The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-10


49, and over the fence till you came
to the first culvert, and there you We're.
The spring there never ran dry, and there
were the dearest little clefts and basins in
the rocks, just made to wash doll clothes
in or to cool a small bare foot until you
had got it all muddied up. and then you sat
down and waited and watched till 1t came
clear again, and thought ever so many
things.
You never could think quite so we'll any
other time as when the water was running
clear again under the bridge, and the NOW
ers were whetting their scythes up in the
home field, and the locusts were singing in
the walnut trees on the cliff, and the 4
o'clock whistles way down in the town be-
gan to blow, and mother began to call from
the front steps of the house-"Cicely!
Cice-leei It's time to get dressed for sup
peri!
If only you were deaf and need not hear
that call! But mothers voice was so strong
| and clear; and it made no difference where
you were-you might be in the pasture, OF
| you might be in the vineyard. or you might
be in the back" woods, or you might be in
| the front woods, you might be in the
| orchard, or you might be on the next farm
wherever you were, you always heard the
| first note of that high, musical "Cicely!
| Cice-leel It's time to dress for support
Once you went clear out to Duck Pond
after the COWS with your friend Angelica.
| Here, at least, you thought in the pride OF
| your youth, you need not hear the sum-
mons You chased those big black and
yellow butterflies across the red-haw hedge
| and fshed for water snakes in the pond
| and poked the lizards from their rocks, in
| reckless disregard of the passing hours
until Angelicas mother picking currants
in the lane heard your mother calling from
| the house across the hOllow-"Cicely
Cice-lee! It's time to dress for support
Three times she called, and each time her
intonations became more unmistakable
whereupon Angelica's mother. with neigh
| borly solicitude, set down her bucket OF
currants, went TO the porch and took
down the big dinner horn that was used to
call the men from the fields, and trumpeted
through the traitorOus evening calm-"Ah-
hoo-hoo, All hoo-oo-hoo" So that
'Gelica, who had straight hair that did not
hurt when il was combed, and who did not
have to put on her shoes before her father
came. thought it supper time and
wanted to go right back TO the house; and
you were ulTGlu 10 stay ny yourself. 50 YOU
had to go too. back within earshot of that
fated tocsin-"Cicely! Cice-leei It's time
To dress for supper
Not that YOU wanted straight hair
Fathers hair was curly. And mother and
he cut off a curl of yours every birthday
and tied IL with silk thread. and put ii in
an envelope in the ebony box. where moth
er's treasures were. And then. when mother
dressed you and took you TO town, it was
pleasant TO have so many ladies and gentle
men stroke your head and say, What
lovely curlSi
Curls were well enough, except when Tom
put burrs in your head. or you had TO be
combed o'clock in the afternoon, when
you wanted 20 be thinking thoughts down
under the bridge.
If Laney the maid. combed your hair, she
combed il hard and plated ii tight and plain
and never said n word till she came TO
Now. Miss Cicely, you can go and wash
| your feet and put on your stockings" FoI
| Laney had other things TO do. And that
very tiresome.
If mother cOmbed ii she curled il on heI
| finger and tied ii with a ribbon, which
| would rot stay in the middle OF your head
| but was sure 10 pull tight on one side and
| loose the other And in your distracted
| efforts 10 get the balance true you otter
| mussed your hair quite dreadfully before
| mother had hardly got done with IL, and
! then IL had all To be fixed over again.
But If sister cOmbed you she took you ou
| on the back doorstep where the breeze was
| with comb and brush and pan OF COO
/ water and brushed all the tangles out first
! gently. and told you stories of "Cicely Tan
/ gle and Tom Tangle." who We're mos
| rebellious imps. and whose vanquishmen