The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-02-03

noise Of II had startled them and than
she woke and knew she had been
dreaming. In the dream the noise had
wakencd the children when 1t really
happened they must never know. 1t
wouldn't be fair 70 them they needed
"clean start"
What had she done to keep them
quiet? There had been thunderous
knocking mt the door. She had expect
ell It and was prepared: because the
lock was feeble she had showed the
old brown bureau against the G)or.
Nothing had happened. What n fool
she was to lie there and think of IL,
There was the brown bureau against
the wall. she could hear the deep
breathing of Jim In the room beyond.
Jim had been unequal TO the task of
conventionally going to bed the night
before and she had put pillow under
his head and quilt over him. She
was the last woman In the world to
worry about Jim. drunk, or TO nag
him for II when sober But she didn't
Ike the children TO see him that way.
What was II that she had done to
quiet the children when they" rode
up? She had Gone something and they
had COVE 10 sleep again, and she-and
s,.c- eli, 10: il hadn't happened. What
Il fool she was to 10 there thinning!
I.crc wCfc the children TO rouse and
ere e. aud breakfast TO cook, aud jim
Jim would bc feeling pretty rcln
this morning; he'd like Il good cup Of
coffee. Size WIS glad he was alive ,
make coffee for.
She got up and in the uncertainty
bred of The dream felt the brown bu.
rCau. felt It hungrily, almost incredu-
lousy The brown bureau had been
pushed against the door when they had
come and Knocked and Knocked. Then
they had thundcrcd with the butts of
their six shooters and the children had
Weakened, and she had called out to
them:
''Sh-sh! It's only bad dream.
Nanny will give you some dough to
bake tomorrow"
And she had gone to press her face
Hat to the thin wall and call, For
Gods sake, don't wake the children"
And they had called out, Let him
come out quiet, then
And then she could feel that they
put their shoulders to the door-the
weather beaten door with its crazy
lock that didn't half catch The brown
bureau had spun across the floor like
n top, and they had crowded in. Then
she had done something to quiet the
children. II was queer that she could
not remember what II was when every
thing else In the dream still lived with
i'm her, horribly distinct and real
What n fool she was. with Jim asleep
in the next room She would not think
about II another minute. She began TO
dress, but her fingers were heavy. and
the vague oppression of nightmare
blocked her efficiency.
She called the children. but the sight
of them, happy and flushed with sleep.
did not rcasSllrC her.
NANNY" said Topeka. eldest of the
family and lately on the invalid list.
the victim of Il cactus thorn. my toes
all well, can 20 barefoot"
Topeka Rodney, what kind of feet
do yOu expect to have when you are Il
young lady If you run barefoot now?"
Topeka. sitting OH the side of the
bed, with touSlcd hair. put her small
feet together and contemplated them
The toe WAS stll Suspiciously innamch
for perfect convnlcsceucc. although To
pcka, with spartan courage that won
her place in the annals of household
valor, had the day before allowed her
mother to pick out with needle the.
torturing cactus thorn. scornng to
shed II tear during the operation.
though afterward she had taken the
piece of dried apple that was offered
her and devoured il to the last bite. as
only just compensation for her suffer
ings
"Dlmmy dot tore toe too" But
Jimmy showed strange reticence
about Offering proofs of his afiiiction.
At the peril Of his equilibrium he clasp
ell the allegedly injured member in his
chubby hand and rolled over on the
bed in apparent anguish.
LESS see, jimmy" asked his mother
anXiously.
Don't bleeve him, nanny. He amt
ever cried. He'd "a cried for sure If
his toe was sore" At the age of five
little Judith, namesake of her aunt |
was something of a doubling Thomas.
Let nanny see, Jimmy" And All |
da bent over her son and heir.
Doth Dimmy Diet any applet" The |
wee man sometimes succeeded in max
Ing terms with his mother when the |
other children were not present.
She struggled with the temptation to
give him the apple lie had lifted the
horrors of her dream as nothing else
could have done, but she answered
him with quiet firmueSs:
Jimmy must not tell stories"
LESS Scc,' insisted Topeka.
He dassent," affirmed Judith Junior
of little faith.
1t hurths me-" And Jimmy tried TO
squeeze out tear. 1T hurths me, my
tore toe"
His mother tipped him over ON his
fat little back and opened the chubby
hand that held tho triIun tnn II ,Vos |