The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-11-04
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"bst shSt @'@ b''hS w 'onS sno '1oi
dent from Washington early tomorrow
morning-before the sun is up, perhaps. HI
10 going by railroad all the way TO LON
Branch"
aDear old GarHeldr said mamma, a.
would drag the car myself every step of thu
way II they would let men'
Jack and Bessie we're eating bread and
milk very quietly al q side table, and you
would not suppose that they heard WORD
the big people at the big table said anyway
the children went right on, and only seemed
TO be In q great hurry to get through-for
after the bread (they had eaten every bit Of
the crust, too,) they were going to have a
whole half slice of watermelon.
BY and by the sun went down behind the
trees and hills over in the west and the first
thing mamma knew Bessie was sound asleep
on the parlor floor, and Jack was looking at
some pictures upside down, with both eyes
shut!
"Come come; this won't do" said mamma,
ego up stairs now, babies, and get good,
fresh start for tomorrow mornings fun and
tumbles--"
And In five minutes they were both sound
asleep in bed.
BY and by mamma and papa went toe, land
the great hall clock licked away the hours
with nobody awake TO hear II but Major, the
dog, who lay on the mat close TO the front
door. The moon came up, big and round,
and made II 50 light out-of-doors that two
ha aud ha-
gan to crow.
Now, don't know whether II was the
ROSTERS who did 1t, or whether the china
doll tumbled out Of bed, and SO woke Bessie
up. But this do know, that just as the
clock struck two, the little girl was wide
awake.
"Jack," she called softly.
But Jack was fast asleep.
"Jack, wake up, look It's morning now,
for can see way across the room," and Bes-
sie went to Jacks bed and gently shook
him.
"Don't you s'pose papa will scold when
he knowsP" And Jack sat up, and sleepily
rubbed his eyes.
"Pooh! not bit. Don't you know what
mamma said-how she'd just like to take
eur dear Garfield all alone herself, she loves
him SO? And do you s'pose we can't just 60
down and see him ?"
Gall right" said Jack, as he hurried on
bis clothes. "We'll s'prise him with lots of
things. wonder" he continued, as he tried
70 put both stockings OH the same foot in his
~ "a rsh
dent, has got Punch and Judy Jumping |
Jack?"
al don't know" said Bessie, thoughtfully, |
"whether he likes Jumping Jacks, or not" |
go, course he does," cried the boy, "only |
mine don't jump any more, cause the string
10 took OIL, but all 'cept his nose is good-all
but one leg"
81 know what / am going to give him."
said Bessie, "but shant tell"
"Why ?" asked Jack.
"'Cause love him so.''
"Who?
"Peter."
."What, that old thing?"
He isn't an old thing bit Jack Bigelow,
he was real new once; just as new as he
could be, and cost my whole bank full"
"Well, but he's made of rags and things,
and Mr.. Garfield and Arthur President don't
want 'em," persisted Jack.
"Dont say Mr.. Garfield and Arthur, there
Ii only one Of them, aud that's my dear old
Garfield" said Bessie, " Pm older than you
are, and know, and Peters as good, If not
gooder, than your Punch and Judy, any
way"
But, by the time they were dressed, the
children were the best of good friends again,
and, As they passed noiselessly down stairs,
Peter and the Jumping Jack were both with
them.
"Why, Bessie" said Jack, just as they
were going safely out of the front door,
"wheres the dinnerp"
~ "Thsts So" whispered Bessie, ''let's 20
and get some. u Ct @"a s
Now Major, the dog,wa very much aston
tonished, but he wagged his tail and tried TO
think he must have oversight himself, and
that II was really morning; so, when Bessie
and Jack put some doughnuts, with holes in
the middle, and three Jumps Of sugar into q
basket they found in the dining room closet,
and told the dog to carry 1t in his mouth,
Major started right off with It, and pretty
soon all three were walking down the road
between the trees.
Dear little babies! What do you suppose
they thought? Why, that the railroad that
ran through the fields and over the bridge at
the river, just beyond, was the only railroad
In the world, and that the poor sick Presi-
dent would como along there So after
hearing II talked over, they made up their
very small minds that they would surprise =
mamma and papa and everybody else by 60
Ing down to see him, II only they walked up
In time. So there they were, only 1t was the
moon and not the sun that shone 80 bright
overhead. @a#-."a
"Run! run! there he isp cried Jack, as
he heard sharp whistle just little way
down the track. . Z
But II was only coal train that came lum- D
bering along and passed on out Of sight over o
The bridge.
There, I've lost my Punch and Judy" Q
said Jack, - they stopped, all out Of breath, p
when they reached The track. Heres one 7
Leg OF him, but the rest Of him dropped off,"
and Jack began, almost, to cry.
1Sever mind, Jack, DEAR" said Bessie, /
we'll go back and find him."
30 they made Major put down the basket, q
and they all hunted long time. Major
found the Jumping Jacks head, but couldn't n
find anything else Of him At all, and SO they b
decided TO write the President note and tell 9
him oil about IL. Bessie had pencil In o
her pocket; there was lots Of brown paper Z
round the doughnuts. So they took some of u
hat, and here is the note Bessie wrote. It o.
wasn't very straight, you know, but that q
must have been the moons fault: