Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-06-25
4 Eslf(t story.
LITTLE TROTTIF..

\ SHORT STORY FOE TFEFAyEp MOTHERS
The sun shone as brilliantly at til
parade grounds ut Fort Fletcher a
though It was an earthly paradise in
stead of bleak and ugly bit OF Mon
tara prairie cut of from It's paren
wilderness 10y some rough defense
and two rows Of sufficiently iIl-buil
quarters, 1t was quite deserted a
this hour. except by half dozen G
the garrison children, who being O
al age to ENJOY the sunshine uudis
turbed by any arrjcre ptRSce as to tn
ugllness 1t shone npon-were amusln
themselves immensely and filling III
clear air with joyful shouts and shrll
laughter, the only lmperfectlon i
their happiness being the necessity
strictly enforced by warnings and pun
lshmrnts-of Keeping to the uppe
eHd Of the parade. FAR away from
certain low stone wall behind which
bIuiF. dangerously attractive 10 youth
ful enterprise, overhung the yellow
stone river
Mabel Urriot sitting in the small
porch in front Of her husbands quar-
tiers, her fingers busy with some hug
darus in pair ol scarlet stockings
turned her pretty, d,sconteuted eyes
more often than was good for The pro
.ress Of her work, TO another pair o
,c.,;,, stockings uh:ch flashed IN an,
nat among III. group Of children witt
an activity which promised her NOR,
,Ia,pirr IN the r.tr Iniur. for the,
b-l,up~d toi.rsm,II .on:and thong
Tr,,tl. MS ouly fbr.. wear, oil. h,
had earl, manifested \ pos,tiva g.uiu
F for wear and tear. holding his own il
that. a. in Other boylsh attributes, "A
nlon~ ,h. elder children with A cheer
+ ful selCcnutj!euce which filled hi
mother with MINGLED admiration An,
y.,r.,
III. j. speb d, r.,l hov'" .hs x.;J :,
ha-.alC v,,h t,lf = s,sh a,a half
.,,,,. .If h.. wsso onIy . nnie, I;,,t
g..lloy, ,;L. II,rrv ~cn,, how o,rch l.s
WORK =, would ba n take care NJ him
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al ,,or. ls.J;s.. in tIis unciviIizs.
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