Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-01-31

hausted. Lit was dinner time. ana we
were hungry. So we concluded that ii
we stopped to cat, perhaps by the time
we came back Daisy-Dingle might per
NIT us to take ride.
Fastening to the house, we were
hardly courageous enough to enter,
We had neglected to fasten doors OF
windows. Our appetites got the bet
ter of us, and we cautiously entered.
Fortunately nothing had been dis
turbed.
While eating we quarreled over a
certain piece of pie. Pie and plate
were broken and trampled upon the
kitchen carpet. We were coming to a
fist fight" when Sissy remembered
that there was another pie of the kind
IN the cellar. She brought it, and we
devoured the most Of it in peace.
While eating the pic we resolved
upon new plan. In our eagerness TO
try it we forgot our noon work, and
again leaving the house went TO the
orchard.
Poor Daisy-Dingle! 1T was a rather
warm day in July, and at noon the
heat was oppressive for a poor worried
calf. Our plan did not work. Daisy
Dingle would not stand, sowe gave he,
more exercise until at last she was con
auercd.
just as Sissy had taken her place
astridc the calls back our neiehbor.
who had returned from church. and
who had been watching us unobserved,
came along. interfered, and we were
S1,l,.a1 4o
We were mortified and worried to
think We had been discovered, and thus
made liable to exposure as we'll as pun
isEment. We ran into the barn to hide.
each blaming the other for what had
been fooc Soon firing OF this, we
looked about to see what next we could
do uu0l,scrved.
Mr.. Jones made cider for vinegar.
i;c kept barrels OF it in his barn.
iharc were three barrels that Sissy and
] had often thought might still be fit
ways been puzzle.
We thought this an excellent oppor-
tunity for tasting it.
The bungs We're tight in each barrel,
and we saw no possible way to get
them out: but instead of spigots there
We're plugs that we thought might be
easily knocked out. [ gave one hard
hit and the. cider, or rather vinegar
came suddenly squirting over both Of
us in stream, and we were thoroughly
drenched.
We had planned to drink with
stGaws, but did not even taste it, TO,
we made an effort to replace the plug.
AS it finally ceased flowing we con.
Guided that we were successful in stop
ping it.
We tried the second and third bar
rels with almost the same result.
Next we hunted eggs. These We
took to the kitchen, made coal fire
filled the tea-kettle with eggs and
water, put it over the fire. and CLOSED
the stove.
While waiting for the eggs to boi.
we remembered our work. AS it was
getting late we dropped everything
and, leaving the door wide open, pro
ceeded to water cattle.
In the midst of this Mr.. ant
Mrs. Jones returned. They had beer
very anxious about us, and came bacl
much earlier than was anticipated
When Mother Jones caught sight O
us she screamed, but when she reach
| ed the kitchen door and saw at on.
| glance the hot stove and hungr,
tramp feasting upon the remains o
our dinner, she gave one piercing
shrek and tainted away, which 81
scared the tramp that he fed.
The kettle had boiled dry and wa
emitting a strange odor.
The stove was hot enough to burst
and the carpet was irreparably spoiled
Mrs. Jones was sick all night fror
fright The next morning Daisy Dingl
was found dead.
Our neighbor came to tell of on
doings in the orchard, Just at the nc
mcnt Mr.. Jones discovered, by til
smell Of vinegar, what had happene,
to his barrels.
| Mrs. Jones about this time discov
cred the eggs and the ruined conditio,
of the tea-l1ettle. She could not fin.
the dress she had wished to wear tina
day. nor could she for long time ge
over the loss Of two. or the ruined con
dition of our clothes, besides everything
else.
| They wisely concluded to never leav
us alone again.
Both were too indulgent to punish Il
severely, SO we got Off with mill
reprimand. They blamed themselve
for not getting an older person to tax
charge OF us.
Years have passed Both Mr.. an
Mrs. Jones are dead. Sissy and I ar
married. From this we learned a goo
moral, and it serves us we'll in orr ow
family of little ones. 1t is this: Neve
leave children alone with the care OF
house.
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