The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-07-25
HOW HARRY WAS Lost.


1t was q sultry day in July and
Grandma Morr son had risen with the
sun, that she might take advantage of
the early morning hours and do her
weeks baking. By the time Eben came
in to gel. the mlk-pail. that, he might
make his morning cali on old. Bess,
grandma had two beautiful loaves Of
cake all baked and set away carefully
in the pantry, and was ibustling about
from stove to table and from table to
stove, baking cookies. AS Eben came
mp on the piazza and stepped into the
kitchen she was just taking the first
painful. brown and tempting, out Of the
oven. s,.A - ;fit
.'Good-morning. Eben," said she,
deity sliding the cookies out of. the
nan on toSt6e table, won't YOU have
dne.of my 1iee crisp cookies before you
60 out to milk? l 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 mot
much her old hands grpdged doing.
Thank We. ma'am, I don't mind.
said Eben, taking up nice brown one
and placing it between his teeth. .'Do
you know is Mr.. Morrison goin' to the
lot this mornin' to cut that hayP"
Eyes, Eben, he is going, and he
said that he would like your help if you
could give him the time"
,'Well, yes, l Gale lated sparin' to-day
to him If he wanted it, and I'll be
round by the time he's ready to start "
$50 Shortly after Eben had left the house.
swinging his milk-pail 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 I guess I'll take him along if you
think you won't worry about him."
''n II can't promise that, father, but l
suppose he might as well 60 il he wants
to. ,Xshall have to suffer him out of my
sight sometimes; but do, father, be
careful, ans don let him go too near the
brook or into the next field where the
savage bull is, or"
'.Pshaw, mother, what's the use of
telling me all that? Don't you suppose
am able to take care Of my own
GRANDSON" and grandpa Morrison
looked . little piqued.
'ssWell. yes, suppose you are, dear;
but you know somtimes when you get
to working hard you forget everything
else, and I promised Sophie, you know,
that nothing should happen to her boy
while he was staying with u.s."
A happier boy than Henry, ,as he ate
his hreakfast that morning, would be
hard to find. Grandma found a 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
grandpa's wellf1led dinner basket,
would be Al the little fellow would
You know, grandma" said Ne. as
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.plsJ - sfif-5,, i..4f ~ f4S
THAT'S brave little man." and
Sgraldm9s eyes were snspiciously dim
as she lifted him up into the wag-
ON, which had just come rafting
up 70 the door, and put him on the seat
between grandpa and Eben. 49,
II declare.'s she saidss after watch
!, ing them drive out Of the gate and down
the road as far as she could see them,
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