Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-24

as she was putting her work away, there
was a tremendous pounding overhead.
"There !! Jack is sick" she said to
herself 81 thought at supper time he
was eating too much cake 20
And she hurried up stairs with her
lamp, and the bottle of peppermint.
There stood Jack on the floor, in his
little white night-shirt, all of a tremor.
ooh, Kate p he cried, as soon as he
saw her, "there is something alive in
that bed. When I move about it is
quiet, but when l try to go to sleep, it
rustles and dances up and down. What
is it ?"
"Why, Well look and see," said his
sister, pulling down the sheets. The
mattress above the feather bed had been
freshly filed with oat straw, and the
oats had been thrashed out. She lis
tened. Yes, there certainly was a noise.
She followed up the sound with her
hand, and it moved along to the far
thest corner of the bed. There it stop
ped, and in a minute more out sprang a
little gray mouse with bright frightened
eyes, and ran as hard as he could go
through the door into the garnet. Kate
laughed, and SO did Jack.
"There, you won't hear it again, so
go back to bed" she said and Jack
obeyed, sure that now he should fall
asleep in five minutes. Kate went down
to her room again, and took a book to
read, but she had not turned over many
leaves before she heard the pounding
repeated again overhead, not quite SO
loud as before. Up she went and found
Jack tossing restlessly about.
HT Eoan hoor;nn tba oT1aoroct Doicao
Kate" he said "not in the bed this
dow. What do you suppose it can be %
81 don't hear anything" said Kate.
"The wind is rising it must be the
wind you hear"
"Maybe it is" said Jack but he
moved his head around so uneasily on
his pillow, that Kate asked if she could
do anything for him.
81 shan't sleep a wink, I know" re-
piled Jack, but I think [ could bear it
betterifyouwou leave mylight burning,
and bring me my Robinson Crusoe."
81 can't have you reading in bed, i"
said Kate, decisively "you'n set the
house on fire"
81 won't read, not one word" prom
ised Jack 81 only want the book to lie
ny Lie here, WueT6 L Cali bOucH II 1OI
company"
So Kate brought Robinson Crusoe, and
left the light burning. Then she bade
Jack goodnight once more, and was not
disturbed again, though she woke and
listened several times in the night.
But the next morning Jack slept very
late, and when he came down stairs, al
hour after breakfast was over, he still
looked sleepy. He had lain awake til
long past midnight, he said, but what
with the light and Robinson Crusoe, and
the consciousness that Kate was in the
room below, he had managed to endure
it, and felt quite heroic.
Give found out what made the noise
jack" said Kate, as she came in from
an errand, some time later. "Thf
boughs Of the larch tree touch the house
and you heard the little twigs brushing
the wall as the wind blew. 1 looked VI
and saw them just now"
"Would you like to- take that ROOF
for YOU own, Jack ?" asked his mother
smiling. "You may change if yol
want to-"
"No, no 7" said Jack, shaking hi
head. "When I go to bed | want t.
sleep !; and there is nothing like my owl
little room, down stairs, for that Pr
i, Schoolday Magazine.