The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-11-05
TADDIE'S EXTRA.
EY kATE ". HAMILTON

EY kATk W. HAMILTON.
Tuke good care Of Grandpaa g,l
hltty, SAID pafa.
" Be as good a boy as you can, Taidie,
said mamma.
And those were the very last words as
the Carriage drove away from the gate
Tadd.e went bac6 into the hou4e, feel
ing considerably older aud seYeral incnes
taller than usual. lie had hesE allowed to
sit up an hoar later than his accu~tomed
bed time to see his falhev AMI n ,rher star
fer the depot. And thBn Crandmn and
KITTY hal been left in hi7 charge. Ger
t.tnIy they needed samrhady 10 take care
Of shem, for Grandpa had to he away
nearly al day. Taddie walked thrau.i
the hall with long steps, pushed hi hantit
down into his pocket, whi-trd, AMI
thought Whit Al important rhin. If was Ia
10 Large by. A. for heias good, b.
" cd be that, Of course.
lie t,od.ri 4LnYt i IN. first ,hiu- III.
hBAs clo-niHk. aud anie Ap sts ,ai i"g f,I
breakfast he lr,s fr,7l Zoo. y, Js"r = III Of
Lad pencil AMI httir n"r" b,,i. II
hal pail BIZ J",.s $50 marble, ..,, ,
whip Lash for tu,t b .oS 4rc.g &c nj. j
ia Fed n,rucct cnyer an. I.a. wuI =
l-avss; but hr bal pat kulNn .f',
what t d, vrh il ntt'r b. : / it, al =,
only drew fen rictIra- OF .uiu- VIZ
wonderful luiilu, tn SOM clriou, H.,, So
II i. A"~, H. ,.r, IA. concln !rd 70
keep JOURNAL, and, sharpening his p@ncil
lie w-ote, with i good deal q; care aud
ef II:
Rurzolved--to be ztry 90 d to Day q"
His little sister Ktty, seeing Lim 80
busy, came to his siiD
"WLa. are YOU doing, Tadjie? Let
m, see
NO" said Table I'm busy with
nv private counts. They amt for little
g;rl' to look at -
Kitty had caught sight 81 same Of the
featherei Indians, and thought they might
b. interesting; but s!ia was so surprised "a:
Tniiie'. grant marner that she only open
el her blue eyes verv wide, and Odd not say
a WORT when he slippai the book into his
pocket. She found Table surpsieing q
good many times that day. When she .nd
Ter whole family of dolls gave "a concert IN
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way of scattering hrndbills. intrniucin.
tho singers, and furnishing instrumental
music on his tin trumpet. But lie kept
saying so graycy and SO often, Kitty
Put your hair back, Kitty don't stand or
one foot. don't lean out the window that
at last KITTY fllie her small hands behind
her and looked at him.
Tadii- Nelson, what m tkes Won keep
saying Don't Kitty" all the time. III y.u
sas my-my granifather or somath,ng,"
"i Cause Tn the biggest, and papa told
me to take care Of ynn," said Tad,Ii-.
llumph You needn't i" it any uo.s,
then sail Kitty, shaking her d'xen curls
I" gusss if 1t hai been .nms, she'd
have told me to take care of ypu
Taidir fruwned little He VA. rest
less and dissatisfied, and besaa To be af nj!
he co1l1 not carry ouE the resplu ion lie
had printe go creiullv; for shat he
meant y b~ing extra goo W., to b, good
in some uncommon an extraordinary way.
and he dI / MT seem 10 Gui any Sgcl wqv
Kitty wanted him fer good u, my plays;
bat surpe he would oct ~ at III, AID the
others 81 oil not take much interest in.
Any c, mmon by cnuli pay; thers wa.
nothing Wonderful about hat, and il dldn' t
look much ike 'aking care o. anybody.
Kitty grew tired Of such poor caupn",
BY and bv, and wandered away BY herself,
leaving Fad lie to gals out of she window
nui be as dull As aa pleased. Ills grand
mother called to tim now AMI then, asking
pail IF water from the well. lie went
Slowly ami not very willingly. He hated
su,h litrle-boy work If she shouIi only
ask him TO 10 some g,eat thing he should
Ike better. he SAID to himself.
Dade, it's dale of trout Die to bring all
the wathcr from the cut,daor cisthrrn
I'm sorry the kitchen pumps broke at all y
said Bridget's voice.
Taddie listened. He hadn't hear. oil
that before
What's the matter With -b.e pqmp
Grandma a? y he asked.
" There is nothing wrong with the pump
1t Is emily a hole 10 the lrpe that brings tn,
water up frlp the cellar cistern," ans yer
ed Grapdma. - Deant to have AXE,
your Grandpa to mend it before he wen
away this morning. He cnpld have solder
ed ricely, know, 30 that it wo.is hav,
been all right. Bus forgot IT
"Sure it's KNOWN cintlemen be is. n
can do many things hisself widout sendiu
for man at all, .sid Bridget. adE;rinsly
al wonder if" began Taddis, an
then he stepped. He had almost said .ha
he wonde.sd il he could not do il; but b
was sure Grandma would oily laugh ar
say DO. Sc he did not 6pish the sentence
Bridget tho=ght it wonderful thing for
man to do. What would she think of
boy that could do it, Taddies eye. gre,
bright as be studied the subject.
T"tdie,' said Grandma, Al wish yo
would run over n Mrs. Vsls's and pe
'oSs al f:r -ss. TN r.s sss p.sess