Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-10-26

poured some of Mrs. Gregory's nice cur
rant wine over it. Then they mushed i,
all up in pail, and put it in our pig,
trough without saying word to any.
body. | was off trouting. When l go
back at supper time, there was a pretty
how do you do round the pig pen. The
folks had found poor piggie laying on hi:
side, for all the world as though he wa,
dead. Father and | got him out on tn,
grass, but he didn't seem to breath
hardly He'd kick one leg little once
in while, but that was all. Mother
said, may be it was collie, and wanted to
give him Jamaica ginger. But Mr.
Bates, that boards with us, and is study
ing for a doctor, said not seemed
more like an apoplectic fit. And finally
he thought he'd bleed him. so he cut the
tip end ofhis tail off, which they say i:
the only way Of bleeding a pig. But
poor piggie didn't notice it bit, so al
last we gave it up and left him for dead.
Du. | thought there was considerable
life in him next morning, after Id chased
him through the bean patch, and over
the onion bed three or four times, before
| cornercd him We couldn't imagine
what the trouble was till Mrs. Gregory
come TO miss the cake and wine then
she made bod and Dan own up. They
said they only did it for fun. l guess
the pig didn't see where the fun came in
though. He went grunting round the
pen for day or two, squealing every
once in a while, just as though he was
mad about something. And no wonder.
The next Sunday morning after this
happened, Mrs. Gregory got the twins
ready for church, and they looked real
nice. with their little light suits just
exactly alike. You couldn't tell 'tother
from which, as the boys say.
Don't 90 away from the yard, boys
/ heard Mrs. Gregory say, as she let EN-
out. But she'd better have told EN- to
go-,hey'd have been twice as likely to
have staid round the house. Seems as
though bod and Dan Gregory was
possessed to do just what they hadn't
ought to. 1t wasn't five minutes from
the time Mrs. Gregory shut the door, be-
fore they were down to the wharf, and
Dan tumbled overheard the very first
thing-clothcs and all. bod tried TO
reach him, and over he went, too.
Luckily for them it was low tide and
only couple Of inches of water on the
flats. But such sight as those young
ones were when they got out, They
came roaring up the hill hold Of hands,
plastered with mud from top to toe. Dan
had los, his hat and bod his shoe
The way Mrs. Gregory walked EN- in
to the house. wasn't slow, tell you.
She put EN- both into the big ba,h-tub
and at once turned on the water. After
they were scrubbed they began to squab-
bic, fist thing. bod hit Dan with the
hair brush, and Dan kicked bod in the
stomach. Then they both caught it good.
The bathroom windows were open, and
We got all the benefit of the noise.
told Nell she might send over her
compliments and say that If the twins
would ease up little on their frivolous
music so she could collect her thoughts
for the Sunday school lesson, tina. she d
be much obliged. But she only shook
her head at me. and when the bell rang
started off for church.
Mother wasn't very well that morning,
and staid home watched Nell of
and could't help thinking how pretty she
looked in her walking suit,-everything
to match, and she made it all her own
self. too. Best of it is, Nelrs as good as
she is pretty.
Well, after Mr.. Gregory went out there
was lull. Good reason for it. Dod
was tied to one bed post and Dan to the
other. Mrs. Gregory said that one day
in the week she liked to read her chapter
in peace. and if the boys were right under
her eye. tied, she knew that they couldn'i
do anything worse than make up faces
but when my boys are good she told
mother once. they're as well behaved as
any ones" I'd like to see EN- that way
just once, they must look funny.
After a while, they begged so hard
that Mrs. Gregory united 'em, but TOLD
'em that they mustn't set their foot out.
side the front door. Well, they didn't
But the minute she went up stairs again
they slipped out the back way. saw
their little striped legs going it down hill
like fun. 1.-The twins are on the rampage
again. mother" | called out, laughing
but was reading Toms Heather" OF
the piazza and forgot all about them il
little while. Along toward noon it be-
gan to cloud up and look black in tht
west. started for the church with
Nelrs waterproof and rubbers, but hadn'
got half way there before saw Nell her
self come out of the vestry door walking
quick, and before l could call to her sht
ran down to the shore, jumped into Muir
ray Peters boat, and began to pull away
like mad for the mouth Of the harbor.
: "What on earth, i began, when al
at once saw dory tossing up and dowl
quite way off, and it flashed into m,
/ mind that the twins had gone adrift ant
| so they had, in old Mr.. Thompson's dory
: with the wind and tide setting it righ
, out to sea
Before | got to the house thunde
squall came out Of the west'ard, al
screeching. wind and rain, thunder ant
: lightning. 1t was black as ink, and tn