Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-01-07
ERsN,s ADVENTURE.
The Fiery Eyes in the Dark and what The
Proved to BE.
Golden Days.


please tell us a story, grandma, be-
fore the lamp is lighted, was the plea
of Sarah Richie, as she drew a stool to
her Rraudmother's side, and looked low
ingly in her face.
Grandma smiled as She saw the other
children gather eagerly around her,
even Joseph laying aside the book he
had been trying to read by the fading
light, and coming near to the circle
around grandma's chair
well, dears, what shall the story be
about?"
please let it be a true story about
when you were a little girl
If You like | will tell you a true
story, but it happened much longer ago
than when was little girl. 1t is
about one of my mothers brothers
when ne was a boy At that time
the country was very new, and
houses a long distance apart, and
there were no factories to manufacture
cloth, but the women and girls spun
the yarn and wove the cloth for their
families, and more than that, they
spun their own thread to make their
clothes with. 1t required great care to
nrnnare me aax for thread for after Il
bad bscn barkled IN ! coarse bacl,le h
kind of coarse comb made bv FASTENING
long steel teeth in board. they had
to comb it through very fine haelle.
Zone day Mrs. Warren told her son
Eben that he must go to Mrs. Leavett's
and harrow her fine bael,le So she
could b,clsla some eax fo,. thread
Fban was pleased ia ao as it was a
,leasapt d,v and h. had NOT seen James
Ieavatt for a lone time. When he was
ready 10 start Mrs Warren said.
.Eban vou may stav and NAV with
Tan,as avvhil.a INT no sura and Start in
time to oet home before dark Eben
nrorised that h. would ana then
started III liz tbreq-mife ,v,ll. Two
miles ~ the distance was tbrou0h tbicl,
woods.
1T was nearly mile 10 the woods
and lust at the edge Of the wood was a
pretty brook. singing over the pebbles
Eben lost no time in lettering. for il
was not till after that he could see his
friend James. He went directly to Mrs
Leavett and did his erraud. and told her
he could stay awhile and play with
James. and then they went out for a
good time
II can not tell you what they PLAYED.
but am sure they enioved themselves.
for Eben forgot his promise to his
mother. and did not think of IL until
Mrs. Leavett called James. aud then, to
his dismav. he saw the sun sinking be.
hind the hills He hurried to get the
hacl1le and start for home. but Mrs.
Leavett would not let him 60 until he
had eaten supper, and both Mr. and
Ms. Leavett urged him to stay all
night, but he knew his mother was
looking for him. and he feared he would
be punished for not keeping his prom
Use. James went with him to the edge
of the wood but he was timid and
dared not 90 far.
Now Won children may think il did
not REQUIRE much bravery to walk
through two miles of woods, on wag.
on road. even if II was dark evening.
but II was very different then from
what il i now The country was new.
" settled. and there were MANY wild
animals Int Eben was not naturally
timid and If he had obeved his mother
he wouId have had no fear but chill.
d,.en then were tauoht 10 obey their
parents in All thinrs md they we're
taught from the Bible that II was 4
great sin to disobey, 50 Eben feared
that something would happen to punish
him for his disobedience and breaking
his promise 10 his mother.
"ft was very dark in the deem woods.
Int Eaen hurried ON. and Lad rot over
half wav throngh the woods when he
sow two cleaning ewes coming to.
,vard him and IN moment a dark
-,,,i,,,al doshed INST him. how
fri,,htorad h. yas lie was SIRE Il
was no villa animal il must be one ~