The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-01-18
z How the Twins ebeyed.


1t was the twins, of course. They al
ways did all the mischief that went on
in chat house. If anything was lest.
from Rob 8 diamond stnd down to he
rolling-piny somebody was sure to saw
''The twins must have had il. .slf1
On this particular afternoon the soft.
est of summer showers had been falIino
and few bright drops were still cons.
ing down through the leaves and the.
sunshine, when they were seized with.
such longing to 90 out, right into the.
midst Of the shower. that they appeared
at the foot of the stairs beth shouting
coaxing petitions at mamma.
She looked out OF the window at the
few bright drops, and laughed and
said
'IKate, put something aroundathsma
and let them run. ont; they think twill
be something wonderful to go out in the
rain" .lsBu
Now Kate was a grown-up sister Of.
thestwins. iaAd she had Just come up.
stairs after p long mornings work in
the Kitchen and dining-room She
was.tired; she hated to 60 downstairs
again. FIN. 6,,b.,..ss.ss .,,.,i
hanging in the hall, and of thebold
brown, shawl BY the door, or on the hook
| by the window. Or soneaebere; slie
couldn't remember Just gwheresog wv hat
matter which ofsthese old wraps they
took? ,4g.......f ..l...f,s.-.
Take anything You can find, chill
dren.n she called out land wrap your
selves up and 90, q
s.Oht 'oh!a sqdealed The childteii IN
delight. igGao9 ii sx IN 9sf
| Then came the next petition:
May we take q nm brella Pm lsSiA
Jltt Gesi take any ofsithems front tle
Well, they obeyea. llsinq bnG sssig
Now it happened that the upper front
Iroom o. thu twins' home belonged TO
Miss Stella, Pierson, who boarded with
their mother and Y 1t -happened that
Miss Alice Fletcher was her very dear.
4 friend, and had Just run up the stairs to-
call on her, leaving her India shawl on
the hook in the hall. It. was damp, so
! she flung it there to dry, leaving her
pearl4handled, gold-tipped pHFstsbl
standing on the gmbrellarrack for. the
same reason.
|. How We're the twins to know that
anything they could find did not GOV.
.er nj IS Alioe'seIndia shawl and pearl
handled parasol? Anyhow. they chose
1 Just these things and Sailed forth, and
We're so delighted that they went out Of
sight of the house; and the rain, not
being over its frolic, came suddenly
down # in .what might have been
called torrents, and brought the wind
| with il, and between them and the dHst
turned into mud, the twins and the
India shawl and the white-lined para
sol came home in a sad plight.
I "We conldns help it!n they walled
b (the twins did, ] mean The wind
blew and bleD,. and shocked US 50, and
twisted the luf1bella wight wound and
asWound; and the shawl was too heavy,
and kept dragging and slipping, and
Ithen the ltlmbella turned itself wight
wrong side, out i,gi4d ifsM fgef s,fg
Mother. they really ought to ba
Y whipped1' said 1.-THE indignant Kate
1.-The parasol is simply ruined, and the
India shawl IS a sight to behold.
Then did tie twins cry out: Al
ave couldast help.itl She told us to
/ take anything we could find; and we Just
i looked them and went. We found emf
| we did traiy.n s,s'ia i9l.9i ss'i''lsl
H., u don t1know,' said the grave moth
er, at it comes to a question OF pun'
ishment which ought TO have III The
twins, it seems, .obeyed just what was
| told them, and it seems their sister \ s'e
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