Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-18


Like e the warmth n Of + mondays s1ow: "
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTERf CASES.
.'rn just go down by the i71ake,
mamma, and wait until you are ready"
81 .4But,: Rollo, 4 remember you -. are
dressed in, white. and it soils very
saSily; d9FlRt 60 where yona win ~ get any
Tsj.I owoA' e. mamma, Til be ever so
carefuktl1.a TGf ijs4s3 asa su,l fes-e4y a,zIt
- This. was, the talk they had as Rollo,
in his newest white suit, and brilliant
red stocking s and fresh sailor hat, kissed
his hand to his mother and tripped out
of the gate.34 Ten minutes more. and
he expected to be off to the park to hear
the lovely. music, and see the swans and
the monkeys. f',4 f+5F' @z''
IS It was less than ten minutes hen he
came black, onei shoe oi,4 ,onel elastic
gone, his br. ght red stockings torn and
hanging, himself covered from head to
foot with mud. How could boy have
done SO much mischief to himselfain so
short time2 If only Rollo had had q
reputation for being careful. she fweHld
have surely STOPPED to, hear his tstg,y;
but, alas for hints 4 more needle 5 boy
never lived than this same Rollo.
Still, this was verse than usually so
much worse thattfle mother decided on
j the instant thai, hei must have a. severe
T.Ro1lo, 'ashe said. in Fer oldest tone,
-'.yoii may go at iofice ia" HannaIf amid
haseiher put your tevergsdaY suit on j
then yeu may ,goito any room and stay.
..B1lt, t mamma y said Rollo.. his face
in 4 'qduuiver,, Ills lips trembling SO thathe
could hardly speak. sol ef!j ~ nosEaf /
,uuBut yshe passed him on the stairs
without 2 wordapaa4aaaaa sdf shagss !
~ He called after her. -.4.,...4.
~ "'Mamnia, . mammal! Won't you
pleaseto listen to me?" ,E'"i}ssoo o@'1 /
i Then shesaid: eao gTsyo 10 .t0i4gi5
la. Rollo, you may obey me- immedi.
atsy4,a 8, alpd Ldoq not wish t 6il hear ear a
p IN few u minutes after that the ear
iriage rolled away, stopped ait Mrs. Mer-
rivale's and took mp Helen, and her
mother, then on to the park, ann ..n
=, You needn't suppose Rollo' s mother
:, enjoyed it. She, seemed TO care Moth
ING for tie park; she hardly glanced at
the swans, and ibid not $50 tneara the
monkeys.inA All the time she missed a
happy little face. and eager voice that
she had EXPECTED t6 have With her.
Miss Helen Merrivale was another dis
appointed one. . Had notshe and fRoho
planned together this ride to the park
Now, all she could learn from his moth
er was that Rollo was detained at the
last minute She did not Intend to tell
= u ,11,e, liz
. boy seemed to grow more careless every.
: day; and how she felt thatshe must shut
her ears to his pitiful little explanations,
which would amount To- riotliing more.
than he .sdidn' mean it at all,n and was
1850 sorry" ts LaE u bqa7sa
ii. iThes5 mother believed that, she lad
. done right; nevertheless she was lonely
and sad. They came home earlier than
they had intended. As they passed,
Mrs. Sullivan's pretty cottage she was
standing at the, gate with Mamie in
her arms, and out, she came to speak to
them ,.,.n.,.....-'.
y you haven't the dear little fellow
with you,'' she said eagerly, her lips
trembling. tsss L1wantedI ito kiss him,
the darling, braEe boy Q Mrs. Gray,
] hope and trust that that he he did not get
hurt in any wayT1 q
"Who?'' said Mrs. Gray, wondering
ily.i .My Rolloa oh, o,,Ihe ism hurt.
Why?. Did you hear Of an accident?nn
hr Didn't he tell ypu?, Didn't anybody
tell youp Why, Mrs. Gray. if it hadn't
been for Your rrat,e little Rollo-I shiv-.
er and grow cold all over 1whenI think
where my. baby would abe now! She
, climbed into. the boat: it was locked,
but she tried to sit at the. farfhest end
and She lost her balai1ce' aud pitched.
head fiistinte the lake. iRolio saw her,
II olIo.g he was the g. onlsfo one
around; ,anG. ]: don t know how he did
it, and he such. a littl bit of a fellow
He climbed oyer the side Of the boat.
and reached after herr he sterpedE right
3 in that deep mud and got stuck, and the
little, man had sense, enough, to unbut-
ton his shoe and leave, it ticking there,
and wade out after baby. He saved
her. m sure don't know how, but
he turgedih out and laid her on the
bank, all 0nnconscious, you know, and
we thought she was dead, but she is as
well rs e1er. and o Mrs. Gray, isn't
the any thing, | can do for the BILE ssed
Ayohn,,'' said Mrs. Gray, '.drive.
home as fast as poss bic %
Up the steps She ran, gave the bell a
furious pull, and. dashed past the little
ntrse gin to her ownroom like comet.
5 .sWhere is Rollop1' she said, breath
lessly. to Hannah. 5.ls
.....He's asleep now, ma'am. He cried
as though his heart would break, and
was a long time getting comforted; but