The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-04-06

gradually dried away, until, at the
:; ''pollywog' season, when alone a
boy can take the highest rational
;. enjoyment in a mud-puddle, only a
damp spot in the centre of the street
indicated the place from which the
, water had subsidized. 1t was now at
high tide and the apple fell into the
ooze just below It,
boy, come over and pick up my
apple" commanded my neighhor.
Conscious of setting that young
pagan an example OF good manners,
| returned the apple with bow my
mother had taught me. She gave it
two or three cleansing dashes on her
dress skirt and then said:
Lend me your knife and I'll give
you half
She set the apple on top of the
gatepost, savagely jammed the knife |
through it, wiped the blade on her
shall and returned the knife with
the larger part of the apple.
, Thank you" said |.
what is your name, bov?"
George Hartman. What is
yours ?"
Hannah Ann Farley. You 60
ing to live in that house? ~
Il expect to-"
I'm glad of it. There's been a
disagreeable, stuck-up little girl hv-
ing over there. | thought when /
first saw you, You were going to be
just like her"
This / took as Hannah's apology |
for her reception. 1t was satisfacto-
ry, and we might then and there
have been friends, but at that mo-
ment Mary Sullivan came out of
the front door and called me home.
She said the brass-headed tacks were
all, and | must 90 to the store for
more When | returned Hannah
was nowhere TO be seen.
The next morning / was fortunate
enough to find five cent piece in a
crack of u bureau drawer, and
promptly started for store where
in to spend it. The streets were SO
muddy thought | wouE go across
and leap the neighbor's fences.
was in neighbor Farley's yard when
l was sharply hailed from a little
window high up III the end of the
house
Boy, come up here.'
How am | going TO get up?"
go arornd to the kitchen and
ask my mother to show you the
way"
/ hunted up the kitchen, and
found Hannah's mother Prior to
this time when ] wished to represent !
female figure on my slate | had
a triangle surmounted by an eclipse, i
and this in turn furnished by a
small circle; hereafter, with Mrs. /
Farley in mind, | drew cylindical
figure with a small circle on the up
per end, and slight depression
representing the waist-line After
once seeing Mrs. Farley | could I
never wonder that Hannah was for $
ever borrowing pin to fasten some c
thing on with. There could never q
be n more delightful garret than {
Mrs. Farley's, for never could there t
be woman who could excel her q
in the celerity with which she would
use up the furniture. Such a col t
lection of mirrors with shattered c
glasses, bottomless chairs, disman s
tied bureaus, and tables standing on i
three legs never was met
"What do you want to play?" a
asked Hannah. o
Pirate" h
What's a pirate ?" 4
| explained, and Hannah forth +
with became the most bloodthirsty t
of p irates. 1t was in my heart to Y
spare the woman and children, but c
she refused to listen to such pro- a
position, and felled her victims right
and left without regard to age or v
sex. Once she pierced me to the b
heart, and ! fell bleeding, dying, c
hitting my head against the wall, c
and yelling out in unfeigned ago
ny. V
Afterward, we were riding peace .
fully along over the green fields, t
and beneath the calm blue sky, on {
a two-legged and very dusty sofa, s
when a party of brigands swooped l
down upon us, and bore us off to a q
lothesome dungeon behind dis q
mantled bureau. We fiattered our a
selves and crawled out, beheaded a
the brigands, appropriated their |
spoils, and returned triumphant to
our homes. We were very dusty 5
and covered with cobwebs when / f
remembered my fve-cent piece and a
said / must 90. g
"Give me half of what you're go q
ing to buy and III go with you," v
said Hannah. r
l couldn't very well refuse this y
generous offer; SO she put on her !
hood and shawl, at my suggestion /
tied up her shoe strings, and we Q
started. She expressed preference
for black licorice, and / expended
my money upon that luxury; and :
shared it literally. We came home
hand in hand, and though Hannah Z
went oyer shoe in mud and water a
three times, she bore itwith intimit- a
able good-nature.
From that morning our friend n
ship matured rapidly. Sometimes 0
Hannah was at our house; some s.
times | played in Farleys garrett l'
and gometimes when she had a a
scre throat, and wore preparation e
of lard ard camphor-gum around it, d
we had permission to play in Mrs. P
Farley's parlor. Whenever Hannah y
stole cookies and ginger-snaps for Is
herself, she always layed in for me 8,
when Mary Sullivan made tea-sau- "
Ger pies for me, ] carried them red D
hot from the oven to neighbor Far e
iey's, and Hannah and / watched l
them cool with hearts that beat as o
one. Then while one half the juice II
drizzled over my jacket the cores el
ponding half dripped on Hannah's Il
apron. Hannah was passionately
fond of 'iooce !" II
lThar cciool o,nf,od ,ra v-o,i -,