The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-07

Tommy had been cross all day. He
adj pulled Robbie's hair, and taken his
ea-nuts from him. He had sat down
Susie's lovely doll and fattened her
ose, and ne had put the kitten on top
the bookcase. He had even been
lucy and hateful to his mamma, when
he asked if her little boy felt quite we'll,
L if his long visit to the Aquarium yes
erday had tired him. Instead of an
wering pleasantly, Tommy had hunched
p his shoulders, showed out his elbows,
nd snapped out fercely:
ono; amt tired, and amt cross
ither."
Every one was glad when bedtime
anne, and Master Tommy was taken up
tairs.
81 do declare, Master Tommy, you'll
urn into nasty, snappy turtle, or
rab, some Of these nights, when you're
o cross, said nurse.
"Pooh p said Tommy 81 won't"
"Well something will happen, you'll
ee if it doesn't. I've read of just such
Kings coming to boys in books" said
Nurse, as she tackled him into his bed.
Nurse thought he had become quiet
i'll at once, and, as she babe him "good-
hight" she wondered if he was up to
more mischief. But he was already
noring as she reached the door.
AS soon as she had gone down stairs
Tommy got out of bed, and felt under
he bureau for the piece of mince-pie he
lad hidden there. He had taken it from
ihe pantry-shelf that EVENING" good
big quarter of a pie. It was rather
luGty, but tasted good, and Tommy sat
up in bed, and ate it all in ten bites.
Then he curled down among the blank
cts, and wished he was crab.
"Td crawl right down and bite nurse,
now" he thought. CT wonder how it
would feel to be a turtle, or a crab, or a
"a very line specimen indeed" said a
gruf, strange voice.
Tommy looked around. Where was
he? Where was his bed, and his room
with blue paper on the walls?
"Oh, my! what as the matter ?"
cried Tommy. He was sitting up
on bit OF sea-weed, in a great
glass case full of water, and red-nosed
man in spectacles was looking at him.
" A fine specimen of fresh-water ur-
chin, said the red-nosed man.
g" | amt urchin, cried Tommy, in
dignantly.
"See him open his mouth How
ugly he is!' exclaimed a small boy be-
side the red-nosed man.
Tommy looked around for something
to throw at him, but right at his elbow
sat huge hermit crab, who stretched
out four claws, and said:
"Shake hands, cousin ! Glad to see
youw
"I'm not your cousin" said Tommy,
drawing himself up.
soho He says he is not my cousin p
squeaked the hermit crab so loudly that
all the skates came to see what was the
matter.
"You're horrid ugly thing p
screamed Tommy. Ct saw you yester-
day pinching poor little crab, and polk
ing your old claws into his she'll I'm
not yOaU' cousin.
Now, just hear that p said the her.
NIT crab, with wicked smile. "Here
is an urchin who pinches his little
brother, pulls his hair, and takes his
peanuts away, and yet he declares he is
not my cousin! Nonsense! OF course
you are. Come along"
He was just stretching out his claws
to drag Tommy off the bit of sea-weed,
when two little sea-urchins came rolling
along and said
Why, here comes Tommy p
Go way! r exclaimed Tommy. CT
never was such an ugly, prickly thing
like chestnut bur-"
Ugly, prickly thing, indeed /" cried
the sea-urchins. "Didn't you pain
your poor mamma with your naughty,
.34rickly temper-you ugly little fresh
Water urchin ~ And both the sea-
urchins gave him great pokes with their
sharp, spiny sides, and then rolled away,
Laughing at his pain.
They had no sooner gone than up
came whole family Of thin little ALI
gators, and with them whole family of