The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-08-28

ana over the OnlOu OSu tutcc VI AO,A
times, before l cornered 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. guess the pig didn't see
where the the fun came in, though. he
went grunting round the pen for day
or two, squeaiing every once in while
lust as though he was mad about some
thing. 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 ex-
actly alike. You couldn't tell 'tother
from which, as the boys say.
Don't go away from the yard, boys!'
heard Mrs. Gregory say, as she let
'em out. But she'd better have told
'em to go-they'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 Mr.. Gregory shut the door. before
they were down to the wharf and Dan
tumbled overheard the very first thing
clothes 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
fats. 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 head to toe.
Dan had lost his hat and bod his shoe.
The way Mrs. Gregory walked 'emin-
to the house wasn't slow, 1 tell you.
She put 'em both into the big bath-tub
and at once turned on the water. After
they were scrubbed they began to squab-
BILE, first thing. bod hit Dan with the
hair brush, and Dan kicked bod In the
stomach. Then they both caught 1t
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, that 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 morn
ing, and staid home. watched Nell
off and couldn'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.
bod 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't 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 'em that way
just once, they must look funny.
After 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. "The twins are on the
rampage again, mother" | called out,
laughing, but / was reading Toms
Heather" on the piazza and forgot all
about them in q little while. Along
toward noon it began to cloud up and
look black in the west. l started fol
the church with Nelrs waterproof and
rubbers, but hadn't got half way there
before saw Nell herself come out Of
the vestry door walking quick and be-
fore could call to her she ran down tC
the shore, jumped into Murray Peters
boat and began to pull away like mao
for the mouth of the harbor.
"What on earth, ~ began, when al
at once saw dory tossing up and
down quite ways off and it flashed in.
to my mind that the twins had gone
adrift, and SO they had, in old MIR
Thompson's dory, with the wind anG
tide setting it right out to sea!
Before / got to the house a thunder
squat came out of the west ard, al
screeching, wind and rain, thunder and
lightning. 1t was black as ink and the
air was full of pieces of branches and
dust.
Father started for the shore bare
headed and in his shirt sleeves, but HI
couldn't get man to put boat off fol
love or money. 1.-THE squat will blow
over in little while, Square," old Har
ry Morgan said, "but man 'ud b.
crazy to put off while it's screechin
like this" All the same though, they
said that Bates had to be held by maiI
force from launching dory, though h
didn't know the first thing about hand
ling one. ID
1 staid with mother. She isn't on,
, of the kind that makes a fuss. Sh,
went right into her bedroom and shu
the door. She always does when she'l
in trouble. Pretty soon she came on
J white as chalk, but quiet and calm
. Only when she walked to the windows
and looked out into the storm, / saw
, her clench her hands together. All shs
said though. was half to herself, "Cal
. upon me in the time of trouble and