Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-05-05

him.
"Ti g, said E!ihu.
Z" | 90. aid Hiram.
Elihu wore am apron over his tro!l,-
'r-. and Hiram WAS Il fuzzyh'li,d
. youth >ct in the thral,lnm nf u yellow
: ilann"l l"tiir":t and calico gown, With
a lr"Wi,i@->,r;ny. Their feet were bare
! on the pant.hron floor.
You needn't any of you come
! said Paris. setting hi, dinn"r-ba>kct i'll
side the door. m gong TO ride
! back nn the lnaL"
! Mrs. Lane turned to silence, the
ciainor which E.ilu and the baby set
up: and BciScy ran after her captain
without hi> leave.
They had trlllrrd 81 many miles to-
| gethcr To- and from school: and knew
right we'll the n"rr-,ill OF each other :
! c"mpanion>hip. Pari, WAS not afraid
! Of bears in the wupd-. but it afforded
him satisfaction Ia -.'y 50 Ia 5r!>ry. and
to rrhrar>r his piece rs they went
along, tr make himself Il little >urrr
and >irk"r of it. 1t was chilled from his
Second Reader. and wa> ahnul the silent
/ Traveller. p bear that Travelled all niw!l;
! with Il man III Il >tagr-cn;!ch.
- This i Il very warm coat Yen have
on. dr"nrd Paris. emphasizing every
word.
! ''Papain' comm said Brt~ry. draw
inr his attention to he fact that the road
WAS clear aS far a> they could >er Du>i;
WAS sitting thick around them. One
could not he sure that Il t.ll stump was
+ not another Silent Traveller. The fnli-
I age looked thin vet. for no leaf was the
! broad and open hand il would be Il
month later: hut loamy smells. with now
/ tincturr of rcnnyroyal and now Il
I breath of sycamore. came To their nos
trils.
DO you think mothcr'S >cairt?" in
! quired Brtscy. Is they pursued the turn,
of the wooiroad in which their fathers
wagon-wheel> had left deep cuts.
.'Ho.' scented Paris
But she said he ought to he homr,'
/ quivcrcl Brt-ry. on whom the humid
evening was not without lis effect
! "Wrll, an amt he comm ," said
/ Paris "londrr> the wagon now.
can beat volI to it,
BrtSey ~ra>prd her skirts and accepted
the challenge
The spatting of their feet in the soft
road might have startled the farm horses
To Il faster Gait than walk. for no hand
held the lines which were wrapped
AROUND one of the standards. and no
father was to be discovered on the load
or hidden anywhere among its knots
and sticks. though Bcts-y craned her
neck in such search.
/ ..Whnat' .r;.,I D,r;., ,.h,,, Il
struck him
The horses stood still. and mtvinw a
, hitching strap. Paris turned them ont of
the road and tied the near horse To 4
| tree.
Bctsey began to cry. Not in loud
and helpless manner, but ~ if the sturdy
heart under her straight waist was
startled.
go Paris. whcrc's pap?"
Il don't know" replied Paris. qua
verIng. We've got tr hunt him
Il know he's fell in the creek"
"He could swim out. He can swim
in the deepest hole that ever wasr'
a snakes bit him, Mrbbv he
chopped Il tree down and It fell on
him.
"Mebby he did" quavrrrd Paris. rs
! they ran. Lets look where he was
chopin"
When they came to the cleared place.
painting, the scant light showed num-
Der of stumps with "'a~;m. white tops
in the general dimnr,,. and piles of
brush. and Il log or iva vet ,n>ubducd
by the AK. But there - no lately -fcled
tree. and no father Il where.
Down the slope, G ',>>-laced bv inter-
vening limbs, they could see Mud Creek
Bayou. which the ir..iiet had expanded
! TO Il lake. Away on the other side, l.alf
screened by i>lanl'I trees. was Mud
Creek proper, the mildam, and Milford.
The bayou had the gurgle of running
water. In some places it was swift rs
Il mill-racc. Whenever Mud Creek rose.
it made this bayou a broad yellow flood,
and lOoScned half the trees in the bot
tom-laad
Il tell YOU" said Paris as they
paused staring at this expansive stain:
"fll 60 along beside the by-o; you 90
look t'othcr side of the road
II heard something" whispered Bet
sey; ''listen"'
Its Just a screech. OWL
1t sounded mournfully indeed; pro-
| lOnged Oo-OO-oon'
"S-somcbody yellin'r' said Betsey.
She clinched upon the bottom of Paris
short coat. .They'vc gA pap down
poundin' him to deaihr'
This was dreadful state of affairs.
In what remote spot they had him or
who they might be, Bctscy in her terror
took no time to conjecture. Gigantic
figures. tall as the trees. swarmed
through her mind. and she remembered
that JoSeph's own brethren put him into
Il pit.
The children ran toward the caller.
Paris was unmindiul Of Bct>ey. and when
she fell over L loo or stuck fast in Il
brier thicket, pulled her up or ont and
dragged her ahead. Their rough little
hands stuck fast together
| (Which way are you?" called Paris,
when the voice stopped. and they stood
bewildercd in lonesome dark place
near the bayou.
| Directly in front of them they heard
| croaking exclamation for help.
"Hclp. Will somebody help me out ?"
| But just here the children paused
| aU"5co.' iH't '"l'c souilicu strange
! The minute was so silent they heard
| only the breathing OF the water and that
other respiration peculiar to woods at
night.
! Paris! Are youup there? Didn'tI
| hear you:?"
To atone for his hesitation, Paris
plunged down a slope. and Be,sey, hang
| ing to him like q faithful tiill, went
plunging after.
Watch out there. Don't You come
any nearer!' shouted their father.
"Don't you take another step
1t was quite dusky in that hollow. but
when they were few yards away from
him they could see him standing down in