Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-21

te<sin. after not bein that boy he wanted
her slosher meant her Ter BE good
aouse@seFer an pat up p'serses aIl naaks
pickles; an Name would stSn al the
~in1ef an sing Al fsrgit all sbao1t her
n1ess I'll twas clean split.
After Mis- Wilson died. thossgh.
Name done better rouEd the haonse-
Aebhe ef III ole man wuz ter die sae'd
take Ter lawn. Ye can't tell; she KIN
10 most an'thin-
jest about then, jim Lane began
Der sleeve rsonnd with Name Wilson.
Smart e. steel trap. he Is; he runs the
sawmiil up the Creek; but tn ole nan
hates him like pixen. an be talked Ter
Name till she lowed she wouldn't take
up with jim, less he WIZ wiilin.'
Jim Lane Is the darnedsst good ma
tured Teller you ever see. He's aiiuz
got a good word an pleasant smile fer
folks. an he'll 20 further out o his track
Fer friend n most anybuddy l know.
He took it offul hard abaout Name,
N he regly got mopy an down In tho
mouth abaout il. An then he got his
,econd wind, an no tried every witch
way TO play it on tn ole man. But Name
she got putty stuffy. too, an she declared
she'd never pose her father, an thar
twas"
Bijah got of the barrel to sell .
couple Of candy balls TO y rosy faced
little lass who was so short as TO be visi-
Die under the slack line, and resumed,
- she closed the door Of the shop
The hull village knew all abaout it
and they talked it up. early an late.
The gals they wasn't slow ter say what
they'd do If they wux in her place, and
The Bugler took hand. 80 ter speak.
an nearly drove the ole man wild. But
Miss Peterson, the minister's sister. she
lowed that Name wuz right ter mind
her father.
"'Look a-here.' says Jim. 'ain't / got
no rights 1T all? an Miss Peterson she
laughed an said she sposed so. but he
certainly did MT orter ask Name ter
take the responsibility of breakin her
word"
Bijah chuckled and changed his legs
and clasped the other knee.
"Twasnt very long after that ole
Wilson went home one night. 'Twuz
gettin early dusk an he tole Name she'd
better get the lamp afore she set down
ter tea. Name wuz agoin through the
entryway with a whoppin great shade
lamp in her hand. when somebody
knocked ter the front door, and she jest
stopped an opened it without thinkin.
Jim Lane was a-standin there. Don't
say nothin. Name says he, an he takes
her bodily, lamp an all, and tucks her
inter carridge that he he'd at the gate.
He didn't fool raound with no railroad
train, but jest turned them horses heads
fer Canada, an when they got ter the
line Name wux q settin there ez still ez
q mouse, without airy hat er coat, an that
big shade lamp a burnin jest as pesrt as
eff it wuz on the ole man Wilson's table
ter home"
Bijah spat at the stove and laughed to
himself.
Fearful thing-the ingratitoode Of
children, amt il? But you'd orter seen
The Bugler mex mornin. Every dad
blamed oolume in it he'd q big head
line, Jim Lane has got his gal. Jim
Lane has got his gall Gosh! that jest
proved ole Wilson wouldn't never hev
busted when he didn't bust that mornin.
HE went whoopin off ter his lawyer
ter see what he cud do to Jim, but
Name she wuz of age an she writ him
that she went Of her own free will; 80 all
he could make any fuss absout wuz the
lamp, an they've been a lawn an foolin
an a arbitratin ever sence.
Ingersou in Boston Transcript.
Gagged Snakes and Their Food.
Many persons suppose that the crea-
lures introduced alive into the dens of
huge monsters suffer tortures Of terror
and fear. We have often observed the
process, and confidently affirm the sup
position to be entirely groundless. The
rabbits and ducks. which we saw put in
with serpents, showed no signs Of fear
whatever, sometimes even giving the
plainest demonstrations that they were
governed by quite other emotions.
On one occasion we recollect noticing
rabbit running about beside and over
the coils Of q huge python. When ex-
actly opposite the head the serpent
moved it slightly and projected ita
tongue several times. The rabbit took
no notice Of this, and little afterward
began to try and nibble the skin Of the
python's body.-Quarterly Review.