The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-04-12

lNpsoAe NpoA soou ain. -. !. -; t,x .3,f,
Strange to say mat gun nit him again
He even rOAod upon the kfo0nd, feelm8
asifhe hsd gotadpuble allowance of peins i,i
Just as soon as he, could think at al he .rs.
decided that be wouldn't fire that gun
again. Of course he had Killed the OWL
"a very feasonablB sdpposltioh. .c0hsider. ~ y
inshoWiherd the gun. hadk shit shiint and II
3le guessed be- wouldnt hunt Any fpQFe y.sss
|thatitime. - .s...x.,t -..ss -.
But when ne 1ooked TOR the owl he :.
didn't see. him ssiiyRheses. e'oald " bes =
that these'h besa anyDNk ttesesf AM art
optical illpsi0ns be- might haVos thought /, III
had he -ever heard of such .thlqg A. -as =
any rate there was 20 owl mere but me
noticed sonhethsne sticking lA.sne 4slAeas 80
where ho thought the OWL 4had sDeen.s aneSsie
he Kept hisseyes on n tor yppMf sfaMes - sd .
d0pked IKE the raMEQa mat 2elcAged 70 a.fS
bis gum put now M uIe W0flU c0md InAt I
be! -. . - q - = -. e = :
He,leoEoa asibee3unS Fch 49, l9iug s'ksa
ca the soft bed Of leaves where it had fall, .ga
len, ana then ne Ielt sure y was tne ram ass
red for It was gone. put how IN me
WGrla ne coutHn ,hs, unaeisssna sshar. % ho 4.
III ne @ .nna nj tnae af,dr aaa9;nn u
isA.Ah! that's it! thought he. But b
what am | gong 70 doY It's away up ar,
, there ana cant get it!" ana tnen nphfa.
I'M began 10 wish ne leit tne gun AT 9@'
home The pain IN his shoulder. oion't 80
trouble HIM much then; ms troupie was K
mostly in his mind; concerning MS 1ather .,,gl
and that ramrou. HOW ne eouia recon, -.
Gle one 70 the loss OF the other was more %
thah ne could ten. .Go..essIa .,.i .. - s.ayif'1
E Hwas avery large tree, without q foot %
hold or hnger holq 1or q long way y,py up ssi
and the famrod was sluck ~ = large ueau
limp, oehleet OUT: HpniaiM saw a. one9
thar She meyer couid get It; and ne w,shed sa2si
ne hadn niea tnai las. IosssDiy ~ $50
| thought the OWL was % ptaMe pHI, 10
whether nc dld OF nos tnele was NJ neip {,.
lor IT, % a.ter awiiliS no soo W.
picked up MS gun, anu "en1 slo"iy anu
sadly toward nome. salliag g agl.aslt. sasta1a
tsssHe had not declued upon any course purse Y 81
partic uiar wnen ne enteleo @ Ine mouse. ~ n,
was one OF those cases tne eApiahaaon ol
which must oe leit largely 70 tne circum ~ -
stances is q .ae = ,h he s,,n Il bs y
nanq; u;..oa ...,,,g.s-
q" Ephraim!' said she, astonlshed, anu
too frightened to say more 80
we Deen hunting, gMovAer 81 sa@A II /,
Ephralm, very demurely- se ,r-as,s-,sgIs
r.l Hunting my cnlldY Mercllphl aeslnh s!al
/" Father didn't know 1t, mother; ana li@'F4
don 7 want you to tell HIM; ,ss ,s.,pn.il
tas. ZEN OF now, mother. fred it off, -.
L. ku For nity,s sake EphralI11! dom ever ~
| take IL ont aca;n'n : - r. HI II .'N iRs
s'se you 70 wop tel, f.thery.sift i Won't -
tops II soa;n will Won motherp (.
/ ~ @M Ym,il % promise me- Enhraim. that YOU -
will never lake If aoain ,'s5l aT'ii sha
l. I'll Yes, mother II you wont teil MN.
Then put j. where it.belongs-jnss as i'e'
4 Get hurt 80. - '-....-z,s.i,..-r
! sEphraim might have said that he was a
Little hurt; for he had sore and swollen "a
| shoulder; but he said nothing OF that, nor: q
OF the ramrod !; but he tried to be as good J n
hoy ss he could all the rest of the day.
]zaThe Captain was late home that night,
4 and did not notice anything wrong; but %
the next day, while at his desk, his eyes sas
fell upon his old training gun, and he saw ~igi
that the ramrod was missing He mused "a,
lupon it. Where could it bes He never
ask asked Ihs his Wa sss ) ssSssGaSSSHV