Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-06-30
What Happened.
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4 n ~ a = Is what happened to a boy one
n FQnxth of July. l was not the bow.
!. - because | CHANGED to be a girl: but
: know hum very well, and he told me
bout Il Testerday.
Jun lie Was ealled Dick, though it was nor
sOAls real name. He and his friend, Bob
had been having glorious time
VIII day, on this particular Fourth.
They began at 8 o'clock in the morning.
.rith fish horns and torpedoes, then at {;
4. clock taftie the Antiques and Horri-
'ru1les' and The two boys followed them all
i.1Yer toNsi. miles and miles, till their feet
fefe HoFf. and their voices hoarse with
hhQntiNg. such sight as the Antiques
md iIostbles' used TO be. | remember
Op'ha myself if | was 'only girl"
ne{ Here dressed in rags and tatters
|, gith <nesH masked faces grinning horribly
!. nder f'alfplous old hats. They blew huge
= Yn horns. booted and yelled, and were
HurrouHtft BY crowd of shrieking boys,
Hyhe tried % out-hoot and out-yell them
\ ~ hat 3 Qesightful moment was that,
CHEN, hf1er my little heart had stood still
mflfh Fright at the near approach of an
~ lWtul monster, with a negro's face and
lilly e4al'e horns, the face was suddenly
!. emoved. md l saw the smiling, ruddy
isNce Of sam Judkins, the grocer's boy,
anrcefiu# me with the customary Hello,
s AH rule, it was an insult to be called
VaissF audi could not abide it, but at that
I'd loniens i was music in my ears.
4 Well. Bob Shannon and Dick followed
we 4o1fibles" to the end, and then they
X REM home and had breakfast. After that
hey Sired of crackers in the back yard,
VTlti tcfasional concerts on the fish horn
ODii noon; md then they went and took
lhWi'n refreshed by the cool water, they
Ell equal to anything, and gladly Joined
he party hat was going to fire off the old
,sfAss caunon in the vacant lot behind the
:, chQol house. This was a truly martial
Wv.
y Dick, who was a boy of lively magma
y ion, felt Ike Napoleon (before Waterloo),
. nd Wellington and Grant before Rich
in1pnd, All folled into one, and forgot that
ID NlexAnder and Leonidas, his'Ravorite he
uIoes Qf anfiquity, knew nothing about the
gays 81 eunpOwder, and had never heard
a,e rcr6ekP "bang! the sharp squirt of
n Ne match and the soft ''f-z-z-z!' of the
oWuer Hhich make boys hearts leap to-
Hy.anaoy the old cannon broke, as ev-
uryone surposed it would, and strange to
y ~. 10 one was hurt.
ID TITS ell nonsense," said Dick, "about
/ pNs getting hurt so much on the Fourth
juIX. That is, of course boys do get
iMirf, but rs only the stupid fellows who
oo't kneN beans. A fellow who knows
bat he's about has no need to get hurt.
Come long, Bob, and let's fire off this
DW46t hats left
" u1 coarse, that would be great fun, and
y ake a Htflng link of delight between the
~ and the browning joy of the evening
% 'eNofks Where should they go to fire
1ie 4D#4eff Why, the fiat gravel roof on
J re Ell q Dicks house would be the very
lclaee 4E curse it would!
/ tNume aIpngv'
! AZ was niee and hot on the roof in the
81 Ftefn594 snn; the boys liked it hot. Care
NY itef poured the remaining powder
u q the born, making a pleasant little
/ Jap tez|de the stout chimney, which was
H be kN6IE bulwark and place of defense.
: ANeo they laid the trail, very scientific
ELY refund the chimney, and then they
n Fed 4a4 Iooked at it a little while, tasting
n p1fe 10y of anticipation, and quite
n ife <h4l here were no boys so happy or
"A {oFt'N'4'e as they were in the world of
q <4al' Ne touch it off now? Oh, wait
I s< 1Ii1ute! think what fun it will be,
4sc'< k|ncky we got this old horn? 1t
i<'- e<<H jolly lot. Hi! won't the folks
81 1ae z'f=et jump? Come on, Dick, let's
he1 IN how"
Il 'Rht! Get behind the chimney,
zach her off. Oh, l say, isn't
'1@ tA himself behind the chimney;