The sun., 1908-07-05


70 DO running to ono portion Of che boat
her Il ssafercom No. 5 belonged 70 her. On
learnlng that It did he said. sWell. some one
In ringing there all the tiEls, and when We
20 the door Ia locked and no one will ansyAr. '
Miss Emma heard the ringing AZ she ran:
IL seemed to rise from thumb pressed
said she after the removal OF the thumb.
there 10 hold down In the bottom Of this
will put you In it, =.
A sudden silence fell and the boys looked
learned that they had understood her 70
oay that there was hole In the bottom Of
tho boat and the captain would put them
In it II they did not behave. They behaved.
At the cottage guIpriees began. The
read about the Pilgrims In schoel. and there
was picture OF their fireplace In tho read
ing book. II had never occurred 70 one
OF them that auoh "a fireplace could exist
at the present day. and they epoke OF u al
tho pilsrim fireplace througho'St their stay.
found a gay little open fire cracking every
morning when they came down, around
which they gathered In silent admiration.
These boys are sophisticated youngsters.
They do not say much. but occasionally
their feclings demand rtterance. The
first time was mt the "rcd flowers In tho
grass.' They were amazed and dunn
founded to find that the red flowers were
Strawberries. growing wild, TO be gathered
by anybody. Seven Of theee boys had
never been of Manhattan before, and the
others had left the metropolis only for
brief trips.
Miss Emma teaches cooking in heg school.
In the fret place know ledge Of cooking
is 30 rare In the homes that she thinks 1t
worth while to teach 10 oven to the bcyy.
r. ~lna h., MOI h<a
kept In school at all unless they are doing
something with their hands almost ali the
time. so at the cottage certain boys were
told OF each day TO set the table and help
cook the meals. Then there were three
regular square meals day, The boys took
all their lives. They required no instruction.
They took to the table too. Before they left
a boy would demand napkin If 1t had been
forgotten.
beautiful snow white beds one OF the larger
boys cooked his eye up at the teacher and
said @Guess that means a wash before
you get in, don't it1'
that's exactly what it does" said Miss
Emma. and thereafter all went docilely TO
wash every night. Without any telling
counterpanes of the beds before they got
in. One boy only complained OF his bed.
little Swede.
Miss Emma said he, Il amt got no
cover
white blankets.
-But I must have annuder bed top OF
me- said he.
The sharp air and appetizing food almost
bred famine in the whole neighborhood.
Six times day there had to be ~eatuns.'
And besides that they carried havoc to the
cottage fruit trees.
Il told them all, said Miss Emma, that
il they ate the green fruit they would surely
be sick. I'll never say that again as long
as live. Why, they ate green cherries by
the peck. pits and all. They ate apples no
bigger than bullets and little fuzzy peaches
no bigger than a walnut and twice as hard.
and not one was sick
Many Of their questions showed plainly
enough whittier their thoughts were tend
ing. How much does it cost to buy an
acre Of land?' How many OF them trees
does it take to build house?' After
series Of such questions one boy said finally
in a discouraged tone, well, it wouldn't
do no good for us to move up here, any
way. Me mother couldn't get no work
His mother was a janitress, and the boy
didn't see any opportunity for that kind Of
work on the banks Of the Connecticut.
Only one showed that he had poetry in
his soul He sat on the steps while the cool
night fell and the moonlight silvered the
broad flowing river
MISS Emma, sara me- TINS Detter
moon we have in N'York'
"why. Charlie said she, -it's the same
moon
He looked at her and then at the sky.
"It's better moon sa d he doubtfully.
an better stars too.
aCharlie,' said she, @you think they're
better because in New York you see only
a little strip Of sky between the roofs on
Sixteenth street, and here you see the whole
sky
1t was cool among the hills and they got
back to town just as the hot wave struck it.
1t was a little hard on them. That night
one of them slept on the FIRE escape on ac-
count of the heat and fell of and broke his
ankle before morning. That was on a
night. The next Monday the rest
were back in school. One Of them said as
he entered, Miss Emma. l don't like the
smell Of Sixteenth.street."
The teacher asked them what they had
liked best in the trip. Most Of them said
: the eatuns:- After, school was out one
fingered. He was the one that thought
they had a better moon in Connecticut.
Miss Emma said he. Il was lonesome.
I had pain in me chest here He laid
grimy little paw lust under his throat