Ellsworth American., 1873-06-26
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The Day Of Judgment.

lam IA years old, and Jill is IL and
a quarter. Jill is my brother. That
isn't his name, you know his name is
Timothy, and mine is George Zachar.
las but they've always called us Jack
and Jill. I'm sure l don't see why
If we'd much water TO carry-but il
isn't well at our house, it's pipes
and We never broke our heads on hills
or anything of that kind the most |
ever broke was toe-joint, and it was
splintered up, besides the cash in JilPs
neck from coasting.
But l don't think you often under.
stand about names. There's Maher-
shalal-hash-baz, for instance. We had
that at the Sunday.school last Sunday.
I'm glad l wasn't Isaiahs boy.
Well, Jill and | had an invitation
down to Aunt Johns, this summer,
and that was how We happened to be
there. It's a great thing to have an
invitation TO Aunt Johns. We don't
go visiting in our family without invi-
tations; l mean IL we're relations. We
like it better. Then they're glad to
see you, and the girl isn't sick, and
there's berry-cake for supper, and
you have the spare room, and like as
not maple-syrup on your hapjacks.
Once l had broiled chicken for break
fast three times . week at Cousin Pal
mer's.
Aunt John can't afford chicken un-
less it's Sunday, because her chicke ms
are most all guinea hens and one tur-
key. RI, ia ,.ther 90 .a A9pt
johns than anywhere else in this
world. When l was little fellow
used TO think Id rather go to 70 Aunt
John , than TO go 70 heaven. But |
never dared TO tell. But when l had
scarlet fever down there, | let II out
some way TO Aunt John, and she never
scolded bit. l thought she cried,
but l never was sure, because she was
just digging out the guava-jelly with a
teaspoon.
You couldn't tell what it is about
going TO Aunt Johns. II isn't so
much the maple-syrup. Nor the 1
o'clock dinner, Sunday, and the crisp
on the mashed potato. don't think
it's the barn nor the tOol-house ; it ISM t
all the old carryall ont under the but
ternut-tree Aunt John leaves that
carryall there yet, though it's just a
smash from the wind and weather and
us boys, because Jill says he'u feel
homesick not TO see it; and she
couldn't even play go for tue doctor in
it, it's such smash.
Aunt John takes photographs and
tintypes. Most boys think it's funny
for lady to take tintypes, but Jill and
don't. She always has. At least
uncle did, and she helped, and SO he
died, and she kept right along. She
has saloon next the postoffice, and
her girl gets dinner, and she comes
home at II, TO sit round in the shady
places on the steps with Jill and me
and guess what we're going to have
for dessert.
l don't know but it's the saloon
that's q good deal of it at Aunt Johns.
You ought to see the album that Jill
and I've got, of just pictures Of our
selves every way you can imagine
with two heads and three and upside
down; and back side front; aud eat
ing flapjscks and out fishing and the
turkey for .rontispiece, besides.
1t takes me great deal longer than
thought it would, to get to what l
Sat ont to GOV aknut hon, ,ya ,-o,, -
Aunt Johns this time.
She'd invited Us to come on the 18th
of August. 1t takes all day to get to
Aunt Johns. She lives at Little
River, in New Hampshire, away up.
You have to wait at South Lawrence
in poky little depot, and you haye to
change cars at Dover, and you get
some played out. At least, don't so
much, but Jill does so We bought Il
paper. bought the paper, because
he bought the pop corn and the mus.
tiest jumble | ever ate. But ! got
some prize candy, when it came my
turn, and a fish hook, in it ! shouldn't
have noticed the fish hook if l hadn't
come so near swallowing it.
But so we bought the paper, and Jill
sat up and read it he tipped his cap
on tue back Of his head, and sat up
like the man in front of US with the
big neck and the long mustache. I'd
have punched pin in him to see him
jump, if he'd sat up so long, but he
didn't. When he'd sat q minute and
read along -
"Look here I" said he.
'Look where {" said !.
why, theirs going to be comet to-
night" said Jill.
"Who cares |" said /.
Jill laid down the paper, and crunch
ed popcorn all up before he answer
ed that. Then said he: 81 don't see
why father never told US. Is'pose be
thought we'd be frightened or come.
thing. Why, s'posing the world did
come to an end? That's what this pa
per says. "4t is predicted-it isd-
yes where's my place! O, l sea-
predicted BY learned men that . COM
ct will come into con-coniunction
with our plant planet this
night. Whether We shall be plunged
into wild vortex Of angry space, or