Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06

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Charly smiled in the brightest way
and pulled off the cover. Shall I tell
you what we're there The daintiest
little images under the sun, carved all
in wood, and the largest one scarcely
four inches high. 1t is true, they were
the work of a single awkward tool, in
untaught fingers, but if you had seen
them, ! am sure You could not have
helped exclaiming, with Joe and Dean
and Emmy:
"Oh, Oharly, how pretty they are I"
They were exceedingly true to life,
too. There was the old house cat,
which Emmy instantly appropriated
why, you could almost hear her drowsy
purr-and there were Deans "mooses,"
with their delicate branching horns, aud
pair of rabbits eating clover, and a
cunning creeping baby, and there was
old Dolly herself, standing with droop-
ing head and Topped ears-lazy Dolly.
I'D know her anywheres," laughed
Charly laughed, too, and fingered her
treasures lovingly. Her cheeks glowed,
and her eyes were starry.
''Do you think they're nice p she
asked; Gas nice as some they have in
the stores at Christmas time, Joey?"
"Nicer," returned Joe, in a tone ex-
pressive of great wisdom and experience;
"a whole heap nicer"
'Well," pursued Charly, "I'm going
to make all can, and when I get enough |
III send them to sell. Mrs. Ringgold |
said they ought to be half a dollar
apiece"
"O-oh I" cried Joe, quite taken aback
by this prospect of unbounded wealth.
"Whatll you do with so much ?"
''I know, put in Dean. "You'll get
cured, won't you, Charly? ?"
The quick tears sprang to Charly's
dark eyes.
81 will, if I can" she said, and she
pulled Emmy to her, and hid her face
,,e'l, 80 - ~ yellow curls. "Maybe I
Iotal value OF schoO-,-r-
''AIr. Perks 5iQG the erection q if you
could go to see DIR. Lestel,..... iegv1
everything" ~aoommends
'But it'll cost a great deal /, from rho
maybe hundred dollars, sa -
ly. "I'll have to make two hum ','o"'
these, joey" Zone
"Well, you amt going to wait Tray
long" declared Joe, stoutly. "Father
says just as soon as the old farm pays
anything, he's going TO take you to
Fredericton, to see DR.. Lester. Maybe |
twill pay next summer; we're going to |
have COW then. And we haven't been a
here long enough yet, you know"
''Ihat'l be real nice," said she. '
NOW, after dinner, I'll cut out some /
thing more" L
81 think it's real fun, " said Joe. But b
Cbarly only shook her head and smiled d
again. S
Well, that day passed and the next. a
and all the time the sun did not once d
show his face. The clouds hung heavy 81
and black and dark came early, and "
weather-wise Joe with his nose against it
the Windowpane, prophesied a storm. d
II hope 'twont come, though, till lie
.ather and mother are home" j." he said. W
1t did, however. When the children Of
lwoke next morning the snow was fall OF
ng fast and steadily in large fakes. 1t bl
lad grown very much colder, too, in the al
nght. Poor little Joe's teeth chartered fla
pltefully even after he had raked open OF
he bed of Goals in the fireplace and built ul
roaring fire. The wind came up with wi
he sun; it whistled and raved along the
leak river shore in a way that set the
lmbers of the old house to creaking G.
olefully. lig
81 don't believe they'll come tonight" kn
aid joe when dark began to fall. al
Wont they, Charly ?"
"Oh, Charly, won't 'em ?" sp
''DO Won s'pose a wolf chased father wi
n mother ?" asked Joe, with a dismal sh
uaver, breaking in upon the narrative we
the "Tiny Pig" be
ga wolf couldn't catch our Dolly" air
nd Dean quickly; "she's too smart De
nd big" on
Charly laughed. For the world she no
ould not have acknowledged that such mol
possibility had occurred to her own the
ind. a f
cts the storm that keeps them, &" she her
i'd cheerily. 'It's a dreadful storm, tina
u know. They'll be here tomorrow Lei
] know they will" we;
But tomorrow came and went-a long an6
cary, freezing day, and the fifth morn wit
g dawned. How bitterly cold it was ittl
d how the wind whistled through and knc
rough the house ! The storm had Of
lsed, but of this the children could his
t be sure, since the windows were inst
nked high with snow, and when and
Q tried to open the outer door a "
lite wall repelled him. Their store of littl
visions toO, was nearly exhausted and mu.
It seemed worse than all, until Joe 50
ne in from the entry with his arms to n
of wood and his eyes full of tears. 81
That's every bit there is, 3" he quay {"
d. ooh, Charly, why don't father retu
ne ?" ''diC
He will, said Charly, with a brave.
ght smile, though her heart was like
d. "Now we'll be real saving Of this
ID, and only put on one stick at n 1s
e." II
)h, how cold the room grew l-coldqr ~ d
colder, while time dragged on. and ti.S ~"
Sc last sticks were burning slowly .iie
". They ate their last bits Of bread rs. saiis
D, and because Oharly said she could tbo ttuei
eat, there was a very little more for s.St, s-.
my and Dean and Joe. ne lI.' q 4
mt Joe, though he looked wistfully oar,o y
he frozen morsels, was struck with a - I'll
den recollection. Vs. witu'
You didn't eat any breakfast, Charly, I',voi ~
any last night, because your head ,oo1., naJ
I'd. Amt you hungry ?" e1'l en-
Never mind, said Charly, cheerily. fo. I,e q :
eat enough when they come home" - aD
he bread disappeared then to the ,st hest
crumb. t'..,, GUoS
IN awful hungry YET" said Joe. root;a omJi,
som I, echoed Dean, with pitiful soriI,l sorT-o
III Ii "Lu Lu-.a5 1 ~ avn P coiu; comic
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