The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-02
HOW BENNY RAN AWAY.

ana HOW Glad He Was to Get Back
Home.
twas cold and rainy that morning,
the morning that Benny ran away, and
this was how it happened:
Benny and his mother lived at Dr.
Grey's, and the doctors little boy,
Charlie, and Benny were great friends,
but this particular morning there had
been quarrel, and Benny went off to
the barn, if the truth must be told, sulk-
ing and refusing to play with Charlie
WELL not for long time, not before din
ner, at least.
But it was cold at the barn and he
soon started for the house Now, he
had been up on the hay-mow while he
was at the barn, and so started for the
house covered with dust. 1t rained on
him, and he got his feet muddy, and alto
gether it was rather a dirty-looking
Benny that walked into the sitting
room and up to the stove. Charlie,
curled up in a big chair with picture
book, looked up, saw him, laughed at
him, pointed his finger at him and said:
"Shame! dirty thing" which made
Benny very angry.
Benny's mother was very neat, and
coming in just then and seeing how
dirty he look ID, scolded, and tried to
make him look somewhat cleaner. But
Benny didn't like to have his face
washed at any time, and this morning
he was SO very cross, and made so much
fuss and noise that the doctor. sit
ting by the window stud lying, after look
ing up sternly once or twice, rose, set
Benny gently outside the door saying:
There! stop there until you can. come
in and be quiet" Oh! how angry Benny
was. He ran to the barn and walked
around the floor for long time How
shamefully he was used-what should
he do-how mean Charlie was to laugh
at him-and the doctor had treated
him still wOrse-what made his mother
stay there-he wouldn't any longer
Mrs. Gray, too, she was kinder to him
than any of the rest, but she always
made him 60 to bed at eight o clock
he would run away, and then maybe
they would be sorry-where should he
go-perhaps he had better 90 down
South-that gentleman visiting at the
doctors the other day said it was always
warm there. Benny had heard him say
to the doctor: ITO one who has never
visited the South, it is truly surprising
the difference of climate one finds start
ing from here some night and travelling
until some time the next day" "Well,
Benny thought he could stand it to travel
one night and part of the next day-he
would 90 at once. so off he started. He
heard Charlie calling him as he started
but he only ran the harder. He went
across the fields most of the time, for
he was afraid of 50 many people and
teams.
In the afternoon he began to Get
rather hungry. But about four o'clock
he met little girl coming from school.
She called to him, and gave him what
was left in her lunch basket. She tried
to coax him home with her, but he
would not go. He found barn stand
ing in the middle of field and slept
there that night, nestled down between
some hay and straw.
1t was late when he woke up the next
morning, for he had got VERY tired the
day before. HIS supper had been rather
light, and he felt terribly hungry.
Where was he to get his breakfast?
Perhaps if he stopped at the next house
they might give him something to eat;
he would try. But here he received a
terrible fright. lie was scarcely inside
the gate when a Big boy coming out of
the house, saw him. and cried What
are you doing around here? Clear out!
We don't want you! Towser, here
Towser!' Benny ran away before he
had got half through, but he heard the
dog barking and expected to be over
taken every minute. But the boy, evil
IDENTIFY satisfied, called the dog back
and went off in the opposite direction
whistling.
Poor little Benny. He had been so
frightened and ran so fast Ae thought
his heart was surely coming out of his
mouth. As soon Us he dared he stopped
to rest, down by bank and some
bushes where he was sheltered from the
wind for It was growing colder.
1t seemed to him as though he had
not rested at all before he heard the
sound of wheels coming down the hill
beyond. He crept around to the other
side of the bushes and lay peeping out.
1t was DR.. Grey. Oh dear! would he
see him-was he looking after himP He
thought he had got so far that the doc
tor could never come, but in reality it
was only few miles from the doctors
house, although it seemed such dis
lance to Benny-he wished he knew
how his mother and Charley and Mrs.
Grey were-tbe doctor is looking in this
direction will he see meP" Evidently
he did not, for he drove right on, and
after a while Benny started out once
more.
He must have something to eat
About noon he saw h house that APP
peared to have no one around. He
ventured into the yard after time, and