Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-06-03
etly answered, /" Why not ?n

Don KNOW, Salu Isaac. NOW Isaac
expected Susan would exclaim nervously,
"Thcy amt sick, are they ?" and he real
ly wanted she should, as that would give
him an opportunity of freeing his own
mind. But on the contrary, his wife
looked at him with those large, blue eyes
which had not lost all their roguish twin.
klc, and replied, Perhaps the waters
too cold" .......
"Why couldn't have thought of that p
mused Isaac, relieved at a suggestion
whice seemed reasonable, and be expected
Susan would soon be tripping round to
find an extra pai for the warm water.
Bat no! Susan was in good spirits, and
he could not but respond to her witty
jokes, although at heart he felt pretty
anxious TO know what the matter was at
the barn. Finally, rising from the table,
he exclaimed -
where's there pail l can have to
carry some hot water in TO the barn?' AT
this Susan laughed aloud. Isaac was as
tonished. He looked sober, then surly,
then scornful. At length he says,
"Wheres the pail? Will you tell me ?''
Susan only laughed the more, saying at
the same time -
Don't you wish you'd put the water
inro the tea-kettlc ior as to drink instead
of carrying it to the barn for the horses
A sudden thought shot through lsaac's
rather thick brain like flash of lightning
through thunder cloud, and in an instant
he was at the barn. There stood the wa.
ter, and the poor horses looked up wish.
fully to their master.
"Zounds!" !" said Isaac, 81 b'lieve 'tis
that darn'd lead pipe. But why couldn't
Susan a. told me and not flung the tea
kettle in my face ? Il find out, any way :
and Isaac harnessed old Billy into the
sleigh, put in barrel covered it ovel
with the buffalo skin, drove down to Luke
Sanders well and there filled it with clear
soft water. For the same reason that be
covered the barrel he put no bells on ole
J Billy, and as he drove slowly back to The
barn, he said to himself, She won't sec
me, the windows are SO frosty.
Rather spitefully he seized the pail
and poured out the wafer, thinking per
haps, how many times the tired arms o
Susan had poured out similar liquid from
the old tea.kettle. He managed to ge
the barrel on to low shelf on one side o
the barn, and, putting pail underneath
drew forth the plug. Out streamed thu
pure water. The pals we're filed ant
placed before the thirsty animals. A
that moment, Susan walked into the barp
as she often did, and took her stand be
fore the horses just in time to see then
drink Gown the water until every drol
had disappeared Susan's eyes twinkled
and, looking up to Isaac, and said -
They like the water from Luke San
der's well if tbs cold. Let us buy a tea
kettle that will hold five pailsful, aud 20,
fill that first, every. morn ne, and then per
haps the horses will drink the water from
the pump, and save you the trouble o
filling the barrel over to Luke's." And
with knowing laugh, Susan ran off int
the house,
"Ncver can do nothing but that shell
lind it out, said Isaac to himself, ." bu
| guess she is right about lead.pipe water.
The next morning, Isaac was up lonl
before the sun, notwithstanding Susan
remonstrance, and, after pumping out JUS
five paifdls of water, he filled the .ea.ket
tie and then pumped more for his horses
The discerning animals drank it dowr
right hastily. lasac felt very much lik'
chanticleer when he has lost his TALES
feathers; but he was convicted, and never
after did he put the first pail of water
from the pump into the tea-kettle.