The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-30

benightcd little citS, and they s"alI""cu II
literally openmouthcd
A pretty sight it was, this milkingtime; so
thought chance conner who Aau s'raycu
down the lane by the back yard anu stopped
TO look over the bars at the scene inside. Miss
Nccny's blue drapcrics falling as gracefully
from the milking As ever they ana from tAe
piano stool, her black hair crisping into PIC
turcSque lights and shades against me clear
sleek side of the white COW, who STOOD chcW'
inc the cud, her large mild eyes fixed medi,
itativclv on Kitty pcrchcd on an overturned
whcclbarrow. and steadfastly returning the
gaze with her great mild blue English eyes,
while Jimmy, divided between admiration
and kind OF fascinated fear, lowered around
Farmer Colby's big chestnut horse that It's
owner had left tied to a post while he drove
bargains in butter and cheese in Mrs. Hutch.
! ms dairy, and that champcd and paved, ana
otherwise testified impotence at the delay
The sun, just disappearing behind the hills,
as If TO make sure that all was as II shouiu DC
before retiring for the night shot forth last
keen blink, that searched out CLEAN OF Soid
| in the moss under the gable and a tiny Grim
son flower in the grass while the chestnut :
coat Shunc rs if vanished, and the shadow
of the old chestnut tree heightened till 1t seem
ed to be growing out of sight.
The stranger, whose knapsack on the shout
/ der and stout stick in hand, to say nothing OF
dusty gray garments, bespoke him peucS-
trian tourist, after looking on for a moment
Iunpcrcciycd, put his hand on the bar and
| called to Jimmy But Jimmy, whose nerves
had not vet hardened to country boys stol-
Idly, jumped back at the sudden sound, I'M
fortunately at the precise moment when the
chestnut launched out at fly that was buz-
zng about him. The fly, with c0ntemptu-
Gus br-r. sailed off untouched, but poor,
wingcss Jimmy lay his full length upon the
ground.
At Kitty's scream, Nina looked around, but
before ANYBODY could move, the young man
was over the bars and had the insensiblc boy
| in his arms. He was a surgeon, he said and
| Nina anXlously awaited his report of the boys
injuries. They proved less serious than she
had fcarcd-a slight conclusion OF the brain
and broken leg, broken so clearly, as the
young surgeon with professional enthusiasm
declared after setting it, that il might almost
be trusted to heal itself.
Nevertheless, DR.. hilton, as he gave his
name did not trust it to itself Perhaps he
felt that as he had indirectly been the cause
of Jimmy'S battcring, the least he could 90
was to leave him as sound as he had found
him. SO the knapSacl was unsrapped, and,
with its owner, remained indefinitely under
Mr. ITutchins, ,ramhrol roof Never surely
,vos natIent Lettcr tended than Jimmy Pratt
rho r0nnr man told him stories and invented
Games for his amusement. taught him. to the
boys intense pride and delight, to play on Il
crcaky old fiddle, that had spent its best days
H. no scrvicr nf fine deceased IIutchins
hrou"ht him news of all tbc small hammer.
ings of the farm and the village till he was
vii cnomch "a Inc moved ottrr which in nil
C,rnr,hlr weather. fine daily romhlinrs were
rc.,rmod Jimmy ridinC in rrcot stylc and
cn,nfnrt On Dr I'jiIton,s hack The n1iobhor.
LnnI vim loon rn,,n,rv instinct in low mai.
tors omco mnrn oninnI tL,t Mi his meant
tIat ,I,n ,.o,,,r dnctnr WINS ,.mol,in,,,n tn Miss
W" ,a' W, IN hr f,nc, tbcvw NOT Wholly
at f,,;,i /, f,rt os hmm; rev hc,tnr his
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hnr,rn over hovin,r seen him. no nrbcr than
=, ,'or,,i, co,,si, "a, nor frinnI Mr. Chudloirh |
mi. i"rn,ion tn hi. nrnFrssion in General and !
his moor noticnt. in nar,icnIor lis inJifi%r,
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ol,H, ON witch Wrs ChuJIciHgh woe
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