New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-10
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house. In other words It Is nearly week since tne
twins ran away. Yes they have gone. I must say
that they greatly interested They also appearou
to offer me a respect profound than any eVer
before laid upon my shrine. Sun It Is Dlessea 10 nave
them away and to have at the same time tue con-
seriousness that we did all We could for then' AS
look out of doors from this quiet cabin 40 not see
them running up to the barn as II they wouiu nit inc
sde of that building and would then begin TO rcochet
indefinitely Yes we have nothing to regret and
much for which TO DO thankful, so far as our own
solves are concerned II only that wo regret for
their sakes We all tried by precept, and 1t Is to be
hoped by example also, to civlize them. But they
would not be civilized They accepted banged hair,
1t is true, which is one of the outward signs of en-
lightenment They received kind Of veneer, also,
which enabled them TO practise great deception They
have now taken themselves away. They have also
taken other things more valuable TO than their
presence, viz. little ring with white topaz set In
It. which was dear to me for the sake Of sister who
used TO wear It whom child An extremely ornate
old cameo pin belonging to Mrs. Aver. A few hand
kerchiefs About three pints Of shells cued from
the long beach at Fernandina. Strange to say, they
also took a backgammon board but carefully left the
dice and the men, They also selected all the pieces
from set Of chess, the pawns. They probably
had a natural instinct which despised pawns They
must have been preparing for some time. 1t is not
probable that yet know all they have carried away
In the future shall occasionally miss something
and then shall say that the twins took It," and
may thereby do them great injustice.
Among their PREPARATIONS for departure was be-
hayior well nigh rreproachable, with the exception
OF the noise and confusion which were nseparaole
from their being. OF late they have entirely given up
rising in the evening and totfng wood In their mgnt
gowns they have remembered TO tote IL Defoo IL
was time TO assume nghtgowns. They have not
broken nearly as much crocery, possibly because the
of &c anall
IN their sleep They have not forgotten their iarnln
book and the duties It entails. 1t has been AmabePs
custom to hear these Rotations nom the "larnin'
book Such reciations were never Illuminated by
any flashes OF embryo intellect Sometimes Amaoel
used to ask them to describe certain familiar things
Their descriptions had unexpecedness unprecedent
ed in my experience. For instance, Ella said that
| lamp chimney was something all niggled
at the top" Tho niggled' referring to
tho scollops which adorned those articles here.
Ellen described chincopins nut that was rounded
| at one eend an sorter pnted of ter the tother'
As am not even acquainted with chincopns
I cannot say II this correct They both pro
icssed to know where chlncopins att In other
words where they grew. They could always tell
when water boiled, because " 1t kept iumpin' urp
an down. They saw bicycle in one Of their visits
| 10 Asheville and Mrs. Aver told them what It was.
sThe vehicle greatly impressed them, but they In
variably in speaking Of II called IL a sycamore
They have gone I will not try TO recite a list
Of the negative virtues they cultivated week or two
prior TO their departure Was this goodness part OF
plan to make us less suspiciousi But we had
never been suspicious True Mrs. Case said long ago
that them twins war err plannn ter run erway" and
| Sally has always averred that tho children were
double faced, pore white trash, an chokn fun er
desates Now they are gone II transpires that there
| IS no one within dozen miles who could not have
told us they were going AZ least, so they say.
On the day they left they were seen BY Mrs
| Case on the state road She was washing at the
! stream that crosses tho road near her house. She
informs Ms that each child had old hour sack
stuffed fun OF things. Some Of these spois OF their
/ recent life must have been their own clothes, Tor
Mrs Aver has dressed them comfortably. Mrs Case
furthermore tells us In a manner meant to DO com
misoratlng but really exutant, that the children toh
her they were running away because they didn't nave
enough to cat; also they were made TO sleep win
dogs. This last assertion probably arises from the
| fact that, after much pleading on their part MIS-
Aver permitted them 10 have Buster and Tip on
| their lounge. We have not yet heard OF any oeher
grievances which acted incentives TO their night
We arc Of the opinion that they have always meant
10 20 but that the immediate cause was their mother
| For they have a mother who lives here and there
IN different mountain novels with different men, as
does Ole Pink II is currently reported that this
woman has recently affirmed that the little gals
want gittn' 'nough outer them Yanls.' This re
mark sounds as II fond parent were not thoroughly
satisfied.
Unfortunately for the twins, they met their mother
| IN that hut where Mr. Aver drove when we went
IN the cart TO leave Ole Pnks baby with its natural
| Guardian That journey a memorable ono,
both as regards corporal and spiritual bodies.
| Our bones viii long remember H. Even longer VIII
our minds hold the pictures, magnificent and inde'
| scribable, which the mountains and valleys pre-
sented TO with almost every rod OF the atrociouS
roads
There were moments when the chairs which
we sat IN tho cart we're less hendish in their move
ments than was their regular habit 1t was IN
such moments of respite that we looked at tho views
| Always take cushion or, at least a folded shaw
| to serve a cushion when you Intend TO occupy q
chair on cart in this portion OF this State AS Mrs
Aver had said, this precaution may save your hfe
| II We had had hundred lives on this trip they
would all have been sacrificed had We not had those
cushions. We used them tenders, shields, buckers
We wished they had been as large as the buoklers Of
| old When they not absolutely pressed down
| between us and destruction, we held them poised
ready for instant action in the right spot. II my
| chair showed signs OF rushing down to the end OF
the wagon faced round that way with my defensive
weapon and at tho instant before collision, II were
successful the cushion received the first strength OF
| the blow which the chair had intended should be
| spent upon my knees. Naturally good many timet
We were not successful, especially at first BY the
time had gone the ten miles our skill in thii
kind Of fencing had greatly increased. 1t was hard
| however, when the chairs decided to rush full tn
at each other. On such occasions one came up the
slope OF the wagon, which seemed miraculous while
| tho other performed tho natural action OF sliding
down. They would meet like two war horses on the
field Of battle and would crush hands or legs between
them. While We were crying out with the pain
the chairs would cayort back again in unmlstakablt
gee, The twins were sitting here and there on the
cart bottom and sometimes they were moved down
rcentlessly by our engines Of destruction Once my
chair with me on It, advanced with the rapidity of
cannon ball straight upon Ellen. had the cushion
ready; / shrieked out warning All in vain
The cushion few out into the mud, Ellen was GU
down, and was flung forward on to Rlstus, who
was sitting upon the front seat holding the baby