q whole
year. When he saw them in the basket
he asked what they were-he didn't know.
But as soon as he tasted one, he said,
'St'awbe'ss.'"
"Then prehdps he can; but l don't be-
lievo so, replied Harry, trying to push a
fly in the kittens mouth. There /
did!' he cried. II got in one a-past her
teeth p
Meantime the engine was putting and
pulling, and making the car-wheels fly
around and around, bringing Uncle Philip
and Aunt Jennie nearer and nearer every
minute. And, at the same time, papa and
mamma, with the new carriage and wolf.
skin robe, the black and gray horses and
Tom to drive, were on their way to meet
them at the depot In the city.
"When her tones. / will put my armes
round aunty and hud her tight tan, I"
said Bug. climbing upon chair, putting
his right tSamb in his mouth. and taking
hold of his left ear with his left hand.
In a minute more his head began to
droop as though the little brown hand
was a weight pulling it down.
"Bug is asleep T. cried Harry. "Now
he can't sit up to see aunty to night"
Bugs head came up straight in an in
slant.
Yes" said he, II mus do to bed"
SO that was the last of Bug for that
night But, very bright and early next
morning, aunt Jennie heard a rattlipg and
tapping at her door. and there he stood,
his face shining with good nature and his
morning BATH.
.I tome" said he. smiliug. aud looking
as though that must be good news.
$50 you have, replied uncle Philip. who
was lathering his face. kiss me-"
81 SAINT do ut. It's nasty" said Bug
running backward till he came against the
window. Then he stood looking sharply
at uncle Philip as he took up his razor.
Bugs father wears great long beard,
away down INTO his tea and soup, and Bug
never saw anybody shave before. So he
stood and looked with his eyes as round as
cranberries.
"Hin tuttin' of him's node" said he,
gravely, after a minute.
Then uncle Philip and aunt Jennie
laughed, and Bug laughed with them, and
pretty soon the breakfast-bell rang
But before breakfast was half over, Bug
slipped from bis chair.
81 tan't eat any more upper. Ii mate
me tick" said he. "Where mines hat p
want it. doin' out DOORS"
Nobody had seen it, and nobody knew
but pretty soon Bug gave howl of delight
Here it id, in the tiehen " he cried.
The old tat and the titten had dot in il. v
.'Weli, don't 60 where it Is wet, Bug, re-
member said his mother, WHO was hand
some woman, but apt to be neddlesome.
mo, won't do ut" replied Bug. posi-
lively. 81 won't do on the drass, nor on
the bwicks, nor on the dround, nor on
dnyfwing
Then off he battered to the hencoop IN
der the blackheart cherry tree, with the
kitten Rugged up in onearm and his thumb
in his mouth.
Little bits of yellow bantams, covered
with down, were running over the grass
like yellow dandelions on two legs, and
the mother bantam in the coop shook ont
her white feathers, clucking and grooming
and futtering, full of pride and care and
happiness.
bug stood still-kitten, thumb, torn hat
and all-and mis- little heart ran over with
love and Joy as he watched the tiny brood
jumping over clovers taller than they, and
losing themselves under plantain-leaves
and behind stalks of yarrow.
Presently one unlucky young bantam, on
his way to the coop, ran SO fast he tripped
up over a tangle of long grass, and directly
Bug dropped tie kitten and caught him.
The poor thing gave one fierce, sharp peep.
and then shut his black, beady eyes, and
stopped struggling.
Him dead doin' to bewy he in my
rower-darden," said Bug, stroking the
down on the little yellow legs.
So he ran for his mothers trowel that,
by some unfortunate mischance. had been
left on the verbena-bed, and then he went
to the bit of garden that belonged 10 him,
the spot where sometimes daisies bloomed,
sometimes bachelors buttons, and oftenes'
nothing at all At present there was
dandelion, upside down, and one full-blos
somed scarlet poppy that George trans
planted from his garden only the evening
before.
81 will bewy him's light by my towers,
said Bug, holding the chicken fass in one
dimpled hand, and digging his grave with
the trowel IL the other.
Pretty soon the old gray cat came in th'
kitchen with a yellow bantam chicken il
her mouth.
s'You naughty, naughty cat Sylvia
mamma Gomez screamed Harry, VIII,
was sitting ia the window, swapping RET
rose petals on his forehead. "The cat ha
got one of my little banties."
Mamma and Sylvia came, and so di,
Bug.
~ div him to the tat, " said he. triui1ph
antly. Him wouldn't tay beuied. Hir
trawled out. and trawled out, and so
div'd him to the tat.
Poor little bantsml Happy had it-bee
, for him had he added in the shell; fol
though he was still alive, he died very 500
, after be was put back in the coop with hi
+ head under his motper's wing.
my little battam Is Dead" said Harr,
He is dead, and Bug and the cat kille
him. Bug has lost your trowel, too, man
ma He took it off into the orchard. an
!, lost it"
"why, Bugl What naughty boyl Ho
sorry 1 am T. said his mother, lookin
troubled.
. eff see q dog with your towel In him
: mouf, / will twitch it light away and bin
! it to you. 1 will Here is cherry-tre'
too, for you, mamma, all ripe and mic
1t mines. Deorde div it me and bringt
it par you.
Q Then mamma was obliged to smile CT
= be comforted, aud Bug ran out to pick b
: poppy-blossoms SO he could get the see(
{ to plant Young Ameriea.
y R0ya Good sense.
e For the benefit of those young Americs
( girls who think q companion q 'tslo
: poke" who doesn't sport trained dress
Il and beaux, before she has hardly wiped b
!. mouth of the bread and butter of scho
: days, it may be said that Princess Beatric
: daughter Of Queen Victoria nov sixtes
: years old, has never get worn anythiI
= but short dresses, even upon the grand
, casion of q drawingr room reception. VIII
! court trains are universal
IL FRrNaEs are in endless variety; plal
A. crepe and plated, and headed with GIN
Q. lpassementerie, guimpure or velvet Ma