The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-12-05


ing were Wild and furious.
Aunt Jem Oh, Aunt Jem, look | Just
look -
Aunt Jem did look-at the broken
back fence. levelled currant bushes, fat
tened howcr-beds, last at the front yar>;,
where reposed the cause Of all the mis-
chief-the large mill atone.
cit coined tumbliag the hill right down
on to our Dack yard, and some of the
fence Was there besides the currant bush
90, and Rob and me we yelled, you'd bet
ter believe !" lncidly explained the as
tonishsd Teddy.
ut is naercy that you were not killed"
began Aunt Jem's trembling lips but
Rob Interrupted her with another vocifer
Gus "Oh, look II and pointed ~ brisk
bonfire that was apringing up in front Of
them. JemimA's bleaching apparatus had
been overturned, and the Goals emptied
out of the pan had set the barrel in n
blaze. A bucket or two of water 80 IN tx
tinguished the Are; but alas, for the bon
net! it was w0fully blAckened instead IF
whitensd, and burned beyond al posi-
bility of making over The group GATH
cred about the ruins in dismay for the
children were quick tn detect the look %
trouble in Aunt Jem's lace, And even they
understood the Case we'll enough tn know
that articles drstr yed were not AWAY.
easily replaced.
mo one hurt, | hope!' said voice
just behind them--a manly voice, though
\ trit1' hurried and anxious.
Jrmitna lonked up, met the kindly,
questioning glance of pair OF bue eyes.
&ad recognized 9r. Barclay. She started
little, not having unticed MS approac b.
bat she answered promptly, "No, air no
one hurt in the least"
"RealiyesI don't know hnw such An ac-
cident could have happened" lac remark
cd, as if even yet bewiIdered by he sf.
fair. There must have been some care
lessness in loading the stonr.I suppose, for
when we were part way up the hill, the
wagon tilted a lltte,and the stone slipped
off and came crashing down. It's force
was mostly spent before it reached your
place; but I SEQ il has done damage
enough as it is. And a swift, com pre-
henslve glance swept the Fl ,wer- beds aud
broken bushes.
Nothing very serious-nothIng but
what a. tie labor will make right again"
courageousIy and prlitely responded Miss
Jemima, noticing the direction his eyes
had taken.
mo, it won't" ipterposed Master Ted
dy; "cause Aunt Jcm'S bonnet what she
had bleachin' in the barrel ls all burned
up 1t was goin' to be her SundaYeSt one.
too; an now she can't 20 tn meetin' nor
n"thin'; only I'll end you my hat, Aunt
Jem."
Hush, hush, Teddy" whispered Aunt
Jem, pressing the little fat hand that slid
in:o hers, in appreciation of the nfftred
sympathy, though her face grew suddenly
rosy. and ltrequired some effort 70 betray
10 dscomDosure.
"Nn, sir,there's not much harm done. l
am thankful it is no wmse."
80 am |. Some one might have been
killed by it," he answered Hravely, steal
ing q curious glance at tho charred barrel,
meanwhile, and bordering Teddy's re
mark. Net very we'll versed in millinery
matters was Cadc Barclay Asister he
had never had, and his mothersh d been
dead now nearly u year. Where the Beat
Quaker-lIke bnnnets she had won during
her life time came from, it had never oc-
curr' d to him TO inquire. But he felt to
erably certaia that they had not been
conjured out Of a barrel in the back yard
lie know that there were places where
such articles were sold, and fan>ied that
most ladies bought them. Brewing them
as home, In barrels, over fire, struck
him as rather AN original plan, and he
strongly suspected, Teddy's lament taken
into account. that it indicated short ness
of funds. He was very sorry for the mis-,
chief his rolling stone had caused, and
this particular part of it seemed the most
difficult 10 remedy.
You muat let mo compensate as far as
possible for the trouble I have caused
you" he began but Miss Jemima so
quickly and decidedly declared the injury
nf nu c0ust quence that there was MOI hing
more 10 be sad. His honest heart was
still psrplexiug itself over the problem
wheE a small specimen OF tue canine race
presented itsslf to view, and Teddy caught
1t up.
"rhis is my dog he came to live with
US without nobody askin' him. Aunt Jem
don't like dim much cause he ain't ~
Newfounder; he's a rat terror"
EAU! i, he :" said Mr.. Barclay, becOm.
ing suddenly interested. Such an aimal
IL very useful about mill sometimes,
where there are great many rats aud
mice. wouldn't mind giving five dollars
tor him if you were willing to let him 60
Would y"u sell him for that?
Yes, SSr," answered Teddy, promptly !;
AGd bill WAS pressed into the little
pain. and the dog transferred to It's new
owner.
Miss Jemlna viewed this proceeding
rather doubtfully; still, as she was not
consulted Ia tho matter, and the gentle
man appeared as much interested in the
hargaln az Teddy himself, she did not