The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-03-29

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vo,, I'm I" an, not Ni going to take my tuyn :,
and f5ded her b pTy MIN gently On the sro @n
voted a0 " Is tS th rst said Douglas, uerny
w "dknow it, said Mint, 'sbut forpo, 49,
wen went across the yard and half-ws1S Sol now he
lane, after dark, to pick me SONS oo uOWn the
hIgnI was Ill, because Aunt Narnsl 2 That
4nlEnt cure me. lt did cure mo. anSS SAID 1t
Iuoe Is the BLACKLIST Of crimes ~ auu ingrat-
SHou,are excused', sad no,c,u
Lazy blanche stepped forwess 3. u NeFtfr
ffeduy up in her soft Whit. -, - picked
wondered what she would find 10 ~ = e,s..sie
was bsa1 ,' as NJ could remember. be ha5 M N,
ladylike. A0 was so pretty aud
r, Inc = a1e MIN comfortably on h7rlan -,
puallng nandtul OF colored ribbons ~ p.s sho,
little points. She puIer varv bo ans mar up in
ou1cn. as II was tied, fit like fortsH .iu each
mosquto-bites; but he talked To hir;y os NIFTY
SUI; PtlrI hg voice. all the time she Nsss All; N
IL, telling him how becoming II No. "as uolng
casionally stopping to stroke him oS Ana oc-
OF iaugnter from tue other cats o,roetn slariek
nnlshed work, and then Peter the Gr 49, her
eagerly forward, exclaiminp. uieat CAME
lt my turn nowl I've oc+
smells all readyP' And t1rning E Wy walnut
paek, refer squeezed his hands and. iae on ms
walnut-s hells that were much ton t iest INTO
M ana then put him down on All foHrs and
Freddy tried to rise, or even 70 raj o,td Time
graspea MN, and set him down on bis bo 1ssr
anu Teet again Each step he took was sa1aa
rate pam; the shells seemed to grow tiS MN.
every minute, but Just us he thought 10 es.e
sternly: a1fg osAseA' DouHias said,
Times up! Nextp' ';s5
men Peter the Small advanced. and. wttho,,
saying word, pick up Frediv's fis,H t1sul
0oilglng him to walk on his hands Aitho Illus
frcody mad managed desperately IN mil ~ ~
the walnut shells before his next rerseo,,t on
r pegad' ), ne b az not en1sy being "wheels.ar
IoWeu uoout the yard, his legs firmly held
slit.nis arms and hands compelled tn ssnstota
his whole weight Peter went faster ana fas,n
anu Freddy, afraid to stop moving his banSs'
was breath ess with fatigue befoTa -ho 1 'sN
more heard Douglas say: NO ohce
IImes up! Next" THIS time he added
AS ne begins to show signs of waking tba
SIX Kittens can all go at IN at once" 't t'
win aslXfold NEW of delph. the lit+on.
fell upon him, the Oldest exclaimino. Ai''enS
We make him walk tight-ropo first
stretch the clothas-line, some Of youF'
/ rive palrs9 OF willing paws stretched the
clotnes-1niA between two posts and FraddS
was set upon it and left there, unsteadjly mi.
ancing himself many feet from the ground
/ W IN faint hope of gain ng the nearest noSt
anu lIl slldlhR down IT. he set out on his perlous
Journey, with trembling feet and sw mining
head. He wavered-he was almost gone ana
savage hiss arose from the cat audience.
arms Idly, and then-he fell. - -
1t was not only a dream-fail. either Hia
Ieet went into the fryinglpan, he rolled from
the shelf, and walked, splittering md CHOKING.
VITA his head in the little tub of brine which
aunt Nancy hal that morning mixed for her
pickles. 81 E64I, - - -e s
The kettle was boiling over. and the watar
Kissed angrly on the stove ''o'
he struggled to his feet, Just as his mother
ana Aunt Nancr, zach hqying heard the com
mo lon came in at die rent doors.
mammal he cried, running into Ahis
mothers arms, save me from the catsI in
deed, indeed, I'll never tease them Or hurt
them any more!'
Little by little, Freddy was convinced that
ne hid been dreaming, but his dream had been
so terribly vivid and real that be never forget
It. He was very gentle with them after that,
Mint =
She was the only one of them all who
d dn help to torment me, m mua," hewo1ld
say-for his mother had agreed to "pretend''
that it had all really happened" and it was
just because I'd been | tile nd to her, only
once. Oh, think cats are a great deal better
than boys-that s. most cats than most boysPA
--hdrgaret IdndeJrft, in Youth Companions