The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-31
Paul and chiokabIddy

noon.
Paul and Chiokabiddy
"That old l. wuns away from my
little chickabiddy all the time!" cried
Paul, climbing up the steps OF the
cool, vine-snaded back veranda, where
his pretty sweet mamma was canning
cherries. "What do you fink he will
| do now?"
81 think he will scratch for himself"
"But he don't scwatch for hisself.
The wobin-wedbweast scratches Tor
him."
"How is that?" asked mamma,
opening her blue eyes wide ut her little
boy, fearing he was telling a wrong
story.
"He takes the worms the wobin-wed-
bweast finds for his little ones up in
| the cherry-tres nest. See there"
Mamma looked out upon the cro-
| background, and there, sure enough,
was bright, plump robin-redbreast,
braced back on his slim black legs,
pulling q finefat angle-worm out Of
the damp soil. and yard away stood
the scrawny Plymouth Rock chicka-
biddy, with his long, half-hedged neck
stretched out, watching the exploit
with great anxiety.
No sooner did the robin have his
hard earned prize dangling and wrig-
Cling in his bill than chickabiddy gave
a spring and squawk, robin dropped
the worm, and quick as wink chick
abiddy gobbIed it up. W
"Well, never!" said mamma with
q surprised laugh. ~,
"He does it ever so many times"
said Paul. wisely; "and there are so
many wobins here ut Cherry farm, he
doesn't have to scwatch for hisself
at all."--Aarper's Young People.
Honest Regret.
Little 5-year-old Arthur had been
sent into the country to stay three
months Mt his grandpa's. Itwas Bit
ter March weather, too cold even for
the lad to see out OF DOORS for the
windows were coated with thick white
frost.
Can 60 outdoors today, grand
mar" bravely asked the lad as he
came downstairs the second morning
after his arrival. mo, of course not. !
You must stay right here by the fire,
where it is warm"
The boy sighed and began playing
with the cat. Arthur" commanded
one OF the three maiden aunts, ''get
up quick, you will soil your stock
ings." The young nephew obeyed
without protest. But it was rather
lonesome, and pretty soon he tried
the organ. ]
arthur" commanded aunt No. 2,
stop that noise Immediately. Your
grandpa wants to read" Again the
youthful visitor obeoed. This time
he went to the window and began
scratching the frost off with pin SO
that he could see out. Arthur" in
structed aunt No. 3, "stop that!
Come away from the window"
Arthur stepped back from the win.
dow, put his hands in his pockets.
looked first at the specialized grand
parents, then at the three aunts poised
about the room like statues on ped
estal, and said. "If didn't have to
live here I'd be glad"
An Obedient Egg.
"This is n queer egg you have given
me, mother" said Woodruff at the
breakfast table; "see how it stands
on it's smaller end!" Every one at
the table looked up in astonishment.
Sure enough there the egg stood as
Woodruff had said, and, what was
more wonderful still, in perfect bal
ance on the brim OF n bowl.
The boy took it down, and 10! it
assumed a slanting position on the
edge of the table, seemingly in the act
of falling down and yet not falling.
All the girls almost screamed in their
anazement.
Next Woodruff took the egg and put
it in different position again on it's
broad end, finally clapped it, as it
were, santing on the head OF O bottle
of mineral water. The positions
which an obedient egg may be made
to assume are not all told here. 1t
may be placed in any other position
at the will of the person who handles
it. 1t can stand on end, sideways,
inclined to the right or the left half re.
clining, etc.
The preparation or fixing" to OBJ
tain such an obedient egg is very sim
pie. Let an egg be emptied through a
small hole and then thoroughly dried.
Put into it about two thimblefuls OF
fine, dry sand, and plug the whole
with white wax. The sand inside will
act as ballast, and by slightly shaking
the egg thus faxed, you can change
at will the centre ofgravity and make
your shell assume any position you
like to the amazsment of beholders.
Getting the Wood In. ~
"See here, boys, did you know the
reason why. Charlie can't come to
school these days is because he has to
bring in all that wood in his yardf"
asked Pete.
"Is that sol" exclaimed Tom. "Let
US help him Saturday afternoon. It
won't hurt us to give up our play for
one afternoon, and it's shame for
Charlie to lose all the fun we are
having these recesses." a1
Agreed, shouted the other boys.
Saturday afternoon, when Charlie
was busy with his work, his school
mates surprised him by rushing into
the yard and offering to help. By
night the last stick of wood had been
brought in.-Harper's Young People.
How the Prairie Looks.