The Arizona sentinel., 1888-06-09
TWO LITTLE BOYS.

Spring had just come. The trees
that had looked like old sticks along
the city street, and which Jimmy and
Jack had decided between them ought
TO have been broken up for kindling,
had all of sudden grown extremely
pretty, and were full of birds. After
breakfast the two small friends. who
were If one sizy and often of on C
mind, set out hand-in-hand to take q
walk. Jack with the round patch.
the size of a saucer. high in the back
of his coat, where the bulldog had
grabbed him; and Timmy. with the
toes of his shoes cut open. because
they never wore out. and his feet
would grow.
"I wonler what summer Is gong to
be like" Timmy was asking They
say it's coming very fast
DON'T you remember SUMMER"
cried Jack. Il dc"
''WelI, begin to remember eating
some currants." answered Jimmy.
''Oh, weren't they sourr'
Both the little boys stopped all of a
sudden. Some one had called out, in
n startled voice. from one of the WIN
dows along the street: ''E. tap'
Never mind. we aren't either of us
Eta" said Jack.
Il wond who she is" muse |
Timmy.
The voice sounded again. shrill and
earncst, calling: Eta! Ettar' as if
the mother of some little girl had lost
her, and was getting very much
alarmed.
''She must be on the street." said
Timmy. 81 don't see her mothers
head sticking out, but the windows
open. See that girl way down the
sidewalk. there. guess that is Eta.
Jack.
What q naughty girl to scare her
mother sop' exclaimed Jack. Let us
90 and tell her to come home.
AS they scurried along on their er-
rand. the voice rang out again and
again. calling the missing child. until
it seemed as if every body ought to join
in the search for her,
Eta! Ettar'
When the little girl was accosted by
Timmy AMI Jack, who said Halo! "
to her, and then stopped and stared at
her. she looked out from her very big
hat with astonished eyes. and would
not answer at all.
Your mothers calling you. Eta. !"
Jlck informed her. Don t you hear
her? do. even from here"
My name isn't E ta," remarked
the little girl, whirling round till her
back was turned toward them, and
then looking over her shoulder. Per
haps you think me ninny; but never
was one yet" And with these words,
she danced off down the sidewalk.
gayly.
The two boys sat themselves on n
doorstep and asked each other ques-
tions they neither of them could an
swer, as to what they were 10 do in
order TO find Eta.
1T might be we'll to call her our
selves" said Timmy. MAY be she'd
mind us better than she does her
mother. You shout first"
A number of people looked out of
their windows as the boys proceeded
through the street. making the name
of Eta sound clear and shrill rs they
went, while the echo still rang high in
air behind them from the house the
child had left. where the female voice
called and called.
However, no little girl responded to
all this noise-and all at once Jimmy
made q sound which caused Jack 10
look round at him. He was crying:
She's lost" he sobbed; land we
can never. never find her!"
Jack put his kind little arm about
Timmy's neck. which was very awk-
ward for them both, and they nearly
tripped each other up. especially as
Timmy could not see whore he was
going for his tears.
There's little girl with q hat on
Mt one of those windows" Jack an
nounced. We'll stop and ask her if
she is Eta; and l guess she ran in
there to make call on some other
little girl-named Jenny. 1 guess"
Accordingly the boys stopped under
the open window, quite persuaded
now that their search was successful,
ana told her that her mother was
calling her. and wouldn't wait for her
any longer.
The little girl at the window quickly
disappeared, and soon opened the
door of the house, and came out.
You have frightened them very
much at your hone." said Timmy.
"They think some
thing has happened to you"
The CIR! was starting off on a run.
when Jack exclaimed;