Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-10-13

So we found out how far half mile
was, and we went little more, SOS to
pitch right on the top of long hill.
And we hitched old Duke out to grass.
And after while we laid down in the
tent, and said twas fun. But thought,
for my part, T d rather be to home.
In the night l dreamed / was in
swimming. and the water was awful
cold. And pretty soon woke up, and
there l was two inches deep in water,
and twas raining like sixty. So woke
up Guy, and We felt round and found
that the things TO sell weren't getting
wet; and then we sat down on board,
and the next thing remember of twas
morning, and the sun was shining, and
and Guy we laid there in the tent wet
as water.
So we got up and combed each
others hair with our fingers, and then
we ate pie between us, and then we put
out our sign. II was streaked some be-
cause it got rained on, but you could
read it close to. Then we spread our
pies an things out on board, and be-
gan to roll our lemons the way I'd seen
mother do to make the Juice come out
easy. We rolled 'em slow, and before
they were all done, after long while,
we heard music, away off and faint, but
coming nearer every minute, the big
drums and little drums and bugles and
horns all pounding and footing away at
1.-THE Star-spangled Banner"
Oh, it was grand! and Guy we ran
out to the road. We couldn't see the
procession so far away, be ause every
thing was so misty after the rain; but
| xx,a pNt,1I hnnr II rnf,,ino onI
nearer. and we wondered if our folks
would come first, or last, or where. 1t
did seen, as If we hadn' seen our moth
ers for month of Sundays.
SO we stood and cracked our feet to-
gether once in while and waited. And
all of sudden we heard laundering
racket good deal nearer than the pro-
cession-a dreadful rattling and bump
ing and humping, and somebody away
behind singing out "Whoaw
"It's MIR Pressy's old roam" yelled
Guy, all on fire in minute. "He's s
running away with the gingerbread n
stuff. do believe"
Then we heard screech-a regular
ear-splitter. And a girl ran out of a lit.
tie Hollander house across the road and
down ways. And she put her hands
over her eyes, and tumbled right on her
knces, and screeched and scrceched.
And it all happened in a heap, though
you have to tell it one to time; so about
as soon as we saw Mr.. Pressy's old roam
and the woman we saw two little Hol
lander babies, with their yellow hail
braided in wispy pigtails, and white
dresses on, PLAYING right square in the
middle of the road.
1t seems to me as If looked at Guy
long, long time, and Guy looked a
me. And | thought about my mother
and my dog Ponto, and that we hadn'
rolled all OF the lemons and then fel
as if something gave me push. Ant
1t was all in a minute, and and Gu,
we ran. And Guy he was little first
and he grabbed the nearest one, and
grabbed the other, and l felt the hors
right over me. And jumped sideways
and threw the little Hollander, an,
something hit me.
So that's all l knew till 1 heard roa
, in my ears that grew louder and louder
and pretty soon knew twas folks talk
ing, and opened my eyes, and there
was in little low room, with two funn
brass candlestirk ks on the mantel shell
: and my mother was there, and Gu,
t and Mrs. Arnold, and father, and Nj
Arnold, and DR.. Henry. They locke
funny to me, and there was queC
. smell in the room, and my head wa
tied up with wet rag; the wet wa
l what smelled so funny.
t "Hullor' said /, first thing.
8 "Oh, myp' said my mother, and the
5 she began to cry like good one.
"Pulse is pretty WE'LL" sad the dot
, tor, feeling of my wrist.
$ Then [ looked at Guy, and Gu
looked at me, and we both began
, laugh.
. "All right" said DIR. Henry, rubin
his glasses upi "he's all right, Mrs
: Bartlett
, And so was, only dizzy little, an
headachy where the hub of one of MI
Pressy's wagon wheels had hit me.
Well, when we went out of the littl
, Hollander house, there was the Govel
nor's carriage stopped right in from
only and Guy we didn't know 'tws
the Governors then. And the Who'll
procession had stopped and when W
t went out, you never heard such chez
as the folks gave, just as if we'd don
something big. They swung their hal
and the Governor did. too-and hu
/ rahed like all possessed for Bartlett
Arnold" Because, you see, that Ho
lander woman she told the Commi.
: sioner what the fuss was all about, an
he got up on wagon and told it
, English to the crowd, and the ones thi
/; could hear told the ones that couldn'
and my mother said when it came I
, her she thought she must faint. Br
she didn't; she wouldn't be so foolisl
7 So the folks cheered. and laughed
little, when they looked at our sigl
And something swelled up big and har
in my throat, till i almost cried; bl
, not because was sorry Guy almo
| did, too. And my mother kept tigl
hold of my hand, and choked, and saIt
"Now you'll come with me, Roy;
can't Leave you here again"
| Mrs. Arnold said so, too. But / an
: Guy we said we d got to sell our thing
1 because we couldnr afford to lose te
1 dollars, could weP And there was I'll
pony, too.
So we went over to the tent and o,
. mothers with us. And it seems as
3 g, e,erybody understood for they came
: and bought things until we had mo-
D than fifteen dollars, and not a ginge
a bread or anything left.
So then we said we'd go. And SUI
4 pose you won't believe that the Go
4 ernor sung out "let the little your
d gentlemen ride with me, if you pleas
: madam"
So we did; we rode with the Go
h ernor. And he talked to us, and locke
just the same as other folks, only n
an handsome az soma We cat siue
him at dinner, too, because he said f.
! us to; and after dinner some of Il
i folks put us in their speeches. And
hope we didn't feel too stuck up abo
it, though my father he said 'tw
: enough to turn any boys head.
. So we made something out of it aft
all; and Guy said what good thing
Q was we didn't have license. and hi
9 to go back just to where the babi
would be in the road, or else they