Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-03-12

PLEASE CAN WE SLEEP HEEE TONIGHT
In the middle of which stood a small
cabin, covered with morning-glory and
wandering Indian vine.
The door was open, and there was.
woman sitting with her back to 1t, at a
table. There seemed to me something
familiar about the place, but was too
tired to pay any attention to it'and We
just staggered in.
"Please can we sleep here to-nightr
l asked. "We have walked all the way
from Bondville, and are worn OUT
The woman turned sharp around, and
the light Of the candle fell full on Der
face. II ,cas ResidA
Good land" she exclaimed, fit
amt Anna Sophia! All the way from
Bondville, be ye? Well, that ain but
half mile of" and she burst out laugh.
ing
told her | didn't think there was any
thing to laugh at, and presently she
stopped.
You've been of on some foolishnesS
Anna Sophia she said. "Runnin'
away, guess. Well, ! reckon you've
had enough of it, by the looks Of you.
Got turned round in the woods, | s'pOse,
and like as not been walkin' in a circle
Well. / never seen the beat! Andyor
chose poor day for your fun, too ic
you hadn't been gone half an hour when
your Uncle Solomon over to Bromp0F:
came by in Vaughn and took your ma
an Miss Fenwick and Eva and BenH
all over TO Bromfeld TO see them EaI
figgers. Your ma bad me run to the
pasture to see If you was there butt
didn't see no sign of you, so oil they
went Your Uncle Solomon was goln
to treat. and they laid out to stay
some goin's-on this eyenin'. reckon
they Amt come back yet"
thought right OF that there vast
chance for us to get home and go 70 OeI
and no one but Keziah need ever know
we had been gone all day.
So asked her if she wouldn't pleas
keep it to herself that we'd run aEay
She wouldn't promise, and so | told he,
/ would leave it to her good nature ana
sense of justice. and she said inM
sounded Just like me, and she'd thihhh
over and try to discover what | was
driving at.
Then we went home, Keziah going
ahead with a lantern; and the mlnlNi
had got something to eat, went to pea
And l was never so tired in all my nv
Mother came home about half an noL
later, and she came up in the aafA
see me and to tell me how sorry she W.
that Lulu and had missed ua's
Solomon's treat, and that she haah,
been able to keep me out Of her @ln'
all day.
Then she kissed me and went COVE
stairs. and did hope Keziah T0uiaD'
tell
But she did. She was in the ki'eas.
when went down to breakfast the w
morning, and saw by the way mon.
looked at me that she knew all aoel..
She didn't say any thing, hoSe''i
and | was thankful for that -
think she felt that had been puni'ao.
enough, for / was so stiff, and my ~
were so sore could hardly get aros..
lit had only stopped with EN-
mother | wouldn't have careu w.
much; but it didn't
Kezish wasR't satisfied until W
body in Bondville knew that Luz
had run away, and the que,s L
people asked US were perfectly u'
full
Lulu and / were the only ones
didn't see any joke in the matter sr
IL seems pity we made suc1 -
ure Of that day; but. as Mrs -.
told Lulu. think We learned q H1
for We haven't talked any sinoe -,
leaving home. and Lulu doesn $3.50 49,.
more stories about rich old GEM.
liking to adopt girls just like Us
ence II Hallowell. in Golden Day