The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-15


Dory started to fee. But the noise Of the merry
party within Aoated out reassuringy upon the night
md he thought ThsFe are plenty of men WITHIN eau
he was further heartened by the sound of Uncle
Dosius' voice. He repeating a formula very com
mon with him: 81 want some e11 sympathy why don =
you give sympathy"
Saying this and he came running up to the
Platform, Dory turned to face him.
Uncle Dosius uncommonly large, gaunt man,
and up larger in the moonlight Dory
wished that he had obeyed his first impulse and run into
tie Kitchen the crazy had by this time grPped
rs seeTe ha1d and was saying over anu
t*1et Co." said Dory: "You hurt my arm, Uncle
Dosius have all the sympathy I've got and tho
Fest Of us, too, you'll only let go.'
But the long, sinewy fingers still grasped handful
If the fur coat, and incidentally thumbful Of Dory's
tender arm, thru it all.
IT want doughnut," said the crazy man, changing
his tone "Let's 20 in and have some doughnuts.'
Dory knew would just about spoil Prscy's pleasant
party to have this Wild unkempt figure entering there
ee upon impulse. It is safe way-and this time
oy WS to be especially %a von want
20 home Uncle Dosius The folks don't know where
sre They be worried about you You get along home
The note Of irritation the boys voice, and tre-
of fright which he could not help seemed to excite
beyond control the already maddened lunatic With
motion quick and skilful that the boy could not
parry it, the tail and powerful maniac caught the
little fellow in his arm ike baby and, folding him, fur
coat and his breast began to out to the
road and then down the liver toward his home
Dory gave two three wild shrieks Of terror, but
Uncle Dosus the boys mouth close to his
coat that only closed but hurt Then with
his dangling legs Dory struggled and kcked but he might
well have struggled against the stout oaken cage in
which the crazy had been so long shut up. Uncle
Dosus naturally strong and now in his fenzied
dition he stronger than ever.
Those shrieks of Dory's had not been heard at all
by most of the gay company who celebrating the
quilting. Only Aunt spiddy, as she sat her warm
bench by the kitchen fire. thought she heard strange
sound But she concluded that was only one of the
0f tho Of 1NhO
in FWink 'em Slyly,' and SO she said nothing.
It fully an hour after Dory had left the room
running around and around the big chimney until she
almost beat OUT the old ladies said into
the kitchen and asked Aunt Spiddy, 'Wheres Dory9'
'FIsn't he in the other room?''
"No. thought he must be out here:@'
Knots of young people gathered in every part Of
the big Kitchen some Of them drinking cider eating
spple to refresh themselves after their hard play and
sthers were simply talking and laughing They were all
making great noise, and Aunt spiddy apd Debby could
hardly hear each others words.
"Iook around suggested Aunt Spiddy "He must
: be playing Morris somewhere in corner.''
- But Deby wandered thru all the and went up
stairs to the ttspare chamber where the feather bed
piled high, and all the chairs too with the wraps OF
the fair maidens who had to IT, quilting and
Dory to be seen.
With a vague fear at her heart the little girl ran
down to where her father conversing politics in
his Office with two three Of the men,
Gather" cried, Dory It anywhere around y
"Oh, he must be, /" responded the Squire somewhat
annoyed at having to stop in the middle of sentence
the famous Thomas Jefferson.
f'He must be, - repeated the Squire. tWhere could
he be! BE has probably gone to bed. The boy was
tired
Debby few up to Dory's chamber, into which had
been piled bedsteads lower rooms
As she had thought the bed which Ben and Dory usually
occupied together loaded with all sorts Of things
Dory could not possibly have crawled into it.
peeped into the fourth Of the upstairs chambers
which used storeroom. Just It filed "a
FITS utmost capacity with boxes containing Prscys wed
ding linen and fnery and Of the extra furniture
which had been removed for the quilters I dark
eold crowded
Debby thoroly frightened ia spite Of thu
easy way IN which her father had received her tidngs
He ISM anywhere, = she reported to him moment
later "He 3 hurt something father. Dory 3 htrt. :
'tsh, shl'' he commanded her. sDonf cry, chiha-
snd don't get people wrought up nothing at an 81