The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

enterprising person! You are not lazy;
you'd water and weed. and water and
weed until your back broke, but 1t would
never occur to you to improve matters.
Listen to this extract from the Farmers
Voice:
Centipedes, caterpillars, blister beetles
and bugs Of every description are equally
welcomed by the toad. Half a
dozen toads in garden will keep 1t free
from the ordinary garden pests. They are
easily tanned and spend the day In some
shaded nook along the fence or under a
cabbage leaf, coming sedately forth at
night to find their food There are toads
enough in town. l shall offer to pay Pat
rick cents for every toad he brings me-"
Patrick proved to be no more enteTpris-
Ing than Lucy, and Miss Deborah was
obliged to take more stringent measures.
Lucy found her one morning busily
writing. II wish Letitia were here to put
this advertisement in proper shape" she
said "Letitia is so clever with her pen.
But l can't wait to send this to New
port, and suppose. she would think my
scheme crazy. l have decided to adVer-
tise in the County News for toads. There
are plenty of toads in Eppingham and
plenty of children. The only thing is to
devise a scheme to bring them together.
How does this read?
"'WANTED TOADS!! That will at
|. tract the eyes of the most hardened
reader.
"'Children, here is your chance Five
cents reward for every toad brought to
No. So Main street, Eppingham. No frogs
need apply -
II think it would be a little more dig
nified to leave that out about the chill
dren, and say five cents will be given for
every toad brought to No. 81 Main street,
Eppingham, frogs not desired said Lucy
with hesitation.
Of ~
advertisement to alter it; it can't be very
dignifed, no matter how you word it,
said Miss Deborah, with a little laugh.
81 am glad Letitia is not at home. She
would find it such a-departure. l have
always said l wanted my fling, and now
l am having it.
Aren't you afraid of getting too many
toads if you advertise in paper?',s Lucy
asked timidly.
TOO many! My dear Lucy, Patrick has
been hunting the town the last two days
and hasn't found one. l am afraid
shan't get enough. 1 don't expect more
than ten or twelve at the outside
Lucy went down to the office of the
County News with her sister, who re-
quested the editor to put the advertise
ment in two issues of his semlweekly
paper. This was a little expensive, but
Miss Deborah was sure it was better to
give her experiment fair trial. The pa
per was issued on Saturday morning, and
the day passed with no results. Early
Sunday morning, just as the sisters were
finishing their baked beans, the doorbell
rang, and Bridget came in with broad
smile on her face.
please, ma am, a boy and girl want to
see you, and they've got something in a
basket
"Toadsr' calculated Miss Deborah, and
she rose hastily.
1--WE saw an advertisement as said you
wanted toads,' the little girl explained
shyly.
Miss Deborah opened the cover of the
basket. "They are frogs she cried. Il
especially said ! did not want frogs. If
you can't tell frog from a toad, you had
better go to vacation school. / am not
going to give you a blessed cent, not one,
and you can take these frogs back to the
bog where you got them
y A pitiful expression came into the faces
OF the children. They turned away sadly
and silently. Their torn clothes and gen
eral air of detection went straight to Miss
DebOrahs kind heart
do you like baked beans2'' she In
quired in a conciliatory tone
You bet" said the boy.
She ushered them into the dining room.
where Lucy was finishing her coffee
You didn't have much breakfast, I
imagine" she hazarded. as they humbly
dispatched the baked beans and brown
bread.