Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-14

/ ing for permission to speak
/ "Well, my son p she said. quietly.
/ There IS no school this afternoon.
/ The senior class is to be examined. . he
said. YEARLY,
/ mo school Very we'll, VIII set you
some sums after dinner, and find YOU
some words to study in the dictionary"
Silently the FIVE sat down until the
visitor departed. uneomfortably conscious
Of ten weary eyes and FIVE pallid. pinch
| ed faces.
Crossing her own doorway, Mrs. Tur-
moyle was greeted by merry duet
NO school No school =
Then the tenor solo
'.Won t you make some hobs for my
kite, mamma? There's splendid wind p
Followed by a sweet soprano.
''And Oh, mamma. you promised the
first holiday you would trim my dolls
bonnet.
i ant kite, too r' struck in Mark.
''0h, let NE get my breath I'' cried
the little woman Where Is your hat.
Tom?''
t ''Oh. forgot. Tom said. sweeping
it of with a profound bow. Here, take
this chair. And let NE take your bon
net and sacque up stairs You are tired.
Never mind the hobs If you are very tir-
[ ed
s.I'lI help make them" said Bessie.
''And III go watch Tom, mamma, if you
don't feel like making the bonnet"
/ We'll see, after dinner said Mrs.
| TurmoyIe, looking from one round, rosy
face to the other, marking the sturdy
limbs and dancing eyes. To be sure, the
/ hair Of all three must be reduced from
a state Of rebellion before they we're pre-
sentable at table, and soap and water
were pleasant suggestions in the mater
nal eyes There was perfect health and
happiness, If the voices were shriIl and
the boots noisy
1--we been to see Mrs Stone" she
said. when, washed and eonbed, her
children gathered around her to wait for
papa and dinner, e'and I wondered If I
could ever make my children as quiet
and orderly as hers are
willie Stone Is miIk-sop r' said
| Tom, eontemptuously, always crying
because his head aches He can't play
/ e.4-yeL--F- s-==--
spelling his clothes Wouldn't play
football for fear he would get dust on
his boots There's nice boy for you !
He might just as well be a girl at once -
'sAnd. mother, the teacher had to
write i note TO Mrs. Stone the day John
Gray spilled the ink on Maud's apron
She was so afraid to go home, it was
awful. She said her mother would whip
her, and keep her upon bread and water
for d whole day. Mrs Lee told her to
say it wasn't her fault, but she said her
mother would not believe her"
Dinner and here comes papa F'
cried Tom
Mr. TurmoyIe came in with q very
grave face He made no comment upor
the boisterous announcement Of the hol
iday, but stopped to kiss the rosy faces
with unwonted tenderness After dinnel
he sent the children TO the nursery, ane
said to his wife, who had anziousIy
: watched his cIouded face
..TTIIie, I met DR.. Holmes on my wa,
home. and he tells me that there hav
been three cases Of scarlet fever from til
school 1t IS raging fearfuIIy, he says
: Mrs TurmoyIe turned very pale.
/ e.In the school p she murmured
well. among the scholars"
: There was little more to say, but th
: heart Of each parent sent up a petitio
to a kind and Heavenly Father. to kee
e the plague from their door
J Yet It came. 4 week later Mar
siekened, and in three days more a
+ three were down. Teuderest nursing
@ loving care, and an unexpected doeilit
e Of patients. brought the little Turmoyle
safely out upon the road to health agar
y The most nauseous medicines we're sWa
e lowed If mamma" eoaxed- and the mos
t stringent stiffness was observed. whe
r papa was discovered to have tears IN L
d eyes at Bessle's crib.
n The day the children assembled in Il
sItting-Foom for the first tea-drinkIIr
l. was gala day. but papa was observe
y 10 have sad face
&c "WhiIe We are thankful. dear chi
te dren," be said, for our blessings,
ne us not forget 70 sympath1ze with the %
We row Of others- Willie and Maud s5o1
I'd were buried to-day, and ANY viii
W deaf for life The others are still We
mT
1t bed time. when the children sIe
f. the sleep Of eonvaleseence. Mr. Turmog
al came to the nursery, where his LII
or blue eyed wife was laying out the MOI
ing's clothing
sor .+TTElie." he said. drawing the 1t
?" woman close 70 his strong arms. Il 3
1or . long talk with Dr. Halmes to-day. a
IL I cannot rest till thank yoa for 8
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