Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-06-12
MehanGsown Frederick County, Maryland Thursday June L, 1890

Aunt Prudence.
The ascent was soon made and
the damaged root nearly repatriation
Miss Prudence could drive nail as
straigh us any man-when Dora espied
the COW, who, seeing the gate open, had
lett her peaceful rowsng and was max.
ing fora bed of flaming popples and
marigoids.
'Oh, Aunt Patsy, there is Susan!'
THAT COW cried the splinter, drop
ping her nails and springing to her feet.
She's making right for my marry
Colds Hurry down, Dora, an head
her off, and she stood erect, waving her
hatchet and crying frantically: 'Shoo
Shoe, Susan. Shoo!'
Finling words Intellectual, Miss Pru-
dence resorted to arms, and snatching
her bonnet from her head, flung 1t at
the COW just as she reached the middle
Of the flower bed. This succeeded in
producing in effect, at any rate, for the
bonnet lodged on Susan's horns, and
she, bewildered, turned about among
the ncwors, caught her horns in the
rungs Of the ladder, throwing it to the
ground, and rushing from the yard,
was soon nipping daisies and buttercups
as contentcdIy as if no thought of mis-
chief had ever entered her stupid head.
The ludicrousness Of the situation
was too much for Dora's gravity, and
scrambling back to the ridge. pole, she
sank down, over. come with laughter.
4 don't see anything so very funny,
SAID her aunt, tardily. My green bun
nit sp lied, my best posy bed in ruins,
an us up here sixteen feet from the
ground, if an inch. How we'll git
down is more than | know
Dora giggled again. We mustjump
''""''7'
Jump: Yes Jump and nothln SOFT
er to lI5ht onto than astohe pavement.
Then we must slide down the light
ming rod, or-oh III tell you; the
wlnd Is raising ana we VIII spread our
L., lo..,,,l T.. ,>oxool,,k>,
skirts ana descend IKE parachutes
4 thought you had some little sense,
Dorlnda exclaimed Miss Prudence Sc
yerely.
! have ever 50 little, aantle. Give
me the hatchet and l will finish this
mending.
'b"t no" shall we get down. girl ?
why, auntle, seriously, suppose we
shall be Obliged to stay here until some
one happens along. Won they stare
10 see MISS oha" anu llcr ''elce roosl'h9
vi llle il'ee' Polc' my anu uly' DlS'
'ha' Is Il 1t ooh Tram before 'hey co'''e'
" alt "'l'' anu 'he iall connlhS
Us las' as IL ca" COMIC
we sA''4 oc STRUCK ny ll2a'"l''S'
s''' l'o'a' 'lic"i'a'i'e'y' o''e wen
h''e" iler aunt 5 terror oi Il s'oi'n '"o'
IL may oe' LOOK IL m'l'c'oos uel'Shl III
'"''ai'"''a "et III le'u''i 'ol aou'e VI ''ie
harl 'hlhss sue mao salo ol rhll'
"csi'a'i oe N'.le''- h'o" We snail !
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'"ee"' "6"."'
l see MI over 'oh"cf, ""nV'e' ouI
suppose YOU "o"'o NOV nave uo e"'i
hin
Call hlm-call him quick :?
Dora sent out Il clear Halo!
Phil paused in his work, and, as the
call was rcP'a'eu' discovered 'he N't'o
inquire upon 'he lool' waving iicl apron
"''u'Y IN ''.e no" ne''y "''"' iie
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