The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-11
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H. MARROW ESCAPE.


So r a. Rep a remember Il.
r i'm HRS -a 50 end o.. -. H4atI--
piece
'W-s - ION psf /; in your pocket papa.
srd rsl g1l vii 90 rlce to have it z Thus
s .. .ti'lL Elsie.
Zoe r, >e'- rat I asve ,b'rt ne now
W. a,..t.- in tAc elotass.pres. ~.en | IN
in ths ci-7. { ''cl>~- h.v,n't much time to
los, SD .seu Mt. Porter bLstled az y i, dress
himself.
:, p -.cr Immediately saersea fren h.s
Dr. ~. Il 10, qniet and ask Mr..
W. t. vents .r'r~ ~ "s-rv r-at pack ~;
and II la q rr7, tell him to have 1t at the
tea ul wiil be too late Be spry now
An E'.i rt Bs5v Nell in Dcs's lso nd I'm.
ia. .. ...t more aud Mrs.. Porter c. ns gaia
'Whag.'- FeiE she s.Id qa,csls Dick, do ypu
know what has b.cGme of him :?
II saw lin 20 down tho hill with Charlie
WI Ter just a minute ago, mA.n.
ID EAR me. what nuisance! wish he ives
ever o.ra Aeu ne Va wanted. You'll have to
go, Dick CT your hut as quick 90 YOU N, and
tell : aDAca that Mr.. Porter w.uts that bundle
thu i. in the right hand corner Of the drawer.
Now be lust Il, FuIck possible. There is 81.
ways dozen Wings left till the last minute to
hinder Re, pie
'Wae.e shllI leave Baby Nell whiIo ara
: n...l '.e carpet, and give her something
to ply W o I'll keep watch OF her'
Then they vent tne!- different ways, aud B by
had the room 90 her~,f She looked around
her with srar .s.,aau eyes. She hs4 Elsie'.
slipper AMI red h.itro play win; but she had
plnyed U5h ''.-r ~"p!e of times nnlii they
had quite w.rA LEI maslnstioi. 9vt. I, .tocd
to reason that - 1ua 1T 10 " .s!s to fpd ne.
thin Of ~. in,n,t,~nc" in t,,st gre room to
take up Ter -... iae. ), she threw the bal
under he s.. .3 tucked the clipper n her
cradle AID Covered D; 81; then soe stort.d On
her travel
supp - ~ou have tak-s up her attestion .nA
it does seem strange to u SIC should kayc made
str .ich' toy the III n'el-piec. yet th.t va pre-.
ciseIy What she did. She clnoed up sn her
stool, and from h t 70 tho great easy ch.ir, sad
by Standing Oh The arm Of it, her curley he.d
juat re ched the monte. She gave little 20 aeel
Of delight, aud, seizng upon the importsnt let.
ter pumped herself in the easy sheir to Rad it,
People read letters; she he seen them often
why shouldn't she? The enve ope WAS not seal.
ed, and her small fngers easily jerked out the
sheet. Then you would have been edited If you
could have seen and hesrd her. Such curiors
jargon as she ratified off, stopping now and then
to throw back her he I'd ana ugh, = if the con.
tents OF the letter we're very funny indeed. A.
she turned the leaf the stiff pspsr tore little it
maGs n curious noise Baby Mel, Was very fond
of noise; quite scholar. indeed in the art of
studying out new ones. She paused in her read.
ing, and gave the paper Guicl little Jerks Cris
ori', it went; a most delightful, crispy kind Of
q noise.
Baby Nell giggled tram ph.ntly .. much
moro Improving this was than aiing. She wss
studying ~ science OF acoustics She WAS
very industrious little body, and it took bat
short time for her deft little fingers to tear ell
Pap. Porter's important addresses into such mar.
ROW ribboss that it would have been very hard
indeed to have made them out There they were
in nice little he. p il. her lap She gave sigh
of satisfaction, and wandered what to do next.
She decided to go back to tbs mantel, and seiz.
ing the envelope that she had not chosen to tear,
she climbed ny again.
There was glass Of water on the maatle, and
she chose to consider herself thirsty. She
promptly dropped the envelope in almost the
same position she had found 1t, aud Selling the
tumbler. elsnbsr.d down without SIZZLING
more than half the contents
Arrived On the floor, she forgot her thirst AID
began ssrely 70 gather up the whole army Of
STRIPE tear them into sn .ller bits and send them
in swimming. A. this point Mr.. Porter rushed
out, seized Baby Nell, kissed her hurriedly. s.t
her down again, snstched the empty envelope
from tho msutel, and flew out Of the house, meet
ing both his messengers in the yard, and rsssiy.
ting in form .tisp sad bu idle.
DO ysu know whore to ind NJ. Adams, whom
you set there ?" Mr.. Whsslsr asked, - tie two
gentlemen stood saying = few last words, % tho
train puffsA and saortsd, and took in fresh
breath.
Yes, have his address on nv paper. just
give me Charlie Wilson'S number again, and I'll
put it on tho same liat,' and Mr.. Porter fumblsd
In his pocket for the savelvop. what under The
sum- moon aud stare 10 to pay new no muttersd,
q. to his utter asteaishnsut, he found it empty.
Here cant 70 without those addresses. Ny
nensranda 10 On the ssme list Then wasn't
there time! Didn't Mr.. Porter tear up the
street like a nsdnan. and dash into the house,
look on the mantle piece, and hunt in his mock.
cts, and scsld Dick, aud Fred and Elsi. and RIVE
around generally, in the midst of which there
came d1t,net aad emphatic Voice from the
depot 'Wh-e.oco.oo.or said the departing
train.
There, now said Mr.. Porter, stopping in his
search and folding his srns in kind Of . conf
cal despair. Now you sec what you have doae
There goes the train, and wouldn't have miss.
cd it for fifty dollars, and all the result Of caro-.
leesness.'
Fred vsntured to mako remark. who b.,
dons it. fAthsr?'
THAT'S just what should like TO know. and
its what mean to find out Now which Of ,cu
children msddled with that envelope! ?
i wasn't here, said .ch of the three children
in breath.
oh, no, you we're none Of You here, Of oourse {;
you never are wheD ri, 'hirr i, done. No doubt
bat the letter jumped out of ia, e.v.lop and
walked all OF II. own .ccur&. FRI who're were
ysv, sir!'
Il vss d'~n ~ the FOO, of TIE hill with Char.
lie aerl'r Ie.sing Mt his new k,,c. jlst this
minute GOT ~.
And. paps,' ssii El.ie, 4 vent in Mr.. Wh.s.
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