The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-26
tie pegged shoes, became dreadt,n.:
sick, and Miss Winchester foIl"~y,

suit. o"eo
Ii they had swallowed the wh1.
contents OF the doctors saddle hwy
they could scarcely have suffered moTs
When it seemed as if they must h.,.
thrown up not only the bills. b,t W.
coats OF their stomschs and THEW ~, sas
nal sin, they got up and staggered alo1.
by the fence; but were soon forced :
drop down again. ="
'rm a-dyin'!' said Margery. sand
am afraid--l want nv mother "
''Ain't it awful?" groaned R,cho,
1--WE committed sin lately and IN
scared, tool broke china cup and b;I
it up the chimney.
! "les, we're both of us wicked o.
we're sick" moaned Margery -
made faces at my mother behind tho
door, when she wouldn't let me take her
gold ring
Hello down there! What Won :.
doin'?" criedZephaniah, his shock head
coming over the top rail of the fence
and lie seeming to hang there BY hi,
chin.
80 Nah, we're goin' to dier' an.
swered Rachel. dismally.
"What for" he asked, not seeinr
the least use in it.
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 A.
their present wilted condition. minclei
with admiration ior their daring er.
plot.
"Phu. Rachel! l wouldn't devon
can't see 'em bile maple sap next year."
How can we help it??' gaspcd blue.
eyed Margery.
"Oh, III stifien you up and Nah
suddenly unlocked himself from the
top rail and disappeared. They thought
he had gone to tell OF them, and ia
not care, for they were so weak and
miserable.
Ten minutes later he came stubbiu,
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 eyerv
bit of this here, and it'll cure us:'
They felt little better, and 50 en-.
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
l noses. He. too, had been into mis-.
chief; for in his not over-cleau paw was
, all the white sugar it could hold, and
; into that he had poured at least a gill
! of paregoric.
1 "Stick in your fingers and lick EN-
$ off," said Rachers worthy brother.
"It's good"
t Grandfather Winchester might not
h have given this very remedy; but tru,
r it was, that before they had "licked''
their fingers many times, they were
;, better, able in fact to sit up aud walk 4
little way.
t 81 shall never sin any more,'' said
G Rachel.
"Nor L. said Margery. 1T must
J. be dreadful wicked to, take pills When
o you don't need EN-"
II lawful" said Nah, with q finishing
n application of his tongue to his small
d palm. Aaful-but we needed thi
paregoric.''
7, "Do you think" asked Rachel, wi
IN have got to tell grandfather OF thisy'
D. NO." said Nah, promptly.
u 81 shall tell if it is right" sail
P Rachel. firmly. II amt going to su
" any more"
- Margery unused. Then she remarked
\. THE pills didn't stay stesled long
ID We can't give 'em back. l don't fee
n as if needed any more Furnishing t
Up make me sorry" ~
y, "That's so,'' said Rachel "Wsy'
$. had our own punishing.''
e. They each forgot that Nah hst
lis sinned and not suffered; while he wa
It. hardened enough not to think Of him
self at all.
pa When the afternoon crept out unde
n, the shadows of the evening the littl
ID Scotch girl went home with sicl
s. headache and was put to bed. Rache
rs returned ''tired OUT she said, an
ne meekly crept to her couch two hour
rs earlier than usual. Nah was q notabl
example of scamp who escaped col
=, rection. He fell asleep over his suppe
i. in consequence of the drug, and sleI
'st all night the sweet sleep Of innocence
Il! Grandpa missed his pills in time. b
IS went to his grave in ignorance Of Ii
manner" Of their taking of"
~. Rachel and Zephaniah more tbs
BIS once through a long life remember'
no that day. Scotch Margery grew
lGs and grew old, too; but her eyes we
III. never less blue than when she can
IL from Scotland, and she it was who to
this story to her grandchildren, wi
ar those same eyes twinkling with fun.
- This is all, children, when hs'
ou added moral and q bit Of advic
which just this once l beg you not
'ed skip.
Moral: Be sure your sin viii FL
~ you out as it did these little Puritan
s'n Indeed, it nearly turned them wron
hs' side out.
'ch Advice: Whatever you do = DO
=, Observation-Disclosures L. Noble, I" w
e., Awake.
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