The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-03-02

And every time We went % play any.
thing. Aunt Ne y said ''oh' stop 'na'
noise. children
And II YOU took anything. she said
II al that bc. lot that bo.'' And y was
o,c5ui III the house.
/ cot big shawl and spread y over |
three chairs. and got my dolIies ana
nv dishes and played under the shawl; L
and i asked Danny wouldn't he play
s.kcep house" Just to-day. because y
was raining and he couldn't play out
doors anyway.
/ told him I'd lend him my "Dotty"
ana NV s.Sissy' and my very best dolly.
.lielena, III he a b. real good % her.
And I'd keep Rose and Violet and Ma
tilda myself. and then wo would have
/ three children apiece.
Rose and Violet are twins IN are
! made out IL two dumb bells. with long |
towel pinned around each Of them:
They look just exactly alike, ana
they've got round, bald heads Just IKE
But Fanny wouldn't play keep house;
He said he'd never be tom-girl ana
plav with dols. no matter II Il rained
u forever and ever and ever;
And then he put his hands ~ me-
pockets and looked the way he always
does when he u0n'f do Il And then
you know there isn't any use IN teasing
him.
But after while il didn't rain 50
hard. and Aunt Nelia said we might 60
ana play in the barn. But we must
stay IL the barn and not 90 out into me
yard. even 4 il didn't rain one single
drop.
We like 70 play in the barn:
} There. isn't anyth ne ~ y put pig
pile Of hay and in one corner there
lots OF ears Of corn.
We play Danny isa dentist. And the
ears Of corn are ladies come 20 nave
: their teeth pulled.
7 walk them along over the hoor 70
. Danny. and he screws me monkey-
y wrench down tght on one 81 the kcr-
4 ncls--that tooth-and then ne gives
= q pull and out i comes Anu tnen
4 have to holler ke everything ior the
? lady. because i hurts her 70.
Danny talks 20 the lady. ne saNs,
3 :. Madam. won't hurt You in the
II least He heard . dentist say thai
!. once to . lady.
i Danny had tooth pulled that same
= time that the lady did. and he never
> hollered BIZ when his tooth was pulled;
= and i hurt him aTJfi--and Dled ano
2 bled.
a rut the iady hollered.
e Danny thinks she was coward.
i But don't: think il din hurt her.
q And Aunt Nelia said 10 Danny: IVA
/. tall you have double tooth out, an9
D. See II you dom holIer. too
e We pulled ever 50 many teeth tha'
Y day in the barn. But after > while NJ
Y. rot tired Of playing that. and we wishes
q We had the new little white pigs IN th'
'c barn with rs 10 play with. They wer'
" on.y three days old. and they were jus
~ a. cunning and little IS they could be
- Danny said he'd run across 70 th
p shed and get n one apiece 20 play with
" But IL was awful muddy in the COW
~ ward, and / was AFRAID Aunt Neli
ne would scold Il Danny got his shoe
~ ~ muddy.
= y, But Danny said he would get incl
~ ~ Eben' big rubber boots oil from n
a N hack porch and put on. and then b
80 - wouldn't get muddy . bit
y. And 90 lie went and got them. An
n, ~ he looked 10 funny with them on! the
81 came clear up to bis jacket on him.
And then he went 70 get the iittl
ia pigs.
"A, he hadn't gone for them at All.
II. He could not walk very we'll with a
80 biz boots on. and when he got most
wv me she'd. he couldn't walk ~ al. !
Nv lust couldn't take another sep, and b
II boots sank wav down. And Il begs
III. 70 rain. and there was Danny stickiI
.sh IN the mud!
eat Pretty soon he stepped out d y
the rubber boots. and he began % pull
sen one or the boots. 70 get II out. and q
but boot few up. and Danny fell right ov
NV backwards into the mud.
ing He got up and oh. be was just
hen muddy
her And then we had % 70 into the hons
was for i couldn't scrapc che mud OLA
ov- Danny was 50 wet.
did And Aunt Nelia scolded like eveI
ken thing, and she put Danny 70 bed
ned alone upstairs. And she made me 81
The downstairs.
ad. hut ne didn't know . thing abe
p 70 Uncle Eben's boots-yct.
Ialf- And was afraid ~ tell.
ole. could zee one Of them standing
she the mud there yet--out q the kitch
rive window.
till kept looking 70 zee i il was their
ne and Il always was.
etto After while Uncle Ebcn wanted
.ith boots. and he said: where are
ner rubber boots?"
ight Then had 20 show him where enc
al me boots was, ard 1 told him how
vard rot there. and he wasn't NAL bit
ouso laughed. but Aunt Nelia said:
boa! well, declare! II 1 hadn't .
ner' that hoy TO bed already, 4 certai
\, should now!v