Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-06-10
Angels InaWares.

Now, sitting sun anywhere was very uu'
usual thing Tor tommy 10 uo' auu ! AnoN
OF but one thlng that eoule keep nun quiet
Tor that lene,n OF 'luic' anu 'na' nc was GU
gagged IN ne was hshing' ne was not
alone Tor MIME was seated on the messy
BANK near oy' hllllc was no. nsn,ng' ou'
she took as much interest 10 II as Tommy
ana ana ner iarso Uluo cycS ~ero Watching
the noating CORK WIN gryc' Seriousness ,s
mere eXclaiuneu tommy suuaonly'
as the cork began 70 pSo up ana Gown IN 10
the water " We got pic Keep rear sun
now
what 90 you guess II Is ! askeu MIL
lie, ID soodueu Whisper
Tommy made no answer put as the CORK
moved more violently he gave quick JERK:
No hsh came up on his hook however ana
ne thre" ihe me WIN 'ouu sP'asn INTO
inc wafer AGAIN ,,,,..
May be II was snark' saiu MIME
her eyes opening at inc thought
Tommy laughed
why there isnt any SHARKS IA mere
Sharks i've way out III tne ocean long
with whales ana otner Dig nsn' ne SAID
should mink II "ou'd take an a"Iul
big pole ana nook ana an aMIu' strouE
man to pun out Whales %nen they caught
en- observed Miliie' a''er Ie" minutes
reflection
no tnat isu 'ne way ,ncy ca,on
"nales' lucy ca'cn en WIN a-mny'
with a-some Alnu oi ia,npoon OF o'uer'
lhey throw IL al en- eAc'a'ulcu tommy
no. very iueiuly'
Millle was ABOUT 10 feP'y' "nSn CRASH
ing was hearu IN the ouShes, anu presently
Oharne anu rreu came pushing through 10
the BANK oil the creek
Hello exclaimed tommy where
are you iellows gong
On, we are gong over INTO the WOODS
near Uncle Jakes amer nuckie0erries'
answered Charlie. we came oy your
mousse 10 call ior you out your mother Salu
you were over mere come along won
you r.
1t didnt take much urging ior tommy
mad not succeeded very wei IN MS hshing'
ana soon the party oil lour were on thelr
way, laughing and chatting toward Uncle
Jakes
Uncle JAKE was an oid colored man. VINO
IN small cabin IN lonesome out-oi-the-
way place along with his little grand daugh-
ter, Nancy. lie earned his living by tray-
cling about the counry with an old horse
and wagon gathering up rags and old iron,
and he usually carried small quantity OF
tin.ware, cheap pencils and few trinkets,
which he gave In exchange. The children
were always pleased to see him, and many
pound OF iron OF their saving found its way
into his wagon, while Uncle Jake's pencils
were quite the thing to draw pictures with.
And then, too, they liked occasionally to
visit his cabin, especially during huckleberry
season when they could pick berries, and
also stop for while and listen to the old
mans stories Of life in the South.
AS the little party came to the edge OF
the small clearing, in the centre OF which
the cabin stood, they paused for moment.
guess Uncle Jake is off on one OF his
trips. 1t looks so lonesome ike, and l
don't see him anywhere round" observed
Tommy.
" | tell you what" said Fred, suddenly,
Nancy is at home, though. Lets go
and pound on the door, and then run and
hide. It'll scare her like anything"
Now, the children never stopped to think
how wrong such an act would be they sim
ply wished TO startle Nancy little by caus-
ing her to come to the door, only to find no
one there. 80 they moved cautiously over
the open space until they reached the door
then Charlie gave several loud raps with O
stick, and they all started to run. Blu,
alas one thing they iorgot-Carlo, Unclt
Jakes big dog' carlo came bouncing arounc
corner aud barking SO hercely that th'
children were unable to get away Iron
the door at all and instead OF irghten
ing Nancy they were very much fright
ened themselves Mile fairly crying Will
terror
Jus, 'hen the door opened ana Nancy ,ap
pcareu: her n'tle SHINING plack lace wa
streaming with tears.
oh' I'm SO g'ad you've come T. sh'
exclaimed, jumping up and down when sh'
saw who her visitors were. was jes
prayln an prayin Tor somebody to come.
why, we didn mean TO scare you Sc
oau as an mat said tommy a little re
morseiully'
on' yo uidht scare me any tam
.na', ou' gran pa Is SICK or something. ne
Jes' stay IN bed all the time, an don't tall
10 me one olt' aud there's nothing Tor us t.
eat
gu poor Ilt'ie thlng exclaimed Tom
my pltyingly' al the same time pushing
MS way into the small room, the others fol
i0"lng
Inc cnilureh found matters Just al
Nancy haa saiu: Uncle JAKE was lying OF
a peo al one Siue oil inc room IN hlgt
ieVef' ana quite unconscious oil what was
gong on ABOUT him'
why now long mas he been sick Y
asNca ,onlny as tue NIUE group gathered
ABOUT lne pea
a.,a nver since Sp yesterday, answered Nancy
quietly. she was becoming quite COM
ior'eu from inc sympathy ana presence oil
'he chiiaren'
Ana you haven't had anything to eat !
mhy' on Willie did not wait to finish
inc sentence, or Tor an answer either but
turned suuuen'y ana ran out OF the door
ireSen'iy sue came pacK win TWO lunch
baskets one belonging TO Tommy and her
SELL anu the other 70 Charlie and Fred.
lheres something TO cat Tor you" she