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


O been treated by them as a doll,
Up To her sixteenth y ear.
TJm, Dick an Hurry hal gone
o IN ,rket which was trip Of tw,
lays; Jack and joe had gone to as
sst nsishb ,riug farmer in piece
OF work aui ut nius O'Clock n tb.
orenoon DJllie's father, Mr. Duraud
sid
"Do',ie, Ned aud I are going to
the village to do some trading at the
tore. Shau't be back until ofte,
Inner, 80 have an early supper foi
IS, for wen by as hungry as
,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 with
''uutry proda,e, eggs. apples, pota
oes and other vsget,bles which be
xchanged at the store for sugar
Oh, cloth, farming implements, etc.
81 shan't take cent with me. for
fear ! shall be ov,r-per,u,11d to
my those pesky cattle of jim
ireen's. know he's lyiu' in wait
pr mo, for he mostly is marke
lays. | doa't wint en- AMI I wont
ave EN- il they be cheap 4! But you
;now tn ,re's m ,ney in the house.
)Jllie. There's 800 Mr.. Kent & I'VE
m for the so,th maaloS lot yestor-
Ivy 10 the desk, ard there it must
,lay safe until ! go to Peterbough
'ank So don't entertain strangers
'r suspicious looking people while
M gone"
mo, father"
I'll leave bo at home, and III
70 back long before dark"
So when he had drawn two pals
Of water and Nei had filed mp tho
wood box foi Dollie, aud they drove
,ff little pig tied up in the bottom
OF the wagon, squealing Justify.
D1llie liked the horses aud cattle,
he hens, chickens, and pigeons, but
she didu't o the pig', 30 she
didn't feel badly at all that this one
was going off to be stuffed and
roasted for somebody's dinner. She
lad q liking to do and picalili to
make, and set busily bout hei
'ask.
With wistful look down the
road and sudden, unpleasant feel
my OF beirg unprotected in that
lonely place the farm was half
mile from any other-Dollie came
back into the kitchen.
Whom she had taken n solitary
lunch of bread aud milk at the kitch
en- table, she ma 10 a nice tea cake
for the evening m,al and then set
about making her fathers favorite
relish picalili.
1t was five o'clock when Dollie
had finished this last task and carried
the jars down below. When she
came mp, man had entered the op-
en- kitchen door and was seated be.
fore the stove.
He was q rough looking customer
and Dollie was frightened, but she
did not show it.
"Whom do you wish to see :" she
asked.
I'D like someth ing to eat, il you
please" answered the man in what
was evidently q feigned voice.
But in spite of that and the muffi-
or about his face, Dollie knew, him.
Tt was Jim Green the cattle dealer,
aud he had very bad reputation.
She had never seen him but once be-
fore in her life, but she remembered
his leer and hooked nose. She had
him pointed out to her in the village,
but she did not think he lad 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 generous quarter. which he
proceeded to eat as we'll as he could
without too freely revealing bis face.
Dollie hoped when be had finished
it he would 60 away, but he did
not. Instead OF that he got mp,
walked Into the sitting room aud
looked around after moment, he
walked up to the desk and shook the
lid.
Say 7 is this locked I" he asked,
The frightened blood came hoi