The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-06-06
HOW HARRY WAS LOST.
A Great Scare Which Happily Ended IN
Great Rejoicing.

sun, that she mi ght take advantage of
the early morning hours and do her
weeks baking. BY the time Ebcu came
in to get the fnilk-pail. that he might
make his morning cali on old Bess,
grandma had two beautiful losves of
cake all baked and set away carefully
in the pantry, and was bustling about
from stove to table and from table to
stove, baking cookies. Az Eben came
up ON the piszzs and stepped into the
kitchen she was just saking the first
painful, brown and tempting, out OF the
oven.
"Good-morning. Eben," said she,
deity sliding the cookies out OF the
pan ON to the table, won't you have
one OF my nice crisp cookies before you
go out to milk? always bake batch
when baking day comes round, no mat
ter how many other things have to do,
for Harry thinks there's nothing like
grandma's cookies" and her kindly
face lit up with pleasant smile at the
thought of her little grandson of five
summers, for whom there was not
much her old hands grudgcd doing.
Thank ye, ma am. | don't mind, y
said Eben, taking UP nice brown one
and placing it between his teeth. do
you know Is Mr. Morrison goin' to the
lot this fiiornin' to cut that hayp"
"Yes, Eben, he is going, and he
said that he would Hike your help if you
could give him the time. y
well, yes, Gale lated sparin' to-day
to him if he wanted it, and I'll be
round by the time he's ready to start. y
Shortly sitter Ebep had left the house.
swinging his tniix-pai and singing
annie Laurie Mr. Morrison came
dumping down the back stairs, and,
opening the door at the foot said:
Mother, Harry has set his heart on
going to the lot with me this morning.
and guess I'll take him along If you
think you won't worry about him."
II can't promise that, father. but l
stippose he might as well 60 II he wants
to- l shall Have to suffer him out OF my
sight sometimes; but do, father, be
careful, and don't let him 60 too near the
brook or into the next field where the
Savage bull is. or"
W.
telling me all that? Don't you suppose
l am able to take care of my own
grandsonp' and grandpa Morrison
looked little piqued-
"Well, yes. | suppose you are, dear;
but you know somtimes when you get
to working hard you forget everything
else, and / promised Sophie, you know,
that nothing should happen to her boy
while he was staying with us"
A happier boy than Harry, as he ate
his breakfast that morning, would be
hard to find. Grandma found nice
little basket which had been used for
her boy Tom on similar occasions, and
filed it with her newly-baked cookies,
which, she thought, in addition to
erandpa's well-flled dinner basket,
would be all the little fellow would
want.
You know, grandma" said he, a.
she put on his hat and led him to the
door, 'I'm going to learn how to work
like grandpa, so can sport mamma
by-and-by."
THAT'S a brave little man." and
grandmas eyes were suspiciously dim
as she lifted him up into the wag-
on, which had just come rafting
up to the door, and put him on the seat
between grandpa and Eben.
Il declare" she sad, after watch
ing them drive out of the gate and down
the road as far as She could see them,
81 declare, almost wish l hadn't let
him go, for grandpa is so careless, but
there, there's no use worrying" and
int he. oh
busy with her household cares as to for
get that Harry was not playing about
the house AS usual.
About five o'clock Eben came in,
saying that he had had slight chill,
and Mr.. Morrison had sent him home.
Grandma gave him dose Of quinine,
and some more to take home with him,
making sure, before he left the house,
that Harry had not fallen in the brook,
or been gored by the old bull
1t had begun to be dusk before grand
ma heard the welcome sound of the
wagon coming into the yard. She
fastened to the door, sure that Harry
would be ready for a good supper and
an early bed.
"Why, where's Harry" she said, as
the wagon loaded with hay went right
on toward the barn without stopping at
the door.
.'Harryr' and grandpa pulled up his
horses with jerk. ''Why, he came
home with Eben some time ago. y
1--WE seen nothing of him." said
grandma, her face exhibiting great
alarm. "Eben came in alone. and went
right home after getting some quinine
from me. He certainly would have said
something about it if Harry had come
with him"
well. now, that's queer, for / left
him to go home with Eben, and went
over to see Collins fora moment. When
came back, I'm sure he wasn't there
I'll go over and see Eben about it, Z" and
grandpa hastily drove his load of hay
into the barn, not stopping 70 unload
it, and, after embarrassing the horses,
started as quickly as he could for Eben' s
house.
Fifteen minutes after grandma, wait
ing anxiously in the kitchen, heard him
come hurriedly up the f.llk to the house
..Mother, "Scried he, as ne entered the
isn't~at home, and his wife doesn' t
tdow where he is; but she ssys there
was no one with him when he came
in this afternoon, and he said nothing
about Harry"
.'Uh. father, how dreadful this n! Il
1 had only chung to my better judgment
this morning and kept him at home,
~ almost knew something would -
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