The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-08-08
IHE CHILpREss nuE0LAR

Nben's he ooGias
Mr smithtin. laid dosu bis brother
letter, vbist be xss uyisg to read 4
bis sie sbd family. He mildly began
A ieu lee, interruptions Bat be va
greeted BY awild shout
Whstu he hiius gsi
There vas Hsl, usmed for bis uBcle
vbo sss ia,, coming back shsr 10 year,
liie 10 Australia Hal slsa stardy boz
oi lin be FIRST year 10 the hish schoo
mad with base ball mama 10 tbs sprlLs
.ad crSEy With foot ball Authorizations Ia
the fall. This wss winter. sud be had
lust vhsedlsd Mr., snitLkins ont Of 4. to,
bosgsn. ou the plea thst hid, ss be call
ed his younger brother. hsd resolved .
/ pair Of ,kstes
Bily vas the 'kid's" name Billy was
/ fat aud 10, as strspping a rascal as one
can meet 10 the recess yard; iull Of fro
/ lie. bot as truthful sud houest as the
school vas lobg
/ Then came LoIo. This red checked,
wsvy haired grl was II years old, aud was
slresdy esioning to suggest, as a meter
Of personsl dignity, that she should be
called Lois.
We expect him by steamer tomorrow.
Mrs Smithkins exclaimed.
TIE children gave little cries OF ecsts
sy. To their imsglusiions their travel.
ng uucle Was q sort OF Arsbisn Nights
entertainment
Sophie. said Mr.. Suithkius 10 low
voice, think we ought to go down to
meet him We haven't seen him for 10
years
1t would make him feel so much more
st home; hut the ehildrsn9
The children Are they not old enough
TO take care Of themselves! asked the IA
ther, manhke
The upshot Of 1t was lsnd thus comes
our story that Mr.. aud Mrs. Smithkins de
ci1ed to spend the next nigh, in New
York, and bring their brother home With
them the morning after. leaving the house
in the sole charge OF the eldest child.
Remem Der, said Mrs Smlthkins, under
20 circumstances let any one IN, no mat
ter VINO knocks, sitter 8 O'Clock, Lock
every door carefully. And bolt yourseI.
yes into your sooms, There have been
burglars around.
That evening Lolo got the boys their
supper, and sat in her mothers char Hal
occn pied bis fathers seat with spproprl
ate gravity, as for Billy, the Kid he call
ed down the reproof OF the oldest memi
bers OF the family by his irreverent conf
1nct at table.
Suppose. said Lolo, distinctly breaking
this temporary repose, suppose q burglar
,bould come?
TIE three looked at each other, while the
InlI horror of this suggestion trickled
Town their spiCsl columns.
tell you what, Let's prepare for him,
isid Hal bravely. Well fI him.
Think so? asked Billy doubtfully. Hal
eplied with a scornful look he design.
ID no other answer.
And now dishes and studies were forgot
en- In the new industry OF inventing burg
ar alarms. 1t was unanimously decided
hat an entrance would be effected first
hrough the cellar.
SO Hal whose genius for subtle comb
stions had i's full play for the first time,
ent Billy for the furnace coal shovel.
shile Lolo was directed to FIJI pail OF
Tster After many experiments the shovel ,
'ss last so balanced thst il the cellar
oor into the kitchen we're touched from
be cellar side the shovel would topple
own smsrtIy upon the burglars back.
1t will cut his head oil, | shouldn't .
1onder asserted Billy the Kid.
But Hal expressed no concern about the
ecspltsted burglar He was engaged in 4,
Impending strings above the door so that
it we're opened the contents OF Lolo's
oil would be precipitsted upon the luck, :,
,ss lutruder's head. :,
| guess thstll fix him, said II Al. survey
,g bis hsndiwork with 40 artistic eye
Having secured the kitchen the children
ent into the dining room that led from &
Hee they piled sll the dining room
lsirs one on top OF the other, mp sgsIost :
le door, so that the slightest jar would !.
md the whole lot down with crash.
10 the meantime they had loaded their
ms with the iinsste from the kitchen. :,
yer the front door they had suspended :,
/ their dish pans and tin pie plates snd
,itsbe sltiLg. so that il the front door .,
lould be opened foot or 80 all the lin -
the house would clstttr down.
1t Was high studded house. aud over
le psrlor door 10 tue ball was portrsit y
their uuele Henry taken when boy. :,
be children hsd never regarded the pIcI
Ire With too great respect. Hal nov sri
.pgtd 1t so ,hst when the psrior door "
louId be opened at q certain angle, the r,
ortrst would be ptecipItsied upon the =
nrgIsrs be I'd J. II be ever got As far ss - "
lat slive. -
There were no back stairs, so they iorti -
"a the front ones ss best they kuew bow.
/ the loot they placed a large tub filled -
ith water, Three or four stslrs up. the
bogs.n ss' slluringly fastened while :.
3out two feet above the teuth step, right "
1der ;be rsllius 10 the ball sboves cord "
ss sttung TITS use sttsched TO another =
ring that led overhead sud to sever eIth
Of them mesni TO brhgs disused coti
"a bodily dosu, usttress, slsts sud al -
ID Sh-u tue AVal.uehe came, It vas cure
gt TO fall into nmptv space '