Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

| children about his workshop. Robbie,
however, being not only a grandchild
| but n namesake, was tolerated there
once in a while, and on one of his visits
he found something amongst some
| scrap-iron in box which he thought
he would like very much to have for a
| plaything bit ne could scarcely make
up his mind to ask his grandfather for
it. At last a happy thought struck the
| cunning little tot and he said in his
sweetest voice, picking mp the wished
for article; "GrNn'pa, if you was little
boy an [ was your gran'pa Id give You
dis" He got it.
why Patty Jane Didn't Go to tho Pnrty.
There was to be a " tea party" at
! Uncle Johns house. Mamma and Papa
Warren were invited, and Lew and
Becky though it very hard that they
| should be left at home with grandma
to spend the long evening.
Il most know my eyes won't stay
open till suppcr-time without mamma
to tell me Stories" complained little
Becky, dolefullv, with her chubby
hands wrapped close in her pinaforc,
while she trudged from window to win
dow to catch the very last glimpse of
tho sleigh before if dashed ont Of sioht
over the hills.
low I'm sorry to sov kicked the
chairs RIGHT hard with his conner toes
pnd scowled blncklv.
"Oh, yes, they will. dearic!" cried
| Grandma cheerfnl1v winding in +ho
numerous balls of bright warm which
had been wandering about the floor.
and doublinr tcre!her the long wooI
"comforter" she was knitting for grand
M. eyes. Of coursc they will And
thcv1l he BRIGHT rs brttons. too for
I'll tell Won story myself"
a. story of when vou's n little girl ~
ouericd Becky. her slcepy ewes OMEN
inc suddenly.
"Oh, but that's an astonishing long
time ago." said grandma. o
"But 7 like the lone.oeos hest ="
cried Becky and Lew together.
a lone-aco 1t shall be, then" said
grandma. picking together the burn
Inc brands with the long-lcgged tongs,
putting another stick on The brass
| headed andirons. and brushing the
| Goals from the broad hearth with the
| gray conserving. 1T shall be of the
| fine when NV father and mother were
invited TO a tea-partv, but to
! Squire Holm's daughter's Wedding
marty, I wanted TO 90 RIGHT bad, and
| leased and leased, bnt father and
| mother said no md | knew that no
was meant,
But thought upon it a long time,
and I concluded in NV nauohtiness that
if | could ONLY in some way Get there
unbeknown. why then it couldn't be
helped. So | went on planning. till
bv and bv a BRIGHT scheme came into
NV silly head.
The slcichs of those DAYS had backs
| that world reach above the heads of
| ANYBODY riding. and the seats were a
| kind OF box. with a lid. that would
hold n bushel or two,
Near the night of the PARTY 7 slyly
| put on nv linsev-woolyey cloak and
WOODEN hood, and crcpt into tli, box.
"Tt was = ,,rottv snur fit for | was q
cbubbv Girl Of s and thc lid wouldn't
come down Very close. but when
| father and mother COT in if came down
81 nuick ON tbe tom of my head that i
made me see n whole skyful of stars
for = minnie.
"Rut didn't dare to crv ont and
away we went rnmbletv-bump across
the meadow. throuob tho LONG stretch
of nine woods down into Rick's Hol-
low them away mn stecD Youn,- Hill
! that was nearly a mile long and full of
curyes and twists.
q oicoled 10 myself and thourbt 7
was 6aVinr Great finn. But il was emf
short nrottT muirk About halfway
mn Youno mi in the ycrv stceuest
mart was the Elbow Here II alwavs
{ drifted badly and was awful si1liuo
Mother wonfcd TO cot ont but fnth9r
| thonoht twas safe
all at once over We went, bcdouiEts
hot-watcr Jugs and father and mother
tooctbrr The Id Of tbo s,riob .soo +
fcw mn and ont tumhled Ni,b y
shrek on ton Of the bean.
".Pattv Jane Swift that was my
name thcn( where nndcr tho SIM di,l
Won come from % cried mother str,a
ghng from "hoof Il nuSe Wool pedIullt
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