The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-07-25

So he did not heed as he went with speed,
That his father was close behind.
Dut with sturdy blows that fell and rose.
lie ievcled the yellow grain,
And--'Here goes young man reaping In
Egypt
He shouted in glad refrain.
AT last mid the ranks of fallen wheat
He came TO q sudden stand.
As his father approached with footsteps fleet
And birch rod in his hand;
And these were the words that made Tom
quivcr,
Ard woke fhrob in his breast:
''Hcrc comes the old man thrashing in Egypt
I'll leave you TO guess the rest
Anna Il. Henderson, in Wide Awake.
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AUNTiE MAYS STORY
| n Little Girls Disobedience and the
Lesson II Taught Her.
1T was the summer we we're North, !"
Auntie May said. thonghtfully. land it
just about cured me OF ever thinking
my own way best
She settled back IN the hammock, and
Hcber and Joey drew up close to hear.
for Auntie Mays stories were nicer
than book ones, because the hero was
always papa and the heroine Auntie
MAY herself. This time, from the look
on her face. they felt that something q
| bit different was coming.
us it about you and papa. when you
were baby and papa a boy?'
mo, this time Uncle Ned was the
baby and was pretty big girl, quite
rs big as Joey. and ten years old at
that! Now get settled comfortably and
I'll begin. Are you fixcdP Well. then.
it was up on St Alban Bay. where we
had campcd for the summer. You zee.
Ned was only four and very delicate,
and good old Dr.. Castle said that we
must give him all the fresh air and
sunshine possible. A friend of papa's,
Mr. Davis. had beautiful little sail
boat in the bay, and almost every day
we children were taken flying across
the water to DIR. Gales cottage, where
Aunt Helen was staying We had q
skiff OF our own, but it seemed = very
tame affair after we had grown used to
cutting the waves with this white
winged sailboat, and it seemed to me
was never 50 happy as when MIR. Davis
taught me TO sail it. was stronger
than many a boy OF my age, and could
climb trees and jump fences with the
best OF them, still / never had been al
lowed 10 go off alone with the sailboat,
nor had cared much, when Mr. Davis
was always willing to 60 with us.
.l)ne lovely August morning this
friend had gone walking with papa
and mamma, back through the woods
toward Fairfield. Tom was of with
the skif, duck-hunting, and only
nurse, baby Ned and were ut camp.
Down Mt the dock the little sailboat
was gently rocking, and it seemed al.
most more than could bear not to be
out in ii, splashing through the waves.
1t grew very warm by eleven o'clock
and Ned fretted drcadfuliy. Finally
could stand it no longer Nurse
said. baby needs the breeze. He's too
hot, that's all, and want sou to come
with him and let me take you across to
Dir Gales. Well, to the island them
for nurse was shaking her head, but
she only kept on shaking it till grew
SO angry lnearly ried. Such strong,
beautiful breeze, and going quite to
waste!
Your mammal never let you III
The world. nurse said, and in my heart
knew SO. too but l only snapped
We'll. mamma doesn't know how hot
| l,..1> g.. Il L., A hot
nurse only laughed and went into the
little kitchen tent 10 see TO something
she was fixing for baby's lunch.
II felt very sure that what he needed
more than any Of her .messes' was Z
good cool dash across to the island
Ned want u sail? | asked. Ned didn'
look very sure. but suddenly I caught
his little hand and hurried down tn,
bank with him to the dock. In another
minute had loosed the lock, and WI
were fairly flying before the jollies
breeze imaginable. II was very gran,
rs we plunged over the tiny white-cap
ped waves. and yet for some reason
couldn't enjoy it bit, and kept think
/ llS HOW SISttllCA IuU AAk ulLAOA AuuAAA
ma would be to know that ] had dare'
sail alone with baby away out into til
bay. Half way across ! began to nc
tice that we were not going SO fast, an
in another ten minutes the breeze die
down, and instead Of heading for tn
island of DR.. Gales cottage. we rookie
about aimlessly out in the hot sunshine
Ned began to cry very soon. M
ant to do home he said over and over
l almost cricdsnyself. for how could
get him home without any breeze to Fl
the little sail? III only had oars
] thought, and then / remembered tina
there had been oars and that in play
ing about the dock earlier in the morl
ing had left them high and dry on tn
bank. So just sat down in despair
wait for breeze, or for somebody
come and get us. knew that nurse
her fright would by to find mamm'
and felt sure that som4 one wOul
row out for u.s. But the s;.iff! To-
had gone off in it and there wasn't III
other one near the camp. Oh. dea
! II only had listened to nurse or
: conscience, and hadn't tried to com
That verse heard you children lear
ing Sunday, kept running through N
: hot little head 'Fooss. because
! their transgressions and because
their iniquities are afflicted.
"Oh, ! was the worst fool, u
: worst ] cried, but didn't know y
just how heavy my affection would b
for while the hot sun poured dow
: from above and the hot glare came ,
f.om below. baby Ned grow paler al
paler and then suddenly stopped or
Ing and lay back like some little wilt
flower in the bottom of the boat.
YVES perfectly wild with fright al
; grief. Taking off my big sun-ha'
shielded his face with it as best coul
ten, slipping along the boom TO 7
stern OF tho boat, sat en- the very ed