The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-02-10

With much dignity, lie does wher |
he's home, but he's gone to the coun-
try with mother"
Gan, then he did rot get my let
ter
"Oh, it's the Bishop" they cried
with one voice. At once the troops
broke ranks, and with the Queen
and Mrs. Cleveland they swept for
ward to greet him, leaving Danny
Dee alone in the rear. "Come iD,"
they sail, 1--WE didn't expect you 30
SOON
"Bnt there's water upstairs 10 the
spare room," said Ted, "'cauGe took
it up"
"And mother aired the bed, and
put on the best whole sheets, that
weren't darned, this very morning,
beginning to get ready for you" put
in Molly.
81 am going to loan my pillow to
you, while you are here, cause there
aren't enough to 90 round when We
have company, and ] sleep on the
sofa pillow" said Molly, her sweep
ing cap bobblng up and down earn
estly.
The Bishop felt himself borne
along by the current, and after he
had made brief toilet in the spare
room, descended to the sitting room,
where he found the children without
their fiaery, very clean and distinct
iy soapy, sitting in six chairs ready
to entertain their guest.
eve didn't expect you until
Thur ,day, because papa couldn't re d
your writing; he said he never read
worse" remarked Molly, placidly.
go Molly, said Polly much dis
tressed, 81 think he thought the
writing looked pretty, but he didn't
have the right spectacles."
81 brought him six pairs" said
Molly, stoutly.
But the bishop laughed and laugh
ed, and when he met the twelve eyes
regarding him with solemn wonder,
he laughed all the more.
"Father and mother have gone
out to kill two birds with one stone,''
said Harlow. "Old Mrs. Smithers,
and chicken that they are going to
buy for your supper is the other,
and mother is going to bake a frosteo
cake big enough for US too. We al
ways like to have the Bishop come"
he added, feellngly.
/ "Have you any children Of your
own?" asked Polly.
The Bishop shook his head. mot
f my very own" he confessed, "bui
am great friends with some chill
drep, who sometimes like for me to
tell them stories"
| With one consent they drew ear
er, aud Dummy Dee climbed iuto
his lap.
| "Do it now, please" urged Ted.
"What about?" asked the Bishop.
At this, Dummy Dee took his
thumb, out of his mouth with a
plop, like a cork out of bottle.
"Mudder Gouth," he said in SOL
emn voice, and Immediately put it
in again.
"There was an old woman lived under
the sun,
Who went out shooting without any
gun,
She shot a wild goose instead of a
duck,
And said, Oh!my eye, what very good
responded the Bishop promptly. And
Dummy Dee, perfectly satisfied,
Culed up against his shoulder and
went sound asleep.
"About the dog, please" said Har-
low next.
'Do you know what will make a
pug dogs tail uncurl?" asked the
Bishop.
"Does damp weather do it like it
does mothers front hair!" asked
Dick.
"No," said the Bishop, laughing
"But was visiting, not long ago,
where the lady had a very fat pug
dog with tightly curled tail. She
asked me if l would ike to see it un-
curl. | said certainly should, 80
she told me then that Pug was not
always a good dog; that he some
times ran off and got into bad COM
pany, and thus caused much trouble.
All the time she was talking thus,
the curl was disappearing from his
tail, and at last 1t lay quite fat and
dropping on the floor. But said
the lady, then, he quite Often al
most always, in fact, is a dear little
fellow, very intelligent. He is a
''good watch dog, and obeys me
beautifully and when she had fin
ished, his tail was all punched up
again"
eve had dog once," said Ted;
"who barked at people when he
thought father wasn't around. One
night the yestrymen came out and
Mac didn't see father, so he barked
at the biggest vestryman. They
were all in row on the walk-it
was slick from sleet storm-so ia
ther ran around 10 front of the 'front.'
est man to try and get at Mac, but
his feet slipped and he fell against
the frontest man. and he against the
next, till they all fell down like ten
pins
''There comes father and mother"
called out Molly, who was nearest
the window, and instantly the Bish-
op found himself deserted4by all but
Dummy Dee, still sound asleep on
his. shoulder. Through the open
window came the sound of MANY
voices.
> 81 choose to tell" "No, let's all
tell" Then composite shrek