The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-04-27
FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.
One Rainy Day.


One day, it just rafped and rained and rained
ut our house, and we had to stay in.
And every time we went to play anything,
Aunt Nelia said, sob, stop that noise, chill
dren!"
And il you took anything, she said 'Let that
be! let that Bal" AID 1t was awful in the
house.
I got big shawl and spread it over three
chairs, and got my d lilies and my dishes and
p aved under the shaw; and l asked Danny
would he play "kesp house" just to-day, be.
cause it was raining and he couldn't play out
ors, ANYWAY.
I'D him I'd lend him my 'Dottv" and my
Sissy" and my very best dolly. ''Helena,"-if
he'd bsrsal gond to her. And I'd keep R se
and Violet and Ma Ida myself, and then we
would have three children apiece
Roe and Violet are twins. They are made
out of two dumb-bolls with o 10 g towsl
pinned around each Of them. They look Just
exactly alike, AMI they've got round, bald heads,
just lik, reAl babies.
But D .nny W uldn't play keep house. He
said he'd never be o tom girl and pay with
dolls, no matter il it rained forever and ever
And then he put his hands in his pockets
anil looked the way be always does wien he
won't do it AID tn YOU know there isn't
any use in teasing him.
But after while it didn't rain so hard, and
Aunt Nes sail We might go aud play in the
barn. But we must say il the barn and not
70 out INTO the yard, even if it didn't rain one
single drop.
We like to play in tho barn.
There isn't anything in it bnt . big pile OF
Ray, and in one corner there's lots of ears Of
com.
We pay Danny is dentist And tho ears Of
corn ars ladies come to have their teeth pulled.
walk them along over tho floor to Danny.
and lie screws tho monkey wrench down tight
on ono of the kernels-hat's tooth-and then
ha pivla a mil o.,At II II MI hi, I
have to hol'cr like everything for the lady, be-
cause 1t hurt, h.r 49,
Danny talks to the LAZY Ho Gays, "Madam,
won't hurt you in tho least" He heard
dentist GOV tina: once to lady.
Danny ha Il to,'h pulled that Same time
that the 10 ly did. and he nov,r hollered bit
when his tooth wa pulled. aad it hurt him aw-
ful-and bod and BLEED
But the lady hollered.
Danny thinks she was coward.
But don't: think 1t did hurt her And
Ault Nc.ia said to Danny, "Wait till you have
double tooth OUT, and 500 if you don't holler,
tool"
We pulled over 60 many teeth TINT dav in tho
barn; But af'er while we got tired Of play
ing that, aud We wished ". had the new little
whit pig. in tho barn with us to MAY with
They were only three days old, and they were
just as cunning aud little as they c,uld be-
Danny SAID he'd run across to tho shed and
get u onc apiece plav with.
But it was awful muddy in the COW yard, and
I was afraid Aunt Nelia would ecUld il Danny
got his shoes muddy.
But Danny sail he would get Uncle Eb"n's
big rubber boots of fr m the back porch and
put on, aml then lie wou .dn't get muddy bit
And SO he went and got them And he
lookod so funny with tl,sta on! They came
clear up to his jacket on him.
And then ho wentto got the little pigs.
But afterwards Danny and ms w.sned he
hadn't Como for them at all
aa ~ III vv;k1> &hal
boo's on, and when he got most to the shed lie
coul Int walk ut all. He just couldn't take
another step, md his boots sank way down.
AMI it began to rain, aud there was Danny
sticking in tho mud?
Pretty q ION lie stepped out Of the ruber
boot,, and he begsu tn pu l at one Of the DO IT,.
to get it out. and the boot f.w up, and Danny
fell right over backwards into the mud.
He got up, aud OH he was just ~ muddy!
And then VIC had to 6, into the house, for
wet
Aud Aunt Nslia scolded like everything. and
put Danny to bed-all alone upstairs, and she
made me say down stairs. But she didn't know
. thing about Uncle Eben's boots yet And I
was afraid to tell could SOC ono Of them
standing in the mud there yst-out of the
kitchen window. kept looking to see il 1t
was there-and 1t always was
After awhile Uncle Eben wanted his bnots,
Then had to show him where one OF the
boots wns and I told him how it got there, and
he wasn't mad bit He laughed. But Aunt
Nelia said:
swell, I declare! II hadn't SAINT that boy
to bed already, I ccr'aiuiy should now!"
And when Uncle Eben went out aud got his
boot, 1t was full Of water, clear to the top.