The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-08-11
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( WAITS AND STRAYS ;
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

TT HAD been a very hot day, but a
shower had laid the dust, and now
teams were seen emerging from the
various lanes into the turnpike. all go
ing down to meet the train from New
York.
In the wide porch of Farmer Morris
old homestead stood his daughter Mill
cent. The occupants of the passing
wagons nodded 20 her as they went by.
Her own team waited under the naples
near, but Millicent seemed IN no hurry
to go. She was thinking; thought was
twisted in the coils of her soft, brown
hair, expressed in the grave lines of her
usually laughing face and in the deep,
gray eyes, that at present were watch
ing the footpath across the meadows
that led to the Calder farm.
Millicent Morris. Martha Graves, VIII
Ellis and Adam Calder, children of
neighboring farmers, had grown up to-
gether, happy. inseparable band.
When there had been childish differ
.ences between them it had always been
Martha and Will on one side, and Milf
cent and Adam on the other; and she
had grown up to feel that he belonged
TO her. OF course he belonged to her;
it would be absurd to think of his mar
rying anyone else, and yet-he had
kept away from her so much of late she
could not understand it. Martha had
lust left her. Will Ellis and she were
to be married in September. and she
was naturally full of happiness. But
TO pretty Milicent. as she stood watch
ding the path along which no one came.
life seemed at present rather disap-
pointing. Well! She might as well so
to the station, too.
Around a newly emptied ashcan in
one of the dirtiest streets on the en-
treme west side of the city three ragged
urchins were gathered, peering eagerly
down into its depth and all talking eX-
ecitedly. Il want it! It's mine! Tum
up. Jenny! Tum up!" These were the
continuous EXPLANATIONS of the small
est of the three, as she reached her
grimy hands down into the grimier
depths. From the abyss, in answer to
the call for Jenny" came faint. sick
Nv new, unnoticed, or laughed at by
the loungers about the sidewalks and
doors of the tenements. There seemed
no help for the kitten, until by the
combined efforts of its three friends
pulling together on one side the can
tipped over and children and can rolled
together into the gutter. From its
depths crawled the skeleton of a kit
ten, draggled and weak. but not with
out spirit. No sooner did ii appear
than big rough boy (who had
thrown il into the CAM seized il and
was about to put it high up on the
lamp-post out of its owners reach. when
the kitten, squirming around, planted
all of its foreclaws in his hand, just
sas little three-year-old Kit, learned al
ready in modes of warfare current in
the vicinity, set her sharp little teeth
in the calf of his leg. The sudden and
severe attack made him drop the kit
ten. Kit seized il and hugging it in
an overdose embrace, exclaimed: IL
vubs 1t! l yubs i'll" and pressed its
dirty little face to her own dirty face
rapturously.
The big boy was not really bad; he
was only having fun in his own way.
and so he did not strike Kit. or kick
the cat, as he might have done un-
molested; he just rubbed his leg rue
fully, used strong language and threat
ened what he would do. Then, stirred
to anger by the laugh of those around
him. he offered to fight anyone who
laughed again. Some one did laugh
ring was formed and a fight seemed
imminent; but just then came new
diversion. A murmur was heard on
the outside of the crowd, quiet look.
ling lady was coming up the street. and
from mouth to mouth and all along
cthe block was heard the exclamation: