The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-13

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Hold out your ARM said the Pro-
fessor. And, with the sleeve of his own
coat, he briskly rubbed the sleeve of
Toms; and away went the spot of
paint in jiffy.
"He's wubbed it onto his own
thleeve," said Pip.
But no; the Professor sleeve was as
clean as Toms.
Where it'll it went top said Pip.
go nurse! Ithn't that thingler?'
81 say" said Bob, "vou couldn't
have got it off if it had dried on your
coat"
Perhaps not" said the Professor.
1t was again luncheon-time, and Pip,
Tom, and Bob were in the dining-room,
where Nurse Charlotte, seated at the
head of the table, was already pouring
herself out a cup of tea. She had cut
bread and butter for the children, filled
their tumblers with milk, and was
ready, when they should be ready, to
help them to the apple-and-sago pud-
ding just the nithest pudding in the
world,' as merry little Pip used to say
every time it came on the table.
All the children were there but the
Professor; the others did not know
where he was. Pip was the first one to
see him coming across the lawn.
"How queerr' said Pip. "He'th all
mud, and what hath he got in hith
hand?''
Its TURTLE says Tom.
"U'th n bird - saws Pin
Perhaps it's turtle-dove," says
nurse.
"Should say't was a mud-turtle by
the looks of his legs" said Bob.
"Nurth, do turtle-doves live in the
mud?" said Pip.
Nonsense said Bob; "as if birds
ever lived in the mudr'
"Well,n said Pip, "thum thwallows,
[ hnOU, make their neths of mud, and
then they live in their neths, and that S
living in mud. But here comth the
Protector; let's see what heeth found.
It's thumthin in glath.n
The Professor came up, walking very
slowly across the grass; then stepped
carefully up upon the piazza, and, as
he passed the window, he called for
some one to come and open the front
door,
All the children ran together and
opened the door with such flourish the
Professor was obliged to call out:
"Stand off! Hands OFF,
"Will it splode?n said Pip.
"Will it bite?'' said Bob
"Will it fly away" said Tom.
cit will splode," said the Professor,
" and twill fly away; but it won't bite"
go myn' said Pip. "what can it be?
l never heard of any creature splodinr'
The Professor looked pleased; his
face was red, his hair was tumbled,
his coat was torn and his boots and
trousers were muddy.
You look as if you had had hard
time catching the creature, whatever it
is" said the nurse. You'd better
leave it out of doors now and clean
yourself, and come and eat your lunch
con-"
go please, nurse, let's see it now"
said all the children; and the nurse, who
wanted to see it herself, agreed.
"You can't see it, said the Profess
sor; " it's invisible! You can't see it till
it disappearsn'
80 dear" said Pip, 81 just ache to
know about it,
well" said the Professor, eight
mammals waX-taper."
81 don't see what good lighting a
taper will do, if the creatures invisi-
ble," said Bob.
The Professor set his burden down
on the table. 1t was a saucer filled with
water and in the water stood a tumbler
upside down. There was nothing to be
seen in the tumbler.
The Professor struck an attitude.
"What have in this tumbler, nurse
and children, was obtained with great
difficulty. I've been about it ever since
lesson-time."
"Where did you find it?" says Pip.
Glow came you to know about it?"
says Tom.
Il should think it would be hard to
catch nothing says Bob.
Il found it in the water, in the little
pool in our woods. l saw it first the
other night in the dark and l caught it
to-day when it was hiding. took a
long stick and gently stirred up the
dead leaves that lie rotting on the bot
tom, and he began to come up-first
one, then another-now here, and now
there
"Ho! hor' says Bob. Chow could
that be? How could he come up in
different pieces and in different places?'
Poor thingn' said Pip. "He wath
deadr'
"Oh, if he's dead don't care about
him." says Bob.
Hes far from dead" said the Pro-
fessor; "and though he was in pieces,
he's all together now and safe in this
tumbler." And then, Selling the light
ed taper, he turned up the tumbler, held
the taper to its mouth, and-pop! went
something with quick flash.
"Oh, fire-works" says Bob.
"Oh, tell us truly about itn' says
Tom. "Where did you buy it? Let s
have some for the Fourth
Children" said the Professor, 81
have told you the truth about it. It's
gas. It's carbureted hydrogen. found
it in the pond. Carbureted hydrogen
is its science name. It's poetry name is
Will-o'-the-Wisp,' and there's another
name besides"
81 should think two names were
enough for nothing" says Bob.
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