Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1888-11-15
"ME AND DoTTY."
Dicks Mother Tells Him Little story, and
lie Applies the Moral.

lie Applies the Moral.
Dick and Dotty were at play in the
backyard, while their father wheeled
wood into the shed. and piled it up.
He had wheeled in nearly all of it.,
when he was called away. but before
starting, he spoke to the children:
81 feel anxious TO have the rest of
this wood in, for 1t looks like rain; but
/ can not stop to get it in. There is
so little of it, you might carry it in
your arms.
The children went to work. and their
mother, sewing at her chamber win
dow, watched them.
Dotty worked like little woman,
loading down her short, fat arms with
as many sticks as she could carry, and
moving back and forth with very
business air. Dick carried in one arm
full, and then tried the wheelbarrow.
I'm going to get it in faster than
you cam he said, boastingly. to Dotty;
but it was au empty boast. The
wheelbarrow was quite too big for him
to handle, and he spilled the wood one
side and the other. So he gave up the
wheelbarrow, and went for his sled
"Oh laughed Dotty. "Sleding on
bare groundr'
you'll see what I'll do!n cried
Dick, loading up his sled Then he
sook hold to draw it, aud made be-
ieve it was horse; and he pranced
aud kicked and squealei, and finally
dragged the sled into the wood-shed,
with two sticks that hadn't rolled off.
BY that time Deity had the rest of the
wood all carried in, and piled up.
Their mother came out just then.
30 mother,n criel Dick. ''just see
his little pile of wood here! Me and
Dotty got it in. Didn't we do well?n
His mother smiled as she sat down
IN the wheelbarrow. LET me tell
you a story she said.
Zone day woman who lived in a
og-cabin in a deep, wild wood, was
busy at work, when the door was sud-
lenly thrown open and in rushed her
husband. Without stopping to shut
ihe door after him, he ran up the lad
Ter to the loft overhead, and just then
4 bear that had been chasing him came
n at the open door. For fear that the
Dear would climb the ladder, the man
lrew it up after him as quick as a
wink, and left his wife to fight it out
With the bear.
"She had dipper of hot water in
Ter hand, AMI she threw it square in
he bears face, nearly putting his
eyes out. He rushed at her, and she
ieized the great iron poker and
pounded him over the head. SO they
lew around the room, she pounding
aim with the poker. aud dashing
lot water on him, aud the man up
Lbove doing all he could to encourage
Ter by shouting: That's right, Bet
iey! Give it to him! Hit him over
ihe head! Good for you, Betseyr and
10 on. BY and by Betsey managed to
ieize the big butcher-knife and stick it
nto the bear. and he soon fell down
md died. When the man was sure the
Dear was dead. he came down the lad
Ter and looked him over. 'Aint he
Dig one, Betsey?' he said. 4 tell you,
I'm glad we killed him.
1.-The next day he went TO town, and
old every b ody ne met: Il tell you
What, me and Betsey killed an awful
zig bear yesterday
Dick listened very carefully, and |
ooked rather sober as his mother went |
IN with the story, and he didn't seem
o think it had "a very nice ending.
As she finished, he looked up wisely. |
md said; "Dotty got in most all OF |
he wood, mamma. - Youth'S Com
DdnioR.