The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-08-24

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a girl of sixteen or thereabouts, looked
into the eyes Of the little brother, who
answered with an air Of injury:
"WelI, Maggie. amt eight an Tom
my ten7 Mamma would not be afraid,
an neither would Tommy's mamma
it's only you an gran'ma."
"But you can climb lots Of times
this summer, when Ted or some OF the
older boys can go with you. Your
Maggie would be worried all day If
she thought you would go very far
alone. Promise No foollngY
"All right; no foolln''; wen go to
Perrin's an I'll bring you lots Of wild
flowers"
Goodbye, then; Maggie will trust
you. Give Mrs. Perrin my love"
Then the sister stopped and the two
exchanged hug and kiss" as they
always did when the little brother was
going away, even for n few hours. A
moment later she heard Marshall at
the gate saying to Tommy:
'Hurrah for a jolly time! Maggie
fixed us up the greatest lunch-apples
an san'wiches an pie an cheese. An
/ told her we wouldn't go any farther
than"
She could not distinguish the words
that followed, for the two boys had
lost no time In starting, but she stood
listening till their voices had died
.I. a "a 10.
back to her sweeping but stopped and
stood leaning on the handle of her
broom. Presently she stepped to the
sitting room.
Meantime the boys hurried on with
happy hearts and light Ieet The west
ern city was built near the foot Of
the great Wahsatch range, and now
as they looked toward the massive
mountain sides, Tommy said:
my, but II would seem funny not
TO have any mountains or canons or
anything like we have. What do you
s'pose boys do that don't have 'em"
Guess 'tan't much fun to live in
such place." Marshall answered, with
n sympathetic little laugh. Then he
~
1t up with, IL say, Tommy! Look at
that cliff. S'pose fellow should meet
bear or n coyote up thercT
Guess he'd wish he lived where
there wasn't any mountains" Tommy
responded
The cliff to which the boys referred
was an immense darkred rock, 500
ui1 nf hn ni in
$50 feet high and as many broad. Its
sides stood out from the great mass,
and TO the south looked preciptously
down into a little side canon, long ago
worn away by the rushing waters of
the mountain stream that was fed
from the fields of perpetual snow, away
up toward the summit.
Pretty soon Mrs. Perrin's house came
In sight coZy place, resting close up
to the side of the mountain and stand
ing three hundred feet above the city.
Here the boys halted. Mrs. Perrin was
just mixing the biscuit for dinner
when Marshall knocked at the door
and said:
"Hullo, Mrs Perrin. Maggie sends
her love, and please can we have n
cup to get n drlnkp
"Why, Marshall, is that vou2' Mrs.
Perrin exclaimed, as she rubbed the
flour from her hands. "Of course you
may have cup and then you and
Tommy must have dinner with u.s."
1--WE brought our lunch. Maggie
fixed us fine one" Marshal answered
rs he took the cup.
"But l am going TO have fried
chicken" she said.
Marshall turned and looked at Tom
my TO see II his consent could Dc
gained, but Tommy was at that mo.
ment intent on throwing n stone at
a chipmunk that went running away
into the sage bush
"And warm biscuit and jam" This
was added In n tempting voice.
Again Marshall looked uppealingly
at Tommy, shook his head this time
and so he answered with a sigh:
"Pd like to, but Tommy don't know
you very well an / guess that's why
he rather not. I'm much obliged
though. Goodbye. I'll bring the cuI
back as we go home"
The boys went off little distance
anG ate. till not n scrap of bread. pie
or cheese remained. Then began the
search for stones and wild flowers. ant
before they knew II. they had com,
right upon the foot Of trail.
II say. Marsh, let's explore a littl,
way up the trail so when we com,
with Ted Wen know something abou
It,"
Both boys were expert climbers an,
soon they had made n hundred feet
Flushed with excitement and full o
ambition. they forgot their promise
and pressed on and on. Higher an,
higher they climbed and a last Tomm!
exclaimed:
'My, but that's prcttyw
Marshall paused TO look. Below
them lay the city in the midst of
fertile valley. Yonder TO the north tn
Ogden River wound its way. like
great silver cord, to the ives. II