Sharp County record., 1880-06-10

looking Perhapshere ara ray Y. 3
or maybe curiol ShoiIn T,e No9
OF S al
As these thoughtscrosso, j..
he open the silk-lini iCIse0 J"eS0 i
= whew! out flew a hoo',., ~UOt, }
colored dove. '0"u'lh
Louis stood aghast. Tn v.
efforts to capture the lithIsS ISN'
1t tluttered from the to "',ls os Q
case to a pile of box5 VI ". IN'
thence to the top mol,roo.' o'y,, J,
dows, as if it enjoyed at
the midst of it all, in Gnu rl'S y
pergrass. u' "
"Eh? What?n said he D.,
this happen?'' I
"Please, sir,n said Lr
his head, ''the bird got ouf>,,;3
trying to catch it again ~'
"Got out, did it?H said NJ
grass. cit must be a verr,,
bird, to be able to open tba /
the outside! You may 90 |
quite certain that you won't mt 4
don't approve of meddley,n' =
So saying, he opened a a,,
led directly out into the h.,
and dismissed poor Louis Bmr,
further ceremony.
Now, Pearlie," said beh
dove, who perched on his 4
once, "yOu can 90 back tor
You have helped me out Off.l
this time"
So he let the little cream
into the yard, where 1t beIon,
Charlie Warner was tbe,I
ushered into the stufry, smeTI
He, too, speedily finished hba
began to look around hmfca
to occupy his attention.
"Oh, my! What a lot ofbrI
he, "piled up one above anc
Tower of Babel! What can M
grass keep in all of themm
Charlie listened. No adyai
steps were near. He looked \
about him, but he saw notbn
he rose from his chair, and cyI
the mysterious pile Of bozs
were of all shapes, rather
fitted with loose, wooden coys
Charlie lifted the lid Of ON
full of English walnuts,
"Hellon' thought Charlie.
luck! Old Peppergrass wiIIH
two or three of these" and be-
a handful.
The next box was full q /
Malaga raisins. Charlie n9F
three bloomy, wrinkled felg1
stem, and ate them. He Tg
raisins.
What next?" he said, tu!5
covers of the third box, vhi.
to fit a little closer.
AL of a sudden, hOweTe,
with q jerk, filing the airTt
pepper, and setting poor
sneezing as if he meant to-
head off.
Mr.. Peppergrass bustledh
"Ah!' said he. Il See
needn't have been in such
examine my stock, youl:
haven't enUaUed YOU vet, al
intend to-"
And poor Charlie sneal
through the back door whi1I
pergrass held politely oPq
feeling that his curiosity h'tl
cause.
1t was some time before III
pepper was sufficiently cleaslI
atmosphere for Johnny Jata
his turn at the sums in 40
tiOns, but he worked then
out, and then sat looking an
as the others had done. Bui1
honorable to dream OF meQI
too, wondered what was ID
but he didn't do anything
wonder. He heard a y
rustling behind the faded'N ~
the old bookcase, where W
grass had shut up his pet XIV, h
never thought of opening N'1
it all meant. Il
He saw a glass jar OF nDn y.
on the mantel (sly Mr., ! \
had counted every one, !. Se1 !.
ering it with a dusty Ia iIGS n
least finger-mark would y
quite visible), but he sat \. !
still until MIR. PeppergraS w
the room.
The old grocer looked a, al \
jar, he glanced at tnT IL;
boxes, and opening the ..ss a",
kitten fast asleep in the col.a
"Ahn' said Mr.. PeppeIEY
long breath. Yes eSaGaS ri,It
the boy l want. Come rsr II
the store, and I'll set s.ys "
weighing out tea and cOhefN h
And that was the way "
grass suited himself win l,' M NJ
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