Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-04

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Teddy VS. buil1inx SNOW ln4n ut
On NE cle&xiq HI hex On tke
ulster, tho neW boots And the new ~
tens With the knife he 49, cutting =
stick. which WAS ~ b the snow~m1Ese
nose.
He marched into the wood house, fsel.
ing very indignant with SaIly Tor order
ing him shout . II 10 were , llttle boy
him, = grown-up man. She never
spoke that WMy % Bob ~ jack.
As Teddy entered the Wood-houso hisI
eyes lit on Bob's skates, carefully pol
ished and sharpencd, hanging on peg
over the grimy pane of glass, called by,
courtesy = window Happy thought
Ee would go a-skAting. no matter il they
were rather large. He was i man now,
and had some rights of his own. Let
Sally 60 for wood herself II she wanted
| ii.
So Teddy buckled the skates On. then
md there, and stole softly behind the
wood-house. After he got into the
woods, it was very easy, indeed, to get
away from Sally's sharp eyes. 3
The skates hurt Teddy's feet ter
ribly, for they turned over and almost
twisted his feet of. He had Ia take
them off and carry them at last.
though he thought il detracted much
from the dignity Of his manhood
About mile from the Whittiers.
clearing was tiny, picturesque lake,
now entirely frozen over. After very
tedious tramp, Teddy reached it.
On the way, he had lost one Of the
pretty red mittens, over which Sally
had worked SO lovingly and patiently.
But, as he was . man now, he did not
mind such tri1e. RI
IL any truly men are reading this
story, wish they would notice how
very much like some Of them Teddy
was all through his naughtiness.
He found that there were two boys.
on the ice before him--a white boy and
an Indian boy. Not nice-looking boys
at all, but dirty and lazy.
Teddy had seen the Indian boy be-.
fore, and knew that his name was Jim.
He had been caught in the act Of steal
ing from the settlers more than once.
and had been in jail twice. It is to be
presumed that the white boy was not
much superior.
They had built q fire at one end on
the lake, and were both smoking very
short, very dirty clay-pipes. The sight
fascinated our Teddy. You must re-,
member he was q man. If he hadn't
been, / am su1e he would have turned
away from it in disgust
He seated himself beside them, at the
boys polite invitation, and began to tell
them all about himself that his name
WIS Teddy Whittier, and that he was.
six years old and q man to-day. He al
SO showed them the presents he had re-
ceived.
The boys seemed very much amused,
and laughed uproariously. Teddy won
dered why. M
,.Ho, ho!n cried the white boy, whose
name, as Teddy had discovered. was;
Sam, .'what long curls fer man to
have! Why don't yer cut 'em off es
short es minep'' and he took off his
cap to show his head, which was very
closely shaven. S
Teddy felt very small and much
abused.
MY sister won't let me, /" he saied.
II wish could do it myself. =
s'Lemme take year knife, an I'll do
it fer yer, said Sam, amiably.
So, nothing 10th, Teddy handed Sam
his knife. It wasn't very sharp; but,
after much Juggling, and great deal Of
laughing on the part of Sam and Jim,
all Teddy's beautiful curls, which Sally
had taken so much pleasure in arrang-l
ing every day, lay scattered over the
ice. Sam forgot to return the knife.
Then Jim offered to let him smoke
out Of his pipe. This mistaken young
Indian declared that every man smoked,
and that Teddy ought to.
Of course Teddy agreed with him.
At first our hero pulled away contents
eddy, feeling very important and manly
indeed. Then queer, sick feeling
came over him. The ice seemed to be-
heaving before him, and the trees seem-
ed to be dancing like mad around him. I
When Teddy at last began to feel bet-l
ter, darkness was slowly settling over
the gloomy forest, making It still
gloomier.
The two boys were gone, and so were;
Bob's skates and Teddy's knife and pas
best = comforter
Poor little man! His shorn, yellow,
head felt as if it would split, while his
legs were so weak and unsteady that he
could scarcely stand on them.
How Teddy managed to reach home
is mystery; but he did reach il, very,
much bruised, very cold and very sick.
20 Sally he said, when he was at
last cuddled snug and warm into his
own little bed; g don't want to be D,
man any longer. Il amt bit nice,
Sally
Late that night Teddy woke, after q,
delightfully."- refreshing slumber, to lind
the lamp still burning. Il
Patient Sally was m6nding the trow-
sers, which had become SO torn and
draggled in the homeward journey.
sally, z whispered Teddy, conscience
stricken: III bring IN piles an piles
O wood tomorrow. =
f.Thank you, dear!'' said Sally, kiss
ing him, and smiling very brightly, con-
sidering how tired and sleepy she was
DO you think I can ever be boy
againp' asked Teddy, anxiously.
I'm sure you can, said Sally, very
decidedly.
And Teddy fell asleep, and dreamed
that he piled Sally's kitchen so full Of
wood that no one could get III. A.stto-
uy r.. anderson, IN Golden Days.
BEFORE AND AFTER.