Telegram-herald., 1890-11-19

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Sasll J ever forEeg she siEat that met
ny friThteusa eyes, Tbs room va =
haze q leht sn4 TIE soft Waite eur
tains net only. bat The hed and TIE iitt.s
stand BESIDE il were IN nataes on the
foof flst aaaeF tie Wludow w&s one of
tbSse ereat balls blGzlng away with al
IL uieht and looking Ike neteing -
Haeb - sn .~ial eye q ars slsrlag al
re.
What aid ! d09 / hardly know. Yes
shut lhe window on ihe opposite SIDE
of tie roem. remew oes thai because
& llsht breeze vas blowing, and ! sne"
il would fan the Names ! brought the
water pitcher and poured its contents
on the blazing bed. fer the rest
yelled with all the strength oi nay
strong young lsags Fire. Are fire.
yelled 10 such good purpose that Ia less
time than ~ takes me % tell II The
room Was 6lled with people. With voices,
With water, with smoke. with confusion.
and the hre vas out
III IL had not been discovered I'M
mediately." said my father, mot only
the house but tho whole street would
have gone; the Wind Is rising rapidly
and the nre-balis would have helped
along; as II is. dont see how ne es-
capped"
"How did yon happen 70 ccme into
the room. lsabella2 What were you
doing in the house. any way2
thought you came over 10 Mrs Frank
hns." IL was my sister Mary who
asked the question. Mother had not
questioned me az all; she stood with
both arms wrapped around ne and one
hand smoothing back nv hair She saw
that the Ere had frightened ne very
much.
burst into tears and sobs, and tried
70 talk at the same time. Il didn't 90
TO Mrs Franklin's; ran away mean
] meant 10. | was never coming back
until ] was gray. and had had soIne
teeth pulled. ! was goiag 20 live in the
10. don't want 70; don't want ever L
60 away from you one minute!
! sobbed out this remarkable story IL
Jerks, with many tears between. and a.
its close burrowed my head into ms
mothers breast, as though could hide
it forever from view, and cried as ] have
never cried sinca 1t seemed 70 me tina
/ had almost lost that blessed mother
We'll, if ever heard any thing Xix
that in all my life." Mary said, bn'
mother smoothcd my hair and mu'
INJURED: Poor little grill did she wan
to run away from mother?"
1t was perhaps nearly al hour after
wards that | won't TO ths attic for come
needful things, father going ahead hold
ing the light close bohind with M
| hands clasped in mothers and the re
nainder Of the family bringing up tn
rear How well ] rene mber their face
as they looked around upon my prepar
/ ations for housekeeping How well }
remember the intense shame | felt ~
I almost ought 70 say thht you must sleep
here tonight on the bed which yol
! have made for yourself" said my IA.
/ ther.
clung close to mother. 20, mother
mol" almost shrieked. you never
will. neverP
"No" said my mother, holding me
/ close, two never will. father does not
mean that; but tomorrow We Will run
4 away together as much as this; we must
4 live, you and /, while these things last
on the provision you made for the fu-
ture You shall try how you like SO
much of running away, but mother will
/ run with you"
/ tried 10 make IL seem an unpleasant
thing 70 do, but tho cake and pies
looked nice. and ! honestly could not
The next day VIC tried them. How
like an idiot I felt, sitting with my
mother IN the attic, munching stale
cake and preserves, and thinking Of the
good bread and butter and fresh eggs
and new milk which were being eaten
down and mothers cup OF coffee.
II was a disagreeable breakfast, and
the dinner was worse. At su pper-time
! said to my mother, with tears in my
eyes: Couldn't just run and get you q
cup OF tea?'
Ny mother shook her head "O'
course not" she said; I'VE have ru1
away"
Two miserable days the cake and pies
and preserves lasted. on the evening o.
the third we went 70 supper Shall
ever forget how the broad and butter
and wsrmed-up potatoes tasted2 I'VE
are never going 20 run away again,
said my mother. Pravely.
"Tm sure ! never want to-" said
"but father. II | hadn't what would
have become Of our house and all oui
things2'
II was years Afterwards before ] IN
derstood Why they all went into shout
o. laughter over that earnestly put
question.
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