The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-08-28
EXCITING EXPERIENCE
OF NELLIE AND TOMMY

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came IN from his office one dav and so;J papa
mamma; I've made arrangements - 49,
lhohtnS vacation with you and the vouns+ors a..
you pe ready to go to the country early ne+ oo D.,
couISe' the mamma and the children ,,oro 49,
L"PP9 Ior any rhlng and the mamma said She could
IL Uiiiils IN readiness to start to the country
"luhn lew days-by Saturday If tba+ ,o,,iJ 10y
papa As that suited papa exsctI +b f eouiI SUI
ueu 70 leaVe the city, with its heat and dust and
s4"1e, vi the Following Saturday. and began mall
ny its arrangements accordingly And Nellie and
60 S we're SO ezclted over the good time in store
oI mem lhat they could talk of nothing else eli
DAY long, and even dreamed of If at n;nIt -' az
a! last saturday arrived though it seemed
year ~ uolng SO to the children, and the family ras
up ana sUlrIlng very early and when the time came
s" 70 Ine railroad station everything was in
snlp-shape," as the papa declared The bouse was
ughty closed and the trunks already gone "a +bo
SlaIlon- 80 all that the parents and Youngsters
mad to do was to jump aboard street car and ride
70 Inc station, each carrying some sort of travelling
luggage. eiiiis
When arrived at Green Meadow the cbildro,
thought they had never seen so beautiful q nIoce
III all their lives The little town was nestled a1non
trees ana MOWERS and soft velvety grass were in the
mouse yards making each place rival of its neigh
DOR. children played on the shady lawns and WON,
zen sat sewing and chatting on the great broad
uncovered porches Altogether Nellie and Tommy
declared Green Meadow (the name of the villago1
the most delightful little spot imaginable And
boarding JTbar
Ihey were to spend month"; fine old rambling
farm house, which occupied hill at the very border
OF the town-their delight knew no bounds They
hardly took time to be shown their rooms before
they ran out on the broad lawn to romp and roll
like young colts. The grass was soft green and
delclously cool and all about the grounds were tall
shade trees. And pretty soon Nellie and Tommy
found the garden in the rear of the bouse whore
an old colored gardener explained the method of
raising garden truck" to them. And then they
fed Tho 7ard i l.
red and yellow fruit, Oh, it was all so delightful
And then came dinner. And such dinnerI
Fresh garden -olz' from the old colored par-
deners garde1 ID the dessert was watermelon
And then it hat Tommy's mamma had to hold
her little son for he wanted to ask for q
second helping o. dessert. Il could eat a whole
melon, mamma zpered Tommy to his mother
You might be able TO do that, sonny" said his
mother IN low tone, ''but you'd certainly suffer
the consequences You know what [ have told YOU
about the gluten and the gourmand?"
After dinner Nellie and Tommy went to their
rooms to lie down and rest bit before exploring"
any more about the new grounds. They had nice
nap in the cool room lying on the matting-covered
floor with grass cushions under their heads
About o'clock both children awoke and then
they asked their mamma if they might go out on
the lawn again. eve want to explore some more"
said Tommy
Their mamma laughed at their Exploring" and
gave her consent to their going out to play But.
my dears, dc not wander too far from the house."
she warned them. 'You might get lost in the woods
you know. Just north of this farm house is great
woods reaching-so I told by our andlady-
for about two miles in each direction. If you got
into that you might come to grief"
Nellie and Tommy shuddered at the thought of
getting lost in the big woods, and promised their
mother that they would not go in that direction, :,
but would play on the lawn or in the meadows that
surrounded the house So out they went full of the
idea Of making some new discoveries. They played
they were exploring new and unknown land. After
hunting wild animals in the garden among the
chicken coops and COW sheds, they decided to
tend their travels into the deep meadow which lay
round about the foot of the old farm house, which
had recently been turned into summer boarding
house for city people.
Down in the meadow was long wooden shed
which had doubtless been used for horses or cattle
In DAYS oone by But now it was an empty build |
ing place for birds to build their nests. Against
one side of the shed-whch stood about eight feet |
to the eaves-was an old ladder. Tommy discovered |
that the shed was empty, and said: well play we
have discovered some ancient RUNS, perhaps thou
sand years old"
eyes. let's play it's Pompeii" said Nellie. 'EPlay
that we have Just discovered old castle full OF
gold and diamonds" But Just she said this
dogs bark heard IN the distance and both chill
1ren looked about in sudden fear In the city dogs
were never allowed to go on the street at this time
IF wear unnlzzled and never allowed to go about
without being led by some person. So, when Nellie
and Tommy saw dog-and great big fellow, too
coming through the meadow toward them, bark
ing every few paces they felt very much frightened
indeed ooh, we must hide from HIM He may be
, mod dog cried Nellie. ooh, there's no door
.b1tter here. and no sashes in the windows The
log could come right into, the building What shall
Gets get on the roofl7 cried Tommy, starting
oward the ladder which leaned against the edge
e The elan+ing roof "Come, here's ladder. Mel
l. ockIv followed, and soon both frightened chill
Te We're we're out of danger Hardly had they got set
led when Tommy bethought him Of the 3, ladder
oh wonder if dog can go up ladder r. = he ex-
lained. "Of course he can" sa'd Nellie ;,t tof
lon't you remember the dogs IN the circus cliiOeu
aoa agb a Just drop this end Of the 2der to hg
round d. said Torln And before Nellie ,, ee;nL
~ ont 10 HIM MT do for he would be %4if Ting
q tbeir laeams q descent, Tommy had 'aagnt h t