The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-29

fathers name was Noah Barker. an it
maddened him to have his initials, n.
B., wrote right out on the winder for
everybody to read. l don't knows you
could blame him for that" wistfully.
Mother didn't a bit; but she said she'd
got to laugh, if she was to die for it the
next minute.
There's some more TO that story,
Miss Dorothy. The rest amt the real
story, though, come to think of il.
But that man didn't tell Miss Mcdaniel
the truth. Praps you don't have TO tell
the truth to blamed She caught
herself up sharply. Anyway, he
didn't. When We got to her house
there wasn't any comP'ny there; no
body in the world but old Nurse Per-
kinS, an a mosquiter wouldn't call her
comp'ny. Lizbeth was sick abed, too,
an couldn't ave done for comp my
anyway; an there I'd got Miss McDan-
iel to comb my hair n put on my ankle
ties all for nothin'. That was the day
they showed me the red baby, re-
member. an Liz'beth's husband made
! such a fuss about weighin' it"
She sighed with an air of retrospect
i've melancholy.
she explained as she refolded 1t, ian
she'd ruther read things than try to
listen to 'em. l went to a picnic with
| her once"-she had delivered the impor-
tant message to Miss Gordon and re-
| Joined her companion-"an't took me
all the way to Hackett's CrosSin' to
make her understand that William
Tells got his paws all BACKED UP with
medder mud that mornin'. That was
| the day she told me she was as deef's
a haddock; an when got home l said
| to mother, if ever / went 10 the viii
] lage with haddock / wouldn't tell him
a word about medder mud, If l had to
/ keep still an not speak at all. l didn't
know then that haddockS was fishes
/ l thought they was folks An don't
see yet why the poor things have to be
deer, any more'n shad or mack il.
William Tell wasn't William Tell az
all then" The echo Of an unforgotten
regret was in her voice. He come from
I Dam riScOtta, an so 1 called him Dam
riscotta, till mother put her foot doWn't
she wouldn't feed him by any such a
name. She said she shouldn't cared
anything about it, one way or an
other, if he hadn't always sneaked
off'n hid, just's he was wanted; but it
made her feel foolish to have folks see
| her dodgin' up'n down the road an
/ yellin' Dam riscotta,' with no dog any
| where's in sight to answer her.
Il told mother once when I was try
/ in to do my sums that / just wished
/ Elviry Gordon was my teacher, an
mother said"-her laughter gurgled
forth Observation-Disclosures she should
/ hate to say such a things that before
/ TrOpickercancer even-let alone a hui
man being. But Tropickercancer was
| out on the haymow watchin' for mice
when / said it, an of course twas all
right to tell it to mother. l should hate
! long division dreadfly, though, Miss
Dorothy, if 'twasn't for singin' tan
! even that don't bring the answer. But
| when YOU can sing Thirteen will go in
| 65' TO old Hundred you don't seem TO
care so much how many times twill go
till the teacher STAINS ye up in the
corner to do it over
Mrs. Barker had asked them to call
at the widow Chesley's and return a
! sleeve pattern. After much hOspitable
entreaty Miss Wagner consented to re-
main there for a half hour and partake
| of what her hostess termed "a sociable
! little snack" Electra, with a warm
| doughnut in either hand, wandered out
| into the yard. They saw her soor after
under the elm tree beside the shed
turning the heavy grindstone with
timid rapture. A little later Miss
| Wagner caught a fieeting glimpse OF
|
barn. Then it fitted down the hill, in
and out through the tall grass, and
disappeared for a time altogether.
'Electry's a curious child, amt she?'
commented Mrs. Chesley, slipping a lit
tie tea for courtesy. You couldn
hardly believe, f you didn't know her
the funny things she'll say when sht
gets to goin'."
Miss Wagner wisely held her peace.
MY daughter Euniee keeps the
school here, an she tells me more Of
less about it. 'Twasn't any time age
hardly that Electry got all wrought w
because Eunice told her she lived il
| North America.
I don't says Electry. I live il
Maine An she KEEP on sayin' so, spit,
of anything Eunice could do.
We all live in Maine says Eunic'
finally, but we live in North America
too. An that young one was madden
fury.
1.-The state O. Maine just-the stat
o. Maine says she. OF course there
lots O. places in it 1 amt never seen
an mebbe yer North Americas one o
'em. But guess it's somewheres wa
down in Sagadahoc or Andr' scoggin,
it's An then she burst out laughin
as peasants ever. Her temperS al
ways over in no time.
She glanced out of the window from
time to time and spoke in a caution
undertone.
1.-The funniest thing I ever heard o
her sayin was one day in Sabbatl
school last winter. There was some
thin or other in the lesson that mad
the minister ask EN- who was tn
strongest man that ever lived; an
Electry piped right UP, before anybod,
else could speak, n called out, Ton
| ReedI' 1t come so unexpected it prett,
near upset the minister, an every DO,
in tho room begun TO giggle. I'm sur
he is, went on Electry, just as calm
a clock, for the Chronicle says't he
been holdin' congress in the boiler o
his hand for the last eight days. an
there amt another man Twin could d
it. Mr.. bennett passed over il as Well
he could an took UP the next ques
ton; but some o. them that was Their
will have il that the superintendent
had TO get off behind the door AM
laugh il out all by himself
81 often wish her father could hav