The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-28

carrytkhe pigs their supper of sour skim
milk; and after calling her in vain sew
eral times, she sent little Ned to find her.
and bid her come along cut OF that this
Instant. Ned delivered the message
with the pithy additions "She's
ragin';" and so in frightened haste
Rosanne finished addressing her en-
yelope with wild blots, and overset tho
ink bottle, and rushed away to .etch
the bucket. When she reached the
dairy she was relieved at finding no.
body there to scold her. and still hurry
driven, she filed her bucket and ran
OH with it across the yard. Rosanne
rather liked seeing the pigs at their sup
per, they wriggled 30 ali over with en-
joyment, and she now leaned against
the sty-door to watch them. She began
so sing Norah Creina, but in the middle
Of the first verse she stopped abruptly.
"a frightful r1isgiving had suddenly
seized her, come she knew not whence.
She leaned forward and looked into the
trough; she snatched up her bucket
and examined it carefully; and then
ehe perceived that she had indeed done
q dreadful thing. In her haste she had
emptied the wrong crock, and had
thrown weeks gathering of cream to
the pigsl
How dreadful it was she could esti-
mate by the pride her mistress took in
the row of rich, yellow-topped milk
pans,s the precautions with which she
surrounded them, her wrath if any
clrmsiness imperiled them. What
would that wrath be now? Rosanne
made her mind up all in minute not
to face il. She would run away home.
It was no such great distance across
the fields; she might get there, she sup
posed, before it was quite dark. She
thought her father would be glad TO see
her, and, If so, her stepmother must
perforce acquiesce. But at all events
there was Dan Mclean, who would be
certainly 'as pleased as anythin'," and
make much of her and take her part,
whatever happened - Dams stalwart
frame held up the whole fabric of Ro-
sanne's future. Beyond doubt she
had lost her chance of getting holiday
In any other way, she thought, as she
raced at full speed back TO the house.
For she had no time TO hesitate, as the
discovery might at any moment prevent
her fight. Luckily, almost everybody
was out in the bayfield,. and she got up
20 her attic unperceived. There she
collected her few most cherished pos
sessions-the rest might be fetched aft
erwards-threw on her shawl and once
more dared the crealdng. gathering
stairs and the passage that led by the
awful dairy door. Fortune still fa-
vored her; she escaped all their perils
and was presently scrambling through
the gap In the briery hedge into the
meadows at the back of the hay yard.
She ran all the way through the first
Geld, because she had such a vivid pic
ture in her mind of what might be at
that very minute happening within
doors She could almost see Mrs. Con-
roy's face as she stared into the empty
cream crock and hear her terrible call.
IOud and peremptory; "Rosarnel Ro-
ssnnel" The mere thought of IL made
her scud along like rabbit.
But at the end of the field she heard
real soiees. for the haymakcrs were re-
turning 10 the house, 90 she slipped
out OF their way behind smooth-sided
haycock. When they. passed she stole
~ 70 the foot path and or sgyiR