The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-10-21

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couldn't neuer do it, Hannah Maria, you
know couldn'tr'
81 s'pose not," said Hannah Maria,
coolly; "an' then again, 1 s'pose it'll
haze to be the way"-
81 wish there wasn't" said the little
man, with unusual energy. and begin
ming to pace up and down the small
room, "such a thing in the.world as q
newspaper, l do! Iwish they was all
torn up, every rag of emp he added,
malevolently.
"Praps you'll say SO next time you
go tearin' round after the paper to git
your nose into it to see all the news the
first thingr' exclaimed Hannah Maria
"Jasonr'
"WhatP" answered her brother, with
dread all through his being, clear
down to his boots; and he stopped his
promenading to look, not at her-he
wasn't strong enough for that yet-but
at the ceiling, in desperation.
"You can go whenever you Ike,
she said, letting fall the long strip for
just one moment, "only don't you let
me see one of them Belts children COM
in for that paper againr'
"No" said Mr.. Peaseley, with a
kind of gasp. And thus ended the first
scene.
Il can'tr' said the little man, stand
ing quite still in the middle of the road.
Then he whirled around, and walked
straight back to his own home. "H
amt in natur'," he said. I'll put il
off till to- morrow;" and he opened his
door and went in.
''Its Tuesday," said Hannah Maria,
the next evening, looking over at her
brother, with a meaning glance. ..It's
queer how the time does go! Tuesday
night, and there's o sight to dor
Little Mr.. Peaseley pretended not to
hear, but it was not success, by any
means. His constant wiggling disclosed
the state of his mind very wen without
any words.
'.An' there's nothin' like bein' up an
a-doin'," went on the voice. "When
you've got anythin' on your mind,
say, tend to it, an then you can set
down easy"
"Yes,yes. said Mr.. Peaseley, uneasily
fidgeting in his chair. In about ten
minutes, he got up, took his hat and
went out.
He walked smartly along for quite q
piece down the road, until he came to
sight of Neighbor Belts house.
Here he heard the voices of happy
children, and the chat of the family
circle, gathered around the big old table.
Creeping up, he pecped through the
window to see that the cause of merri-
ment was family newspaper spread
out to its greatest extent, around which
were grouped as many of the Belts fami-
ly as could get, great and small. Some
were looking at the pictures, and laugh
ing and Growing over them, and others
were picking out the bits of anecdotes.
or diving into some fascinating story.
The little man gave a jump away from
the window at that.
81 never can in all this worldr' he
exclaimed. stepping off with the agility
of squirrel "It's all the good times
they have! / can't stop it! and Enoch
has such hard times to pay of that mort
gagc.- / sco,s't m ---
He reached his own house and went
in with q very red face.
Hannah Maria looked up, then nodded
her head briskly to herself. 81 guess
he's done itr' she said down in her
heart. "He looks like it."
The next day there went from Crook
ed Hill District post-office a letter ad-
dressed to one of the editors of Boston.
1t was written in a Grabbed, quaint
hand; and it had folded up safely with
in it a small wad of money.
All that will be said about it is that a
brand-new paper appeared for Mr..
Enoch Belts in the next weekly bundle
in the mail bag, which visit was kept up
regularly, to the intense delight Of the
whole household, through all the pre-
cious fifty-two weeks.
And for some inexplicable reason,
the father sternly forbade them, one and
all, to ever mention it over at the
Peaseleys'.
'.If this amt comfortr' exclaimed
Hannah Maria, planting herself heavily
in the big splintbottomed chair, under
the bright lamp, and rattling the news
paper, while she looked over at her
brother, on the opposite side of the
table, with something little like re-
spect in her ferret-ike eyes. 81 really
didn't s'pose you had the spunk of q
mouse, Jason, but for once. you've been
little grain like other menm
Jason Peaseley made no answer.
He looked happy and contented, al.
though it had cost him the price of q
new hat he had been waiting for two
winters.
There are other things in this world
besides new hats, and it wasn't the
first time he had found it out Youths
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