Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-03

| Tie WedTeF III race, OF leeI Caught
| in flounce. Jessica instantly pro-
duced a pair of scissors and shorten
ed the offended to convenient proper
tons, while Jean blasted the new
hem, the needle following hard in the
wake of the climbing blades. It was
the work of a minuae. Then they ran
on again, holding their skirt-pockets
These were heavy, and quite naturally
So Jeans contained household neees
sites, "hussives," and balls Of twine-
Jessica' scissors in wooden nests, and
all the apparatus of first aid for the
| wounded (Jessica was her fathers
favourite and even lent a hand at
She-Twin, possessed a ''skirt-pocket,"
few very way-worn sweets, hoary
chocolates. and stones to catapult
Jack with. Jack WAS fox-terrier who
went rabbiting, refusing to come to
heed when so commanded,
"Now, Infants" said Vida laying
hand on shoulder Of each Of the
Twins, do keep your feet still. If
you want to stay where you are, don't
damage my Ivy plants"
Il say" cried Willie, the "He-Twin,"
Il wish, Master William Calmont,
the kings English, You mean. pre-
sumo, that Mr. Ludovic Morris mas
engaged himself to be married"
Il mean nothing of the sort. and you
know 1t, sneered her brother, trying
to snatch somewhat fresher ruhbarb-
stock out of her hand II mean Vic
has got girl and is going walks with
her I saw him. All our girls here
are mad about it,"
With one voice his sisters d.
nounced to the company the absolute
unconditional falsehood of Little VIII
lies statement.
"Mr. Norris" observed wilhelmina,
serenely, "has sister, who has douDL-
less come to visit MIN. She stays
with friends over at CARVE, and walks
here through the Gormach wood. It's
a wonder you have not seen her,
| Vidal"
"Sister-rubbish! cried the He
Twin. shrilly, dominating the CONVEX
sation, 81 know sisters-I ought to,
I've got three, haven't II Little Willie
doesn't look at sisters that way,--no,
nor put ties fresh and fresh every
|
Do we, brothers glorious?"
mot much!" said Aaron and Her
bert together, with their eyes fixed on
Vida, to the absolute disregard of
mere sisterly relationships.
why" said Wilhelmina, you've al,
got your Sunday ties on now, and you
were only coming over the wall with
u.s."
There fell a sudden silence after
this remark. Aaron and Hur became
interested in fy-casting round Hur's
hat which he held on his knee and
turned round and round. The little
music-mistress relieved the situation
by asking when Aaron and Muir were
going back to college. But before
there was time to answer the sound
of gong at the further side of the
doctors wall caused the healthy fam.
lily to rise and with nasty unanimous
fluttering vault back over at the angle
where the worn foot-holes were
Clump-clank they went on the cube
sugar-box.s
They babe no adieus. Apologies
were not thought of. "By Jove, look
sharp, l say" cried Wilhelmina, polk.
ing her twin to mount more quickly;
"if you daily with our fate like that
father will have wolfed all the boiled
mutton and new potatoes before we
get therei"
My favourite DISH" cried Willie:
why didn't you tell me. will bound
like a Barbary steed-
"My beautiful, my beautiful, that
standest meekly by he sang as
he got into position.
THAT I just won't! Not when it's
mutton with caper sauce! Stand
meekly by yourself, Master Willie!'
And the whole conclave were gone
in swirl, like a flock of migratory
4 birds and had alighted for a while on
Vida's wall and garden-seat
"Oh, thank heaven, they're gone!
said the little music-mistress. sinking
back, they were giving me head
ache"
"They always give me headacle!'
trellis on which Old Abrahams tropeo
dainty crimson petals against the
background of dark moss-green. Eyes
all the time!''
they looked round, they caught sight
VI imp Se]iLio1C, tIll, Io5Oul, dAo
imperturable-the least overpowering
of the healthy family
why, Phil, what are you doing
there?" said Vida, why haven't yor
gone to snare in the mutton and cape,
sauce? The will eat it all up"
II know they will" said Philip, re
signedly, as he seated himself on the
grass and nursed his knee, outlining
the cap, and squirting with one eye
to see how far 1t was off the straight
And / don't care. They are always
eating. 1t tires me, and then father is
never the same two days running
We have got to have dinner at al
sorts of hours, whenever he turns vi
off his 'round'!"
Won't they miss you?" mur1nuret
the music-teacher, gently. She had {
weakness for all the oddments of tnt
, world, being herself one of the insists
: and selyages Of society.
, miss mel" said Phil Calmont. look
ing down the long lean perspective o
his leg to rather shabby boot in tn,
distance mot while thero &c anyfbi,,