The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-16
HOW A TURTLE TAUGHT A LES.
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| dbOUT thirty ycdTe ago, tnere was
little boy whose name was John-a pretty
boy, with thick golden hair, large brown
eyes, red cheeks and freckles. One day
in summer he was playing by the side of
a brook in one of the pastures near his
home in the country. This brook re-
sembled the boy in some respects. 1t was
in its light-hearted youth, and went on its
way, leaping and sporting, like all blithe-
some young rivulets. who do not think in
the least that they are fast running from
the green meadows and cool messy forests
to the burdened rivers and tossing seas
| This active little boy first built dam
of moss and turf and stones; then he
rolled up his trousers and sailed his little
schooner rugged boat; and, finally, waded
| aimlessly over the smooth sand through
the cool, running water, dashing the
sparkling drops to right and left with his
frisky feet. In this way, he came to a
large fiat rock, over a portion of whose
| swooth surface the stream flowed in
broad, crystal current. A mud turtle sat
on the rock, half out of the water, enjoy
ing the pleasant sunshine, apparently as
contented and happy as turtle could be.
But when he saw the boy splashing along
at such rate, he thought it high time to
be gone; perhaps he had previously had
some experience of the tender mercies of
bows. for he made great haste TO reach the
nrootectine mmJ Of The hank '' " o"'n en'
"Ah. Ia. Won rogue Won think Won can
get awav d. Won =, shnnted the voung
ster The neyt ;nstant he wae kneeIins
on the slinnerv rock with hoth n1f'
stretched hands over the frightened pris-
oner. John had een:carrying his shoes
his stockings stuffed into them--with one
hand lint now. in his eaperness tn secure
the turtle. he dropped them un6n mart
of the rock covered bv the stream. and
turning sidewise "a thew fell the water
rushed in. filling them to the yery toes
"There!" exclaimed John. half in real
and half in affected xexatien, .,Hav ,,sEe
v ., o J.;, ca,na hocL from school
" tn1 n;.h e !, 1 ~
Thot night John came home from
.ohonI u.;th = oroun of sch,olfellows.
o o.,ar ,he u;iaoe r5ad instead of across the
over inc sllage ioau ~ aha,,t TIC turtle he
pasture, loige..ns ." "1'
hau icls om ia, hnrar ,ha noxt dow aud Jobn
,,h,,,a month with his
, was " Sp PIN ,;no% IN Roston Won can
uro sas VIZ .hn eSc;tau ont which attends
uIuo '., s'a rararo,;,ns for h;s fret tourney:
,,ntru hov,a fret visit to BOSTON
ous oru eYner;ence of yours
S ;s ~ ~ I;n -
~ mo Ia' ~, .n,,,h ,ossed sw;ftIv away and
-. o,,,rnad home with brighter ewes
ou udI ,,roudar sten The world had been
r .a,,.ap,od ~ him on a broader scale. What
IA IT, ha not saans He was a hero in the
ns;n; nv nf i,;s school. mates He had
oppn M stor;es ~ tell Of his adventures to
sast thromgh fhe winter beside having
h~nr~ht home the most interestipg book
anJ Tho handsomest knife that Boston
"o,,,d furn;sh RI nossibIe If was q mer
~. i.a,, than before who now bounded
thro,,rb the dear old pasture. There
,uaro Several dams to he visited by their
o,,s, nrnnr;etor ono somewhat extern
s;ve Win : miniature water.wheel and
mill at the side. The dam had been par
.;aii,, .. ,.ashad awav hv n violent rain and
ON occ,m,,lat;on ii moss had clogyed the
ansaa, 81 The mul
Wiz. .sAhI ~ see there has been a freshet,
| 40 1a,,,n;1i i damaged A clear loss OF
t., .hJy,,sand dollars and only insured for
e e:J bmndredi II must be repaired to-
So and obeil have 70 hire a hun
d tnoiiU uo,sman, These freshets are terri
hie tt;n,s f.,r ranufactnrers. I declare =,
Wy aa,,;,,s tha scene of This disaster. he an.
.a"haJ +ha smooth white rock which
p pas aSwa va, q fayorite resort. and near
wn; "n he hank Of the stream. there
wn,on, ,. ~ of hr;ck ahont two feet
h % wh;ch this vounc man called my
m,s a, ~ ros;darce on he Hndson.n
su S;n na ar from the rock he paused
.,ddaniv With his ewes intently fixed
s su's n. Nh" "h;act hefore him Sten by
s upOI he so dro,v nesrer without once remoy.
s ;pI nc a @ which were now fnll of hor.
lns nis iii, honef,i donht. Int as
TOT mansado .ha Sonbf yanished and the
nc plu s1r.sd over his whole conntenance