Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-12-08

4 Angie lived a aylittle way off she was
/ nearly as old as Bernard, and She and Ber.
nard were great friends.
Angie was delighted with John, just as
Bernard thought she would be; she patted
him, and put her arms round his neck,
and she pulled his long ears and then she
laughedto see John wink and blink, and
almost go to sleep. She played with him
a long time, and then pretty soon she
thought of the gninea-hcns her father had
bought the day before, and she told Ber-
nard he must come to see them.
But as John couldn't very well get into
the hen-house, and he wouldn't care much
for the guinca-hens, Angie said they had
! better tic him up there while they went to
Z see the hens
So Bernard tied John to a stick that was
I in the ground, and went with Angie round
I to the hen-house.
The guinea hens were so pretty-all so
beautifully speckled-Bernard wanted to
/ look at them for long time, but he knew
/ he ought to go home and work in his corn
I field; so he and Angie went round the
house to where they had left John.
But where was John No John was
there
"Why, where is he 2" said Bernard, and
for minute he did feel SO troubled he
should never find him again.
ooh, dearm said Angie al wonder
where he has gone to dear, dearl But
wen hunt all around and we will find
himN
81 think" said Bernard, "that it would
be most like him to go to Squire Preston's
he don't know that he isn't going to live
there any longer"
"Oh, yes" said Angie, land let's go
right away, may be we shall find him on
the road"
SO off they started, almost running
down the lane that led to the road. They
had not quite reached the gate, when
/ Angles brother called to her, from the
| little porch at the side Of the house, to tell
her not to go off without her sun-hat; so
/ Bernard waited, and Angie came running
back.
She remembered she had left her sun
hat on the piano in the parlor, so in she
ran, for the door was wide open, and then
| dear met dear me! what was there =?
! John, sure as the world, standing up in
front of the mantel-piece. m"
For minute | believe Angie was
frightened to see donkey in parlor, but
she ran to the door, and called Bernard
and he was surprised, sure enough.
John was assoon marched out, and Bernard
talked to him a great deal about minding
his manners better in future, and Angie
laughed very much, and said she should
make her mother guess who the company
was that had been in the parlor.
! Then Bernard went home, but before he
went to work, he got some branches of trees
and made little house of them for John,
because he thought it would be cooler and
John would like itFbetter than staying all
the time in the shed.
The next day Bernard saw Angie coming
down the road, and she came running so
fast he thought she was coming to tell
him something And so she was
Angie came up all out of breath, and
then She told Bernard there was going to
be picnic. All the Sunday School was
going, and Bernard must go, And Angie
thought, perhaps, if they could get Il little
cart, il would be nice to put the baskets
and other things in, and have John draw
it. "If only we could get the cart and
then the harness too" said Angie.
Bernard said he had begun to make a
cart, and he would work on ii all he could,
and go to the village and buy some wheels
for il, and some leather to make harness,
and he was sure he could get it done be-
fore the picnic.
So Bernard worked away on the cart
and the harness for the harness maker in
the village had given him some pieces of
leather to make it of, and some pretty
colored pieces, red and blue, for trim
ming
Bernard worked away all the time he
could spare, and the day before the picnic
he got it all finished; the cart and the
harness too, and in the afternoon Angie
came down to see him try the harness on.
d. 1, .. I.n1I
brought John out and began TO dress him
up but for all the harness was so pretty
John didn't seem at all delighted with il {;
he would seem TO be half asleep, then all
of sudden he'd give great jump, and
they could hardly do anything with him.
And Angie said " should think, John,
with such long ears, you might hear what
was told you, and learn TO behave your
SELF
But, oh dear ~ she said, Bernard" !"
suppose tomorrow, at the picnic, he
should be jumping about, and act so
bad ~ GA
"Oh, no." said Bernard "rll lead him
along right by his bride all the way, so
he'll have to go on good, and very soon
Pllteach him so he won't think of acting
bad at ALL"
The next morning, bright and early,
Bernard put on his best clothes and then
he dressed John out in the pretty new
| harness. You can't think how fine John
did look in the harness, all trimmed with
red and blue. And then the cart all new
and nice. Bernard meant to put in a seat
50 he could sit in the cart and drive, when
he had taught John to GO along nicely;
but to-day he thought he had better lead
him by tn e bride.
When all was ready, Bernard led John
to Angles for the baskets, which were to
go In the cart; he led him round by the
Kitchen, but Bernard saw by the open
window that no one was in the kitchen,
so he left John moment while he ran
into the parlor
/. Angie was in the parlor, and she was
all dressed in a white dress, with blae
ribbon around her waist, and her hairwas
curled and tied with'a blue ribbon. But
Bernard soon ran out to see to John; and
where now was that mischievous JOhny His
1 head was in the kitchen window, and he
had bitten the wing off "a chicken, and
1 there he was chewing it up.
/ Oh, john said Bernard, 'here here
what are you about?" And when Ber-
nard looked in on the kitchen table, what
else had John done?-there was an apple
pie eaten almost up! "Oh, John, John.
. I'm ashamed of your said Bernard, and
poor Bernard felt as though he could cry,
flie was so ashamed of Johns behavior !
Then Angie came out, and she didn't
know whether to laugh or to cry. TO
think" said Bernard "When / gave him
so much breakfast he should act so;p and
. Belnard's face got very red, he felt SC
Fbad, but in few minutes Angles mothel
came out, and she said there was more
/ than the baskets could hold and it was nc
matter if Donkey John had helped him
to.laugh and think i was very funny in
deed.
And then she went and got a beautiful
wreath which she had made 10 put or
Johns neck. 1t was all made of large
yellow marigolds, and looked like great
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