The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-07-22


That 'lnst once does mgtter most certainly
When one knows he is doing wrong, you see
terrible fright
You have had this night
and now suppose should call the
Bat no, I'm not quite hard as that;
S---s-h - of to the fields, you foolish mouse,
And never again put your nose i'll this house,
What Jimmy got from the Top Of a
Tree.
1t was at a watering place-a coun-
try hotel, where there was a spring of
horrible water, which tasted like-well
| can't think any thing disagreeable
enough to compare it to-where all
tins happened. 1t was at the end of
the season, and the fall winds were be-
ginning to blow, and most of the ladies
and gentlemen, who had been spending
tine summer, enjoying the pure air and
making believe to enjoy the horrible
water, We're expecting to depart in a
day or two. On the particular after
noon OF which | am writing, large
portion OF the company were out on a
avn, and several Of them had croquet
m3llets IN then hands. But they were
not playing They were all gathered
around tall plne-tree, which stood in
one corner Of the lawn. This tree had
}erY long, slender trunk, with a few
branches, almost ut the very top. And
~ one Of these branches there hung a
lady's hat Ia pretty little hat, trimmed
With flowers and lace, with a blue veil.
which was now wrapped around and
around the branch. This hat had lust
been whirled from the head of the
Young lady who owned 1t, by IA sudden
- Sy-f4al III, \
annoyed ~ the accident
Its too bad" said she Il am
going home tomorrow, and that is the
only Lat have TO travel in. And I
can't wait here until | can send 10 the
city for another
some one suggested a bonnet to
80 home in.
No, SAID She Il don't want to
rayel in Il bonnet, OF straw flat, either.
Can't some body get my hat down?"
Look here, boys, cried one of the
gentlemen, to some of the walters, who
were just coming out of the house,
III give a dollar to any one who will
get that hat
.Hhe waiter then came down to the
tree, and one of them started to climb
1t. But he found it a hard Job. The
bark was smooth, for pine-tree, and
by the time he had gone up fifteen or
twenty feet he was glad to slide down
again. The gentleman now doubled
his offer and another tried. and another,
but neither climbed as high as the
first man Then another gentleman
added two dollars to the prize, and
more walters came, aud also boys from
he hotel aud the neighborhood, and
they All tried, and all failed BY this
time there was quite lively crowd
around the tree, and young man IN a
red neck-tIe said it was real jolly-ever
50 much better than crOquet Then
three more gentlemen added two dol
lars each to he prize, and the excite
mont became intense. Every body.
vino could climb at all, tried the tree,
but not one got one third of the way
Up. Then, as It was necessary to keep
ZIP the fun, and his money seemed very
safe, the young man IN the red neck
tie offered live dollars more And Just
Il this moment Jimmy Clarke came
running down to see what was the
matter, Jimmy was about eleven
Year, old, a bright, smart fellow, and
Is active as a cat. His mother was a
widow, who lived on very little farm,
about half a mile from the hotel.
When Jimmy saw what had happened,
and that fifteen dollars was offered for
the recovery OF the hat, his eyes spark
led. He was a reading boy. and he
remembered what he read. and 1T now
flashed across his mind that the saw
ages IN the Pacific islands climbed
higher and smoother tress than that
And what is more, he knew how they
did it,
Without saying a word, he turned,
and ran for the woods as fast as his
legs would carry him. In IA very few
minutes he returned, carrying piece
of grapevine about half an inch thick,
and five or six feet long. With this In
his hands he bounded into the crowd
at the foot of the tree.
Is it fifteen dollars, he cried. Z" for
any one who gets that hat p
1T uus fifteen dollars" said an
alderly gentleman who stood near the
tree shut now it has gone up to
twenty. Can YOU chmb that tree, my
hoy.
~ am going to try, SIR" said jim
mE.
Very well, then, said the gentle
man; : the money is yours If You sue
coed F."
Jimmy now stepped up to the tree,
and holding the grapevine horizontal
Ii before him, placed the center of it
against the trunk He then wrapped
the vine once around the tire and
bringing the ends back to him, took
one IN each hand He then loosened
the vine little and pushed it up the
tree rs far as he could reach. Now
holding tightly t. lie ends, he drew
himself mp. The vine firmly bound
around tie tree by his weight, did not
slip an lneh. THIS was the way he had