The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-03-19
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'ng. u II natural To like nice things.
but wilbur was rally quite 4 lliir
pig. lie could have eaten al day AMI
seemed To think Of nothing else. Aficg
breakfast be- talked of lunch: ane.
lunch be- talked Of dinner aud between
times he WAS always asking fora cake.
cracker or some candy
lie had tasted al sorts of thing.
soft soap, hacking. washing soda and
grandpa medicine, which was ~ hli.
&C." Tint ii made hlm cry Tor half an
henr and whenever his mother lci
him go 10 sec his Aunt Sarah. who
lived just around the corner size used
o. say:
Now don't ask Tor something 60
ont"
Wilbur never did when his aunt
had kissed him and taken him into the
sitting ruum. be- used tu talk 10 hrs
for a Few minutes. and then hN bis
eyes ga little corner cupboard which
his aunt alWayl called hrr "go0dy
rlrr't and look ai u until Aunt Sarah
would say What are you thinking Of.
VIII And De- would answer. 4 ann
wondering what you have in the clos.
eL" And she would laugh aud cry out
why. ! wonder what there is to.
dnyF nnd would take key from her
pocket and open The door aud peep Boo.
aud sny. why. I declare there are
cakesT or. There are ngs, or "thtrc
HIe little turn0vcrs. Then hc would
give soinc 90 Wilbur On a china plate.
and after be- had eaten all there vs4
upon II she would tell him what 80
called the story of the picture on i'e
plate
Tile funny house with ~ many cor
ucrs she uld was Mandarin 10 lis
couutry house The TAI man on toe
lunuuy was 10 llI himself The nj
in the boat on the river were To HIS
servants catching fish in nets TIE
funny little lady Ia the garden Was
10 his wife picking mnlberries. and
the liulc men with Bags ON their shout
den. running one after the other over
the bridge. were the rest 81 hlf ser
yarts going io buy good things ior To
It's supper
At this little Wllbufs eyes would
sparkle. aud he would say:
II wish I knew 10 lii think be-
world ash me in supper
And Aunt Sarah would say:
Well perhaps be- might. though a.
doesn't hook VERY amiablr"
Aunt Sarhs house was delightful
place. Nllhur thought aud be- went
there al often a. De- could. The only
rule Size made Tor him was that Doc
shluld nc,cr TASTE anything unless she
g3tr % 90 h.m, aud unrr she sent him
homo because hc bic big pic,e oui ~
ihc cake ST wax iu Der work basket
he uid % luukc, Ike candy and hc
thought % must be- good IN eat
uue day Wllmuf went 90 Aunt
samhs early in the afternoon sud
iaua at The bell ns usual hut no one
,amr iO answer him Maybe shes 90
the kitchen. bee said Ca himself 81
De- went around .o the back ul DE
house aud tried the Kitchen door. u
WIS fastened on the Inside. hui one of
and Wilbur cliEiirii upon bench tlui
the Windows was open a little Wlt
stnod beneath 10 and managed to s|
to the slll. whence De- uroppcd hin
into the Kitchen
No one WAS there. u was plain iimi
Aunt sarah was not ~ home and VII
irr roiicn an over the house. saying
10 himself that his aunt would d. sur
prised to hud him there when she came
hlcg Al first hc irnused himself very
we'll lint sss-r awhile De- hccan Co
wonder what Aunt Sarah had iu her
goCdy closet. aud went into the sitting
rom aud stood uppislte 10 and looked
However. that d.l him no 9 'nd. or D
coold not see through the doors sp hr
gave great sigh and went oui into
tho Kitchen again. There was q BE-.
fhvrrator there. but % was locked.
lrSt un the Kitchen was Tiny little
laundry. with tubs in o. a CLOTHES.
horse aud au irnnlng-iahlc. and all the
nstirons upon the sh"f. With the
stand aud holders hanging over them
on little brass hooks
Wilbur went in ana looked about
him. and az last saw something 10 eat
un the hoor Ia each Of the four cor
ucrs of the room stood u tin plate. on
each of the plates was q slice 81 Dread
cut Into squares and spread with some
thing of a reddish color jam. Wilbur
thought. Al this sight he clapped his
hands nnd laughed II was ~ funny
10 see bread and lam Ia the corners oi
the room: IL was like the fairy tale
where the house was made N sugar
candy
lie lost no time In taking one Of the
plates. carrying 10 10 the Ironing table
and sitting down 10 feast Little did
he know that the stun spread upon the
bread was poison hat Aunt sarah
had nut there for some r0achcs which
she had found la the wash r0om. "
she had had any idea that little VII
hur would make q call Ia her absence.
you may BE- sure tina she would NOT
have done Il.
About half an hour later Aunt sarah
Opened the door with her latch-kcy,
aud. to her horror heard the mosl
dreadful means and groans aud
screams within the house. These
guided her 10 the Kitchen, aud There
she saw poor little Wilbur writing la
agony: and as The plate of poisoned
bread was on the table. she knew 40
once what had happened
There was mo- time 10 be- lost Calrl-
ing the child Ia her arms she carried
him as fast as SHE could To the house
81 q Kind old doctor who lived over
the way. Wei Il was that be lived no
farther on and that he had in the