The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-16


"Haven't been asleep.n says she.
"Why, you We been saving wood for
an hour Are you awake now7 Well,
jump up and put something on. Hurry,
too, before Mrs. Kilroy comes rushing
in here again!'
''Eh? What2" says I. "She ain t
after me too, is shea Who-what s the
matter?'
"It s the Major He's gone" says
Sadie. He s walking in his sleep
again. Yes, yes, Mrs. Kilroy He's
coming," for Clementina is hammer
in on the door and Begin Sadie to
be quick.
You know how il is wakin' up just
as you re droppin off that way. had
just sense enough to jump into pair
of pants and some bath slippers, and
before I gets the glare of the light
out of my eyes | IN rushed out into
the hall, and female in a dressin
gown has grabbed me by the hand, and
| m bein towed down the stairs.
"'You'll find him, won't you, Mr..
McCabeg" says Teenie. "Oh, promise
me you II find him before he walks into
the lake!''
"sure I will" says I. Chow much
start has he got?''
"Oh, I don t know says she. 81
just missed him two minutes ago, when
l went into his room to see if he had
left the windows open too wide. Oh,
oh! Isn't it dreadful?o
"Maybe mott says I. "Did you
look under the bed?'
"Of course not!' says She 'sThey
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dangerous places. I've been reading
about it. But / hope he ism t in the
lake.
"What lake7" says I. "Wherea"
"Teenie Lets Out Squeal''
BY this time we've got as far as
the carriage door and are squintin out
into the dark, and don t see any signs
of lake or anything else. All can
make out is a few trees and bushes
loomin' up here and there.
cit IS off to the right somewhere, /
think, says Clementina. ''No, it s to
the left. Come on We II find it any
way
Now I didn t have any great banker
in to go skirmishin' around at night
in a strange place; but there IS no
hangin' back, for Teenie still has the
grip on me, and she s excited. So off
we go into the dark. Blacks Say it
was like lookin into coal chutel |
hadn t gone fifty steps from the house
before I'd lost all track of where we
came from or which way we was goin ,.
/ might IS well had binders on and my
head sewed up tight in bag.
IF there s lake here, guess we II
find it, saws T. .sHow re YOU on
swimmin ~
But just here Teenie let's out a
squeal. There he is!'' says she.
"Didn t you see that flash of white
| over that waya There it goes againi
Oh, dear! Sect
Sure enough, | could make out some
thin kind of white, and we both starts
for it, Clementina shriekin out:
Major, dearl Major, dearl" all the
time. sob, oh; he's running away!''
~ wonder whyav says T. BLAMED
if he ain t, thought Hey, Majei Wait
up minute, will yous
But not wait That gray white
figure goes driftin off, and we after
it. That is, we takes about three leaps
and lands bang up against q four-foot
board fence.
9lh d. . L. ASutnJ tidt Wd III u
any higher, or we d iattened our noses.
/ Didn t hurt, did ita',
No, no, saws Teenie. ssHelp me
overl We must get over! ~
Well, she serabbles, and | hauls, and
over she comes, all in heap. Then we
can just make out the white thing rush
| in along about ten yards ahead of us.
Keep close to the fence so we won t
get lost, says T.
| ssAll right says she. aThere he
| isl See? He must be out of his head
Let s try stealing up on him. =
| Talk about your deer stalkin'l That S
what Teenie and / was doing; but as
fast as we moves up the white thing
ahead goes along too.
| g No use, says !. Let IS rush him. 4
| She was lively on her feet, Teenie
was, in spite of the dressin gown hand
leap, and we had got under good head
way, when all of sudden we sees the
white thing go up in the air three or
four feet and then disappear. Say, it
was kind of weird at the time, too.
] Clementina is game, though. She don It
stop to ask any fool questions, but digs
/ in her toes; and the next thing we
knows somethin has tripped us up and
we re tumblin' head over heels through
a lot of bushes
/ "Geel says T. tile knew that was
| there and cleared it. There he is, too! =
Lands ON Her Back Ker- Souse.''
Teenie picks herself up, we gets hold
of hands once more, and on we goes
the white thing just about so far ahead
She d got her mad up by then, guess
and wa t goin' to let little thing
like comm a eropper put her out of the
chase. And / shouldn t wonder but
she was anxious to say few words
to the Major just then. IF he meant
to keep on foofin us like that much
longer. couldn t blame her.
Gwen have him winded if we car
keep this up" says T. Elbows you
sportin blood holdin out2''
ell m all right. Go on!' say:
Teenie.
She was breathin' some hard BY
then; but long ways from being al
in, so we let out a few links for (;
squirt. Then 7 see the white thing d
another disappearin act.
.tAhal'' says /. More bushes
Over we go now-One-two-threei
As jumper. Teenie wouldn't breal
: any Barnard records; but for middle
: aged old girl that wa mt in track eos
tune. she made a good try for it. w
didn t exactly clear the bushes, but W
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