Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-09
wANTED-A DONKEY.

II H. -. have "a srI amidst the gold;
II yaAzrs. ! There, today.
WANTED-A DONKEY.
H v5yrir was IL trouble-that was
b .-.r There she sat on the nursery
,i-ri ,g-seat. only seven years old, and
trouble already. Two big tears
.-nkug down 10y that very small nose.
Wha, wss It all about?
This Is what II Was all about. Two
nth, before that had been her birth
DIV sai a picnic, and donkey riding.
Il was Maggie's first ride, and ever
s;r,, She had been thinking OF donkeys,
morning. noon and night. Her great
Il lsa was that if she could but possess a
l1sey Of her own i would be the most
h delightful thing IL the world 10 be able
90 ni- every day.
s. she st to wofk, living in hopes,
and ru,tiu5 by all her halfpence and
p.-5. with the grand object Of buying a
jgkrv: ior she remembered hearing
llpasay that money could buy anything;
,lae.orr there were live donkeys 10 lie
bought somewhere though one never
slw them IL ii shop window. Maggie
lad collected II her money box the vast
Il ELL 0t ole and two pence three farth-
liz. when She heald the dreadful news
.at her brother Tom had asked the
l-l u the stand. and the man had de-
r.aTtl Lr would rather shoot the dom
k-y lead than oell him for less than
fourteen shIlliug> down,
Il Int sun WIS lar too much for Maggie
20 loPa ior. But there was worse still.
Tom had told their papa, and he had
s-il be- could uri think NJ having a dom
KEY. did Maggie want a stable built: or
rva.2 -i-- >Jo--,- r@,'ias IN tiio e,'.-i-
e-l-r. q have him jog up stairs every
night and he packed tightly into the toy
cupboard, Standing up straight with his
re-clv> on the shelf? Tom repeated
a., lii, 10 her. and dwelt with great glee
ag.a ;ar donkey beng tight lit in the
4 ,rcmjorI uu tire top landing, hut
N--a- would no. laugh with him.
Al her hopes were over; all the don
s-r-l,ala9 ol thu future were gone:
shat VA, the good OF one and two-pence,
lsg, iItLiug- now:
Ton nrl away down, stairs whistling.
Eegi- l-ut her head against the
g.-iov and cried.
Al tie day the trouble III tire nursery
-,.7l. Al last Maggie. tender-hearted
mother found uut wha; ,ga~ the matter,
ll.Uei 10 comfort her.
"NeA, week, my dear, she said, Il
ALI gong ont Shopping; and ii | add
Another shilling 10 yours, We can bring
Lone beautiful grey Neddy from the
10y shop. Won't that be mce?,
But wan, II tomorrow" answered
.rr'tul Maggie, with not a little seIf-will
- til tone, and her brother Tom now
1-Ll, ia and added his entrcaties.
All III vain their mother argued that
,-' aeu week would come quickly.
Na;-.as but tomorrow woulJ do for
AA--.r: and SO she had her way.
Well, NY dear children, said their
-'-la al last, Won may choose for
"l-alyes. But ao ike children to be
.-..lt, remember Maggie Will have a
,.-'.-lug toy next week; but il she
-.-, this week she must do the best she
'-- WITH her one shilling. And OF
o-i'r Janet viii 20 With you, if you
vi. 90 tomorrow.
ii the last word Toms eyebrows were
.e4l2llns to look what Maggie called
a-ny with a frown.
Afterwards, he told her he most de-
''----y would Lot 90. il Janet went.
IL would not be lei about with a
-'-''> apron-strluCS-Hot he,
A--E!e might choose either to have
-'- ~ To have Janet; and Janet could
--, choose a donkey properly; he woIld
.-''-e -''-eo4ethatwouldnot break-Janet' :
.--eE would be dead before night. and
daetor.
No.
-i'S5le Vas soon persuaded; and 10y
'A'-s and pleading hard. they got
ave To 60 hy themselves; but they were
-...y tod not to delay for any purpose
.'.--7- gong on coming. and to keep to
.-- ''ialghtroadaud streets. and on no ac-
,-' taking short cuts through fields
III IN day Maggie had three great
INST the weather was bright for the
yak With Tom.
o7eollly she was to wear the new dress
= - ''a been finished the day before
-, ~, ID 'sEy pretty dress it was, all cream
l. broad crimson sash.
L. ana greatest, she learned tha
mad sou papa, the very day he haC
.-,,t -'l about the donkey and the to,
- f'-Fd, had written off to Uncle John
..,. =, -'14 great house in the country
v,,i, !, was very likely that Uncle JOIN
*. ~ invite her and Tom to pay him
-D4Sgle went now, all brilliant il
r -" dress, hand-in-hand with Tom
AePt most obsdiently to the higl