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May gazed after him l,
Tor a moment. and then = ha hu.let dis.,, .
a merry laugh, she calIas Sa; breaking n
WI noh, Fred Lathrop! You a'ss hin
what nonsense! Girls nsr.s y, ars staa
am going into the orcharas sses fant!
you pull that toothi,s oo, ad i
after him. e--s ana she dsr..s
| When the children re.o,
spot beneath the wide-sp,s asa aSla sl,al,
a new idea came to the ssaag IitsIs l tns
"Oh, now I've COT ~ .sls Doy
May he cried, joyfully.' p;a ssly Ting
a smooth red apple from : ,a picking y
limb. ~ know how to al i o'S;tw-naags y
tie the thread around the low!ri
strong and then Wen NAV % spple va
60 over there and I'll throw thru visea--!e Y ~ |
real hard. and away Il viii viii" y nm
way?' - - snas = gea
"Splendidr returned Nav -.
to help fasten the string auu gesaS
And so away they went n ~
where the hired man was w " .ne han
with his assistance made thu
secure at the end Of the thread ny sglh
they ran again to the orchard Iaa
ing taken their places. Nav I s.,u au
her hands and said: nsld
" Now throw it, Fred and s.
Will come! Throw it hardp' O@
Freddy drew back his arm TIA,
stopped. 1f ~ iAen b
May, I believe it's going to ,e,.
"What, nowa' asked his sister
Eyes, it feels like it, renl;aa Ss;
boy, earnestly. 81 shouldn't NV wa,a ~
if it ached sawfnlly before dinnar ! raaef' y;
and maybe it will be 50 bad y1 by ,',s s;ss,
that l cannot sleepp, alsa
Mays face clouded. aOh. tb....
bad" Then Bright thought bt", .ss' ! %
"But if you pull it 'sow, Fred. il ,sss vass
acne! ea, Throw the apple and b IA III !
mo" said Fred. 81 mustn't i,
very bad to pull tooth when n, =.
|; going to ache. After it's throuch II II
ing is the time. ~ 5'ss F % ~
''Oh, Fred Lathrop! who said so,n
Well, I've heard it,n retnrns5 al 4.
boy, seating himself upon The % c,,s y
apple in hand. Anyway Pm goins,, a,ss,
wait and see If it does ache.n
I" Yours a regular cosoara ~ s,;.a
May, emphatically, "and l know s yss
won't pull that tooth at all! I'm oois, M
into the house, so there, sirrr' Ana II,
getting her resolve to remain uutil Il,
operation was over, the little IA, 4,
turned away in disdain. bs
"Ha, han' laughed Freddy, thrown,
himself at length upon the IN
4" ire the one that's afraid. foun
scared of the blood! Girls always arsp'
I But May was gone, and the onlya.
swer to the boys remark was the drp.
ing OF the grasshoppers in the whe,,
stubble and the far away pipe Of Ii,
quail in the corn. The air was soft sul
warm, the wind still, the trees motion
less. All nature seemed to be at rut
or asleep, and,slying there with eys
closed, Freddy, too, at last fell ssleep
Whether, he dreamed or not do not
know. Arobin came and lit overR,
head and sang softly and he might hsss
dreamed of that; and bye-and-bye Old
Bess, the cow, who was daintily piiek
ing at the tenderest grasses in iAs
orchard, came slowly by and stoppedn
look at him and wonder what KEPT him
SO still, and he might have dreamed d
that. 3 s4 4
But the robin flew away, and al
Bess, after standing moment close b
the quiet boy, moved steadily on, ~
Freddy still slept. Once he started /
little when the COW was near him, bm
he did not wake up; and il was ";
until May came. out to find and call bin
to dinner that he opened his bright
brown eyes. ~ i ts8.ff eGsz "
Erred, dinners all ready, and --vhy,
yoat re pulled your tOoth! 2
Freddy sat upright in an instant
" "Fulied nay tooth sz-,o ~
, - But it'sgone! Its sgonelH fihl
shr.eked May. ..,You mast haTs
pulled it, and you've forgotten sboli
it becanse you've heen asleepl On
Fred! You are bra after all!'' Az ,A
May threw ans about her broth.
er,s neck q Kissed him. allaL 10
.'But certainly didn't pull i May-
honest and true. It's gone now, bit !
wasn't gone when went to sleepg
And the boys face was filled with y
tonishment.
"Who could have done it, " said hg'
equally puzzled. II do believe It Wa
uncle Dick. Let's go and ask him.
{ The children ran to- the houie'
Mamma, papa and uncle Dick were y
ready at the table. Hurrying into 10
room, Freddy told his wonderful slol!
and called upon his uncle to confess.
\ "You know you must have puiled y
for l didn't, and it was out when
awoke. You owe me the ten cent?
though. for you promisedait even hJ'a
pulled itr' s,ige
Uncle Dick laughed and drew shln'
ing dime from his pocket. .
1.-The moneys yours, Fred, and isl,'
~ earned, for the tooth is surely pulled,
but my dear, boy, I did not DO il igr !
haven't seen you since since you NY
here this morning" s..
Freddy looked from one TO the osps I.
in spechless amazement. Papa DroAs
into a hearty laugh. s'ii
"Well, well! This is q strange y Il
fair! | wish that my aching wv. Y.
might disappear in like manner Tn's ~
sleep. Some good fairy mus nss'
done it, Fred. But never mind nov I
sit down and eat your dinner ana w