Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-08
per table, leaving his glass half full
NJ y,,i1i, 81

cry night, brownie will come and
live there and help to do the house
work.
Help do the hoasework!" cried
Harold.
Yes. He'll make the kitchen fire
and put on the kettle. and have things
cosey and nice before it's time to
get breakfast. He has to get up very
early, because it would not do for
him to let people see him"
us it really true?" asked Harold,
his eyes round with wonder.
mo, Harold. l wish it was. Then
I'd put this milk in the cellar and get
brownie to come and bring in all
that wood that papa cut" said nam.
ma, as she left the room.
Maybe there really are brownies,
thought Harold, "and mamma Just
! thinks there aren't because she never
saw one. believe I'll put this milk
in the cellar and see If can't catch
one. Won't mamma be surprised II
she wakes up in the morning and
finds the work done in the kitchen!"
So he crept out into the hall and
,ar u was aood thing be was such
:. hr.ya how or ba conldn,t have done
T. -
1t might have been the newness OF
keeping secret from his mother, or
it might have been the excitement OF
catching brownie; but something
u,,,,a ,ro,d tha nov, n,orn;ng long
hoforo IT. ,,s,,a, t;r,a
~ .am tha f,;nt dar,,a,t +bro,pb
tho sbmtters and hoard his mothers
septle hreathinp and II seemed
str.nao ~ no ,u.,a Ill hv himself
81 wondar II the brownie has come"
ho thonobt ard tben be Skinned out
~ h;s littla Nod and into bis clothes
q. n,au Nc 10 o,,,,d no knew mamma
Void NOT like him 10 20 ont of the
roo,,,, nnd,assad
" NOS lin CO d.rk in the cellar
.,at 10 haa 10 MI bic fnper into
tha sanoar - snd out whether the
h.o,,,,;a had ,,,n,n,, tho n,lk
W. !. ,.,s aona. tha saucer was
,,,ito ,rv ITns3.irs aew Harold and
,nto ~ L;tobar put disannointment
~ III, 49, ruarrthina wos inst
as !. 'l had hean ,aft at night
.orha m,aon hrownia,n thought Har.
o,s &C. sa,ash drinring the milk
~ than ao,na ou.v without doing
anu .nen SUNS a"A' "'
"9 W." a,,,a,,. h,uo nv s.,rrr;se. for
- aeta. 81, 1,hen uic,x
.a,a $50 a,.e - Ut ~, snnnoso ba did
.uousAs s 49, uan,. hirseIs, She
lne pio"u ne. "o.n go ~ t,nd ~
wouiu W 'use Do 'ut ~ pi-'eN -
M .,,.. ua,. ~ ero hecause
~ eu So -, !. torch
aa -. -, m.ment
.n a.' NV ~ sanld do
'A VIM. h w. tho Wool ~ course.
| s.;oa tohors.r can on
nu ~. ~ !, ~, h,,o,, ~ Is, h,s hand
MS neau CIV. ~, 10 10. =. -. .rrnr,s;ne
w oes 'A 81, ~ 49, 49, IN CARRYING
NV NJ ,.as go ,;,;n. q into
~ 'oaa . 49, he. H. had inst finished
VIC 49, -, a. d;r+ he had
anu "a, s"1sps ~ ~, a+har com.
laue sn ~, n To-, i''
tA 6aa nu 80 shrnnrh tho outer door
ia.oiu lan ~, ~ bic sboes
my 80, w. Nd clothes and all
anu u,y yunip Nv answarad when he
80, a.
"e au,hn uaro,d. s,,d his mother.
.,,,s. 49, "rshara wora Won when
nn Da a.. namo Ava who+ are
81 ,oina With no,r clothes on?"
sha .ddaa IN srrnr;se
..Man,m, ss;d Harold "its a Sc
o,ot ~, b.ying Wont Won nlease
~ 40 b,ro - for secret"
20 vii, this lime /" said his mother.
..p.. va, n,rstn,t cot nm 60 early
-. J;.t,a ho.s mood ,nts ~ sleep
~. 80, anon, MI, ana stronp and
than mrstn.t set nn TN their moth.
ers toll them tor
yvhor thav onened tho kitchen door.
~ o+hor,. faca nc
sha o.usht sisbt of the wood-box.
sn , sa n,han ha sow how aston.
;.na 40 ,oorad
aIrho in tho world did this9, she
..IIoro,a Ala ,,or MT mill,
- .ha oa,,.r and hring a hrownie?"
"yes m.,an, did. bnt he was a
80 a. ,naasa hrownie He drank I'm
~. n Iii md didn't do his work
e eitbe auiaA anu NiNA -
.srhan who ala all this work9"e
ooh Lind NJ n brownie hit not
~, one y ranlied Harold 81 ,spect
sa,u an th;nrs for Won every day
;s ,.or 5on.t ,oo,,
Meii' anas WIZ pe n,ee, na sa o,s
Only he mustn't try to do things 700
early in the morning.
Maybe that's the reason brownies
are so little" said Harold. Iney
get up so early that they don't ger
l enough SlpeD and StOD CROWN, Mann