The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-11-12
dispose OF the, v.esuals she wa, SO fond

herselt.. 30 that suggestion setlher TO
work at once. :aniwoFia4 qst fsu 8,g
] At sight Of the table being spread,
ANettie looked dismayed and ran TO the
window. The snow was falling furi-
, ously nov, and the horse and sleigh
was gone 4s
1 Mamie began to cry, but the deacon
i drew up two fluffy cushioned rockers
4 before the fire, lifted the two children
1 into tben, and then Brought them each
a. mug CT milk and a -caraway cooky..
Il Thenoaher nodded, aiand smiled, and
lEpointed TO the table, .,and fourished his
1 arms gain as ii he were in the middle
\ o Sffs d swarm Of bees. The children both
laughed at his signs. .aai-Isi-i
"tI can make signs 10 'em, you see, ;"
he said with an air of Importance,
/ though the signs he made were never
in use among any deaf and dumb peol
pie that i ever heard of. The children
understood his kindly face, however, as
we'll as the mugs of milk and caraway
cookies. So they sat contentedly before
the fire, biting their cookies, and spell
ing with their fingers, the notices,
"For good girl" and "To my daugh-
ter" on the pink and blue mugs. u s'I3'
/ Those mugs had been set away for
thirty years, and mother Pettingill
sighed softly and wiped away a tear, as
she got them down from the top shelf Of
| the corner cupboard, for her two little
guests. 1sl.Ia s"a1}a Im rs 9s1ii Jst4 9a
7 will not say that Nettie felt, quite
happy a twinge Of conscience at the
thought of the lost horse, and Of Mr..
Gilbert, the principal of DEMONSTRATION,
kept her from feeling just right; but j.
cannot think the petted child, accus=
almost entirely, had as clear a sense Of
the wrong in the case as an ordinary
child of eleven would have iauo a4s N
Then, the dinner was, splendid, and
mother PettingilI looked SO happy, and
piled their plates SO full, and the dea-
con cut such big slices of turkey for
them, and laughed and made. such
| amazing signs, that they couldn't help
laughing and having a good time, to
save their lives. They knew he didn't
make q single sign right, and that was.
why they laughed.
But the deacon not understanding
that it had to be any particular motion
of the hands, or that they really had a
language of the hands at all, thought
he was entertaining them in the most
appropriate manner. & '>ag!s9g' . - ~
.is'' Don't, father, don't throw Your
hands up SO silly said mother Pet
tingill. = a'' Dl@ II = '22
'That's the way to talk to 'enn,9 moth
en-" making his hands fly wildly into
the air. a ...or t..,.,,al -,.15,.sz.
j ! But you look as if you'd lost your
Senses" said his. wife. Nos''a. 8 s'"'
However, as Nettie and Mamie laugh
ed and ate heartily, and seemed to en-
Joy it ali, she let father make fool
of himself to his hearts content.
When Miss Peabody marshaled the
girls in the study hall, ready for dinner,
the places of the two little runaways
were empty. A messenger was sent to
the dormitories to look them up, who,
beiIg rather hungry, did not make a
very thorough search. When Mr.. Gil
bert was notified, he only 1aughingly
said: aa18l IL aa Z. 3 .ol sr1a5aI hi
go, let them alone, they will get in
soon enough, never fear" and then he
fell to carving turkey, and everybody
else fell to eating it, and the little alb
| sentees were forgotten. BOA 9FM +
j When just before dark, Deacon Pet
tingill set them down in the large front
hall of the institution with kiss apiece,
and a big bundle of doughnuts and car
away cookies, they ran, slyly up stairs
and hid the bundle under their pillows.
Coming into the study hall, the girls
buzzed around them. They were sum-
moned to Miss Peabody, who, however,
was so deeply interested in the book
she was reading, that she did not take
proper notice of the offenders. SSH
You cannot have any dinner at all, !"
she said in signs, " for not being in
your places" 1851, ql.n sa- .s-a u
Nettie and Mamie hung their heads,
and escaped to retired spot behind the
door to have good laugh. They were
full to the throat" as the deaf and
dumb express it; what lucky punish.
ment to tell them they could not have
any dinner !! And tlen hadn't they a
big bundle of cookies and doughnuts :?
Deacon Pettingill had driven home i'm
mediately, as heavy snow was falling,
and no one had seen him. Nobody
found the girls out, and the doughnuts
and cookies didn't dry up. aa
The following is copy of the letter
which Net5ie wrote home few days
after Thanksgiving. 1t is true copy,
and she composed every word of it her
self you will see that she never said a
word about her ride, but she told her
mother the whole story the next vaca-
ton.
Nettie's letter ssas
DEAR MAMMA: We had thanks be unto
God, turkey. and mince pie, and many other
kinds of fruit, last Thursday. I love my
father and mother. There are three hundred
pupils in this institution, ITS boys, 1875 girls.
All the pupils are well, but some are sick.
Your loving daughter, NErT1E.
Little COTDOrnLA