Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-05-05

upstairs, allow me to suggest that
you, Harry, stand on the turn of the
landing; you, Temple, on the ground
floor; and you, Cameron, at the bot
tom OF the kitchen stairs. Then /
will pass the word down for the va
rious articles require, and you three
by successive stages, will"
"Chuck them upP' finished Gamer
on, enthusiastically; ''capital no
ton! OFF you go, Hildred."
The others carried out his idea,
not forgetting Cameron's amendment.
They quite enjoyed this new game,
and being all fair cricketers, they
only smashed bottle of saltwater,
a jar of mixed pickles and two cheese
plates When the repast was over,
and the traces of capsicum and cauli-
flower had been removed from the
stairs, the three oldest lads held a
council, in which it was decided that
they must have maid servant. The
question was how to get one. The
registry Offices would all be closed by
this time, and even if they were
open all night, it would be impossi-
BILE to get decent girl to come into
such aqueerly constructed household.
"Why?" asked Hildred. raising his
eyebrows. "lt is perfectly correct,
there is Miss Frere to chaperon her!"
At this point, Harry, who had been
out in the garden, ran in to say that
| there was q dog-''a beast of dog, ="
he said-belonging at the next house
barking at his rabbits, and trying to
get over the wall at them.
"I'll stop him." cried Cameron, flu
riously.
And, not because he had any dis
like to the dogs but because he was
/ just in the humor to enjoy throwing
q pailful of water at something, he
! filed zinc pail with water and dis
appeared, muttering strange oaths,
into the garden.
In very few moments he stag
gefed in again, haggard, white and
trembling.
"Hullo!" cried Temple, whats the
natter"
"It's that I've made an-an internal
idiot of myself"
''Is that alp" returned his brother,
pleasantly.
Il took that pail OF water out. and
l heard the dog barking, and | never
thought to look TO see il it was all
right; and threw the water over the
wall. "
He paused and a look OF anguish
passed over his face.
"Well?" said Hildrcd.
at drenched somebody" sug-
gested Temple.
Cameron nodded plaintively.
The prettiest girl you ever sawn
he groaned. ut went right over her.
/ heard her scream; climbed up on
heap of old flower pots; and there
she was, dripping all over. She gave
me one look-nOt angry, but sur.
prised, you know. That girl must be
an angel. Before | had time to STAN
mer out two words she was gone
What shall do? Shall / write &c
her and tell her would die to take
back that pail Of water?
"You can't; you don't know heI
name" objected Temple, immensely
interested now that the story had de
veloped sentimental side.
YES, / do. Somebody-an aged
feminine person, l imagine-calleC
out Annier"
"But you can't be sure she was the
Annie.
Eyes, ! could see it in her face. "
"YOu will have to call next dool
with formal apology"
What. with this black eyep BE
Sides' | shouldn't see her. / should
be shown in to the aged feminine per
son, and come away feeling as i
somebody had been trying to max,
me into an ice-cream.
"Well, you must do something!n
Il shall go back into the garder
and wait for her to come ont again
She was going to water the flowers.
"She won't risk being watered her
self again. -
Eyes, she will. She is too sweet t.
let her flowers droop just because o
n little accident like that"
"Hullo, you seem pretty far gone
already
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