The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-11-26

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to work. morning as he went
fast, Joe. yetting his own break
called at p his own porch. cat
scorn. It d made a gesture of
Used to r;wful to be ignored.
have preferltrouble. Joe would
and a fencopen row TO silence
It was not - q |
some indesShereafter that, In
Jones chicken manner, the
miraculously, spver the fence |
heavy fowls witey were clumsy,
They uprooted Sower OF Hight
gobbled of the Il fioweroeds ana
well above the gr the peas, now
sowed more peas Reuben Farr |
over the fence. tied the hens
That night he cal
casually as II in pS the winow'
coined him ON the she wei
him smoke II he like and pade
talk more than a woe ala nof
Name came out IN WI two. put
dence. and inwardly I'D impu-
She wished her mother excitedr
know when she was not tearp 70
Mrs. Jones stayed, fockd. buL
nably. When he rose to gatermf
meringly mentioned the ma stnm
chickens and the rabbits. fttn7
new thing to have a neigm
did not resent things. She VINO
sorry, but 1t was acciden& SO
children must have pets, and snq
After a voluble discourse n.
pleasant Irish voice, Mary Jonef
Ryan, finished with her favorip
of wisdom, Boys" she said, "wt
boys" N
Yes, Boys will be-boys," he
dryly. Then he went away uptown
The next evening he added an,
ira foot to the height Of his fel
The neighbors grinned, know
Joseph would simply consider him
challenged. Natural history tells
that the rabbit will bore its ways
der almost anything on earth. =
also teaches us that, like most I,
less things. 1t multiplies very rapi
There had been originally some Sc
or eight rabbits. Now there, were
seemed. dozens of them. One nj
they worked steadily, having so
how escaped from their allie
hutches, and the morning found tn
In Reuben's garden. They were k,
and hungry. and the young cabba
and cauliflowers suffered.
The presumably irate, but outwa
y calm gardner, slet Mrs. Jones 60
over, and, with thes aid Of her
spring, remove the offenders, s
abiding. She was illustrated, and
'nce her volubility failed her. Sol
hing In the tall bachelors attitr
hamed her to a partial silence.
'roke previous records by Offering
'ay for the damage. She would
lew plants for him. He said II wo,
'e too late now--and he would ,
he space for something else.
Joe was fascinated into tdeeency
week or two. He did not und
tand., And now, every few. evenin
seubens would .saunter over ID I
porch and sit on the ste
nd smoke. He got to bexchahgl
~ jokes with Name, who was 20
tied about this wary new specim,
hat she forgot to bereaye, Sads I
an, four doors on. Of her lakeside,
IT was Reuben FArr'sa custom ca
light to paddock his front gate al
,ade Of wire like the fence. o
avn, early In May, he arose to a
he gate wide open. The Jones' ],
ey was peacefully browsing on I
'st of the young sweet corn stalk
ne jones' hens were scratching
,e beds, the rabbits were busy wi
le clover planted to protect t
ewly sprung up lawn grass. 1t W
retty bad.
Farr called Joe over and stern
elped him to get the creatures o,
lis eyes were plating. and his II
ose SGT. Old Dusan, who car
long, said he heard the outrag
ardsner swear. but Dugan had
ne imagination. h
This time, Mrs. Jones dared d
ven apologize. To do her justit
,e was stiff with fear. And tho M!
lief was not all intentional. Piqu,
the paddock Joe. like all boyy. n
led all the Keys which he con
nd. He had large assortment. d
! them did at the paddock, whf,
pened with dinicuity-but whfr
ould not lock again. He had 81
le gate. but the COW. pulling UP b
axe, ghad pushed II wide. The *
as fiiahtehdd, }ahd his under-ete
sed conscience was working. II
spt himself out Of the way the Il
wing evening. being sure tn,
would happen. .
It did; but It was not the extecte
vuben IFarr, after Mis- SUPP per, can
'er to the Jones' house. dressed
: host. newly shaven, and smiling:
Maine began something and Tot u
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