Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10

lngs going up. As | was at work
those children stopped to look at us.
After awhile they passed along the
bank of the creek. They had got a
few rods and | heard a shout from
those children, and here came a Dov
about ten or twelve years old running
to me and as he caught my hand he
said: Come. quick; there is the aw-
fullest looking thing right down there
you ever saw; he's got great big eyes
right on top of his head and when he
opens his mouth his head is split wide
open, clear back to his neck; come,
quick!" So l went with him and I
saw all of those children looking; some
were stopped down, some with their
hands on their knees just gazing at
one place. As l came to them they
all said, Just look at that awful look
ing thing" AS | looked saw, sitting
under the roots of bunch of bushes
right by the edge of the water, great
bull frog. 1 said, why, that's bull
frog" THAT a bull frog? l never
saw one before" / said, that's the
fellow from whom you get your frog
legs to eat" ''Is that what makes
frog legs? VIII he bite? o, let's
catch him!' And don't you think
those children all made a rush for that
frog and as they closed in on him he
gave a ''currough!" and made a Jump
right through the ring and every
young one right after him, and that
frog went into deep water out of sight.
Then they said, s'We will surround
him and when he comes up to breathe
we will catch him, for he will drown
pretty soon if he don't come up" |
told those children they need not wait
for him, he can stay all summer and
all winter down in the mud. 0, it
used to be fun to watch those city
children play.
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and frogs as long as we wanted we
passed to the fish pools. They were
the same as last year but not SO many
fish. As we did not find much of in
terest down on this floor we made our
way to the dining hall. where we saw
no one seated at any of the many ta-
bles in all that long hall, although it
was almost noon, and we saw but
half dozen or so walters. AS we took
our seats at>one of the tables nice
looking young man came and took our
order for lunch. which was very nice
and we enjoyed it, for we were getting
hungry.
After lunch we left for other scenes.
As we were to have callers that after
noon we did not tarry long, but took
the cars for home AS we passed
through the cyclone district we saw
most all of the buildings that had been
injured, were made up again, only the
city poor house was just as the storm
left it. 1t did not look as if human
being had been on the ground. The
trees all broken and twisted; the
bricks scattered over the ground, not
a sign of work done to it. When we
reached home we found a young lady
who is the musician at the kindergar-
ten. l saw her playing the organ for
the kindergarten four years ago. She
is a great favorite of Father Martins.
She is a German girl, but she can play
like a fairy, sing like a nightingale,
and talk like parrot. She is just
jolly! She sang and talked to me as
if | had known her all of my life. No
one could haYe the blues long where
she was. She could keep the crowd
laughing from morning until night
and yet she looked as solemn as if she
was saying the most serious things.
She stayed until after supper. When
she left she bid US all ''good night"
with kiss. So good night! t. P. r.