Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-11-11

4 whale swollered him. x~-s-,l
! Then Marian read several pleasant sto-l
ries, one about Joseph md his brethren.
. and one about the child who answered
the wise men in the temple.
After the boys We're asleep, the old
.Mariar, if didn't think the Lord was
takin' on 'em up, would do somethin,
t for 'em, but Ibelieve he is agoin' to see
to 'em, and won't NEEDLE with en-
In the night the boys walked up and
J whispered together.
Erie, sammy"
Yes, they are all so good to us. They
ar'n't the same kind of folks that used to |
be in the city"
| Il don't know-there's some awful |
good ones there. There's that girl that |
; told us where the rose grew, there's Josh |
anu the p'licemen, was always good to
us, and we could sleep in the station |
when we couldn't sleep anywhere else."
Il don't mean that kind; mean the |
, swell ones.o
"Well, they were pretty good. too, es-
J pecially on Sunday, Sammy"
I "Wall, CONDUCTOR" said the farmer,
tine and Marian must git off at the next
, station; our ways don't run any further
r together"
E I'D like to know what becomes of
r those hoys; two children agoin' to the
: Lord knows where, Gurus now, amt it
Bound to go to sweet Michigan, yet moth
D in to 60 to there as anybody knows on.
, I'd took 'em along to Kansas, but Kan
E sas won't. do, I'm sure ont. Mark my
y words, conductor, the Lords a takin' on
: 'em up. And it's time, if du say 1t.
!, Good day, conductor; il you ever come
: our way call. Boys, when you git hum
n l want you to drop line to John Sedley,
n Onion Creek, Kansas Good day to all
+ on ye," nodded Farmer Sedley, to the
N passengers. Come along, Marian; we
20 must be a gettin' hum"
. Along the level of the prairie the sun
n. burned red and warm. Acres of wheat
IL were cut and gathered into ricks that
il looked like little old women with their
n bOnnets on. There also were sweet
ricks of pink buckwheat, and the stubble
"a land where the buckwheat had grown
was pink, too. A very large orchard OF
of Young apple trees was in full bearing.
The sunshine falling on the ripening fruit
n made them seem yet yellOwer, redder
~, and riper. A little rill ran along the
roadside for a short distance, then crossed
70 1.-The highway and trickled down through
,re a meadow whose greenness showed the
second growth of the year. Great Hooks
of hens, turkeys and ducks gave ANNA
o-o ton to the farm. The great barn doors
were wide open. and out OF them Issued
, the scent OF newly cut clover and timO-
ler thy. Across the road, opposite to the
ard barn, fine flock OF cows waited 10 De
MIXED. They stood quietly chewing
and the cud as Johnny and Sammy came u
the yard by the roadside where they
the were.
.Will they hurt us, Sammy I"
IN mo. they are gentle thugs; kno"
by their pretty eyes"
,,.r THE farm house was pleasant build
cks ing story and half high. The door
ovs and windows were open. The path tina
led from the house to the gate was Dor
am dered with camOmile and china asters
: with some bright nasturiums. But owe
NV the portico by the front door there crep
ye MAGNIFICENT vine of Michigan rose. 1t
mr. time of blossoming was long since pas
but few clusters starred the gree
,her boughs. Both boys saw it and rccog
,tes nized the flowers at once.
1T is the place" said the boys; "swee
ress. Michigan" and opening the gate the
rave walked into Inc yafu. Ihes lappou .
was the open door. and sad looking woma
rted advanced to meet them.
"Come in, children" she said, Yer
gently and sweetly.
TAX us it the place ?" inquired Sammy an
lper Johnny
= to "Yes, think So"
ned "We are so glad to get here" The
vere i'm answer to her question. they tol
INV their oft-repeated story. "But we wei
cent so glad when we saw tie roses"
and Take off your hats and come to I'll
ns traHqb and I will brush your hair an
ut a i'm from the field we will have supper"
IT TO So when she washed their faces Il
boys saw pet lamb in the yard, ar
10 ?'' wanted to play with it. Mr.. LAZY cor
lbies ing across the field saw the little Lao
and wondered whose children they wer
His wife met him at the gate and to
him what they had told her. sand
, are think, husband, God has sent us som
think to love. They can never be lii
our own dear children, know, but it
so lonesome"
'.They must be queer little fellow
er ?- Sally. You say it was the rose tn
brought them to the dOOr?"
: the ayes, the same slip that little Sal
O in brought from mothers, and you plant
r : of it for her by the porticO."
this "Well, let us 60 to supper now. ca
linen the children, if We like them we W
ed so keep them"
had Johnny and sammy never Q
ed it fore saw plenty. Inc LOAF OF wheat, q
licious butter. cream, and peaches, Il
tn of cake and honey were all new. The
CON fluence of farmers house astOnish
- them. In the buttery they saw Ion
ling shining rows of milk pans full to t
i am brim, rolls of butter ready for mark
nv to and baskets Of eggs
} So $50, boys" said farmer LAZY, after su
lem per, s.you thought you would come o
|, line here and live by the Michigan rose ?"
Lake "Yes. SIR"
H." sand you like it, do you?"
assed Eyes, sir"
,orne swell, you can live here if you wa
them to-
yht a "Forever!"
} put Eyes. You can call Aunt Sally the
/, and mother, and if you like me for a faith
r her you can call me so. Now, boys, l 8
bad a going tn milk the cows; come and s
along Them" - t-a rHt 19
ID his The winter had been one of sicknt
Boys. among the children; diptheria and SC,
/ one let fever robbed many home of its
chill tie ones. Among those most aff1ict
| day were Mr.. and Mrs. LAZY. Of their thu
It, for children not one survived. This it "
d the that made their hearts so tender to t
them, strangers who came seeking sweet Mic
some. igan. From this day forth they becal
Sam Johnny and Sammy LAZY. Aunt Sa
J. taught them to read. In their sw'
ndly, home we leave them, thinking there
thav wore OlIidnd nv some angel of