Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15

now very brave and bold, for she look
ed right into the old mans face and
smiled. Then, as he came to within a
few feet of them, she said, "Are you
lost, kind sir?"
The old man laughed outright, re-
plying: We'll, you see it's this way.
my dear little fiaxen curls. arrived
at the little railroad station about an
hour ago, expecting my son-in-law to
meet me with his carriage. But my
wire must not have been delivered on
time, for | sat there and waited SO
long that at last gave up in despair
| and decided to walk to my daughters
home. inquired the way and set out
on foot. Becoming fatigued after half
an hours walk, decided to lie down
in this cool dell to rest. Resting 80
gloriously fell asleep to the choir OF
the birds overhead. And now don't
know which direction came from, nor
the one / was pursuing. Can you set
me right?''
Where do you wish to go, sir?"
asked Billy, rousing himself to the
| fact that he was behaving as an arrant
coward while lilly was Drawing pos
sible dangers and chatting pleasantly
to the old stranger. And if there was
anything that Billy did like TO do 1t
was to pose before his sister as man
without fear
well, my daughter is Mrs. Parker,
and she lives about mile north of the
little red railroad station. I'm on my
way to pay her visit. Unless she
has received my wire, she does not
know that | am coming"
| \ HafN
Billy could speak, I'VE are going to
Mrs. Parker's house right now. She
is i'll and we are carrying some fresh
eggs and a jar of mammals jelly TO
her. Well show you the way If you
wish US to- sir"
well, well, now, isn't that Just
/ luck? And you were both afraid of
old man, who was none other thar
Sammy Parker's grandpapa.
Tilly looked at Billy and Billy look
cd at Tilly. Then Billy stammered:
why, sir, you know SO many, many
strange things happen in the bic
You might have been-been-a-a-
wizard, you know. Only you arn't for
which my sister and I are very CRATE
full"
COR you might have been the Little
Red Riding Hoods wolf" suggested
lilly, seriously. ugh. that would
have been dreadful! You would have
robbed us of our jelly and eggs and
/ eaten them all up"
And 1 shall do my best to help cal
'em UP after we have reached my
daughters home" sm1lingly promised
the old gentleman. But, there comes
carriage. 1 do believe it is my
daughters"
And so 1t happened. And the coach
man told the aged visitor how his
master had been called away from
home that morning very early, goine
after he had gone the telegram had ar
rived, but their mistress being ASLEEP
on it's arrival none of the servants
would take it upon themselves e
waken her that she might read ths
message. At last she had awakened
and the message had been given her
with the result that he (the coach:
MANI had been dispatched forthwith
to meet the sender of the telegram.
: ''Ah, and that's how 1t happened tina
was allowed to roam at large ant
; turn into Red Riding Hoods wolf ant
a wizard" And the old gentlema'
looked toward Billy and lilly with ;
merry twinkle in his eye.
Then, come, We'll have lift" erie,
out Sammy Parkers grandpapa. Ant
he tossed Billy into the carriage ant
then lifted lilly in more carefully
Nothing hurts boys the old gentle
man said, except wolves and wizards
And now for our destination. Keel
!, watch on those eggs atnd that jelly
he admonished, winking his eye. Then
turning to the coachman, he aske'
5 how about his daughter.
A "Ah, sir, your telegram made he
= almost well. She said she'd be up 70
i luncheon. sir.
. And entertain the two little babe
! in the woods and the wolf and tn
!. wizardman, the last two combined Il
one" laughed the grandpa
J. And soon they had reached the en-
!. of aEtheir journey, and all was happi
I ness in the Parker household whe
! the old visitor and the two little visi
:, tors came to bring good cheer and
basket of fresh eggs and a jar Of jelly
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