Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-05-09

may forsake his evil ways.-Farm
Field and Stockman.
Grandpa's Red-Blanketed Indian,
just to please Roy Glenn, one lone,
", rainy day, when everybody had to
stay indoors, Grandpa Glenn put on
his blue uniform. Grandpa was
soldier, once upon a time, and carried
a sword.
"oh, gran'pa, how fine you lookl
You've seen ever an ever so many
Indians" said Roy, standing away
from that sharp-edged sword.
eyes, Boy, grandpa saw a red-blank,
eted Indian, once upon time" said
grandma. her eyes twinkling with mis-
chief.
Now, Sarah" began grandpa, but
she kept straight on with her story,
which was this:
when little boy, grandpa lived
on the farm nearest us. The country
was new and there We're Indians, not
fighting ones, in the woods. Our
mothers spun yarn for our stockings
and mittens, ON big wheel
Zone afternoon, grandpa, then a
little white-headed boy, came over to
our house to play with me. At ;
O'Clock he must return home, and |
was to go with him short walk
through the woods. We walked brisk
ly for little way, when thought |
saw an Indian and was afraid to go
on.
Grandpa said: Little Miss 'Fraidy,
come on, I'll tell the Indian to Just go
off an let us be-"
We, walked on little farther when
something red moved and nodded be-
side the narrow path just ahead ofus.
l screamed and grandpa laughed.
until the red something moved vet
more lively, Then he cried out,
Mother, mother, save me-" and he
ran very fast back to our house, leay-
ing me alone in the woods.
Mother said that Tommy, now
grandpa, tumbled into the doorway
and could only say Indians, get
Sarah"
Mother blew the horn for the men
working in the field, and they ran to
Ply rescue to find me laughing and sit
ting close beside the red-blanketed In
dian. A hickory bush, gay with red
leaves that swayed and nodded with
the wind, was the Indian that two
easily frightened littls folks saw.
Poor grandpa heard many Jokes
about his red-blanketed Indian that
he saw in Miller's woods: until he was
a big boy the people leased him about
it. He never dared to call me Miss
'Fraidy after that, as my brothers
said it was brave in me not to run un-
til knew what was running from.
did you really think the hickory
bush an Indian, grandpa" inquired
Roy.
~ felt sure OF it, and ran back for
help for Miss 'Fraidy," said grandpa
laughing.-Prairie Farmer.
Cute Sayings onYoung America.
ACQUAINTED WITH THE SCRIPTURES.
There are children hosefamiliarity
with the Scriptures is often matter
OF surprise. Instances OF peculiar
phraseology fix themin their memory,
and along with it the precise place in
the Bible where they can be found.
My attention was recently drawn to
an instance:
A mother reproved her little
daughter for using the word "widow
woman" "The woman is not needed,
dear" she said. ga widow is neces-
sarily a woman"
"Still, it is correct expression, :"
replied the child. cat least it is used
in the Bible"
"Oh, / think not" reioined the
mother. Where is it used?"
elm the twenty-sixth verse Of the
eleventh chapter OF the First Book q
Kings. Her name was Zeruah."
The little girl was right, and had
evidently read her Bible with some
care.
AS SHE UNDERSTOOD IT.
Little Miss Two-and-a-Half was
much interested in the departure Of
her young playmates who we're taken
to live in the city of Cedar Rapids.
On the evening of their departure she
broke thoughtful silence by asking,
Mamma why has George and
Edooard gone to see de wabbits?"
WHATS IN A NAME?
Little Phineas did not care very
much for his name, so it was quite
natural, when his little sister came,
That he should attempt to solve a
perplexing problem by saying, Let's
call her Phineas, mamma. I'll beWillie
after this"
AS SHE WAS TAUGHT.
A little girl OF tender years, who hao
been attending one OF the public kind
ergartens, fell from o ladder. Her
mother caught her up from theground
in terror, exclaiming:
"Oh, darling, how did vow fall?"
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