The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-04-19
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y .sa ,.oay FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
,bore was law that, on GER
md ~ I wben the meeting-house bell
er ~ n aoon, everybody should turn
= W" aeonle don't believe this is
Spt You ask the children and the
ssl IN ss,I and 50 YOU may be sure it was
5,n to sit up on the big granite
lIm the side OF Deer Hlll ana see
y = N nrp, n iuss where they were and
- .Ter they were doing, at that very
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Z minister's son had come into the
II n: w;th his hat in his hand and
, Y, y ;,.lI Cornelius and L, sir, take our
4 T.. sir, and go out and now a
tsi while, sir "
css| ID then Mr.. Fadyon's fool caught
81 d the bel-repe.s s3E
~, Fsdyon's fool knew some things
, .i ! sny body; and he. knew how
H. - 70 The bell exactly when~the sun
II, If nj the moon mark and his grand
md rs eight-day clock said it was
Ios 4ping, dong!' went the bell,
orl1 Maltase kitten that
o / bd of the ropel De -5+
WI at that hour, Aunt Patty was out
N N garden hoeing weeds, with an
ta1 hi Of Uncle Rodney's tied on her
fe 4 and she began to turn, first her
Al and then her chin. They were
IS long and sharp when she was Aunt
i 4, and they grew short and snubby,
INF iThiskers began to start, and her
,k uicked up as though she heard
I'll shing, and then, quicker than you
su d ssy "scati" she was q spotted
| / ,hssing Deacon DaVis's hens, that
, ntriag to sneak through the gar
Ioa hnee with the old ROSTERS spurs
4 After soaring them half out ioi
she iesthers, she kept ON through Mrs.
nd non Dayis's cathode, and up in the
WI Il chamber, where she prowled
m and shifted in all the dark corners
d lhhind the old tea-chests and bar
viii When she was Aunt Patty she always
My nistrusted whether or no Mrs
tai neon Davis hadn't some cobwebs and
81 Rholss out of sight, for all that she
div asVery thing looking neat as wa,
cot as outside.
, ind then the minister's son jumped
one spring on the minister:
G 1dar, and began to bite, the minis:
Ny hhsir and claw off bis glasses, fol
~ liked rough ways and mischief as
Ioq las any boy, only he had to be prop
nd scause he was the minister's son.
de iAe minister looked around solemn
ng tgnifed, q good deal astonished
then bis glasses grew rounder ant
It, aar, and bis arms grew slendere7
COZ slenderer; and then he seemed tt
all over; and then there was ,
beE black cat, with a white spot OF
tsl throat and white face and fou
en- Do feet sitting in the study-chair
! ~ PIPING at the flies, with one paw OF
aha ahlume of Jonathan Edwards's ser
Twas q aegreat change for the min
But as for Mrs. Deacon Davis
ded didn't seem to need to alter hardl
ass y Her eyes we're the mildest skim
Nh before, much more faded than a
po csss eyes; and her hair was pal
ses md sort of furry. And she had
1 mbbing herself against the sid
nj I chair as she talked along in
! ipurr,purring tone. She stoppe
prs Z br the first time in her life
ID ga' and taking her yellow paw
5S y the wash-tub, went to chasin
min elion-down. i7.f u, d. -......, d
in mas soon as ten clocks any wher
H4 own struck one at the same set
G I'LL the cats turned back to peopl
5s " and you ought to have seen ho,
GglSea they were to catch themselve
els gsaeh odd things. - :,
an1 ant Patty was rummaging throue
'rs minister's wife's -drawt
v s aer best clothes; and, bad ;
ten s,DoRed in cat, it looked a tho,
,ls v Y anes worse in Aunt Patty, wit
az 81 hodney's hat still on her hea
n hoe under her arm.
ced ~ Deacon Davis was curled L
del y ~ the rocking-chair, and 81
ye ~ aer eyes and put her hands
!. asn-tuo again, and didn't kno
ds @as aad happened. She wouldr
tlr - y now If You should tell lie
,ly y hnen her clock struck one
! ~ asssys 8 little slow,) she i,
q ss 70 see few cats hairs on h
ss.aashion, and to find she had le
J -Sn good time right out of t
mn q the day. "But then,'' s
ied s my nap has rested me
ms s'eIs and with such poor heal
! dalOg, Y DO suppose 1 needed
5s s. ~ y, =, must work the smarter
se s.r-, .,..-
y . - III minister u looked most astonish
N Inn NJ nm himself playing with a lar