Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-11-25

IdGly, ana Ilon you snail put MS name on
the top in caraway seels; Dick is uncom.
mon fond of caraway seeds, you know
Patty looked up and smiled through bel
tears. 1t was impossible to be sad very
long with such grandmother as that
By and by the cakes were done and cooled.
and then the dear old lady spread al thick
icing over them, and before it was quite
stiffened she whitfield stick and with it
traced in the center of the largest cake the
word s'Dick.' Then Fatty sprlnkled the
caraway seek carefully into all the pla es
and just as everything was finished, NAM
ma came into the kitchen to see what had
become of Patty.
"Why. chlldI what are you makinge'
she said.
s'Can't you read?'' inquired grandma =
ut seems to me that's as plain as pink
STAFF
''Oh mother. do you really think he III be
hare?" inquired Mrs. Doane, doing he,
best to keep from crying.
81 shall expect him, replied the old lady,
decidedly; and if he don T come shall be
lieve God knows better what. is good fol
all Of us that we know ourselves; and now
my child, If there IS pleasant thing in the
world. advise you to think about it, fol
it's worse than useless to fret about Dick. >
The next day was THANKSGIVING. The
weather was clear, but clustering and very
cold. The ground was we'll covered with
snow, and there seemed nothing left te
wish for IN the way of comfort and happi-
ness but the presence of the truant. The
family drove to church in the morning
and returned just in time for dinner Pat.
ty burst into tears as grandpa passed hel
plate, and she soboed so that grandma told
her she had better take some sugar and &C
out and feed the pony. Once out of sound
of the house, Patty gave full vent to her
grief, and cried as If her heart would
break. There she sat, on the barn floor, a
poor, little, wilted bundle of merino and
misery, the sance-plate of sugar by her
side. with no thought in her curly head for
Dick.
80, Dick how could you be such bad
boy?'' she cried. "Grandma said you
would come. and you haven't, no such
ching. and now you can't have your cake
nor turkey. nor nofin.'' All of sudden
Patty heard queer noise. She stopped
crying and held her breath. 1t was like a
sob from the corn-crib.
.suorcao IopIt orp rnr ooxuo nor nj ,e
ever heard Of, said Patty to herself, as
the strange noise was repeated. A ladder
stood against the corn-crib, and in a
twinkling Patty had climbed to the top and
looked in. There stood Dick up to his
waist in yellow corn, both hands to his
face, crying as he had probably never cried
since he was baby.
''Oh. brother Dick!'' said Patty, jump
ing in beside him. at the imminent risk Of
| beng buried alive. ''My graciousl there
amt any bottom to this stuff, is there?'
Then Dick took his little sister on bis arm
and tucked her head in his neck, and
pressed his cheek to hers, and Patty
laughed aud cried, and Dick cried and
all this in the corn-crlb. Then Dick lifted
her out, and without word. but keeping
a tight hold of the little hand. walked with
her to the house. Here's Dick, mamma. >
said Patty, leading the boy to his mother
He's all over meal. but you mustn It mind
that, found him in the corn crib.'
"What on earth were you doing in the
corn-crib?' said Grandma, who wanted tc
appear as if nothing had happened.
Il didn't mean to come In. grandma .
replied Dick, "but wanted to see you all
so much, and hid in the barn. Patty al
most caught me, and ran for the corn.
crib,'
''And then he shifted so that / did
caught him.
And then Dick sat down to the table,
ana they all waited upon him, and grand
ma brought the cake with ''Dick" on top.
aud Mr.. Doane went to the window and
looked OUTPUT this was only blind to
hide his tears; and grandma cut another
mice pie, saying as she did so:
''Where in the world can that boy Rave
been? shouldn't think he'd had any
thing to eat since the creation of the
| world"
The next day everything was explained
and forgiven, and when Dick went back
to the city, he begged the professors par
don, and was reinstated in school. Has
he been good boy ever SINGER We are
pleased to say that he has, his last expari-
ence having been good lesson to him.
Eleanor KIRK.