Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-20
YOUTHS COLUMN.

" thind 10 Do.-kit bad taken a
slight cold, and SO she did not have to
90 to school. Although glad enough to
stay at home, she could think Of no.
thing i'm particular to do, and after
breakfast she wandered around the
house, aimlessly, for a while. She fin
ally strayed into her fathers study.
No one was there. On tbe table was
the unfinished sermon, just where her
father had left it. Kit glanced over the
neatl-written pages, but did not attempt
to read them. Then she went into the
sitting-room but her mother was not
there, for she had gone out also Kit
returned to the study, feeling trifie
lonesome; and, for lack Of better en-
ployment, she built bright fire on the
hearth, She placed the backlog and
fore-log in their places, and, this done,
she sat down in big chair to enjoy the
blaze. She had not sat there long,
when she heard queer rustic, and,
turning toward the GOor, she saw enter
a half-dozen crash towels. They were
signing &C a tremendous rate, and final
ly one of them said, quite plainly:
.'She promised she'd hem us the first
day she could, and she hasn't thought
OF us once"
Kits conscience reproached her. She
was just going TO excuse herself, when
pair of thick-sOled waiking-boots
shuffied in.
"Seven buttons off," they groaned,
dismally, land she declared she would
sew them on the first day she had time.
Kit felt much ashamed; but she could
think of nothing TO say, so she sat very
still, blushing however, good deal,
| for the crash towels and the walking
boots were staring at her most unpleas-
antly.
The silence was growing oppressive,
The towels and the shoes stared and
stared, until poor Kit felt very much
like crying; and she would have done
SO had not her attention been attracted
by funny scraping sound out in the
hall. The towels bent their heads for.
ward to look; and the shoes turned
themselves squarely around, as there
entered Kits upper bureau drawer
Such looking thing as it was! lt wa'
crammed full with ribbons, pins, bit:
of jewelry, collars, cuffs, morsels Of
very sticky taffy candy, fancy work,
chestnut-shells, handkerchiefs, gloves
some apples, notes from the school-girl'
"a little OF every thing, in fact; and il
seemed as though Kit had stirred them
all together like pudding. The crash
towels laughed disagreeably, and tn,
boots squeaked in disdain.
"She was going To put Inc in order al
soon as she had time" said the knob o.
the bureau drawer, meaningly. Bang
From off shelf dropped fat History
of the United States, and as it landed vi
the floor its leaves opened at the ac'
count of the settlement of New Eorh
by the Dntch, in l6lO.
Kits cheeks grew redder yet. She
had promised her father To read tina
some time when she had nothing els'
to do; and here she had drawled away
nearly a whole morning in trying TO a
muse herself. Sne looked sadly at tn,
unhemmed towels, the grinning shoes
the disorderly bureau drawer and th'
history and they looked at her ia sucl
a disagreeable way that Kit put he
hands I'D before her face and began u
sob. Straightway the shoes hoped VI
and commenced 10 kick her, the crasl
towels slapped her face, the burear
drawer flung apples at her, and the ia
history climbed up on top of her hea'
and began TO push her into the fire
With great effort, Kit tried TO get a
way; and at last she succeeded in roll
ing off the chair TO the floor. Then sh'
woke up. She moved her eyes and star
ed round the quiet room; and after
second she realized that she had beel
dreaming. Straightway she rose an'
went 10 her own room, took the siI
crash towels out of the basket, and hem
med them till dinner-rime.