The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-13

ner. and Nellie showed sir,. :.
ance. The little wax taper. h,,,,,;... i'srt-
socket in the silver natcbho~ n -
what looked Ike queer, irrexula- - ~ aes
ana raftsrss they were really -. pliars
roots OF the big hutternnt tree o..sassaRs
At the end Of the passage 49,. aesa
some half rotten plsnks fix@3 ,,,,s. aoass
rude door. Morford pulleS - sal las
them and II came away. reyeabr- sae e
ther narrow cavity beyond. Nelns .s. IT.
hack snrsss
What is there in there?" axs.s,
ford. "saea Nar.
hack" tets q
"A potato-cellar. perhans Va.
back. The sunshine is pleasantar ~ 90
Do you suppose Tom ever exnIa-a "a L
place when he played rohher7a saai
He must have been bravo 10 ~
like 20 be where lis all alive ana ~. -
He sighed with relief when ~. sax
once more in the bread October as,s s'sN1
They strolled round the corner - sat
house. and looked up al the rni,-h.,. sas
spreading boughs OF the hutternn,s over.
1T reminds me OF when usea :.
boy, remarked the young man ~
very fond of nuts in those davs n
tree seems TO be fun of them: wop,s ss eE
be fun TO set Up there and nick 49,.
Have YOU ever baen un2r S'ne
Nellie shook her head. There's ne ro,..
besides, | don climb ropes. I'm a rira Se'
But here's a good ladder" rejo,nas =.
companion. pointing 10 one thar Ia, ,'' -. -
the end of the house hard nv. 11ss
Why, so there is! 1 never ss~
forer' say Y -
The fairies must have brought 4,
eially for us. Let's see if ii will d.
lifted and sat il against the great -. e
the tree. II Just reached the fovt
lower branches. 1T couldn't Ne hs.G
exclaimed the young man enthpsiss,,as
Now. Miss Nellie. will you waIk 4.
stairs? % v
Nellie hesitated; but there is vraa,s.,
more OF the bird and the squirrel in a I.,,.
girl than or the mole: they move hs.~..
ward more readily than the Other -
Under Morrord's guidance and protests.
MS hands holding the sides Of the lass..
on each side of her. she clambere6 ma - 49,
by step, until at last they found ~.
selves standing in a sort OF hollow s.a
shaped place thirty feet above the rr,s.s
with the branches stretching out and nne
all directions. each as big as an ordias--
tree. They overlooked the flattanaa -.
OF the old house, and had fine visw ~
about the surrounding country. The hr.a..
blew sweet and fresh, the surss,s.
twinkled down between the leaves -
the nuts bobbed against their Read. !,
was finel Nellie had never been m 4,
tree; but now she thought ii would he ri.s
to spend most of her time here. II vs,
more eNhilarating than any other hah,t,-
ton she knew Of
This is just like little room" che ala
with a delightful smile at her comnas,or
an hn Al
other almost as big on the other s,da !,
the great branch. I'm going 10 climb over
into it,"
Mind you don't fall. then. Let me hos
your hand
She scrambled across, and Morfori LOT
her carefully down into the broad crotch.
After a moment she uttered a shout
"Oh, see! Here's a great big enormous
hole right down into the treei It's Ike
looking down a chimney: it's all hollow
And here's something sticking in crack
in the side of il. It's an old piece Of paper
folded up with writing on it,
Look out you don't tumble down the
hole" said Morford, looking over at her.
Take the paper out and hand 1t up TO me;
it may be something important. How DO
you suppose IL got there? Perhaps the
fairies put 1t there. or squirrel. or mag
pie. or something"
She gave him the paper, which bore
signs of age, though. considering its posi-
ton, II was in remarkably good preservs-
ton. He opened 1t. glanced II over. and
then said quietly:
Yes. Nellie. IL is important. | think il
viii interest Miss Billop very much-and
Mr. Corvin. too. We will show IL to them.
Let us go down before he goes away"
Must we go down so soon?" said Nelr
lie regretfully.
"Never you mind" replied Morforf
cheerfully; wen come back az often as
we like"