The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-21
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tain"
Certainly, you are going" Al
ice said in her qucenllcst way. al
You can't 90 tomorrow we Will put
of going"
Saturday is my day to clean the
school-rooni," Ray answered.
1--WE will clean IL. Let's begin this
minute" and Of came Queenie's cuffs
and Rates, all the cuffs, in fact. We
went to work and had such fun sweep
ing and scrubbing. Just imagine
Kate and Quccnie washing the floor.
They did it well too.
Now, remember" Quccnic said the
last thing, Everybody is to wear her
oldest dress. And, Ray, would you
he kind enough to bring hard boiled
eggs for your luncheon! Oac apiece
for us all round?'
Now think il was just beautiful Of
Quecnic to think Of that. She knew
little Tmkham couldn't bring frosted
cake and French rolls as the rest Of us
did.
So she spoke of the eggs. We all
remembered TINT Ray had wonderful
chickens. | am sure the word about
old dresses, too, was meant 10 help
| her.
The next morning Obcd fainter
came round with his uncovered omni-
bus and his TWO great horses and pick
ed us up.
We went after Ray last She was
standing in front Of the old house, be-
side the tumble-dowli' gate, with her
basket of eggs in her hand.
She looked perfectly happy, and her
dress was SO clean aud smooth Kate
whispered to me;
That dress has been washed and
ironed since last night, Just think of
itW
1t was q clear warm morning, and
every one was in such glow Of
spirits. | think we were all glad that
we had Rachel with US.
But if it hadn't been for Quccnie,
Ray would never have gone and if
Ray hadn't gone the rest Of us would
never have come home, and this story
for there is q story-would never
have been told.
1t is eight miles to the mountain,
and there is a carriage road TO the
top. The last two miles are very hard
and steep, because you rise nearly u
hundred feet above the Connecticut
river in that distance.
But Obed was steady, good driver,
and his horses were steady, good
horses.
We always drew lots for the seat
beside Obed, and it was one of our
treats to get him talking about his
"tcam," as he called it.
"What are their names?" asked
Queenie.
"Well"-a pause. 0bcd was slow
talker, but he had a great deal to say.
"The of one there is Cesar, an the
nigh one he is Alexander"
"Are they afraid Of the cars?"
"Ain't afraid O. nothin' in natur."
Obed paused for us to think this
over, and then went on;
"Know too much, them creeturs do.
They have carried load to the noun
tains four times week all summer
They'd take you bouts well eff was
not along. They know-wcll---be
all what them animals know. Under
stand't Pm talkin' bout 'em this min
it's wells you do. They're used to
being talked to. My wife, she thinks
sight of 'em. Beats ali! She'll 90 to the
barn, and she'll carry 'em apples, and
she'll be all over 'enl one week when
she was sick, and KEEP in the house,
you en- believe ii or not, it's fact
that them crceturs lost flesh. She
braids up their front hair for EN-, and
ties it with red ribbon one day, and
then the next day she unbraids it, and
it's crimped in the fashion, you'll un-
dorstand. As they was coming TO
to party to-day, they've got their
hairs crimped."
But alas for Caesar and alack for
Alexander. 1t was a terrible piece Of
work you came near doing that day,
though we girls never shall feel that
you were much to blame.
You see that this was what happen
cd. We were all tucked into the
wagon as tight as figs in box, that
afternoon, ready to start for hone,
when Lou called out that she had
left her parasol. She must get out
and run up to the tower and get it.
"You just keep y'r siltin',' said
Obcd, "Fll fetch yer umbrill = and he
started for the tower.
IL was about ten rods Of. The
tower and stable are built in small
cleared space at the top of the noun
tain. All around and below are thick
woods and great rocks.
Obed had just gone out Of sight
when Quecnic gave little scream,
and put her hand 10 her eye.
something has stungme, she said,
and then, that instant, while we were
looking at her, il happened.
The horses both reared, and then
gave plunge, the omnibus seemed to
rise from the ground with u great
leap, and, sooner than can tell tive
were all being borne at IN awful
speed down that narrow rocky road
glanced toward Caesar and Alex
andcr, and saw terrible pair of wild
animals. ! looked toward the girls
and .nIv two rnys oI ~ IA IN ~; nhtnnnI