The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07

there" he added, ss he picked up his
gun and went out into the Storm "All
right, pard," Alec called after him,
she's there" h - E,piRp
Bob had heen standing almost speech
less listening to and watching the little
episode above narrate,l, and as Otis
seemed to be in earnest about leaving
them he said: "Chum, you oughtn't to
be 80 hard on Ote. believe lie is about
half Sick" $50 a,nl two-thirds sick,"
dryly responded Alec. and as he turned
about to finish bringing in the wood he
added: "Just you leave him alone and
he'll come to his milk soon enough"
II don't know 30 well about that" re-
piled Bob, AZ he busted himself prepar-
ing supper. The wood was brought in,
good pile of straw brought from an old
straw.rick near by for a bed, aud supper
was eaten, but still Otis had not ''come
to his milk" ''Plague-on my temper"
said Alec, "I wish hadn't talked quite
so short to Ote. Like I always do when
get mad I said more than meant"
''He may curl up in fence corner and
20 to sleep for good" said Bob musing-
ly, which last remark he wished he had
kept to himself, for he saw that 1t made
his chum still more uneasy. About
eight o'clock they heard o noise outside
and Alec ran out and peering through
the darkness and snow perceived the
dim outline Of man with gun on his
shoulder. Without waiting for him to
speak Alec said, "Ote, come in and have
something to eat and cup Of coffee. I
was too hasty this evening" Otis came
striding forward, saying, II beg your
pardon for contradicting you. but YOU
wasn't any such thing. II ,pas me that
aoas too hasty, and a darn fool IN the bar
gain" Alecgave his hand q hearty shake
as he said, "Well, you may have it that
way If you want to, but let US let by.
cones he bygones. Come in and take
something to warm you up in where you
live" They entered the cabin arm in
arm and Bob could hardly, repress a
smile at the sudden turn Of affairs, and
at the. conversation he had overheard.
The coffee pot was soon boiling, the rab.
bit and some of the johnny cakes done,
and then Otis sat down to such Z supper
well, to such an one as he had not
eaten since the last one his mother
cooked for him. Alec sat by, replenish.
ing Ms coftee.cup every few minutes,
and bringing on more johnny cakes as
fast as they disappeared before the raw.
!, enous appetite OF his comrade. At last
Otis said he couldn't eat another johnny
!, , cake If he had "a ton Of them and they
were all spelling to be eaten" So Alec
stopped, but Bob could sec with his
!, eyes shut that Alec enjoyed that suppe,
| fully as much as Otis, and as he after
> ward expressed it: ut was nip and tucl
which enjoyed it the most" 1t wal
!. such bitter cold night that it wal
! thought host to take turns watching, ir
: order to keep the FIRE burning. The
= bed was made on the leeward side of The
log, so that the smoke blowing over The
sleepers would encsse them in q kind o
envelope and they could sleep almost a
snugly as ii home in bed. Otis wa
: bound to take first watch, which the!
decided was to last two hours. at the ex
piration of which he was 70 call up Ale
q for his two hours, and 90 on round
= The boys turned in and Otis kept tn
fire burning brightly till his two hour
were up, when he concluded as he wa
not very sleepy that he would just taxi
:, Alec's watch, too. Replenishing the Ar'
, !, he thought he would lie down on SOM
straw by it for just few minutes, til
> it needed some more wood. He lait
4 down with his head toward the fire, an,
!. the first thing he knew, he woke up al
most frozen, and the fire almost out snt
imagine his surprise when he foun,
: that before it had gone out it had burn
: !, ed nearly the whole Of his hat Jcrosvn, ou'
He felt Of the top of, his head and foun,
? it was all there, but the mystery to hin
was, and perhaps will. be TO al VIII
read this, how it happened that n haf
> not set his hair on fre. That Sit ha'
! not is fact, but why not, is inexpllca
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