Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-28
Our 4loung folk9.
How Dick Saved the ,niIdren-


The children had been having d perfect
carnival in the nursery. Without really
meaning to be miscellaneous, they hul man
aged u do a great many wrong thin1-. III
haG been i day when the nurse Norah.
with all her GOOD nature. had been fairly
al her wits end. and had declared the
witches was in thin children Lofty. IN
her luulable desire 10 help mamma had
pulled large ink-bottle upon her oxu
curly uato. siturating hair anI clathe..
While mamma and Norlh were busy re-
mcginr the marks Of TINS terrible ratl-.
trophe. Mabel. being fred with laal hv
the sight of IS much soap and water. add
beino also by nature n tilv little bar-e-
wife. removed AIN the doll lurn.tur. from
her big b.bv-bou~e. and neatly scrubbed
the floor. from garrett to kitchen. with
papa's nice new toothbrush. usius the
bara -5ap with an uu-parlng hand. Hay
RI. comm, IN later in the da.. had added
u liberal contribution ID the dav'- disaster,
bv shooting hole through the g.a-- door
Of the booA case with his pop..iu. aad Yv,. /
turning the hJwer--tIud d, he backe. uu.
Of the room ia IBIS d.-ma.. Altogether.
both the mistress aud the nur-a.mal haI
a great feeling Of relief and raet. when thc
last good nights were echoed family from
the three snail beds ia the caam1sr bee
youI the nursery
Norah had carefully turned down ts.
ga-li.ht. So that Dick should not .a.rp
and disturb the little trio 81 tr0u5l-~am.
comforts had disposed small. towel
rack full of aprons airing. Iii safe li.-
lance from the CRATE, anu had gone down
to sit IN the kitchen with Bridget. Nam
ma had ~moOthed her sweet face into its
usual serene express ION, aud was reading
the evening papers with papa and for
"a while everything was safe and quiet
Now, when Mrs. West had bought Dick
OF the bird-tancler two years ago. the man
had repeated. over and over again.
Splendid singer Re i, ma'am warranted
to sing by day light or ga~lght Mrs
West dii not thlHS much Of this at the
time, bat She soon found that the lively
little tello" wouid hop aud chrp all night
II he saw the least spark OF light Often,
when one OF the children was sick at night
Dick would have TO be hung IN another
room. such a singing would he keep up
'' t'''.. .-"''''i N ''' ''.N II ara
dreams with his bright eyes closed and
his 7aueJ head snugly tueaed under hI~
wing when, ~ the midst q ms s.pm'er-,
he was suddenly walked by hight. In
stantIy he was on l'1o legs instead OF "'le
and IN i lie" seconds was cn'Tphg ~
very liFe!y tone Thinking that n'eiur--
mai iuhcI "ouia taste 9ood' ne hoPPei
down to the seed-DoN, and was busIIy en-
gagged IN eating. Brighter aud brighter
CLEANED the light aad presently 1t attract
ed our wise niue oird- % that nc Pc" mo n
ms ring ahd began = SOY L''''e song. bu'
inc ''Snt 'ha' Pleased l''tie DICK wa. lar
more dazzling than inc ordinary 9as-li9ht
Tor = I'VE coal had snapped lrom the midst
oil the glowing hre' ana IN a moment the
aprons began 10 D.aze one Of them IaIi-
ing OIL lay on Maoels htt!e heap OF
clothes, ana these were soon on hre the
char close by contained Lofty clothes,
and just beyond that, through the open
door was the loot OF Harry white bed.
The three precious lives were stepped 70 a
sound, childish slumoer, "hiie the hearts
around =" hich the little hearts we're entwln-
ed were beating calmly and nnconsclously