Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-02-06
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l1uralist of Scotland, used Cat one time)
to carry pockctsful OF pill-boXes to put
the curious little live things in that he
picked up i'm his rambles. when not
''siicking to his last" The boxes were
ihe old-iashioned oval lind, made OF
bent Chip and glued AZ the joints.
One uuy, while out among the moor
lands, near thc Ballock hills, between
Keith and lIuntly, he was caught in e.
furious thuadcrstorm, with deluge cf
rain. He reached house, or hut. and
ran in without ceremony, soaked TO the
skin. lie found only two little girls in-
side, who were somewhat alarmed at
iilst at his sudden appearance and di-
lapidatcd looks but soon recovered
enough TO Uniform him that ''mither was
oOt brcakin sticks;' and minute later.
while lac stood by the fire slowly explor~
! ing his many pockets TO see how badly
his specimens were damaged, they actu-
ally began to litter and giggle at him.
Turning round, he saw one of them
pointing To bis back and trying to sup.
! press her mirlh. lie could not imagine
! the reason. Another and yet another
| stiilod laugh. On his looking round
| again, they rushed out of the room, and
then he heard them exploding with
! laughter.
The cause of their merrimcnt was
! this: The rainstOrm had soaked Ed
wards clothcs-and every pocket and
wallet was full Of pill-boXes and water.
! The glue of the boxes had melted; the
ants, worms, slugs, spiders, caterpillars
and such like had all escaped, and were
mixed up in a confused mass.
They shortly began to creep out of
the innumcrable pockets which held
them. The little girls had seen The
mixture of half-drowncd spiders,
beetles, ants and caterpillars crawling
up the strange mans back, and they
bolted out Of the room TO have good
laugh by themselves.
Before the poor naturalist had dis
covered what the matter was. a terrible
looking woman, red-headed, bare-footed
and six feet high. slalkcd into the hut,
with an axe in one hand and pole in
! the other.
She approached Edward, and he
thought she was half-crazy and that she
might very likely Kill him, for evidently
he stood no chance with her to fight
or to run away from, either, so long as
she was between him and the door.
Close TO the trembling intruder came
the Amazon; and then she lifted dp her
voice.
'AIan! Fat the so1ra brocht yc in
! here, an YOU in siccan a mess? Gang
DOT o my hoosc, | tell ye, this vary
miniG Gang ootr'
Edward tried 10 stammcr an apology,
and GET i'm petition to stay till the rain
stopped, but the woman interrupted
him in . yGSii53-- ,--a-an Indian war
-wr5op.
Not mint! Yen pit my hoosea:
float Besides yer vcrmn, ye'll pits a
in hobblc. Gang oot!n
Edward began to protest that he had
nothing to do with vcrmin, but---iust
then hc had occasion to put up his hand
rather suddenly TO wipe something of
his face. There was a "hairy oobit''
crawling up his cheek!
II flashed upon him then what the
trouble was, and clearing the room mt a
bound, hc plunged into an old shed out
side and tore of his coat and waist
| coat.
They were all alive with creeping
things. The contents of the pill-boxcs
were out, and had been swarming over
him like the lice of Egypt. But there
was something humorous in the very
misery of tie situation. 1t was himself
that was the lunatic, and not the big
! moor-woman.
After thoroughly shaking and beating
his clothes, Edward went and very
humbly excused his intrusion to tho
"lady of the house. and departed for
home. After that he always carried tin
boxes to put his bugs and things in, in
stead of chip pill-boXcs.- Youths COM
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