Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-22

boots, so I took one Of them up in my
arms and carried il ont and said: Here
is one. papa; III 90 and get the other, .
And then papa laughed, and 50 did
mamma, and mamma went and got
black thing like oil cloth. and papa
spread it over his lap and drove of,
laughing; but just as he was going
through the gate he turned around said
IN bring you some candy tonight,
loot"
Then the other day Minnie was prac-
ticing her music lesson, and kept play
ing on the other end OF the piano, and
she said: stop, loot two or three
times and ] didn't stop. and she turned
around and slapped me in the face. and
l cried and cried, and mamma took me
on her lap and kissed the place; and
said: Mamma, won't you whip hero
And mamma said: Wouldn't you rath-
er heap Goals of fire on her head?
The Bible says if any one is bad 10
you. and You are good 10 them,
that is heaping Goals of fire on their
heads. Now you 90 and kiss Minnie
and put Goals on her head. Then
jumped off her lap and ran and kissed
Minnie as quick as | could, and went
out in the kitchen and told Mary mamma
wanted the tire-shoyel and took it in
the parlor and said: Here it is, man.
ma, and she said: why, what are you
doing with that shovel, Toot?a and
said: Put the Goals in it for Minnie's
head, when mamma began to laugh.
and Uncle Jack hollered right out and
| began 10 cry and threw the shovel as
hard as | could, and it went over by the
window and hit mammals Gala lily, and
broke of that bud she had been watch
| ing so long. She stopped laughing pretty
quick when She saw the bud on the
floor, but Uncle Jack said: foot, your re
brick" and picked me up and put me
on his shoulder, and galloped ont of the
front door and played riding horse all
over the frons yard
That afternoon Minnie had a head
ache and was lying on the lounge in
mammals room. | looked at her long
curls on the pillow. and kept thinking
how mad she would have been if mann
ma had put the Goals on her head, and
what smell her hair would have made.
| Did you ever smell hair burning? IL
smells awful funny. Then Invent into
| the dining-room and took a cup and
spoon off the table. and carried them
into the kitchen. and opened the stove
hearth, and filled the cup with ashes
there wasn't any fire in the stove or
would have taken coals-and walked
softly back to mammals room again and
poured the ashes on Minnie's head. She
screamed and screamed, and cried some.
| But ] laughed and said: win you slap
me again. cry-baby?" But don't you
think mamma, after she said put fire on
her-and ! didn't put any thing but
ashes-took her slipper and whipped
me! But ! wish you could have seen
the ashes fly when mamma combed Min
MES hair.
One day the minister came to see
grandma. She is sick with roomticks.
! Mr. Smith is a good man and like him,
so ! went in grandma room and said;
''How do you do Mr.. Smith? That was
buful apple you brought me the other
time you came here" And he said:
How do you do, loot? | have brought
you two apples this time. And l was
so pleased | said loud as ! could, like
Uncle Jack; You're brick, Mr..
Smith" You ought to have seen how
funny the corners of his mouth jumped
up when said that! He looked just
like Freddy's Observation-Disclosures, and told
| him so. Then mamma said; foot,
do,.;f Won r,-ant fo cfn and ,,icLy mo a nioa
bouquet OF dandelions?'' And | went
and picked it-Bessie G. Hart. in De-
troit Free Press.