The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-18
front of the nursery window, he rather
thought Lulu Wakefield would never say,

front OF the nursery window, he rather
thought Lulu Wakefield would never say,
"You did not" again to him.
But Tom wouldn't hear of it, and the
more Freddy leased the more Tom shook
his head.
"Now, Master Freddy, it's no use, +"
said he mt last, "I'm in hurry and 60
ing after my livery. Look out for his
heels.
Away ran Tom and up climbed Freddy,
first upon the meal-bin and then upon
the horses back.
Oh, il is beautiful, thought he, but
who would have any idea it is so high
up; now know how it will feel to be a
man. But his aspirations were not yet
satisfied. Lulu had not seen him, and
he could easily unite the rope and just
say "get up" and walk very gently by
the nursery window. So he united the
knot very gently, and said "get up" still
more gently, and out stepped Dandy
very-but no, not gently Mt all. Who
would have imagined it would seem SO
queer, as if the whole stable were COM
ing too.
"Whoa," said Freddy but Dandy
the garden with only fly upon his back.
And away they went, Dandy and the
poor little fly, who was holding on for
dear life.
"Whoa," cried Freddy, "please
whoa oh, oh, oh ;" but Dandy paid no
attention, and trotted into the garden
and by the nursery window, though
Freddy did not look up-he was too
busy-and had Lulu looked down L
think she would have been more inclined
than ever to say, You did not. ;"
When Tom came back there was no
horse and no Freddy to be seen. Down
the road, however, there was consider
able dust and little figure was bobbing
up and down on horses back.
Tom threw his coat in one direction
and his hat in another, and, crying out
to Mary Ann that DANDY was running
away with Master Freddy and shaking
the wind out of him." he started down
the road.
When Mary Ann heard this she threw
the milk pitcher into the flour barrel,
and calling out that " Master Freddy
was running away with Dandy and they
were both lying dead in a ditch" she
started too.
Now no one was left but Lulu, and
when she heard these awful words the
room went round and round, and she
heard her own angry speech, Z" / wish
you would go away and never come back
any more"
And as she thought this over and over
again her feet were flying heller SHELTER
over the road after Tom and Mary Ann.
No Freddy to play with, no Freddy to
talk to after they were both in their little
beds at night, no Freddy anywhere.
"Lulu," said a voice behind. "Lu-
In, DO stop a minute and let me catch up.
You do run awful fast for a girl" "Oh
Freddy" cried Lulu as he came painting
up, 81 thought you had ran away"
$50 I did," said Freddy, as far rs the
garden fence, and there II got off. "
CT should think you did" said Mary
And, coming up. "Oh you naughty
bow was there ever such n sight. Look
at the color of his face and hair and his
beautiful new clothes ;" and here she
shook him, but raised such cloud of
dust that she stopped and only marched
him home by the collar of his beautiful
new Jacket About an hour later, when
a bath had revived Freddy, he and Lulu
sat together on the door step. care
Won hurt, dear2" asked Lulu anxiously.
"No," he answered doubtfully, looking
at himself "my legs are there, aren't
they Lulu?"
yes" said Lulu.
"Weil, then, suppose I'm all bright, 4"
sighed Freddy.
at wish ! hadn't been so cross" said
Lulu. CT do love you, Freddy"
eyes," said Freddy; land / was
thinking while was riding, that kind
of wished 1 was more like Jack"
"Why, children, what are you doingl"
asked sister Alice, coming in and seeing
them both bending over big book with
pens in their hands and ink beside them.
ooh, Alice" cried Lulu; Freddy says
he will never say Il did again, and
am certain 1 never will say 'he didn't ;
but, to be quite sure, we are blotting
those awful words out of the diction-
airy. "-NeV York. Tribune.