The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-03-25

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Harry Stevens would ike 10 have the
larger bdys and Siris rcmAin a few minutes
after school Is dismissed" /" the teacher an
nounced one day in winter.
OF course there was great Autter q
curiosity to know what project Harry had
or foot now
AN exhibition TIM sure, said one Of
the girls.
"A sleigh-ride, Ike enough, answered
the one addressed. '.WOulan't that BE-
splendid? I? think il would be nicer than
an exhibition, don't you
"a spelling school, III wnrraut you,
said one Of the boys. "He wants to spell
US al down again
By this time school was cut. and Harry
took the floor
sYou all know that old Mr.. and Mrs.
Thorne are very poor, and the old gentle
mans health is such that he ought not to
work at all this cold weather But he has
to cut his iire-wood and draw it 70 the house
on sled Now you know they've gone
ON visit to some Of their friends, and
propose that the boys turn out tomorrow
evening and cut wood enough 70 last them
the rest of the winter. We can dol easy
enough And we can draw it down the
Hill to the shed, where the girls can pile il
up If they want TO help us in our surprise
party. The surprise win come when the
old folks eame home and find wood enough
in the she'd to last them through the sea.
son.
Before dark the teams that were TO con.
yey the boys and girls to Grandpa and
Grandma Thorne everybody called them
that-started cut to collect their loads Of
laughing, ehattering little people. Such q
time as they had slowing themselves alway
in the great sleighs. The boys gave the
girls the best places and tucked the blanket
arannli them snpgy, and wondered what
they had so many baskets for. Everybody
was in such good humorthaf everybody kept
laughing or singing, and the girls nudged
each other and whispered about their little
surprise in way that kept the boys very
much excited
"a Half an hour after their arrivalaf Grand
pa Thorne's place you could have heard the
axes-ringing out their sharp, swift stroke
on the hilleide back Of the house, while the
girls were ehattering ike magpies in the
old woodshed, waiting for the wood they
were to pile to arrive Pretty soon it be-
gan to come II didn't take long 70 stow
it away along the sides Of the building.
4My what lot of it there's getting tO
be" said Susie Jones. II shouldn't Won
der if there was a cord.
q "A eDrdl laughed one of the boys who
belonged to the sleds. "That shows how
much you girls know about such things
There's four cords at least If you'd re-
membered your arithmetic you'd know
what a pile of wood four feet high, -four
feet long
Il didn't come here to have you quote
tables to me, responded Susie, giving him
a push. .9We'ye got your sled unlOaded
and you'd better be going if you want tc
earn your supper; and then all the girls
laughed as if they knew something he
boys didn't, and thought it the best joke o.
the season.
marx sdiu sOAnc Ohc al a. onSci saAiD
they listed. There was a sound of bells at
the gate, and then they heard some one
talking.
Susie Jones, who had her head out oi
the window, whispered the information that
Grandpa and Grandma Thorne had come
home. They'd got ride with somebody
and there they we're
"Ain't it jolly ?" cried one of the boys.
'fWon I they be surprised to find US here,
though ?"