The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-12-26

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They were IN . peck Of trouble At
Jim's papa's house. II was tho last Of
July, and papa and mamma and Jim
and Nannette were going to the country
% stay until October. Nannette was
mamma's maid, but she was going to
take care Of Jim while they were away.
Jim had always had . nurse who had
no other duties, but she was cross, SO
abe went away. and Nannette, who
loved Jim dearly, agreed to take the
nurse girls place. Well, the trunks
ware all packed and the carriage wait
ing 1t the door, when Jim's mamma
fell down stairs and broke her ankle.
Such 9 time they had then was never
seen. Mamma tainted dead away, md
papa had to call the coachman in from
the street to help him carry mamma up
stairs to her own room. Then he told
the man 70 drive away IS fast as lie
could, and bring back DR.. Gnlen. He
and Nannette then sat about restoring
mamma TO consciousness. But, dear
me the store-room was locked up, and
neither papa nor Nannette knew where
the keys were. The little medicine
chest was locked up in one Of the trunks,
and they had no camphor nor ammonia
. anything to use except water, and
that was pretty warm, for there was no
loo in ii.
There's some bay-rum in the closet,
said Nannette; how will that do?9s
We'll try it and see,' replied the
hali-distracted man. and he opened the
closet door and got the first bottle he
saw. He poured q liberal quantity into
his hand, and Asoppedp poor mamma's
head and face, but a. il happened to be
hair oil. instead Of bay-rum, it did not
help her much. But presently tile
coachman returned bringing q doctor.
He had not found DR.. Galen at home,
but he met Dr. Esculapius in the stree,
and brought him in.
Az mamma is % in a fair way to be
taken care Of let us leave her and see
what Jim is doing. You must know,
however, that Jim was not . boy, as
you have supposed, but . dear little
hne-eyed girl. Her papa called her
..Jim,s but her real name was Ruth;
and her always called her
Ruth. and never in the world said
Jim" when speaking Of her dear little
daughter. She, herself, always said
her name wa jim; she liked it
best because it was papa's fancy to call
her 80. Well, Jim waited and waited
and waited for some one to come and
look after her, but no one came. All
che servants, except Nannette, had
been sent away, all the doors Of the
lower ooms were locked up, and Jim
couldn't find any one nor anything
with which to entertain herself
except her pretty kitten, which vas in
9 covered basket waiting, like Jim, to
be taken into the country. A tlast jim
saw that the big front door was niar.
and concluded to walk out. Taking up
the basket, she said to kitty: aTum
little tat, well go and find the boat. and
60 into the country our own selyes.n
and going down thu front steps she hest
stated = moment, and then started for
the country. She walked . very long
distance, but kept going toward the
docks all the time, and at last she act
ually reached the pier, where q large
sailing vessel was lying. Jim stood and
looked at the ship and sailors, who were
busy getting ready to sail, for a while
and then made her way on board.
Nov At happened that the captain Of
the See Bird Ind remarked to his first
mate that very morning, within hear
OF one Of the sailors; II had o notion to
take my Jim with me on this voyage.
and thought I'd quite talked the meth
~ over, but at tie last minute her
courage failed, and she wouldn't let the
child ont OF her sight, lest I should
take him after ALL"
a little while before our jim appear
ed on the scene q messenger had come
from the ship owners, who desired "a
rec the captain at once. So he was moi
board when Jim arrived, and for q
ltsle time the busy sailors did not noe
tice her. Presently n Of them saw
her and asked;
Who are You.
IN Jim.
HOh, you belong to the captain, do
yUu2s Inn nodded, not that she meant
to tall story, bnt her papa was really
captain, Capt. Cain. Of the-th
regiment.