The Portland daily press., 1873-07-08
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leisurely getting Benny ready for his hath
stopping TO admire his diu'p u shoulders.
and give him hug aud kiss. when | heard
the front door open and shut hastily. The
next moment David called up the stairs.
Emma, how near are you ready? 1t Is time
we were off,"
Now. knew better. knew the train did
not leave for good hour at least, but some
how, when David gets 10 one of his hurrying
hts 1t Is always contagious, and in a few min
utes was flying around The house at a rate
that was caution TO all slnw 70 ks.
Bennie bath, of course, must be omitted.
l would only have time to wipe off his face
and hands little, which, of course, he Ie-
sisted with all his force of fist and fo,t A
regular bath in his hath tub he always enj Us,
but wash-ragl he'll Fl yht to his tst breath.
Under the circumstances 1 did not wait to
put much Of polish on the chubby cheeks,
but hurried his clothes on, ard, to keep him
out of mischief, seated him in he middle of
NV nice clean bed. He must have something
to amuse himself, anything to keep him still,
L thought, as L crowded the cbver tight In
the pomade Jar, and handed it to him, great
ly to bis delight, for it was new plaything
Bennie disposed OF, buried TO get my
self ready. had just taken down nv hair,
when arother call cs me from below, "Ctme,
Elm, hurry upr' Now, Nature has given me
0S"iSSh Only u ydTu dllu u QudTLcE lODRy anu
tni"K OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES like q chignon
thar can be pinned ON at a moments notice,
but with shaking fingers tfor the hurry was
already beginning to tell ON M neryesl. 1
twisted it up in about two minutes, and was
hurryng on my cl tbes, when again lrnm the
lower regions came acall, why, wi.e, what
are you about? You surely will be left, do
hurry?' Oh, wasn't that exasperatingl
When every nerve and muscle l possess d
wern strained to their u mo in nv effprts to
move fast, to be told to hurry My eno-
iu1eious were iadescriDabIe. but certainly my
strongest desire was to get my fingers around
that mans throat, and, II possible, choke of,
for five minutes at least, that everlasting
"huiry uD.''
A noise from Bennie attracted my attention,
and turned to him to find the little mischief
had taken the cover off the pomaIe jar. and
with his little fingers had taken out dabs OF
pnmade and spread them all over the coun-
terpane, pillows, an everything else within
his reach. Never mind, we must uot wait
now to fix tbirgs, for then came another call,
"DO hurry, EN-, are you never coming? and
hurried dowL stairs wiping Benni,'s fingers
rs 1 went, and we buried luto The car rage
and the horse hurried to the depot III rate
that sent people flying across stree crossings
for David always will keep horse at goes
ike the wild; he can't wait Tor SLOW horse.
When we reached the depot tiembed, so
that Benne's heavy we ght tairly dragged me
down, but we were .here in time, surely for
no train came for forty-five minutes. Weary
minutes they were to me, for was ashamed
OF my dirty baby, and tears Of vexation
would come into my eyes when l thou ht of
the room lett in such disorder, when there
WAS plenty of time to make it neat and tidy.
And yet, my dear, old kind David. i am al
ready CO science-smitien to think have been
complaining at his having even one fault
Etinor Brooks in Christian Union.