Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-12-26

CroH was the pet Of the house.
You wouldn't have wondered II you
had seen him, III the first place, he
had round club ot face, Il dimplc
III each cheek, thick head Of curls,
soft AS silk-that is, when they were
not stiff with wax, or sugar, or paint
land big, black, shining eyes. l
think his eyes were black. As l stop
\ minute to recall them | seem not
10 lie sure. 1t the, were not black.
they wee brown. Bat whatever
color they were, this is certain, that
they were vciy shining eyes, and that
they saw great many things.
Croll's cu'ls gave him deal Of
trouble; for, n matter how many
times day they were combed, they
were almost always in disorder, and
kept falling over his eyes in the most
provokin. way. So one Gay Croll
so, md of this trouble ty standing
behind the door and privately cut.
ting off two or Three with a pair OF
SCISSORS. This was fine fun while he
was crtting them, bat no sooner
were they off than he began to wish
them un, aud tried many ingenio.
way to tastcn ,h"m in their places.
Blu, they kept dropping off III spite
Ut him, aud foolish CruIl was seen TO
have spoiled Ills curls.
Besides his cur!s, and his dimplcs,
and his big, shining cycs-bI.ck or
brown-Croll had delightful ways
These are more difficult to describe
than even his eyes, about which am
80 uncertain. Perhaps it would be
better to 1t them describe them
selyes. SO will only say tina; Croll
was altogether charming
Now think OF it, not altogether
charming. However pretty, or
piquant, Croll was no, an angel, as
we shall presently see. Croll liked
great many things. lie liked to
pick the handsomcst flowers from the
garden border, although his mamma
dl.! net like to have him. lie liked
to put peas in his small sisters ear.
and did not want her to CT, about 1t.
He liked To step on the cats tail
one part OF the cat-and wondered
Why the other part cried. He liked
to pull his mammals ear drops, be.
cause the blood rushed into her ears
so bright and red. Mamma liked
this, too, when he did not pull too
hard.
But he dill not like to take nap
in the afternoon. That was one Of
the affections. His mamma liked TO
have h IN, and no doubt he liked it
well enough himself when lie once
got asleep, II he liked anything a,
that time; but he did not enjoy gong
Away up stairs so soon after Dinner
away from his .lorse, away from his
box of blocks, and above all, away
from the tatlo that Bridget was
clearing. l!e would much rather stay
down stairs and help clear tho table.
This he could do to perfection. liz
could put up knives ani forks rs no
one else could put them up--so that
they could never b. found again, or
almost never-as You will believe
when l tell you that the vinegar had
been growing unacconn,abiy black
Tor sevtral weeks before anybody
though, To examine the cask, and see
wha, WAS The matter. Here were
found three knives aud forks. | will
not say positively that Croll pnt them
there, Tor did not $50 him. and he
!, mcmbsrc.l nothing about il. l only
know they were there.
But l was saying Croll did not
ike 10 take a nap III the afternoon.
Not tina. 10 was any better natt rcd
At tbs tinc oi day than any ether
On the contrary, no was quite out OF
sorts with ever, body and everything.
Everything went wrong with Croll
at about tins time OF day. He want.
cd 80 many things, and eths did not
know wha, hs wanted. Except this,
he knew lie did not want 10 take a
nap. One d. y he wanted to take q
nap much less usual. In fact he
wanted II SO little he cried about it.
But mamma took crying CrolI up
stairs to his own room, put him OIL
the bed, let iall tie curtains and left
him.
To havo tho curtains down was
another OF Croli's troubles. tor then
he couldn't look out OF the window.
lie could only hear Bob and Nell
whose mamma did not make them
take a nap-ca'liny to Que another
over the way. Tins was very dread
tul To enc with such vide wake ewes