Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-30

there's any change left. you buy me
some peanuts, will you?'' I'D ~.
| Uncle Jim nodded and said, 81
shouldn't wonder,' as he strobe out in
| to the rain. go as,-, ,l4rf s.
Tommy's mamma gave the baby her
breakfast. talked while with Bridget
about supper, busted the parler, wa
tered the ivy in the bay window, and
| then she put the baby on the floor in
| the dining room, and gave her some
clothes-pins and Il tin pan to play. with
Tommy had his Noah's ark, but he had
| to keep it on the table, because the baby
put the camels and elephants in her
mouth whenever she got a chance. and
once she sucked III the paint Off from
Shem, Ham and Japhcth, and nfaaeSheY
self quite sick. Ellen was ironing IA
the kitchen, and Mrs. Bancroft said:
"Now, Ellen. it is such rainy day.
nobody will be in: and I am going up to %
look over the wiiiter clothing and mt 2
it away. The children will do very we'll
in here, but you must keep your door
open, and look in once in a while?'
"Yes'm,' said Ellen; .''Tommy's get
ting right handy to mind the baby when
ile tries" atso.r. ~ +. ,a.s.
"Oh, Ill tend to her." said Tommy.
who was trying to stand MIS-. Noah on
the ridge pole of the ark. sfEllen
| needn' 'tmind about us at all. .i'ii-
So Tommy's mamma went away up, =
stairs, and Helen hurried on with her,
ironing, looking out once in a while
through the rain to see if the grocer's
young man was not coming for his orr
ders. When he did come She shut the
dining-room door, because the baby was
always frightened at the grocer's young
man, though Ellen herself, did not seem
at all afraid of him. .a 5l'a $50. =
1t was just at this moment that Tom
my spied Il bottle of mucilage, on the
clock shelf over the table, and it struck
him instantly what a fine thing it would
be to fasten on the elephants trunk and
Noah's head again. 1t was quite easy r.
to reach it and pull out the cork, but =
there did not happen to be any brush, so 1
Tommy was forced to use one of his fin
gers, which answered very well, only.
he had to wipe it frequently upon his
apron. Noah'S head refused to stick,
and so did the elephants trunk, though
he tried it on most ali the animals.''
Then he concluded he would paste up
hand-hills, as he had seen men do on =.
the street. So he got the baby's little,
soft, white hail, brush, and poured out
some of the mucilage into the seat of
Uncle Jim's table chair. Then he
dipped the brush, and stuck, pieces of.
the morning paper OH the walls, on the
doors, on the stove, and, last of all, he
happened to remember how he had seen
a funny man walking through the
streets with handbills on his hat and his -
back, so he pasted some papers on the
baby's back, and on the top of her poor
little baldN head. Baby had no hair to
speak of, but she did not at all fancy
this way of dressing it, so she set up a a.
loud scream of anger, and at that very
moment came a ring at the door bell.
"Dear, dear." said rommy's mamma,
peeping out at the chamber window, sit
there isn't Miss Dilly Dean come to
spend the day.
Mamma hurried down to the door TO
receive Miss Dilly Dean, who stood in
the hall, with the inky water running
off from her umbrella and making lit
You didn't look for me to-day, Pm
sure" said Miss Dilly, but | thought
L Should be sure of a good long visit ALI