The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-01-10

Wftfra quick, impatient etafts
Loi ne snaps the cord apart,
For moment floats triumphant. yet more
g1 Bur the next with via surprise,
And reeline, plunges headlong from the sky.
Twas a sadder. wiser kite
With battered form, ndfangied tail. 30 slim:
His spangled sides were rent,
His RIBS. too. crushed and bent,
And all conceit quite taken out of him.
-fouahs Companion.
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JUNE AND RYE'S PRACTICAL JOKE.
Two years ago we all went, up to
Barclay 10 stay year. Father owns .
place up there, and the doctor said the
change would do mother great deal
of good.
/ hated to 90, for didn't see how /
could get along without our school, and
the girls and everything. Mother said
that was rather selfish, but didn't care
for that esae ~ D.,.S - ieA -
1t didn't make bit of difference to
the others, for Simmy was happy any
where. and Tony was onlya year and q
half DID, -,xz-.7 5 j
, When we had been at Barclay about
3 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 Game back -
= Il liked staying A Barclay better
after June came. We had splendid
fun. Ono morning, mother said, just
after. breakfast:
.'Giirls, | think you may begin your
school this morning."
/ expect must have turned pale,
for you see, never thought Of such
"a ching as going to school id that
country place. 80
/ begged mother not. to send me,
but mother is trna 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: tAi
= ~s0f course, we've got to go. but
guess we can think up something that
will pay Aunt Charlotte off. :"
So we went-Jim and US two girls.
= June scared Jim 50, On the way, that
mother had q terrible time to get him
to go inside the school-house. June
told him the teacher had horns, and
that she cut off every boys ears if he
couldn'tspell "hippodrome.
Mother was ahead of US, and didn't
hear anything June said, SO she was
dZeadfafly 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: - ss e4~s ~
"Say, you amt got on your horns
to-day, have you? and I can spell hip
perdrome, too. SO you can't cut my ears
of. either!''
Mother tried to stop him. but she
couldn't do it She explained to the
teacher that Jimmy had never been to
school before, butt 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. -s3sg,r.
Jim was pleased. He thought every
thing was splendid. June and didn'tsI
behave very we'll We acted as bad as
we could, to tell the truth, and Miss |
Penley went to see mother about it, and |
there was an awful time. 4
- One day-it was -Saturdsy--mother I
sent June and me down to the end of |
the garden to pick currants. While wel
were there, we saw the nufse-her3
name was Norah Finder liking Tonyf
in her carriage, where she could see us, |
and in baby way be amused. Pres-d
emily. Norah went into the house andJ
left Tony sitting there. flf \
Tony's name was Victoria, but Jim
couldn't say it at first, SO he called her
Tony. 4
June never said q word, but went
and got Tony and brought her down
where we were. Tony was SO fond oil
June that she would 20 anywhere with.
"Rye,,s said June, aletss take her
down in the woods. and get her asleep, I
and leave her there, just little while, /
10 scare Aunt Charlotte and Norah."
never thought what was doing
honestly, never thouqht--but hurried
If down the path to the woods with the
'arriage-afghan in my hand, and June
coming behind carrying Tony. ,a~
They couldn't see the path from the
house. We went. through the thick
woods tOa little place we called our
den, and sat down. = c.aes
Finally, Tony went to sleep. So we
mt her down on the afghan and ran
Jack toward the house. We meant 70 90
light back to the garden so we could see
be fun when Norah came out to look
or Tony
But just as We got into the path we saw
'ue Lane coming: Sue asked us toll
ONE up to her house and see q new sun
hade her aunt had sent her from New
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June said we couldn't go then, for we
vere in great hurry to go down and
,et some tin-types taken to send to her
mole, who was Governor of Msssachu-
etts. M
VI course it wasn't true, for father is
he only uncle June ever had: but Sua
elieved it, and it just took her down.
tell you.
After Sue went on. june said whv
ouldn't we go and get some pictures;