The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-11-10
Ants Aunt Gives Picnic.

Charles Kingsley.
Ants Aunt Gives Picnic. @ NIB,
The ants aunt had to giVeSa picnic,
because she had been invited to SO
many places By all her relatives, and
she thought it was time to pay back
some of the invitations. sz...5
"But it will be such q bother, !" said
! the ants uncle, when he heard about
it. u h s@} sg# -$ s gsss,s s3 N. VI s a Ri
A Don't be foolish, now" replied the
ants aunt. I'VE cannot go in society
without going to some trouble. ''
So the ants uncle said that it would
be all right, for he always said some
thing of that kind when his wife talk
ed about giving a party. .&s5.s .a.5a. 81
He was sleeping early the next
morning, when his wife woke him and
said: Benjamin, Benjamin, did you
remember to get the lemons and the
SUGAR. u. .,5 8 y:s
No. replied the ants uncle, as he
rolled over again in bed. h The gro
Gerry store was closed
Then you will have to go into the
kitchen of the mans house and get
as much as yon can carry before the
cook gets up" ... r.. b sa s.s
The last time I was there NUT
tered Benjamin, IT nearly got blown
up with the kerosene can sS !.
By the time the ants uncle got back
to his house he found more than a
hundred ants of all kinds walking up
and down and carrying all kinds of
provisions. sss 49, .ssa5
"You are very Late said the ants
aunt. What did you do about the
swing, Benjamin? Did you stop and
see the sptder- abnn it ~ ss-75E Il;
BENJAMIN had forgotten all ABOUT
the swing, SO he had TO go back to
where the spider kept a shop, and he
came back after a while with a wheel
barrow loaded down with rope. The
ants aunt was lame, and she had to
walk with a cane. She was at the
head of the picnic party, and Benja-
min, the ants uncle, came last Of all
with his wheelbarroW filed with rope
and baskets and sugar and lemons and
tubs and glasses and everything which
might be used on picnic. The ants
went to Deacon Jones' woods, and as
they got nearer they heard all kinds
of strange noises. All the animals and
all the birds cape out to see the picnic
so by. The ants walked on until they
came to a bare spot in the middle of
the woods, and there they stopped and
put down their bundles and baskets,
This will be a nice place to set the
table, said the ants aunt Now,
Benjamin, while am doing all the
work, suppose you go and put up the
swing for the children =
The ants uncle said something un-
derneath his breath and then took the
rope and the boards and things and
put up 1853 swings. He hurt his knee
and sprained his back and cut his fin
gers. He also stubbed his toes. e
! You needn't feel so badly about
hurting your toes" said a centipede,
who was going fast, suppose you had
toes on 100 feet to stub, then you could
afford to talk 5
The ants uncle returned to the place
where the table was being set. He
threw his hat over on the grass and
sat down, saying. q am very tired
and, a little rest would do me a great
deal Of good. u 5s
Why just see what Uncle Benjamin
/ did," cried all the small ants at once.
Benjamin, Benjamin. cried the
ants aunt, how could you do, such a
thing ~ Il. Z: .85
You ought not to be SO careless, Z
replied Benjamin, how was / to know
that it was custard pie? Il thought
1T was q nice cushion you put there for
me- - s s III 3 %
The ants uncle started to get his hat
and walk away. He had not gone very
IS far before he became red in the face
with anger.
Get off my hal, Z all the ants heard
( him say, how dare you sit on a poor
ants hat like that Haven't you got
any manners? ~
What is the matter, benjamin. #,
asked the ants aunt, picking up her
cane and hobbling toward her. hus-
band.
This miserable man, Z yelled the
ants uncle, has had the impudence to
asit down on my hat and ne won't get
up. Z
The man looked ii the direction Sof
BENJAMIN and then yaWned and got
up and walked away
Benjamin, Benz amir, 4 cried the
ANTS aunt. q few minutes later. little
Betsy Ann has come back and she says
that nearly q dozen Of the children
started to climb q mountain. and the
mountain got up and walked away.
Won't you please 90 and try and find
them ~
The ants uncle TANNED his crushed