The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-07-16

what to do, Mr.. Folger had rung the
bell, and the door was Immediately |
opened by pleasant-looking gentle.
man in spectacles.
"Ah, DOCTOR" said Mr.. Folger; II am
glad to find you at home Hero is my
young friend, Master Peter Grubbs, who
says he knows some one who is very i'll,
and who, in his anxiety to find doctor,
Just now rang my door-bell as thought
had been fire-alarm. Considering the
apparent urgency of the case, l have
myself brought him to you"
And then Mr.. Folger thrust Philip
into the hall, and, with an odd little
pucker about his thin lips, took his de-
parture, leaving the boy standing ex-
tremely red and embarrassed, in the
presence of the doctor, whom he knew
very well by sight--for Doctor Smith
was sometimes called in to see PhiPs
family in sickness, and he had pretty
little daughter named Hetty, about
Pills own age, whom the latter sent
valentines, though without his name,
for he was very shy with the girls.
"Why, Philip, said the doctor, as the
door closed on Mr.. Folger, II am sorry
to hear that any one is sick. And how
came the old gentleman to call you
Peter GrubbsP Isn't there some mis-
takep' %
Eyes, SIR" answered the boy, feel
ing considerably ashamed, but thinking
it best to confess the truth in order to
get out of this scrape-"yes, sir; ii is
"a mistake. There's nobody sick at
home, and I didn't come after you, sir;
but
u And here his courage failed him, and
he stammered and stopped short, and
looked as embarrassed and as sheepish
as boy couM well do. l. T.
"Oh," ssid the doctor, good-hu-
Imoredly, "lunderstand! You came to
pay us a friendly visit? Well, walk
into the parlor, Philip. lam sure we are
all very glad to see you. Here is Mrs.
Smith and my daughter, Blanche, and
Hetty and Tom. You know Hetty and
Tom, don't youP"
The doctor had opened the parlor
door and led Phil into the room where
the family were all assembled The
boy was very red and the picture Of
confusion as he took the seat offered
him. How could he explain here, before
them alp t
So he sat, nervously turning his hat
round and round, and feeling hot and
cold by turns, and almost wishing that
the earth would open and swallow him
up; for he was perfectly convinced that
the family imagined that he had come
to see Hetty. Indeed, he saw Tom
Smith, some years older than himself,
grinning behind the book that he had
been reading, and caught a glimpse Of
Hetty herself, blushing, on the opposite
side of the center-table.
I Mrs. Smith asked after his mother,
and the doctor pleasantly inquired about
his school and his studies; and present
ly Miss Blanche placed a checker-board
on the table, and asked him if he
wouldn'ttlike to play with Hetty: and
then she brought some cake and fruit,
which nearly choked Phil whe he tried
to swallow them; and the checkers
rolled on to the floor, and when he and
Hetty both stopped to pick them up, he
butted his head awkwardly against hers,
and Tom grinned again, until Phil felt
as though his face were in a furnace, il
burned so. ~ . ue,,
ell think 1 must g" he said, ris
ing. e VII ~ '''"" ''@ -
Mrs. Smith asked him to come again
and Miss Blanche sent her love to hi!
sister, Helen, and the doctor, as ht
shook hands with him. saidTthat they
would all b. very glad to see him al
any time; and no sooner did Phil fine
himself again outside of the front-dool
than he started off, aud ran across, the
street into the very deepest shadows o
the linens, where the boys had been al
this time, watching for his appearance
for they had overheard what had passet
between himself and Mr.. Folger, ant
greatly enjoyed Phil's predicament
"Oh, my! you caught it this time,' '
said one. Ehi'
"Rather, old Folger caught you!'
said Will Hart.
. And then they all broke into q laugh
|, which so exasperated Phil that, in hi
excitement, he rushed in among them
and struck right and left while the
, lodged Behind the trees, and laughed
, and seemed to- think lit ALI capita
, Joke. 4 ID fg ,a NTs
arll never ring . door-ben agaih fo
joke as long asI i've he muttere
"a to himself as he walked ,homewards y
And it is very probable that he has 8
Z far kept his word.
But to this day, whenever Mr.. Folge
Nj meets Phil Hampton, he IStopssand ad
: dresses him as 4Masterl Peter; Grubbs,
y inquiries after his mother, then passe
I'd on, with grim pucker about his mouth
= and his little black eyes twinkling ms
liciously. The old gentleman has ha
r his revenge. .-iSasan Archer Weiss. !
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