Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-09-12
Two Little white Chickens.

Two Little White Chickens.
Two such pretty little white chick
ems. They belonged to Neddy and
Floy, and their names were Fluff and
Mike.
Aunt Chatty gave them to Floy and
Neddy one night when they stopped in
at her small house going home from
school.
"They're all the hens got, said she,
putting one in Neddy's checked apron
and one in Floy's checked apron; "and
l can't have her scratching round with
them all summer and not laying an
egg. So you're welcome to 'em, dear
les. Take good care of 'em-they're
real Leghorns.
Neddy and Floy were very sure they
would take good care of the little,
fluffy, white things, though they
hadn't the least idea what real Leg
horn" was.
"Aunt Clara's got new hat" said
Floy, sand heard mamma say that
was real Leghorn."
Chickens amt hats" answered Ned
dy, with q sniff; "they're worth good
deal more-chickens are"
Floy didn't know about that, because
she did know that Aunt Clara's hat
cost good many dollars.
Gas much as fifteen or ten, said she,
with little sniff to match Neddy's;
"and chickens don't cost much as that.
"But they're worth more," said Ned,
dy, because they'll lay eggs, and hats
won't. I'll tell you, Floy, let's buy a
sewing chine for Aunt Chatty with the
eggs ours lay, first thing"
eyes," chimed Floy, eagerly, "and
then buy goat carriage to harness
Fido in."
They were opposite Colonel Bells
big house just at that minute, and
down across the lawn rushed tiny,
white dog, barking and swapping.
Maybe Floy was a wee bit frightened
and dropped one corner Of her apron.
At any rate out tumbled the little
downy chicken; and the little dog
snapped at it and caught it, and tossed
it on the ground-quite dead.
And that was not all that happened; !;
for Neddy, who had sprung to the res
cue, dropped his own white chicken,
and in an instant the dog had shaken
that, and it was lying beside the other.
Then Floy and Neddy began to cry
not softly, but with perfect storm
of tears and reproaches, which very
soon brought the little dogs mistress
to see what the trouble was.
She was very pretty lady, with a
sweeping white dress and smooth brown
hair, and soft voice.
20 General, you naughty boy!" she
cried to the little dog, who really hung
his head and looked very sorry, though
Neddy and Floy didn't believe he was.
"Those poor little chickens! Can't you
get some more, children?"
"No'm," said Neddy. "Aunt Chatty's
) hen only had two."
"They-they were real leghookers
! too," said Floy, sorrowfully dabbine
{ her eyes with her checked apron
: Aunt Chatty said so."
"Leghorns!" said Neddy, sharply.
The lady laughed-a soft, swee
o laugh that didn't hurt Floy's feelings I
bit.
9 "Never mind" said she, "horns ar,
q hookers sometimes" And Floy tool
j: courage.
d "We were going to buy Aunt Chatt,
o o sewing'chine with the first eggs the.
laid" said she, because she's poor"
!. "And then goat-cart," said Neddy
a "But we can't now, because they won
g lay any,"
- - Naughty General" said the lady
n trying hard to laugh.
= Somehow she didn't feel like laugh
- ing, as she watched the sorrowful littl
II II pair trudging off down the street wit
- >, their dead pets in their checked aprons
"a and as she turned away to go back int
- the house she boxed Generals silk
10 10 ears soundly, and sent him to bed i
disgrace.
=. And the next day she did-she reall
!. did order her carriage and drove int
70 the city, where she bought very mic
I. T. sewing machine, which she sent by ez
Il press to Aunt Chatty; and she bougf
N the very prettiest little carriage ths
~ ot could be found to harness Fido into
+ h because it happened she had gres
L. le deal of money, and it also happened
10 10 which is not SO common, that she like
as n better than almost anything else
1e make people happy.--7outNs Con
j. paaaion.