The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-01
JUNE AND RYES PRACTICAL JOKE.

place up there, and the doctor said the
change wOuld do mother a great deal
of good.
l hated to 90, for l didn't see how l
could get along without our school, aud
the girls and everything. Mother said
that was rather selfish, but didn' csrc
for that.
1t didn't make q bit of difference to
the others, for Simmy was happy aEy-
where, and Tony was only year and a
half old.
When we had been at Barclay about
a week, my cousin, June Ackers, came
to live with us. June's home was in
Boston, but her folks had gone to Eu-
rope, and she was to stay with US till
they came back.
l liked staying at Barclay better
after June came. We had splendid
fun. One morning., mother said, just
after breakfast:
Girls, [ think you may begin your
school this morning"
| expect | must have turned pale,
for you see, l never thought of such
thing rs going to school in that
country place.
| begged mother not to send me,
but mother is firm, L can tell you.
June kept very quiet. l expected
she would be awfully cross, but when
we went upstairs to get our hats, she
shut the door and said:
"Of course, we've got to 90, but |
guess we can think up something that
will pay Aunt Charlotte off. u"
So we went-Jim and us two girls.
June scared Jim so, on the way, that
mother had a terrible time to get him
to 90 inside the school-house. June
told him the teacher had horns, and
that she cut off every boys ears if he
couldn't spell 'hippodrome.
Mother was ahead of us, and didn't
hear anything June said, SO she was
dreadfully mortified when we got in the
school and Jimmy began to walk around
the teacher and stare at her He wasn't
afraid while mother was there, so he
said:
Say, you amt got on your horns
to-day, have you? and | can spell hip
perdrome, too, so you can't cut my ears
off, eithern
Mother tried to stop him, but she
couldn't do it. She explained to the
teacher that Jimmy had never been to
school before, but | think the teacher
thought we were funny people.
Well, we went to school there, for
mother made us, but June and l didn't
like it.
Jim was pleased. He thought every
thing was splendid. June and | didn't
behave vois well. We acted as bad rs
we could, to tell the truth, and Miss
Penley went to see mother about it, and
there was an awful time.
One day-it was Saturday-mother
sent June and me down to the end of
the garden to pick currants. While we
were there, we saw the nurse-her
name was Nurah Pinder- fixing Tony
in her carriage, where she could see us,
and in a baby way be amused. Pres
emily, Norah went into the house and
left Tony sitting there.
Tony's name was Victoria, but Jim
couldn't say it at first, so he called her
Tony.
June never said word, but went
and got Tony and brought her down
where we were. Tony was so fond of
June that she would go anywhere with
her.
Rye" said June, '1et's take her
down in the woods, and get her asleep,
and leave her there, just little while,
to scare Aunt Charlotte and Norah."
| never thought what | was doing
honestly, l never Mought-but hurried
off down tho path to the woods with the
carriage afghan in my hand, and June
coming behind carrying Tony.
They couldn't see the path from the
house. We went through the thick
woods to little place we called our
eden" and sat down
Finally, Tony went to sleep. SO we
put her down on the afghan and ran
back toward the house. We meant to 90
right back to the garden so we could see
the fun when Norah came out to look
for Tony.
But just as we got into the path we saw
Sue Lane coming. Sue asked us to
come up to her house and see q new sun
shade her aunt had sent her from New
York
June said we couldn't go then, for we
were in a great hurry 10 go down and
get some tin-types taken to send to her
uncle, who was Governor of Massachu-
sets.
OF course it WASH true, for father is
the only uncle June ever had; but Sue
believed it, and it just took her down,
| tell you.
After Sue went on, June said why
couldn't we 90 and get some pictures;
SO we did 90, and we had such fun!
By the time we got home, we had for
gotten all about Tony. When we were
almost at the gate, Bridget rushed out
| to meet MS.
"Arrah, thin! yez haven't the child
wild yez, at all at air..
She expected we had Tony with us.
BY this time, mother and Norah and the
hired man had come out.
Norah was crying and wringing her
hands. Mother was just as white as a
ghost, and all she said, was:
"Where is the baby, RyeP"