The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-07


To yield without frown or tear,
When mamma says: mo. no, my dear!
Chicago Advance.
THAT HORNETS NEST.
Boys never have such splendid times
anywhere as they do at their grand
fathers. How some fellows get along
the way they have to without any
grandfathers or grandmOthers l never
could make out. Just fancy having no
grandfather to 60 and see Christmas
and Thanksgiving and summer vaca-
tons! The fact is. boy without any
grandfather can't begin to have half a
good time.
Fathers and mothers are all very
well. but, you see, as mother explained
the last time father had to whip us, they
feel responsibility. Now, grand
fathers and grandnlothers haven't any
such responsibility. They can just
give themselves up to being good
natured, and let fellow have good
time. If he turns out bad, you see. it
amt their fault, and they don't have to
worry about not having done their duty
by him.
My grandfather lived Just out of
Blackridge, on a large farm. There
was an academy at Blackridge, and so
mother sent me to live there for a
while and 60 to school; and Uncle
Jerry's two boys, Ham and Now fright
names Hamilton and Mowbray), lived
there all the time, and Uncle Jerry and
Aunt Anna, too, and we had Just the
best fun that ever any boys did have;
don't mean Uncle Jerry and Aunt
Anna; they didn't 90 in for fun, you
know. Uncle Jerry kept store in the
village, and Aunt Anna staid in the
kitchen with grandma.
We always had to behave ourselves,
and never thought of doing things
without leave, for grandpa was not one
of the kind to be disobeyed; besides,
we loved him too well for that. But he
was always ready to let us have a good
time, and said that he liked to see boys
enjoy themselves when they did it in
the right way.
Besides Ham and Now. there were
the Davis boys, about five miles off,
who went to the academy, too; and
once a week or so we spent the day with
them, or they came to spend it with
us. Real good fellows, both of them;
and think we liked the visit to them
best, there were such lots of things to
do there. Mr.. Davis, you see, was what
grandpa called ga progressive mani
used to wonder what that meant, and
say it over to myself whenever I saw
him-and he wanted Frank and George
to understand everything that was go
ing on; and he used to get them all the
improving boys books that came out.
and they had tool-chest, and print
impress, and all kinds of drawing
things, and the greatest lot of scrap
books; and they collected stamps and
coins, and taught us how; and we used
to make things when we went there,
;.nd Mr.. Davis always gave prize for
the best.
Mr.. Davis right name was "Hon.
Charles NJ. Davis" saw it on his
letters when the boys brought them
from the post-office, and they were very
proud OF their fathers name. He had
been to Congress, people said, and 1
used to wonder if this was as far off as
the Cape of Good Hope.
Mrs. Davis used to train round q
don't mean that she acted bad in a real
handsome dress mornings, and she
smiled at us pleasantly, and said that
she liked boys, and hoped we wouldn't
make her head quite split Ham
guessed there must be big crack in it |
and then she went of,
and we didn't see her again until din
ner-time.
1 used to get most sick then. because |
Mrs. Davis said she thought boys could
never have too much to eat; and she |
kept piling things on our plates, and it |
wouldn't be polite to leave them; and I |
was the littlest, and it really seemed as |
If / couldn't hold them all. Aunt Anna |
always said that "visiting didn't agree
with PHIL" but went all the same.
This was the way we got there: grand
pa would let us have q horse when it |
wasn't too busy day on the farm, and
we all took turns in riding him. It was
prime fun. and gave each of us just
about enough walking. There was the
mill, and Heckles' pasture,
and the brook, and old Mrs. Junkett's
little red house. and lots of places,
where the boy that YVES on got of, and
he next one took his turn; and we new
sr guarreled about it, and always came
back feeling just about as good as when
re started.
One morning in July we set of. ex-
oecting to have just the grandest kind
If time. Mr.. Davis had got the BOYS
something new from the city, and they
tell US what it was until we
,ame. 1t was Saturday. of course, and
most amazingly hot Kitty (that was
he horse) did not care about going very
asst. and she crawled along with us,
urn and turn. till we got about a mile
rom Mr.. Davis.
ga hornets nestr' shouted Now.
Who had walked on ahead of Kitty.
s Come on, boysr'
"Stop," said Ham; "let's tie Kitty
'afely frst''
So we led her to the shade of some
rees on the edge of piece of woods,
where she would be safe from the hor-
lets, and tied her fast; then off we
vent, full tilt, after Now. He was
taring up into a hollow tree, where we