The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-11-27

AoA 'VAoO eOunueu JUST IKE one ormwvl
was scared. / can tell You. | eoTl5.ss
speak a word. lt all rushed over =.
the awful thing had done to hide 49,
dear little baby. Sus
But June laughed.
81 guess Tony is not far of N ~.
woods, Aunt Charlotte. / saw bsr ~ ~
ing down that way while ago.
Mother never looked at ,Jupe IL.
SAID to me in that dreadful tone. s
go and get her, Rye!'
ran, you can believe. never h.,
ried so in my life.
June followed. l believe she ~.
afraid to stay there with mother. 1
Well can hardly tell it, even non
when we reached the den the NAN,
was gone. never had such feeli5S.
in my life as when | came upon tLSS
place where we had left Tony. ana
found she wasn't there | sat down ~
the moss and looked at June ST.
didn't laugh then. She Just turned
around and saId
RYE, believe they'll hama ma ~
I've killed your little sister, -
didn't dare go back to tell mother
Tony was gone. | think had a wild
notion of going and jumping into tie
river.
But before l could move the hir.a
man appeared. He saw that we we,a
frightened and that Tony was gnna
He just grabbed June by the arm and
shook her as hard as he could.
Then he said:
"Now tell where that baby is, Won
wicked little wretcb!''
So June told, as well as she could. an
about it
Jerry-his name was Jerrv-ins,
started for the house like a race-horsa
| don't know what he told, nor what
they said, for June and I stole IN INA
back stairs and hid in the attic. | never
passed such an afternoon. could hear
them running all through the house a
first; then everything got still, only I
could hear some one crying bitterly
somewhere.
Once. carriage drove up, and (
saw father get out
About dark, saw the doctor ION.
old doctor from R---). come up the
walk. | wondered. in dazed sort n
way, who was sick. | did not speak nor
June did not speak all that afternoon.
By and by, it grew dark. There
seemed to be more noise down stairs.
We could hear voices and steps
opened the door and crept out on the
stairs. The house was al lighted IN.
In minute | heard Norah saving
cts here she is, ma am, safe and
sound. Can't yer see her, ma an--yer
own little Tony?"
can't tell you how felt. know
rushed down stairs and into mothers
room. Nobody noticed me, for mother
was lying in bed and 1 thought she was
dead. She never opened her eyes, nor
stirred. There were two doctors there,
and father and Aunt Helen Nobody
spoke to me; even Norah pushed me
away. felt like murderer / thought
sUG5 one.
| went up to our room and told june
that Tony was found, but that we had
killed mother. And June never spoke.
/ cried all that night. / couldn't sleep.
| just cried and cried.
The queerest thing was June, though.
Not word did she say. She Just sat
there and stared at nothing. couldn't
help feeling afraid when l looked 81
her.
Well, after long time-it seemed
year--it was morning, and went down
stairs again. Mother was better, but
very weak.
Tony was lying in mothers bed. D
won ever tell what said to mother,
nor what sne said to me. ashanti forges
it, though.
After while, mother told me to bring
June in. So did.
June wa ked along like one asleep.
She never seemed to see mother at an.
But the minute she saw Tony she be-
gan to cry. Oh, you never heard any
one cry SO! 1t was awful. She just
Rugged Tony up in her arms, and il
seemed as if she'd kill herself CRYING.
| was frightened. Mother didn't say u
word.
Father came in and put his hand on
June's head. and said:
June why, June-I-Fs
And then father actually cried, too.
Finally, they took US away. for nlotha
er was very weak. Father told us we
were forgiven; but / can tell you We
never played any more tricks OH auY
one.
1t seems that a farmer from tho
other side Of the woods found Tony, and
not knowing who she was, carried her to
his house. 1t was almost dark be.ors
father and Jerry found her. We never
talk about it, for it makes us feel dread
fully.
June was a different girl after that
She was so good, mother really cried
when her folks came home. and June
went back to Boston. - Golden Days