Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29
LOUIS MIRACLE.
It is One That Might Easily Be
Initiated.

Hes the most mischicvous boy I
ever saw, cried Aunt Euphemia.
And the most troublesome, said
Aunt Marcia
And the noisiest,' sighed grand
mother.
And the most dcstructive,' groaned
Lou, clearing away the debris Of the
accident The handsome majolica
vase which had been her uncle's
Christmas gift lay in fragments upon
the floor, its trailing vines, fragrant
hcliotrope and waxeu begonias hope
cxtravagantly, putting into their cult
ure all that artistic power which
most girls expend on drawing, paint
ing or embroidery; and the tears filed
her eyes as she gathered up the dis
severed fragments.
Il didn't mean to-" Lynn growled,
trying to insinuate the toe Of his boot
into a thin place in the carpet.
mo, you never mean to-" said Aunt
Euphemia, severely. land yet you keep
this house in commotion from morning
till night. suppose you don't mean
to make a hole in that carpet, either,
but I may as we'll get my darning-
needle and yarn ready Why can't
you behave like other boys, Lynn?"
whats a fellow going to do, It'd
like to know99 It's don't touch this
and don't NEEDLE with that from
weeks end to weeks end. There's nc
place to fish or row; can't have a gun
Tor feasI'll hurt some one; there Amt
no boys to play with, and I'm Just sick
and tired of books. most wish was
dead:' and a suspicious tremble of the
voice closed the sentence.
Lou. looking up suddenly, saw the
merry black eyes growing dim and
misty, and relentcd.
But since you're still alive" she
aughcd, ''you may as wellrhelp clear
away this Rubbish. Put these stems in
that pan Of sand. / can use them
when they have rooted. After we are
through viii, this TIL play game OF
crcquct with you.''
1T is too bad" she added to herself,
as Lynn set to work with ardor and
dispatch; "cousin ought to have some.
thing to do. Uncle is too busy at the
shop to Look after him. and neither o.
our aunties Or grandmother have any
patience with children. Unjust set my
wits 10 work to find something to keep
him busy and she remembered with
keen sclf-rcproach how little she had
done in the long months since Uncle
Fred and Lynn had become members
OF the family to make life more toler-
able for either of the sad hearts bur-
dened with sorrow for the loss of wife
and mother.
Five minutes later they we're out OF
the croquet ground. The game pro
crossed rapidly, and sosn, with a skill
1ul stroke, Lou sent her ;ad versary's bs.L
spinning away beyond the boundari,,
and her own to the stake. Lynn raj
after his elusive property, which he
disintcrred from a heap of rubbish,
and came back muttering Grossly to
himself. as he brushed the dust from
his clothes: What mess of stuffr'
The croquet ground was on the wes
side of the house, which faced the
north. The corner to the southwes
formed by the fences encircling thu
garden and adjacent field was the re-
cep.acle for all the household debris
and was now full to Overlooking. A,
Louis eyes followed the boy in hi.
search, a play she. had learned a
school returned to her.
Turn your back, !" she said, author
itatively as her cousin reached he,
side, and as he instinctlyely obeyet
, she initiated his example. ~.... -.
NOW, when I say ready tur,
quickly as possible and back to place
and let us see in that brie1 glancl
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