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

Her voice sounded Just like one erssyJ
w1s scared. I can tell you. / couldn's
spek q word. ltall rushed over me.
the 5wfut thing l had done to hide our
dear little baby.
But June laughed.
II guess Tony is not far of In tho
woods. Aunt Charlotte. saw her go
ing down that way while ago."
Mother never looked at june, but
said to me in that dreadful tone:
go and get her, Rye!'
ran, you can believe. never hur-
ried so in my life
June followed ! ! believe she was
afraid to stay there with mother.
Well can hardly tell it, even now
when we reached the s'den'' the baby
was gone, Isnevers had such . feeling
IN my life as when l came upon the
place where We had left Tony, and
found she wasn't there. / sat down on
the moss and looked at June. She
didn't laugh then. She just turned
around and said:
"Rye, / believe they'll hang me, for
I've killed your little sister"
Ididn't dare go back to tell mother
Tony was gone. think / had q wild
notion Of going and jumping into the
river a.i9 ,,fa
But before could move the hired
man appeared. He saw that we were
frightened and that Tony was gone.
He just grabbed June by the arm and
shook her as hard as he could.
Z Then he said: -
: s.Now tell where that baby is, you
wicked little wretcbl'
SO juno told, as wen as she could, all
about it. Cot
:. Jerry-his name was ,Jerry-just
started for the house like q race-horsc.
] don't know what he told, nor what
they said, for June and stole up tho
back stairs and hid in the attic. never
passed such an afternoon. could hear
them running al through the house at
first; then everything got still. only I
could hear some one crying bitterly
somewhere.
Once, carriage drove up. and 4
saw father get out.
About dark, saw the doctor Jour
old doctor from R-), come up the
walk. wondered. in dazed sort Of
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 up.
! Ina minute I heard Norah saying:
Its here she is, ma am, safe and
sound. Can't yer see her, ma am-ycr
own little Tonvpss
can't tell you how / felt. I know l
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
awayssI felt like murderer. L thought
sOGs one. ssi -
i went up to our room and told juno
that Tony was found, but that we had
killed mother. And June never spoke.
1 cried all that night. / couldn't sleep.
l 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 looked At
her.
Well, after a long sime-it seemed q
year-it WIS morning, and went down
stairs again. Mother was better. but
very weak.
Tony was lying in mothers bed. B
won ever tell what | said to mother,
nor what she said to me. Ishan't forgot
it, though. 80 b
After u while. mother told me to bring
June in. So did. e
June walked along like one asleep.
She never seemed to sec mother at all.
But the minute she saw Tony she be-
gan to cry. Oh, you nevor 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 =
word. n
Father came in and put his hand on
June's bead. and said:
June--I-Tr
And then father actually cried. too.
Finally, they took us away, for mothl
Or was very weak. Father told us we
we're forgiven; but I can tell won we
never played any more tricks on any
one.
Il seems that farmer from tho
'ther side OF the woods found Tony, and
lot knowing who shewas, carried her to
his housB. IL was almost dark before
9ther and Jerry found her. Ks.hcver
AK about 1t, for 1t makes us feeI;dzead-
'ully. ~ss q y % 80
June was : different girl after that
'he was 90 good, mother really cried
yhen her folks came home. and June
vent back to Boston. = golden DayS
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