The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-06

% begin f9F 9 month yet said Cry;
Abut it VIII be TOO cold 70 work Up here
after the middle Of November, and we
haven't any other place which we could.
keep locked up.
And he measured q board, and began
% saw diligently.
Mr.. Cross has promised me pleceot
fur, and ] mean to make some rugs TO
20 in front Of the sofa and beds" said
James. tand we must paper the walls
of all the rooms Guy"
ssWe9I make a balcony, and put 9 lite
tie rustic seat on Il" said Guy. II don't
believe I can wait for Christmas to
come, I'll be 90 anxious to hear what
Carrie win say when she sees it"
Carries cheeks burned. She had
never felt so mean ia all her life. She
wished most sincerely that she had
taken her mothers advice, and gone to
play with Hazel,
Shebeganto see now into what Strata
her curiosity might lead her.
She heard the whole plan of the baby
house from roof to kitchen, for the
boys talked continuously while they
worked, and she became very much in.
terested in the details, in spite of the
guilty feeling in her breast. But after
a time she began to grow sleepy, and to
feel very uncomfortable. She did not
dare move, however, for fear Of being
heard, and she wished the boys would
60 downstairs and give her a chance to
get out.
But soon the sound Of their voices
seemed to grow fainter and fainter, and
without being conscious of it, she
slipped into the land Of dreams.
When she awake the garnet was darl
and silent. She did not know at first
where she was, but when she put Out
her hand and touched the box, she re
membered all about it, and began t.
think that there might be spiders ano
/, mice under the caves.
She CROPPED her way to the garret
door, and felt around until she got hel
hand on the knob. But, though the
! knob turned, the door did not open
Then she suddenly recoHected what th'
! boys had said about keeping i
I locked.
! She hesitated at first to knock, FOL
she knew how grieved her mothel
4 would be to find her there, but thu
squeak of a mouse close by frightened
I her, and she began to scream at thu
top of her voice.
3 1t seemed a long time before sht
I heard steps on the garnet stairs, ant
I she was sobbipg bitterly when at las
! the door was opened, and she fell int
her mothers arms with a loud cry.
4 "Why, Carrie, how did you happen t
be locked up here, my child?" eX
claimed Mrs. Brooks. "We thought yol
4 were at HazeIs and had stayed to te
there. James and Guy were just abou
/, to go after you"
Carrie hid her face on her mother
q breast and did not answer.
eYou must have gone in before W
did, Of counsel" said James, angrily
n "You hid yourself on purpose to fin
|. out what we were doing, you know 20
didl"
4 Carrie kept her face hidden. Oh, ho7
A she wished that she had kept away fror
Il the garnet. 1t was SO hardto be though
a sneak and spy.
), gwen, you've seen all Of the baby
! house you ever win see,' continue
James. Neither Guy nor 1 win eve
put another nail into it."
"Thopemylittle daughter has learne
4 a lesson" said Mrs. Brooks, land here
! after will be able to restrain her cur
4 osity."
4 Carrie was glad to get into bed an
, hide her shamed face in the pillow, an
she made a great many good resolI
lions before she fell asleep again.
= But it was a long time before eithe
- of her brothers would play with he
! and at Christmas time there was n
baby house under the tree,-Golde
- Days.