Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-17

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"WAstazfsp yodf" SAID rachel. slowly.
III gpess its the. ysdl8erTTre been
bsljp sort ofTlonsso%s n my itnp p
| IlihsS mS4dts shs kne~ e4acays nov
1fafg efy YET cofhihg over ss4s, 'fofl fef
llpnesomeness increased and she rapidly
hst s.snap'd - -nEeJ sai - ssbro =
Mafgsfy. growing white and whittier.
sid down flat on the grass, then with q
afoah that Seemed to come from her lit
De pegged. shoes. became .dreadfuliy
sick, and Miss Wihch estef followed
quit. -a~'fz7i5shs7N 81 fi'iv tea n
II they shAds Swallowed thes:wNols
contents of the doctorass saddlesbsgs
they could scs1fcsly IhAves0ffersda hoFe.
When it seemed as if they must hhave
throsvR mp not aonlyr the spils,l but stho
doata oftheirs st0maohs and their orig
Aal sin. they goth and staggered along
BY the fence; but we're soon forced to
drop down again. -
sl'm a-dyin' !''usaid MArgery. oss'And
am afraid->J wsnt my Inother.''ns III
.sAin't it awfulPYo groaAeda Rachel,
five committed, sin blatoly and Am
scaped, itoo-4 broke s,chinac Sp sqd hid
II up the chiHDeyo.ayi .saea,,T :los ~ /.
Eyes, We'ra both !, of JUS. WICKED as
we're sick, smoaned Margery.
made faces at my mother Behind the
door, when she wouldn't let me take her
nold rino. ''A t"sqmo9 f'A' 20 't''F'-A ~
II "Helio dowH there! 9 What you a.
doin' P" cried Zephaniah, his shock head
Ginning over, the top rail of the fence,
and he seeming TO hang there by his
a0 Niah,,, 'wvse'rrsefiggoin' to der an.
swered Rachel, dismaily. as n-PAl ~
.sWhat for?" he asked, not seeing
the least use sinftss svAd 'issorfd" iF77Vse
we've kAledr ourselves, returned
Rachel, daintly. TO She must talk while
breath sremaineda $50 she gave her
brother the'fabts OF the, case. His face,
during the isboryp showed disgust at
their present wilted condition, mingled
with admiration for their daring ex.
plot sR.f9 ~ Vi iss adf =. ifyga, sfr .ssg
=. Php. Rachel! wouldn't ,die--you
cPn't see ,em bile maple sap next year,
rHow can We help itas" gasped blner
eyed Margery. 80, =. -,
1"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, tor theyG were. 90 weak and
miserable, y, 10 s,.,:i,v' IN =.
Ten minutes later he came stubbing
along overithes ploweds ground toward
them with one hand carefully shut over
the other. He dumped himself down
by their side. 'rsr,immi 20 lhaL.nnri 3d.
q Now" said he,s ..we'n take every
bit of this here. and it'll cure us!''7~2Hss'-
Theyf felt q slittle Sbetuer, and sOscu-
rfoaC 10 know what ir.this heren was
that sheylforgots to ask Nish where he
hltunweu. 2 Thoyileoked eagerly into
his hand apdi shifted with their little
nosss.o He. too, had been into mis-
chief; for in his not over-clean paw was,
all the white sugar, il. could hold, and
Into that he had poured at least a gill
Of paregoric. -
.iStiok in your fingers and lick ,em
Of f,sJ said Kachers, worthy brother
Graasdfathear Winchester nigh, not
have given this very remedy; but true
it was, that befoTe they had .iicked"i
Their fingers many times, they were
better able in fact, to sit up and wall, a
little way. 'i1oin'o'f I'd 10 ~ ~. =
!, u shall hal never .sH any more" said
aSor l. said MM s.rgee 1,.ia Its1 must Z
be dreadful wicked to take pills when
you don't need 'enl ~ s's.s,.sa - i.os YAK
) ss.a,Awfdl!'' said Nah. Win a finishing
application. Of his tongue to his, small
palm. b" AACgnl--buts'we needed this
10 hiToW .sto sVd gfnsEl aHlba
: "bo you tlifnk. ;, asked Rachel, ave
haye got to tell grandfather Of. this2,n' %
? mo" said Nah, promptly. .iuol 81
81 shall tell if it is right" said
Rachel. dr ,mIs.t g amt going to sin
! M.roarv mu..d Yaen, -, ,be !, rem.r Ja t.
! - The pills didn't stay stealed long,
WeDoan'sgive lem .baSaza, q don feel
Is if 1 needed any more Furnishing to
. THAT'S so,'iasaid RACHEL 1"we've
had our own furnishing" :,
! They each forgot that Nah had
sinuod and not suffered; while he was
harden4 enough mos TO think of him.
self at e2loos 90 atssu zls rnt s.h' mel 7nig
When tho afternoon crept out under
Of the evening the liteleV
Scotch gid went home with Q sick,
headache and was put, to bed. Rachel,
returned ''tired out" she said, and
meekly crept 70 her couch two hours
earlier than usual. Nah was a notable
example Of a'hscamp who escaped Cor
reetion. q He felr asleep over bis supper
in consequence of the drug, and slept
allsnight the sweet sleep of innocence
Grandpa missed his, pills in time. but
went TO his grave in Ignorance of the
"mannsr" Of their taking of" A1sHzs
Rachel and Zephapiah more than
once through q long life remembered
that day. Scotch Margery grew up
and grew old, too; but her eyes were
meyer less blue than when she came
from Scotland, snd she y was who told
those same eyes twfnkling with funs ria
This Is al, children, when I have
added a moral and q bit of advice.s
which JUST this, once L beg you not to
skip ssis0aqo yilrSa hsr 81 - stss =
Aovdl: Be sure your sin will find
you,out - it did these little Pmitsns. !
Indeed. il nearly turned them wrong!
side ont 70. rGez b-i7st- rtrsIo7g =,
AdCicsa WhAtever you do ~ do = it
ACKNOWLEDGMENT L Noble. fn WSde-
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