The County paper., 1883-06-01
Traps.
BY JIMMY BROWN.


A boy ought always to stand up for
his sister, aud protect her from every
body, ard do everything to make hor
happy, for she can only be his sister
once, and he would be so awfully
sorry il she died and then he remem
bered that his conduct toward her had
sometimes boen such.
Mr.. Withers doesn't come to our
house any more. One night Sue saw
him coming up the garden walk, and
father said, There's the other one
coming, Susan; isn't this Travers's
eveningp' aud then Sue said, al do
wish somebody would protect me from
him, he Is that stupid don't wish !
need never lay eyes on him again"
made up my mind that nobody
should bother my sister while she had
a brother to protect her. 80 tho next
time saw Mr.. Wi:hers spoke to him
kindly and firmly-that's the way
grown up people speak when they say
something dreadfully unpleasant
and that he ought not - bother her
any more. Mr.. With.rs didn't thank
me and say that he knew I was trying
to do him good, which was what he
ought to have said, but he looked as
II he wanted TO hurt somebody, and
walked off without saying a word to
me, and l don't think he was polite
about IL.
He has never been at our house since.
When told Sue how / had protected
her she was SO overcome with gratitude
she couldn't speak, and just motioned
me with hood to 90 out of her room
and leave her to fosl thankful about it
herself. The book very nearly hit me
on the head, but 1t wouldn't have hurt
much IL it had.
Mr.. Travers was delighted about It,
and told me that had acted like o
man. and that he shouldn't forget it.
The next day he brought me beauti.
full book all about traps. It told how
to make mornahundred different kinds
of traps that would catch everything,
and 1t was one of the best books ever
saw.
Our next-door neighbor. Mr..
Schodeld, keeps pigs. only he don't
keep them enough, for thoy run all
around. They come into our garden
and eat up everything, and father said
he would give almost anything to get
rid Of them.
Now ono Of the traps that my book
told about was just the thing to catch
pigs with. 1t was made out Of young
tree and a rope. You bend the tree
down and fasten the rope to 1t so as to
make slippernoose, and when the
| pig walks into the slippernoose the
tree flies up and jerks him into the
air.
I thought that l couldn't please
father botCer than to make some traps
and catch some pigs; so l got rope,
and got two Irishmen that were fixing
I. the front walk to bend down two trees
I for ME and hold them while made the
traps. This was just before supper.
ara I expected that the pigs would
Come the next morning and get
caught.
II was bright moonlight that eve.
ing, and Mr.. Travers and Sus said
the house was 80 dreadfully hot that
4 Jey would 90 aud take walk. They
hdn't been ost OF the house but q few
I minutes when We heard TN awful shrek
II rom Sue, and we all rushed ont to see
Sthat was the matter.
i 1t0Vokb hou Wblh0u lu~ y tIHU,
a dtwas swinging by ono log, with his
hi I'd about six feet from goound. No.
body knew him at first except me, for
whSa . person Is upside down he
6ofpn't look natural; but knew what
wa the matter, and told father that II
would take two men to bond down the
tree spd get Mr.. Travers loose. 80
they told me to run and get Mr..
Schoifld to come and help, and they
got Il , step-laddsr 10 that Sue could
cit on the top OF 1t and hold Mr.. Traver's
head.
! ! was 30 excited that forgot all
about the other trap, and, beside, Sue
had said things to me that hurt my
feelings, and that prevented me from
thinking to toll Mr.. Schoaeld not ia
get himself caught. He ran ahead oi
me, because he was so anxious to help
and the first thing knew there came
an awful yell from him, and up he
went into the air. and hung there by
both legs, which suppose was easier
than the way Mr.. Travers hung.
/ Thon everybody went at mo In the
most dreadful way, except Sue, who
was holding Mr.. Travers's head
i They said the most unkind things Il
!. me, and sent me into the house.
heard afterward that father got Mr.
Sohofield's bov to climb up and cut Mr.
Travers aud Mr.. 6choaeld loose, snd