Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-04-06
CHAPTER NNIN.
THE MORNING AFTER.

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the beasts, and finding after having done
50 that he had still time on his hands. he
, went into the stable to attend To
/ the horse" There were three OF
! them. and Brown Jess who was Aleck' :
| favorite. looked over her shoulder as
| he entered for the lump of sugar which
| that youth was wont to steal from his
mothers sugar bowl for his sweet
| mouthed friend. Finding however. that
| her groom was not Alcck. and that there
was no lump of sugar for her. She jihhed
| and stood obStinatey sideways i'll the
stall, attempting at the same time to
give her placid neighbor, Mary Gray"
! a sly kick as if she were responsible for
| her disappointment. But Jess received
/ from Saunders SO solid slap upon her
I flank and 50 emphatic swing round that
| she instantly became aware of herself
/ ana alive to the necessity of Sober-mind-
| edneSs. She was an elders horse. and
/ her skittish tricks must he reserved for
| a S"ampish young rapscalliOn who went
| over in the evenings to hold the tail of
! Neither Neuk'S kye. Soon A'eck came
/ in at the stable door yawnmg and
| stretching himself. complaining in an I'M
d"rtcne that it was II cold morning for
/ Il fellow to get up SO early. There never
! was more astOniShed youth than he
when his father met him face to face
and saluted him with:
This is bonny like time to he comm
! crawlin GOT o yer bed. man. Mair like
| Xe gin We stayed mair at hame at nicht
| We wad be mair glcg a risin' i the morn
in, I'm thinkin''
'Tis the voice Of the sIuggard, hear him
! complain,
You have walked me too soon. ! must s1um-
! Der again.
Aleck had heard of this gentleman he
fore more than once. but he had too
much respect for his fathers morning
temper 10 say so. He resolved In give
his parent a wide berth till after break
fast. He went somewhat aStcntatiously
10 the cobwCbby windOwsill, where the
! curryCombs were laid.
Yer wark's a dune" said his father
grimly: we can gaze ben the hooSe an
| coont yer neckties.'
! This was a taunt exceeding bitter. for
| Aleck was developing Il taste in neck
cloths not counted becoming in the son
of Cameronian elder. \ fine emerald
green he found most effective mt close
/ quarters-say, on a fornicht when the
lads and las sieS Were gathered round the
CHEEKY ingle Of Neither Neuk lie had
| acquired this particular tie about the
same time that Nancy Chrystic got
particular neck ribbon which was known
among the gamesOme callantS as
''Nance's DOnnybrook tether.' He had
been much teased about the matter
among the lassies. and liked it 50 well
that he would put it on of an evening in
the stable. and walk four miles just to
made his mother think that there was
something in it. Then Aleck had also a
| fine Turkey red tie with blue diamonds
on it, deadly up to fifty paces-a tie so
brilliant that it gave one sunspots in the
eyes to look at it long. This was most
useful in the darkened bvre, when
| Nance laid her cheek on Crumbies rough
hide, and looked at him with one OF those
glances which made his veins run some
thing OF the nature of molten metal.
/ h..
ble'S tail, and wondering what there was
about the lass TO make him go hot and
cold like that. So his fathers taunt
made his cheek flame as though the
| slow winters sun were already rising UNI
timely
Aleck murmured that he would 60 and
| see that the sheep We're all safe. and
without further word from his father he
turned the corner of the house. and was
| still more astonished to see his mother
walking few steps, then bending down.
as if looking for something she had
lost. in the corner of the little
plantation. Aleck loved his mother. and
If she had any favorites among her
sons, Aleck. in spite of the matter of
Neither Neuk, was that one He went
| over to his mother, and said:
| What are We seekiR' there?'
Mary MQuhirr started up as though
detected in something disgracefuI
"Seekin! What wad / be seekin'?
m nae nichthawk. I'm up betimes in
the mornin an at my wark. Ye haze
been attendin' TO yours, nae doot. Yen
nae the horse dune. an the nowt fod-
dered and the sheep lookit-an' moo ven
be giein a bit look room the steadin' to
see GIN lther fowk are a at their wark?
It's a graun thing to haze an eident lad
ABBOTT the place. Ay, it is that
Aleck stood aghast What had come
to all the folks since last night? \ light
broke on him.
Has Rab no come in?" he asked
Rab slept in the other end of the ma"-
ret from Alcck. and even if he had oc-
| cupied the same sleeping room Alecll
usually dressed in the dark minimizing
trouble and the chance of being called to
account for hardness at the same time
His mother answered tartly:
"Rab's Seepin' in his ain bed puir
falla'; dinna We be gaun clamperin' in
wi yer muckle tackety boots. Gang an
see Gin there's nocht that We can turn
yer haun to-
This was still more unexpected. Rab
in bed. his father not to be spoken t..
and his mother swapping his head off and
in the same breath calling the offender
of the night before "Puir falla'" II
passed comprehension.
"Weel." thought AIeck to himself
they media o knock ne doom an kick
me for fa in
But he did not say so--only turned md
walked away without Il word. well aware
that IN a little his mothers heart would
smite her for her injustice. and counting
on quite a number Of indulecuceS in con
sequence. Alcck had some Of the Gle
/ meutS OF diplomacy. As he walked Sc
dately away. his conclusion was that his
father had gone ont after all. given Rob
his promised thrashins, and that his
| mother had "caSt oct with his father
On that account. This was his interpre-
tati6n Of the whole state II the case
He was at once satisfied and contemptu
Gus.
a most MIGHTY fuss to max aboo.
lickin'" he said. with some Indignation
He would demonstrate with Rab.
Morning had now broken fully, and the
winter sun was rising over the ridge Of
Ben Gairn far to the south when Wat
| tie came To the door He wanted to 90
with Aleck to feed the tulnip sheep. He
liked to turn the handle. aud hear the
turnipS 20 ''craunch. craunch" in the
filler and watch the crisp fnger-lengths
Of white turnip fall into the trough. So
] having snnurnd his frinnd Alnck's GOOD