The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-08-29
Going Nutting.

Going Nutting.
Down through the rocky canon that divided
the cOast-range of mountains came the distant
rumble Of the breakers as they dashed upon
the beach, and the voice Of the mighty deep
seemed to carry with il doleful disturbed cry
as If some brave ship with its gallant crew was
nearing some fatal doom out amidst the bois-
ferrous, unrelenting pillows. The wind moaned
and shrieked as it swooped down the gulch,
lodging In and out beneath the cliffs and
through the crevices, and terminating in a
wild wall of despair as it dashed up amid the
treetops and ratified the crisp foliage that the
autumn-tide had flung over them, or scurried
back and forth among the russell leaves that
were scattered over the ground, or came twirl-
ing through the air, circling and dipping with
the gusts in their descent There seemed to be
a mournful wildness in the air that made even
the whispers Of the mammoth fir trees that
lined the brink of the gulch seem like low voiced
murmurs OF some dying nymph of the wood,
such weird cadence came trooping through
the feathery foliage, and borne out amid the
timber in such a despairing cry Auntie
stopped on the threshold as she
came in from gathering the autumn
leaves, her hands filled with bright-hued flow
ers she had found still clinging to life fighting
desperately with the frost king who had issued
his dread mandate Of death. She cast hurried
glance up at the sky, then listened attentvely to
the moan Of the wind that came from the direc-
ton of the timber. Measles" sprung eagerly
TO her side. oh, de pothieth," she exclaimed,
dancing out on the ground before her. "Dive
Addie thome, peathe, won't 90? Do, auntie,
do" But auntle was thinking of the storm that
was brewing on the coast, and paid no heed to
the eager little creature before her. "Addie
will tith 90 forty bushelth if 90 will
"Oh! it's you, isit, Midget? A." she said, select
ing the brightest blossoms from her bouquet,
for well she knew the child's penchant for the
gayest and showiest bloom. swell, here, then,
mischief. Now what shall we measure the
kisses in Z? Forty bushels, remember"
I'm Addieth handth-two handth, two buthelth
Addieth hsndth hold bid pile o. titheth Addie
lay down de potbieth, while her tith her dood
auntie dwate bid lot" The flowers were de-
posted carefully on the threshold, and the lit
to whom auntie had beckoned, pushed his face,
all covered with bushy whiskers, between the
chubby arms and received the kiss intended for
his sister. She showed herself out of his arms,
and q droll expression crossed her features.
"Where 90 dit dem dwate bid whithperth,
auntie? Dey ook deth lite papath. Addie don't
tith dwate IDLY men, her don't"
Papa hopes baby will always be of that
mind. Now, then, for brisk drive to the tim
Der, and day spent in gathering nuts" The
childish feet scampered exultiDgly about the
floor as the sun bonnet, which had been flung
down somewhere as she snatched it off the day
previous became the object Of her search.
"Pick up tho flowers auntie gave you, dear,
and put them in water before We CO." "Addie
don't want 'em any more. Her no pay for dem
pothieth, her no OVID dem any more; let bod
take em, l don't tare Auntie, 90 want 'em
Mamma, | tan't find my bonnet, tho dare. "
Baby, will you ever learn to put your things
where they belong? There is where your bon
net ought to hang, now remember it. Always
have aplace for everything and everything in its
place. Do remember, child" But Addie
tan't member muffin, her tant" CIVIL mamma
boy IN yuhi,, bar boh I xunnGarnv NO.
Peath don't, mamma. Whip auntie, iceat hard,
maybe Adde member den"
"Ready" was shouted from the gate and
Measles grabbed the bonnet mamma had just
found clinging to a nail in the empty swill bar
rel and scampered over the flowers auntie was
hastily gathering up to deposit in a vase OF
water.
"The nuts are thickest on the edge Of the
Canon" said the driver as baby plunged head
long into the wagon and was stationed between
the two ladies, whose attention was called to
every conceivable item that transpired by the
wayside during their journey through the tim
Der by the chatterbox sitting 80 uneasiy between
Them ever and anon giving her bonnet poke
that sent il whizzng down her back, from which
position mamma as often pulled 1t over her
face again, to the utter disgust of the animated
creature. "Addie tan't the muffin Mt all, her
tan't Do bat and dit papath doedletL, wont 90,
mamma, and cave de old bonnet at homeY
| "Papa's goggles! What do you want of them ~
"Tho Addie tan thee thumthin, widout wearing
| dith old poke Of thing ober her eyth. " Here
we are, right above the dashing stream. Hear
| it howl" said papa, AZ he landed among ths
crisp autumn leaves. see that none or yo1 60
| very near the edge of the rocks, or you may
| tumble in " In moment the wagon was empty,
| and the two men went Immediately to work at
| the task of climbing the trees and shaking
| or pounding the nuts from the boughs. The
| two women wandered away up the glen, after
was gleefully running hither and thither,
gathering the brown nuts and putting them in
the great sack papa had spread out beside an
old decayed log. Papa kept talking to her
from his tree, and at last came down from his
perch amid the crisp leaves, and, after warm
seated her beside clump Of bushes, and,
wrapping his coat around her, charged her to
| sit quietly in her cozy neat until he came fol
her to go with him to a tree = little way up the
| bluff And baby was quite sure she would moi
STIR though the bright red berries of the bitter
sweet vines that climbed so Enthusiastically over the
| fallen { unk Of tree that mad lodged halfway
| i'm it's descent did look SO tempting, and nod &c
| famiarly to her from their exalted position
Then, right out the other way, tossed anc
beckoned entcingly great bunch of scarle
| blossoms that had weathered the chill breath
of the storms, and seemed determined to no
give up the inevitable as its neighbors hat
| DONE
1t was terribly hard work to sit quiet
with such tempting morses spread out befor
her. and am afraid some of the older boys AM
girls that read this story would have yielded I,
| temptation much more readily than our we
little friend did. Bnt you must always figh
nobly, and be sure to conquer in the end, i
you would be good, exemplary men AM
women.
On and on, mp tho glen, mamma and aunt
went, now peeping over the picturesque ledge
of rocks and peeriDg down into the great chasn
below, at the bottom Of which splashed an,
foamed the boisterous stream, and again gaz
ing at the russell beauty that surrounded them
or listening TO the weird, wild music that cam
dashing down the canon, almost drowning tn
warbling of the birds that fitted through tn
gorgeous canopy above them.
@We must certainly go back" said mamma
little anxiously. "We ought not to have gon
20 far, but how can one turn away from ia
beauties Of this wildwood sceney Peihsp
Addie will get uneasy and annoy papa Le
us hasten back again"
Down the rocky pathway they went, lear
ing from crag to crag az the necessity Cor bs-i
seemed 10 grow upon them, and not until IN
sound OF tile clubbing 10 detach the pu,