Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-09-26
at the sugar.

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the dirt, and at last very faint voice
whispered
"It-lookth-like-mithe. y
Bobby"
And then two penitents bumped
down on the step, and with tears Of
remorse, the whole story came out
how very hungry and tired they were,
and the sugar was so good, that they
both put their fingers in once, and it
tasted so nice, and they kept trying,
and the paper tore and the sugar
leaked out and-oh dear they were
tho thorry
Mrs. Allen, looking very sober, took
what was left of the sugar and went
back to her work, saying they were
naughty, naughty children, and she
would talk with them by and by; and
the children sat still on the steps and
thought
do you thpothe she'll do anything
worthe than talk, Kitty sighed
Bobby, at last.
a guess she will she looked jeful
solemn"
"That'th bad enough, anyway"
Eyes, it makes you feel so queer in
your stomach"
"And the thugar wath motht half
gone'
"And you said it was mice.
Il didn't. l only thaid it looked
like mithe; and it did, very indig-
nantly.
"But it couldn't have been, you
know, Bobby Allen"
"No-o."
Then, after another long silence,
Kitty broke out ooh, Bobby, l tell
you what Let's run Anyway, way
of'-and never come back till they We
forgotten all about it. And they'll be
so glad, like the man in the Bible.
And We'll have a fat calf, y said
Bobby.
"And beautiful time, Kitty went
on.
"And a ring" added Bobby.
"Yes, mammals wedding ring.
ooh, let's hurry
And so it came about that KITTY
and Bessy, still weeping, and Bobby
and Fritz, leading the way, crept slyIy
off through the garden gate, down
through the orchard, over the forbid
den wall, and on and on, over more
walls and under fences and through
strange fields.
Bobby said afterward: kitty wath
tho perthithtent that when they came
to a wall they jutht had to go over.
At last they came to the most be-
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witching brook you ever saw, spark
ling and singing away to itself, bub'
bling over stones and running down
little slopes in the most enchanting
"water-fall-overs," as Bobby calleC
them.
Straight into the water went the
four dusty boots, while their owners
jumped up and down with delight
and built little dams, and sailed little
ships, and cast away Bessy and Fnt'
on the islands, and rescued them from
drowning in the greatest excitement
and they shouted and chartered an(
laughed, and forgot all about the suSa
and the talk when suddenly, Bridget
the nursery-maid, came plunglng anC
scramblng over the wall, with shrll
"Howly Mither? Sure an here the,
be- as wet as rats" And Papa AlleI
Jumped over with Thank God, an
Mamma Allen climbed after, crying
ooh, John they'll catch their death
a-cold.'
They carried the suddenly solemr
truants home-papa with Bobby, col
and wet and silent; and mamma wit
Kitty, her feet so heavy and quee
with the water running out at tn
toes of her shoes and Bridget bring
ing up the rear with Fritz and Bessy
pouring mingled Streams Of sawdus
and water all the way.
And when they reached home wha
hurryings out of wet clothes and scrut
bing of tired little bodies, what scald
ING hot drinks and solemn talks an
poppings into bed as followed
Right in the middle of that brigh
sunshiny day, there the two small sir
ners lay in the nursery, their nose
all rubbed the wrong way, their SKI
all hot and tingliug, their throats
dry and disagreeable, and they cOulc
>. Ill No not one word an