Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-08-25

G s NJ, &s w rfE" no rooi ""s'
~"Ss%S:.'sss 2.@sA3 and III not
-" The speaker,
n girl of sixteen or thereabOuts. looked
into the eyes of the little brother, who
answered with an air of injury:
Wrll, Maggie. amt | eight an Tom
my ten? Mamma would not be afraid,
an neither would Tommy's mamma.
It's only you an Gran'mn.'
"Hut you can climb lots of times
this simmer, when Ted or some Of the
older boys can go with you. Your
Maggie woulu be worried all day if
she thought you would 20 very far
alone. Promise. No fOolin@''
IAN right: no roolin''; we'll 30 to
Pcrrins an I'll bring you lots of wild
flowers"
Good bye, then: Maggie will trust
you. Give Mrs. Perrin my love-
Then the sister stopped and the two
exchanged hug and Il kiss" as they
always did when the little brother was
going away, even for Il few hours. y
moment later she heard Marshall at
the gate saying TO Tommy:
"llurrnh for Il jolly time! Maggie
fixed Us up the greatest lunch-apples
an san witches an pie an cheese. An
| told her we wouldn't go any farther
She could not distinguish The words
that followed. for the two boys had
lost no time in starting. but she stood
listening til their voices had died
away. Then she turned as IL to go
back to her sweeping. but stopped ana
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 rect The west
rrn city was built near the foot of
the great Wnhsutch range. ana now
rs they looked toward the massive
mountain sides. Tommy said:
MY. hut it would seem funny not
to have any mountains or canons or
anything like we have. What Go You
s'p0sr boys do that don't have 'rm!'
Guess faint much fun to live in
such place. Mnrshnllnnswercd, with
Il sympathetic littl" laugh. Then he
gave q prolonged whistle and followed
it up with. Il say, Tommy. Look at
that clf'. S'posc a fellow should meet
Il bear or n coyote mp thcre:'
Guess he'd wish he lived where
there wasn't any mountains" Tommy
responded.
The cliff to which the boys referred
was an immense iark-rcd rock. I0D
feet up the side OF the mountain, itself
100 feet high and as many broad. Its
sides stood ont from the great mass.
and TO the south looked prccipitously
down into Il 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
vi toward The summit.
Pretty soon Mrs. pcrrn's house came
In gi@nt. n coy place. resting close VI
to the side of The mountain and stand
ing tire" 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:
"liullo, Mrs. Perrin. Maggie sends
her love, auh please can we have n
cup to get Il drink"
"Why, Marshall, is that vou?' Mrs.
Perrin exclaimed, rs she rubbed the
-four from her hands. "nf course you
may have cup and then you ana
Tommy must have dinner with us
1--WE brought our lunch. Maggie
fixed rs fine one" Marshal answered
rs he took the cup.
"Hut | am going to have fried
| chicken" she said.
Marshall turned and looked ut Tom
my to SEQ if his consent could ID
gained. but Tommy WAS at that mo
mcnt intent on throwing Il stone at
chipmunk that went running away
into tile sage hush.
".!nd warm biscuit and jam" This
was added in Il tempting voice.
Again Marshall looked nppcalingly
at Tommy, shook his head this time,
and so he answered with Il sigh:
ia like to. but Tommy don't know
| he rather not. I'm much obliged
though. Goodbye. III bring the cul
back rs we 80 home
The boys went of little distance
and ate, til not n scrap of bread, pic
or cheese remained. Then began Tho
search for stones and wild flowers. ant
before they knew it, they had com,
right upon the foot Of Il trail.
Il say. Marsh. let's explore a littit
way up the trail 50 when we com,
with Ted We'll know something about
| IT.
Both boys were expert climbers ant
loon they had made Il hundred feet
| Flushed with excitement ana full! oil
ambition. they forgot their promise
and pressed On and on. Higher ant
higher they climbed and Il last Tomm!
exclaimed:
My. but that's pretty
Marshall paused to look. Below
them lay the city in the midst Of ;
fertile valley. Wonder to the north til,
| Ogden River wound its way, like ;
great silver cord. to the west. IL
the south they could ST Il tiny frcigh
train putting its way along Il miniatur,
track ana then away of along tn,
western horizon the waters of til,
Great Sal, Lake CLEANED and glisienC,
In the sunlight.
Guess 1t is pretty. But look. Tom
my The sun is getting toward tn
top of the mountain on the island, IN
we've forgot our promise. Less hurr,
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