The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-02-26

| Margery felt coming over seas, 1Or ner
| lonesomeness increased and she rapidly
lost ''snap." la trn
Margery, growing white and winter,
slid down fiat on the grass, then with q
groan that seemed to come from her lit
tie pegged shoes, became drsadfully
sick, and Miss Winchester followed
| suit. a ..v a..-t
If they had swallowed the whole
contents of the doctors saddle-bags
they could scarcely have suffered more.
When it seemed as if they must have
thrown up not only the pills, but the
coats of their stomachs and their orig
nal sin, they got up and staggered along
by the fence; but were soon forced to
drop down again.
'Tm a-dyin'p' said Margery. 'And
/ am afraid want my mother
"Ain't it awful?' groaned Rachel.
"Fve committed sin lately and Pm
scared, tool broke china cup and hid
it up the chimney.
eyes, we're both of us wicked as
we're SICK" moaned Margery. II
made faces at my mother behind the
door, when she wouldn't let me take her
gold ring"
''Hello down there! What you a.
| dom '' cried Zephaniah, his shock head
coming over the top rail of the fence,
and he seeming to hang there by his
chin. 7Iai
80 Nah, we're goin' to dier' an
swered Rachel, dismally.
"What for?" he asked, not seeing
the least use in it. t. .. 49,.
We've killed ourselves" returned
Rachel, family. She must talk while
breath remained; so she gave her
brother the facts of the case. His face,
during the story, showed disgust at
their present wilted condition, mingled
with admiration for their daring ex-
plot. H-I.Dt
"Phu, Rachel! wouldn't die-you
can't see EN- bile maple sap next year"
How can we help it?" gasped blue
eyed Margery.
"Oh, I'll stiffen you upr' and Nah
suddenly unlocked himself from the
top rail and disappeared. They thought
he had gone to tell of them, and did
not care, for they were so weak and
miserable. ..'.. ........
Ten minutes later he came stubbing
along over the plowed ground toward
them with one hand carefully shut over
the other. He dumped himself down
by their side.
''Now," said he, "we'll take every
bit of this here, and it II cure us!'
They felt little better, and so Gu
riouS to know what this here" was
that they forgot to ask Nah where he
felt unwell. They looked eagerly into
his hand and shifted with their little
noses. He. too, had been into mis-
chief; for in his not over-clean paw was
all the white sugar it could hold, and
into that he had poured at least Gill
of paregoric. ~
"Stick in your fingers and lick 'em
off" said Rachers worthy brother.
" It's good"
Grandfather Winchester might not
have given this very remedy; but true
it was, that before they had licked
their fingers many times, they were
better, able in fact to sit up and walk a
little way.
81 shall never sin any MORE" said
Rachel.
.'Nor l." said Margery. sit must
be dreadful wicked to take pills when
you don't need en-"
''Awfulr' said Nah. with finishing
application of his tongue to his small |
palm. AwtuI-but we needed this
paregoric." rf...s
"Do you think" asked Rachel, "we
have got to tell grandfather of thisP'
mo" said Nah, promptly.
81 shall tell if it is right" said
Rachel, firmly. Il amt going to sin
any more. "r.aI ,t Ua
Margery unused. Then she remarked
The pills didn't stay stealed long.
We can't give 'em back. l don't feel
as if l needed any more furnishing to
make me sorry" .... ....
"That's SOL said Rachel. "We've
had our own punishing" i'.
. They each forgot that Niah had
sinned and not suffered; while he was
hardened enough not to think of him
self at all.
When the afternoon crept out under
the shadows of the evening the little
Scotch girl went home with q sick
headache and was put to bed. Rachel
''tired out" she said and
meekly crept to her couch two hours
earlier than usual Nah was notable
example of a scamp who escaped cor
rection. He fell asleep over his supper
in consequence of the drug, and Slept
all night the sweet sleep Of innocence.
Grandpa missed his pills in time. but
went to his grave in ignorance of the
+" manner of their taking off"
Rachel and Zephaniah more than
once through long life remembered
that day. Scotch Margery grew up
and grew old, too; but her eyes were
never less blue than when She came
from Scotland, and she it was who told
this story to her grandchildren, with
those same eyes twinkling with fun.
This is all, children, when | have
added q moral and bit of advice,
which just this once l beg you not to
skip. 'I
Moral: Be sure your sin will find
you out'as it did these little Puritans.
Indeed, it nearly turned them wrong
side out,
AdUice: Whatever you do - do it
thoroughly.-Annette L. Noble, in Vide
AwdEe.
NINETY million dollars is now the
Official estimate of the cost of the late