The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-02
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"Oh. land, Israel Z T see now; why
OF an things! Ethey'rs some o. them
fchildreni the Tribune paper told
J about, that folks sends cut into the
coutry to have a good time; why, the
poor little creeturesi AN TO think oil
Marier'si havin' some Of EN-; why, /
tdsclarer' s9tIndjso bas s3Hg3epi -
The. boys constituted themselves
marshals Of the day, and laden with
packages, led The way around to the
roomy Kitchen with ~screeclles of de.
light. and Ben announced the new
Earrival. ~ y 2a ss3ai Hi.H
"Here's lots more folks totin' long!
s'pose ye kin keep 'em |? an win ther
be ceokeys cnoughP" o8
why, you dear, precious old
soulsr' and Marie dropped the last
tin of cakes to clasp the old lady
around the peek, and the heartiness
of her greeting went far toward com
forting the lonely old mother.
"But 1 am afraid them boys will
spoil your VISIT She said, as with
their hands full of cake they hustled
out "ter help the old capt'n untackle
the hoss!" 80 15a3at" 1gssH t7
"That biggest one is like a colt let
loose /; good -hearted he seems TO be,
but wild-like the other ones more
still he was M serable.lookin' when
he first come, but he's picked up
wonderful T. They're q been here
most a week now, an 1t does me
good to see 'em eat. lido hope they
wont make you crazy with noise,
Aunt Marth,, for we've got to keep
'em till the two weeks is up.
snow don't you worry a mite,
Marier, Tn proper glad there here,
for my part an 1 most wish we
could have some of 'em to our place.
1 do get so lonesome an hungry for
children around / don't know how to
live sometimes. l don't b'lieve
there's a child in a mile of where we
liye."gHH. gat - laa3 ,zz.a
cit does beat all how Aunt Martha
takes to them boys!' said Maria to
Uncle Israel a couple of days later.
''There they go now, way down in
the orchard Dannie hold of her
had, and Ben rolling over an over
down the hill like a log" ,..5 s''a'
"It's a-doin' her a world o. good,
M~arieri Shes been kindly down in
her mind lately talks a sight about
IIarriet's children, an u boy that
died. She will have it that Dan
there looks like him I-can't see
it-save as they both had blue eyes /;
but then mebbe 1 furgit ; we didn't
have no pictur of him, ye know. And
how she's took a wonderful likin to
Dannie.' 81
Down under an apple-tree sat
Aune Martha. Dan lay in the grass
with his head OIL her knee, and her
soft wrinkled fingers were twisting
his brown rings of hair. a7"
Beanie sat at her feet. prodding the
earth up with q stick. and telling
wild stories of city life-as he was
familiar with it-ot hair.breadth IS.
capes at street-crossings-stolen
rides on stages running to fires and
fights, and numerous other exploits
-all of which made the old lady's
hair stand up in horror.
Don't never do such ventersome
thing ag'in. my dearl you'll surely
git run over, an git killed stone dead
some day.
mot if a Teller keeps his eyes
skinned, he won't that's wot Idoes
every time. Ye don't ketch this
chap asleep wen there's larks
a-goin' on! / goes ter the play wen
Ii has an uncommon lucky day,
too.' ' f3i
"You hadn't or to, sonny! You
better save your money an get some
good clothes
xxi! wot'p 1 do with good clothes,
biackin' boots. ? cut a dandy swell
wouldn't IT,
"Why, dress up a-Sundays, child,
an go to meetin' an Sunday school,
ST goes ter the mission, reg'ler;
that is, sometimes! an us ,coves
tax es a douse Saturday nights; but
we amt no great on fixen's, an we.
amt no place ter keep 'em, an"
a squirrel whisking along the wall
brought the conversation to- sudden
termination as far as Ben a con-.
cerned; but for an hour Aunt Martha
and Dan sat there in, the dreamy old
orchard ; she asking questions, and
he answering them, until the whole
of bis life-or as much Us ne knew of
it--had been related. a.
He was IN ophan and without rela-
tiyes. Since his mother died, he had
lived with a family in the same tene-
meGt. They were poor and rough
hammered, but kind-hearted withal;
for Dan had shared the home and
food, such as it mightbe, freely. lie
had never been very strong. but was
getting better now /; and when he re-
turned, was TO be a newsboy,
. "Dear HEARTH said his listener,
when this plan was unfolded. AN,
win you have to 60 in them crowded,
wild places Ben tells about?"
soh, yes'ml crowds is the very
best places fer business, an street
cars-yhy boys Jump on an off them n
qu.cker'n wink spry ones make lots
of chink. I've watched 'em lots. SO
as ter learn. i amt fear'd a bit Of