St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-29
He found one of his sisters bonnets

He found one of his sisters bonnets
in bandbox on the top shelf OF closet,
and this struck him as being exactly |
what he wanted. 1t was all covered
with bows of fluffy lace, and red satin
ribbon, and it had LONG strings OF lace,
which he thought would make beauti-
full streamers for the kite
"It's last summers bonnet, mad L
know that Emily don't want the old
thing" he said to himself, as he took
possession; and in very short space OF
time the bonnet, which had been a
triumph of the miller's art, was de-
graded to the position of tail to a kite.
| say degraded, but Roy and Teddy
would both say elevated; it all depends
upon whether you consider a beautiful
bonnet or a beautiful kite the more
important and useful thing.
1t was a very fine kite, and Roy was
proud and happy when he carried 1t to
Teddy's house.
Teddy was sitting on the doorstep,
with Dan, his black andtan terrier. on
one knee, and his yellow cat, Splthre,
on the other. The two were on the
most amicable terms, although Dan toll
Grated no other cat, and Spitflre no
other dog. Eight fat little pigs, every
one with quirk in his tail, burrowed
in the dirt near by. A flock OF noisy
geese came waddling up from muddy
little pond; strutting gobler paraded
around, followed by a great flock OF
turkeys, little and big. There were
lordly ROSTERS and matronly hens, with
broods OF chickens of al sizes; there was
a goat, and a tame squirrel, and last,
but not least, there was a parrot-a de-
mure-looking parrot, all in drab, save
| for a bit of scarlet, like knot OF NIB
bon, at her throat; she had very wise
| expression of countenance, and was a
very knowing bird.
The Widow O'Brien had a fondness
for animals; but she was not satisfied
with her collection. She was sensible
woman, in the main, yet the more she
had the more she wanted. Now she
wanted COW. And it was not an I'M
reasonable wish. The twins, Bartholo-
new and Rosy, her Youngest and her
darings. were weak and ailing, and
goats milk did not agree with them;
they must have cows milk, the doctor
said, and that was not easy to get IN
| Millville unless one owned a COW.
Widow o. Brien at last determined to
have a COW, and she and Teddy, to-
gether, had laid up just twenty-threee
dollars and sixty-seven cents toward
the purchase when Teddy was brought
home from the mill with his arm
broken, and the doctor bills swallow
ed up the savings. So Michael Dolan' S
cow, 1.-The beautifulest baste' that the
Widow O'Brien had liver put the two
ewes iv her on which he wished to sell
for only fifty dollars, was as far out OF
her reach as the COW that jumped over
the moon. And her continual bewailings
had had more to do with wearing the
flesh off Teddy's bones than the pain
OF his broken arm. For he felt himself to
be the man OF the family, who ough hit to
buy COW, instead of breaking his arm,
bv carelessness, and perhaps thereby
causing the death of Bart and Rosy,
who, his mother assured him, were
diving for the want of cow milk.
Roy felt sad to see Teddy SO pale anc
thin, but he thought that the kite coulo
not fail to cheer him.
Roy was favorite at the Widow
OBrien's. Dan frisked around nj:
heels, Spitfire arched her back to bt
patted and smoothed, the squirrel raj
! up to his shoulder and perched there
and though the parrot screamed
hoarsely: ''Be off wild ye, "
raskill!' it was probably because
no more complimentary conversation
was at her command, the Wildly
having educated her with the view o
t making her terror to the neighbors
7 children, who often deserved the uncom
plimentarv epithet. At all events, Ro.
ALWAYS took it as a friendly greeting OF
Poll part, and Poll was certainly aver.
3 friendly creature.
f She sailed down from her perch abov
4 the doorway, now, and allghted O.
: Rows head, regardless of the squirrel
/ who seemed to consider it an infringe
t ment upon his rights, and scolde
, fiercely, until the kite absorbed his al
8 tention. He and Poll both regarde
, that with their heads on one side.
i Teddy's pale face did brighten litti
r at the sight of that kite, and especial
r after he tried it. There was a goo
; wind, and Roy had provided a yer
e liberal allowance of string; the kit
9 scared up, up, till it looked like tn
e tiniest speck against the blue sky. BIZ
g there was cloud up there that we
e lust the shape of the COW; it reminde
' Teddy of Michael Dolan's cow-such
t bargain for fifty dollars!-which the
n had not the money to buy, and his hea
IS sank as fast as the kite rose. He racke
# his brains for some way to obtain fit
Q dollars, until he forgot all about tt
v kite, and Roy, feeling hurt that Tedd
! seemed to care SO little for it, and W;
d so silent, soon went home. Then Te(
It dy wound up the string and let the xii
float slowly down.
q Fly as high as it might, it could NJ
q fly away with his trouble, he though