The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-02
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'What is swell dinner, papa?''
Just You wait and see, young man!
You will be wiser on that subject a few
hours from new"
"Well, l know it will be good dinner,
and l will ride home by moonlight, won't
l, papa? You promised, you know, cause
never rided by moonlight in all my life.'
And Teddy nearly fell out of the car
riage in his delight. "l'se SO glad you
'cluded to go this way and not In the old
choo-choo cars
Papa was quite as gay-'lik Ike d boy
again." he said;. and as. they drove Into
was laughing the hafdef fo fhe sgi sf MnS
Jonas. the hired main; Pulling 6ii a rpbe
with all his strength; and at the other
end of the rope was! a young steer, Pulling
with all his strength the other way: His
four legs, very far apart and as stiff
as possible, looked as if they would never
yield all inch, and the long tail, stretched
out as stiff as a broomhandle, with tas-
sci on the end, looked even more obsti-
nate than the long legs.
What are you trying to do, Jonas ?"
shouted papa.
"Get Tom inter Their barn. drawled
Jonas, with another big tug at the rope.
Just then Tom changed his mind, and
started for the barn on Il full run, drag
ging Jones after him over the chips and
through a big mud puddle, pellmell into
the barn, where Jonas sprawled full
length and Tom stood still, u perfect pic
ture of innocence, as much as to say,
Wasn't this what you wanted?''
How they all shouteds Grandpa and
sides, papa rolled on the grass, shouting,
while mamma and Grandma Selden were
wiping the tears away.
Dor, t zee what YOU are a-laughin' at"
drawled Jonas: II didn't care who went
first so longs Their critter got thar
BY this time Teddy was out of the car
rage and running around like a late
chicken grandma said. There were so
many things to be done. he hardly knew
which to do. first.
Just then ''Quack! Quack!' and along
came Mr.. and Mrs. Duck, all dressed in
white. with yellow stockings. Teddy
scampered off to the corn barrel and
came back with both hands full. but dear
me! Mr.. Duck took the whole into his
Zig bill all at one scoop.
"You horrid. greedy thingv' You didn't
leave one bit for Mrs: Duck and Thanks
giving day, too. Where did you learn
your manners?"
"Quack! Quack!' said Mr.. Duck. Civ
"Quack! Quackr' said Teddy, who had
another handful Of corn. "You won't get
a single here Mr.: Duck sprang up 80
suddenly that all the corn flew out of
Teddy's hands and he sat down rather
hard. Then he and Mr. Duck had quite
little fight, for both their tempers were
rutfled, and in the meantime Madam
Duck quietly ate all the corn.
"Wcll, you just cheated yourself that
finln on1 I'1-, 1o1 oil T ~ Of 1-o,, ~,
til next Thanksgiving. and den wouldn't
dust like to eat you"
''Quack! Quackr' said Mr.. Duck. wad-
himself swung up on old Blacks back.
Hold on tight now" said grandpa,
land get up an Appetite And away
went the old horse, jog-jog down the lane
to the bars and here he quietly went
down on his knees and slid Teddy over
fellow and had climbed the bars and so
onto old Blacks back as soon as the old
horse was on his feet again.
Good for you, Teddy" called grand
pa, and up the lane they came again,
Teddy holding ON by the shaggy name,
his short legs sticking out straight, his
little red hat on the back of his head and
his sunny curls dancing over his shout
ders. while peal after peal of merry
laughter reused the neighbors.
Guess that little chaps over to Grand
racket Such good time! Down to
the bars and up again they went, until
papa said no one else would stand any
chance at the "swell dinner which
smelled so deliciously, if Teddy was al
lowed to ''get up an appetite" any long
err. so he swung him off, just as grandma
called them to dinner.
And such dinner! If 1 were to tell
you all Teddy ate you would never be-
lieye me and it didn't make him sick,
either: When he had scraped up the last
bit of pumpkin pie he said, II know
what a swell dinner is. It's dinner
that dust makes you swell, isn't it,
papa?"
''Ha, ha!' laughed grandpa. "That
beats Webster's Unabridged"
After dinner papa hung the hammock
in the warm sun and Teddy crawled up
in it for his nap, while the two grand
mas visited with mamma: and grandpa
and papa took walk. Now old Black
was allowed to wander all over the place
as he pleased. and as he came round the
corner Of the house he espied Master Ted
dy asleep. ''Oho!' thought he, "this is
the small boy who rode me ND and down
the lane so many times. I know a little
trick to pay him off for that" So he
quietly nibbled the grass until close to
the hammock, then took the edge in his
teeth and gently rolled Master Teddy
out! A more surprised little boy YOU
never saw. Mamma rushed out expect
ing "grand howl" as papa called it,
but it was really too funny to cry about,
50 Teddy just rolled over and over like
papa. laughing and shouting. AS he was
pretty wideawake now, grandma gave
him nicely-packed basket of good things
to carry to a poor old lady who lived
just across the field. The basket was nut
in little wagon and Teddy trudged
along to the door of the queer little house,
Teddy said cher skin didn't fit" and she
didn't look bit like his grandmas. He
did his errand very prettily, and gave
the basket with Mrs. Russells compli-
ments," for Grandma Russell was very
polite and Teddy always practiced his
he said, when he went there
BLESS yer blue eyesy' said the old lady;
you tell your ma she's got somethin' to
be thankful for anyhow, and so've 1
now l knew your grandma wouldn't
forgit old Marin Pratt, and say, amt
that your pa and grandpa?" And sure
enough there they We're. 30 they put Ted
dy into the wagon and drew him down
to the barn to see the cows MIXED,
Here he found old Black eating his
supper, and he. thought he would have
some fun. 50 he climbed mp and covered
the meal with hay. Old Black pushed it
OFT into the corner as fast as Teddy nut
it on, but ut last the, old horse lost his
Do!lteness and raising his head suddenly:
he blew whole mouthful of meal ali
over Teddy. r@s -. f-.ss> ~ 5.
'Well,'' said Teddy, stamping and sput.
tering,, "dess we'll call it square now,
and-oh. my! grandpa, dust look here.
Here's big little chicken all drownded
in the pigs pail!'' ~ s
/. well, welfr' said grandpa, there's no
end to a late chickens foolishness. Here.
LED. take him in to grandma to nurse. : 8
Grandma wrapped him in cotton and
put him IN the warm oven, with the door
open. hut she said he was too far gone
while they were trying to ed. q little
supper in grandma's big kitchen-aiust
70 keep them alive on the wy home.