Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

w i her grin expanding as the little g,ris ~;
flung the%sfyss sSuner nss esf syer armf How IS
you, chillun-how is you! Us giad
to see you ag'in-l is, indeed! Come iong
to town on 'scursion train, las night, M'u
Uncle jake Aunt Chloe an haD al de% tbe iGss Peer
an git long Jes' standin hyer studyin,
which OBJ desc houses I'd strike fust to lin
out whar Miss Prue Talbot lived Uncle Eph
he glib me a piece oh paper via de name op
de squar writ on it; but ior .onldnt DeSd asI in
nobody to tell whar it was. Town Is oig
place for shuah. l is glad TO nm you, sar-
tain, chillun. How nice an ladyfed you do
look! Spec you hab de finest kind OBJ times
1--WE don't" said Trix,, quickly,,"we don't
have good times at all. Lie, we think town
is Just horrid!"
Ian! You don't mean it," replied Lie,
hearn tell. Flags a-Ayin', drums abeatin', sol.
ders marchin' peanuts an ginger pop an
lemonade handed roun' de keers all night;
guns a-boomin', firecrackers .poppin hi, ,yo!
Miss Trix, you an Miss Tessie must be asleep
not to liben up to all dis fun. Why, Uncle
Jake say dis 'scursion jes' hitched on ten years
to his life"
"Aunt Prue won't let us go to see any
thing" said Tessie, dismally
mo, she didn't say that, Tessie," inter
poseu lrN;, Che Sdiu we hius' ho0 30 'ee
the parade"
whats de parade?" asked Lie.
"Oh, all the soldiers marching through the
streets, with banners and horses and music,
answered Trix.
"Dunno nuthin' bout dat" said Lie; ..bpt
tell you what you kin see, Miss Trix, an 1t
amt fur, neither...jes' two turns from hyer,
an a little bit on"
"What is it?" asked Trix, her eyes bright
ening.
"a whirlgig," said Lize.-.'jes' de graudest
thing you ebber seed in yo life. Ten wooden
horses all spinnin' round a ring faster dan
you kin think, an de chillun on dar backs a.
whoopin' an a-hurrahin' wild fun. / stood
dar nigh onto an hour. jes' a-lookin' at dem.
Only hve cents turn, de gemplum said, nm
some OBJ dem chillun wouldn't git down till
dey spent a quarter"
Il read about them once. They have them
IN France, or somewhere" said Trix, excited
ly. "Oh, Tessie, let's go see it! I've got the
last quarter papa, sent me in my pocket, and
we can take ride"
I'D like to, ever so much; but do you think
Aunt Prue would let us?" said Tessie, her
bright face falling.
I'VE needn't ask her." replied Trix, with
defiant sharpness. Il had enough of that
this morning She won't let us do anything;
so, If we want any good times, we must take
them ourselves. There's no harm in whirli-
gig, so I'm going with Lie to see it. Are
you?"
"Ye--yes," responded Tessie doubtfully.
Aunt Prue only said we must not go to the
parade | think I'll go, too, Trx, il it isn't
Ian, no, Miss Tessl 1t amt fur at ALL"
encouraged Lie. you get monst' GUS skeery
IKE, sence you come to town. It's jes bit
aroun' de corner"
And all unconscious that she was playing
the tcmptress, Lie led the way around sew
eral corners, until her young missiles had
changed the aristocratic neighborhood of
Trevor Square for very different locality.
There were no signs of soldiers or drums
here. So far Tessies conscience was untrou-
bled. With the exception of a few small boys
who were setting off firecraekers on the edge
of the weedy common, no patriotic excite
ment stirred the dwellers in Swamptown as
this low, damp network of streets and alleys
was called, in the centre of which an enter-
prising Snowman had set up his wonderful
rotating race-eourse on vacant lot
A curious, staring crowd had gathered
around the dirty canvas tent, beneath which
the ten wooden horses were spinning around,
each with a bare-legged urchin shouting wildly
on its back, while the creak of the machine
was drowned by the wheeling of cracked
accordion, with which the Snowman enliyened
the entertainment.
Ii Trix and Tessie had not been the chpped-
wing little city prisoners they were, the scene
would not have attracted them for a moment.
As it was they stopped as much fascinated
by the life and excitement and evident en-
nor nuvrx,r n.~u