The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-07
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Miss Gnderis Tomboy.

fordinE tine swollen stream with the ladies
at paee iO The animal attached TO the
carnage was doubtful The General, as
heatted hs eminence in life and his partic-
mar calling. was large with confidence.
He can ford the stream all right, said
tho General Hes done IL often enough
in the army but he wants me on his back
The General buttoned his coat and climbed
ont over the shafts. He established him
.elf upon the back of the doubling horse.
iwpy they went into the Widest influence
Of the stream. Now, Beauty, get along
with YOU" said the General. The horse
VAS encouraged, but lost his legs. They
spread out, as the legs Of horse will do
under the lifting power Of sufficient water.
The General was wet further up than he
would have been II he had had his own
choice OF course. the horse grappled
again with the ground presently. This
chronicle is no tragedy. 1t IL pleasant 70
think Of the happy emergence OF the horse
and the reward of the General. The au-
thor's companion. Kate, was full Of the
romance OF the occasion. We read:
AS the horse drew up out OF the water.
Kate forgot her fears.
Wasn't il lovely she exclaimed. i
never had so much fun
Then when you screamed IL was for
low; remarked sarcastically.
.'Of course said she without wincing
and turning to the General she said
We might have been food for the fishes
If II had not been for you, General. You
are real hero.
With the modesty OF real heroes, our
chronicle continues. he denied that he ha
done anything. but we insisted while be
dsmounted from the horse's back and
wr,lng the water from his clothes. We
wanted him to come inside the carriage.
hut he said that he was too wet and that
he would continue the journey on horseback
And so we entered Burlington where Of
drenched position attracted not little
attention The Redmond house was
nearer than ours, so we stopped there.
whore the General got hot toddy and a
change Of clothes, while Kate and slipped
hot water aud camphor as a precaution
against cold
We have spoken of the reward Of the Gen
eral Ne got a hot today and change Of
clothes. We do not view the change of
clothes particularly in the light of a re-
ward Probably he himself regarded II
merely as IL wise precaution. The tomboy
In this story wanted to earn her living at
time when American females las James
Fenimore Cooper. without thought or
ground of offence was accustomed to call
them we're not given to n habit Of the kind
She became the amanuensis, at the reward
Of $40 week. OF a gentleman who had IN
dertaken to write the history OF tho Sew
Jersey troops in the civil war She rose at
every morning, consumed an hour in
bathing and dressing. bad her hrea kfast
took the clock train to Trenton, where
she examined and copied the records, and
returned home on the train leaving Trenton
at in the afternoon We understand tho
wrong Of free passes but We cannot restrain
a feeling Of exuitation to find that she rode
back and forth on the railroad for nothing
She had her $40 n week clear, and il the
railroad suffered by reason Of its generosity
We have yet to learn of it.
We have spoken Of Kate Once Kate
was walking on the railroad track and got
her foot caught. she unlaced her shoe
and tried to get the foot out Of 1t, but that
plan would not work We do not know
why, for we feel it in our bones that Kate
had small foot and ought to have got il
out of any shoe which was united. We can
only go by the story. Kate, with her
doubtless charming foot still in limbo,
heard the whistle of the approaching loco
motive What to do? The reader will
SILVER II he is like US. The schooimaster
came along. Good morning, Mr.. Barclay,
said Kate We must here quote the story
to give the full sense of its humor. She had
greeted Mr.. Barclay. We read
He stopped. with his hat in his hand.
and she explained that she was not stand
ing on the track because she wanted To.
but because her foot was held as though
in wise He was very much alarmed
especially az the whistlng of the engine
was getting louder, and tried his best %
get the foot out but it would not come.
He told me afterward that he was never
IN frightened in his life, but that Kate was
as cool as a cucumber. and it was she who
suggested the means Of relief
Have you a penknife With your she
asked
He felt in his pocket, and produced one.
Now she said, open the sharpest
blade and cat tho leather as close to The
sole as possible Go gently, and don't cut
my stocking she added, with smile.
because have on my best pair
Although his hands shook with nervous
ness, he ran the blade carefully along the
edge Of the leather, and the foot was re-
leased Kate stepped from the track only
few minutes before the train passed by
You have saved nv life, she said
gayly. but Pointing to the rails, / have
lost my sole
Is this realisN7 Is it likely that Kate
said this as the locomotive Numbered by
and the opportune schoolmaster shut up
his pocketknife: We leave it for Mr.
Hovells to answer, and we should be in
terested to think il It was intended for
realism, that Miss Glider could reconcile
II to her own conscience. We have spoken
Of 1t as humor We are reasonably keen,
snd We have not overlooked the pun.
The tomboy's Aunt Maria had certain
logical process Of mind, built upon reminis-
oence, though she VS. not quickly OBJ
servant and adaptive, We read Of her:
One Of her neighbors called once. and she
hadn't the remotcst dea who he was, though
she knew him well Since his last call he
mad treated himself to a full set OF false
teeth, which, | must admit, gave his mouth
strange expression. | was sitting on
the veranda with Aunt Maria when he