Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-27


the window pane, while within two rest
less people .fatteued their noses against
the glass looking longingly toward the
garden and wondering il the rain would
stop IN an hour SO they could do some
more work II the nursery.
The little people inside were Earl and
Edith Carlton, n dear little nephew and
niece OF sister PhCebe's. Earl was a
manly little fellow OF eight years, who
loved his little sister better than any
thing else in the world, and Edith was
tender, loving little baby girl of six,
whose hero III every adventure was her
brother Earl.
A short time before the rainy day I
am talking about, when Mr.. Carlton
bought new lot adjoining the garden,
he gave Earl strip of ground eight feet
wide and twenty feet long, to do as he
a nursery and raise trees for sale. When
trees are little they like to be nursed and
cared for almost as much as little peo-
pie, and think that must be the reason
the place where they are raised is called
q nursery. Edith had begged Earl to
allow her to help him with his work, and
he had given her strip off his ground
for her very own, though he told her he
would do the digging for her, and she
could plant the seed and water them,
and trim the little trees into shape as
they grew. They had been at work in
their nursery for some months, and some
of the little trees they had found and
transplanted to their nursery were re-
4l,ni7, 1~i1,1poCc
fast, while many of the seeds they
had planted had sprouted and
grown several inches The children's
interest in their work had grown with
their little charges till they found their
greatest delight IN working among their
trees. The morning had been bright
and beautiful, and they had spent all
their time in the nursery, and had
planned work enough to keep them busy
the greater part of the afternoon; but
about the middle of the day the little
white clouds that had foated about in
the sky so airily and prettily began to
gather into one cloud that darkened as
it gathered, and an hours time changed
natures sunshine into tears, and the
little folks were obliged to seek amuse-
ment under shelter. They made dinner
last as long as possible, and when it was
over they took up their watch at the
window where we found them when our
story began.
"Let's play something, Earl; it is 60
ing to rain all day, and it makes me
sorry to look out of DOORS"
"Well, what shall we play? Thee
amt ANYTHING we can play in the house
that is any fun"
eve can play store,'' Edith ventured
to say, although she knew Earl never
liked store.
"But we haven't anything to begin
WITH" grumbled- Earl.
go, can get lots of things" and
Edith scampered off and returned soon
with her little arms as full as they could
hold OF things she had borrowed from
mamma and Aunt Phoebe to play store
with. She told Earl she believed Bridget
would lend them some things if he would
ask her. and Earl went to the kitchen,
while Edith made another trip up stairs
to sister Katie's room. Both of them
came back laden with. things useful and
ornamental, and in little while the
front stairs assumed the appearance Of
receding shelves in q variety store and
they were ready for business, when they
remembered that they had no money.
eve will make some" said Earl
"But you can't make money" said
Edith. "Let's borrow mammals purse;
it has lots of nickels, dimes and quar-
tiers in it, and they are money"
80, let's make greenbacks We
might lose mammals money" said Earl.
When they had issued enough green
backs to food the country they had a
grand opening. Edith WAS the mer-
chant and Earl a deal'r hnying at whole
sale, and when the stnr.. WAS exhausted
tho business changed hands and Earl
was sole proprietor and clerk. VII
Edith was tie mother OF large fan y
on a shopping expedition. About t.
time Mrs. Carlton called to Earl to tell
him that, as il was Bridgets afternoon
out, they might have the kitchen to
themselves. This was rare treat to the
Carlton children, and one that never
failed to call forth a shout of delight
when it was granted them. Forgetting
everything but the Jolly time they al
ways had in the kitchen, they started on
the double quick, shouting "Goodie, :"
"Goodie," "Goodie, as they went.
They found the kitchen nice and
warm, and a great bed of Goals shut up
in the stove to keep alive until supper
time. AS soon as they saw the fire they
both thought of popcorn. Earl got the
corn and Edith the pepper. Earl shelled
the corn and held the pepper, and Edith
got a dish to put it in when it was done,
and they sat down on the floor with the
dish between them and ate popcorn and
talked long time, then Edith said, so,
Earl, let's play barber, and I'll be it. :"
Earl was willing, for they had never
played barber but once, and that was on
one of those delightful occasions when
they had been allowed the kitchen for a
playroom. So said Earl, "Al right.
I'll get the box and you bring the cush-
ion." Earl got the starch box from the
pantry, while Edith brought a cushion
from chair in the dining-room. They
put the box in the chair to make it
higher and the cushion over the back of
the chair for aheadrest. Earl climbed up
and seated himself to his own satisfaction
with his feet stretched cut on the stove
hearth, and when Edith had covered
him with towels he flattered himself he
1oOka1 ouito 1;1-a +b,A oront1anoan he had