The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-28

not very deep one in the sr,nn,a nlooks
less tnere had been rain: ana ts un-
mad been heavy rain, So tbo mere
was full, and went sinoino and h,,l giook
over the stones. In Soma 49,. s.ophng
banks of the brook were abopp 5"t t',s the
nigh; and in Others, they were Io y aees
sweet with wild-flowers. It can M ~ sR I
sald OF Sambo that he was onn ~. ~, ~. ~
wise kittens who sslook beforo s ~
leap; for, in trying to catch tba m .',sy
ne ran on until he came to ono e o n
steep places in the bank of the Sro me
which were here quite wide. Tba a. .ool,
went flying across the brook. and a !; ;tv ~
ing cool there, stopped to,vord - !. ve-
water; and Sambo, seeing this, tboug N.Y.
NOW l have it, y and stopped 10 cafo Js'
not the moth, but duckino i IN,
Lively, who was close behind 80
oampo Jump, heard splash and :
pitiful NEW, and running to The h ,.a {
saw sadly wet kitten 90 rolling . own
and over into the water. wv
Now, Polly had often said n l;r,,.
just as she kissed him good-bva - a. 4,
gate when starting forschool, .sBe ea ,,a'
ful OF Sambo, Lively, and don't let biU,
get lost or hurt" and as soon as he saw
the wet kitten in the brock. Tival',
Jumped into the water after II.
Inc water was quite deep here-;n
TACT, 1t was quite deep all throuoh ia
woodland ran swiftly, for the SropnJ
was sloping; and it tumbled Iivai-
down and rolled him over. rs # ha5
done the kitten. But Lively did not
think OF himself; he scrambled 70 hjs
feet and hurried on, thinking only IL
Polly's Don't let Sambo Get hnrt ON
lost and a pole standing I'D II tba
water having stopped Sambo for q mo-
ment, Lively caught him. But tha
water ran too swiftly for him to opt
back, and it was nearly up to his arms.
and he did not know how I'd keen ~
with the current, and work gradually
toward the shore, so he was in a sad
plight. But he held on to the kitten.
and in a little time he reached nlaes
which the children called the island If
was two rocks close together, and the
earth had gathered about them and in
creased, so that there was place for two
or three bushes to grow Lively put
the kitten on this, and then climbed un
on the rocks. The sun shone IN be.
tween the trees; and Lively sat in the
sunshine and held the kitten, which
soon grew dry, and brushed its white
fur, and then began to play with the
leaves that swayed back and forth in
the wind.
Then dinner time came, and Lively
heard the horns at the house callthe
men home to their incoming. He hadeyer
been prompt to answer these, forhe was
one of those healthy boys who are always
hungry; and so, when he did not come,
his mother grew alarmed, ard, Just as
her husband opened the road gate, she
was starting out to look for her bov.
He went to feed the chickens she
said. So they went to the yard where
the chickens were kept. and there they
found the empty food-dish, but no
Lively.
Il will goto the woods said Jonas;
che may have gone there to play, and,
growing tired, lain down to sleep. Sd
he kept on, and soon discovered Lively
safely perched on the island.
Wading in-for, though the water
was up to Lively arms, it did not reach
to the tops of his fathers boots-Jonas
brought both Lively and Sanlbo home;
and when dinner had been eaten-for
Lively was very hungry-asked him
how he got on the rocks.
Then, Lively told of Sambo's chase
after the moth and of his chase after
Sambo; of Sambo's jump into the wa
ter, and how he jumped after him; Of
their rolling over and over; Of his capt
uring Sambo and landing him on the
island; and of their drying themselves in
the sun.
Then, Jonas iaughingly said: " The
child was not born to be drowned, but
is regular young Neptune. We viii
name him Neptune
And the family all agreed toit, though
Lively said he must keep his old name,
too So they called him Neptune Live
ly Perriwinkle, which was the oldest
name of all.
Sambo never jumped into the brook
again, though he still chased moths;
but Neptune Lively proved that he was
a veritable Perriwinkle, by tumbling in
to the brook so often that his father de-
clared he had measured it from end to
end.i'
But he was never harmed by the wet
ting he got-a fortunate thing-and all
owing. as his mother said, TO the fact
that his father had once been a sailor.
He tumbles in still, though he is now
ten years old; and the last time ! saw
Polly, which was couple of days ago,
she told me that Neptune Lively Peril
Wrinkle had just been in the brook
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