The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-02-16
D0LlIE.

al been treated by them as q doll
Up to her sixteent b y ear.
TJm, Dick an | Hurry hal gone
,rket which was trip Of tw'
lays; Jack aud joe had gone to as
sst a nsighb ,ring farmer in piece
OF work anl at nina O'Clock n th.
orenoon DJllie's father, Me-. Durand
aid
Dole, Nod and are g,ing 10
the Village to do some trading at the
tore. Shau't be back until afteI
Inner, g, have an early supper foi
IS, for wen by as hungry a
,harks."
Yes, father" said DJllie bring
ng out twelve dozen eggs in bask
It, for she know her Iatber's ways
10 always loaied up the wagon will
'iuutry prodi,e, eggs apples. pota
oes and other vegetables, which bt
xchanged at the store for sugar
ca, cloth, farming implements, etc.
IL shan't take cent with me. fol
fear shall be ov,r-2er'ua1,d to
my those pesky cattle of Jiir
ireen's. Iknow he's lyiu' in wait
or mo. !or he mostly is marke'
liys. doa't wint en- ani | wont
ave en- il they be cheap ! But you
;now lh ,re's m ,ney in the house
)Jllie. There's 500 Mr.. Kent G I'VE
m for the so,th msalos lot yester-
l,y 10 the desk, ard .here it mus
,tay safe until ] go to Peterbougt
ank So don't entertain strangers
'r suspicious looking people while
m gone"
mo, father"
I'll leave bo 9 at homo, and III
>e back long before dark"
So when he had drawn two pail,
of water and Ne1 had filed mp the
wood box fol Dollic, aud they drove
If, little pig tied up 10 the bottom
OF the wagon, squealing Justify
D1llie liked the horses aud cattle
he hens, chickons, and pigeons, bu,
she didu't l o the pigI, 80 she
didn't feel badly at all that this one
was going off to be stuffed ant
roasted for somebody's dinner. She
iad b,king to do and picalili t.
mako, and set busily bout heI
'ask.
With n wistful look down th,
road and sudden, unpleasant feel
my OF beirg unprotected in that
lonely place-for the farm was half
4 mile from any other-Dollie cam'
back into the kitchen.
When she had taken SOLITARY
lunch of bread aud milk at the kitch
on table, she ma 10 nice tea cake
for the evening m,al and then set
about making her fathers favoritt
relish picalili.
1t was five o'clock when Dollie
had finished this last task and carried
the jars down below. When she
came up, q man had entered the op-
en- kitchen door aud was seated be-
fore the stove.
He was q rough looking customer
and Dollie was frightened, bnt she
did not show it.
"Whom do you wish to seei 7" she
asked.
I'D like someth ing to eat, il you
please" answered the man in what
was evidently feigned voice.
But in spite Of that aud the muffi-
Or about his face, Dollie knew, him q.
II was Jim Green the cattle dealer,
and he had very bad reputation.
She had never seen him but once be-
fore in her life, but she remembered
bis leer aud hooked nose. She had
him pointed out to her in the village,
but she did not think he had ever
seen her. What did he want here
when her father was away
With no idea that this was the
object of his errand, Dollie, however,
cut one Of the pumpkin pies and gave
him a generous quarter, which he
proceeded to eat as we'll as he could
without too freely revealing his face.
Dollie hoped when he had finished
it he would go away. but he did
not. Instead Of that be got mp,
walked into the sitting room and
looked around. after q moment, he
walked up to the dosk and shook the
lid.
Say is this locked I" he asked.
The frightened blood came hot
and indignant to Dollie's young
The man was n robber! af-