The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-13
AUNT Minerva amt got


,cep'in' what she put under q Of hen
fer to set this mornin'.''
Cant you get 'em from under the
old hen? Miss Minerva is such a /
Christian woman, she amt"
"You done fool me bout that |
'ligious business befo'," Interrupted
Billy, IAN l got put to bed in the day
time"
well, she won't never miss two or
three eggs" coaxed Jimmy. How
many did she put under the old hen?"
She put fifteen" was the response,
AN don't believe she'd want me to
tech EN-
They're bout the prettiest eggs
ever was" continued the tempter. ali
blue and pink and green, and bout
million kinds. They're just perZact
ly like rabbits eggs"
me an Wilkes Booth Lincoln amt
never hear teller no rabbits eggs
sence we's born" said Billy; Il don't
berlieve rabbits lays eggs nohow,'
They don't lay 'em 'cept to East
err" said Jimmy. Miss Cecilia splaln-
ed it all to me and she's my Sunday
| School teacher and rabbits is bound
to lay eggs cause it's in the Bible and
she's bout the prettiest 'splainer they
is. I'm going over there now to see
bout my eggs" and he made believe
/ to leave the swing.
Les us slip roun' to the hen-house
an see what the OF hens a-doln,
suggested the sorely tempted Billy.
Aunt Minerva is a-makin' me some
! night-shirts an she amt takin no no
/ tice Of nothin else.
They tiptoed stealthily around the
4Ihouse TO the backyard, hut found the
hen-house door locked.
Cant you get the key" asked the
younger child.
Nav, l can't" replied the other
boy, but you can git In th'oo this
| here little hole what the chickens
goes in at, whites watches fer Aunt
Minerva. I'll stand right here an
hol my cap while you fetches me the
I eggs. An don't you take more,n nse
or SIX" he warned.
sI'm skeered of the old hen. OBJ
jected Jimmy. Is she much OF =
pecker?''
Nav, she amt a-goin' to hurt you.
was the encouraging reply. Git up
an crawl th'oo; I'll help you.
Billy, having overcome his scruples'
now entered into the undertaking
with great zest-
Jimmy climbed the chicken ladder
kicked his chubby legs through the
| aperture, hung suspended on his ta'
little middle for an instant, and hnai'
ly, with much painting and tugglhg
wriggled his plump, round BODY INTO
the hen-house. He walked over where
a lonesome looking hen was sitting
patiently on nest. He put out
cautious hand and the hen promptly
gave it vicious peck.
billy, he called angrily, you go
to come in here and hold thls ole
, chicken; she's bout the terribles
! pecker they is.
Billy. stuck his head In the little
square hole. Go at her from benlnd,
!, he suggested; put yo' hand unde
] her easy like, an don let her Know know
Z what you's up to.
Jimmy tried to follow these instruc
tions, but received another peck 70
his pains. He promptly mutinled.
IF you want any eggs, ne de
clared, scoWling at the face framed i
s the aperture, you can come get 'er
yourself. { done nonkeyed With I'M
o1,;o11oy,* oil Tim going to
: So Billy climbed up and easily &c
his lean little body through the opel
: ing. He dexterously caught the ne
= by the nape Of the neck. as ne na
seen Aunt Cindy do, while Jimm
= reached for the eggs.
: IF we amt done lef my cap gu
side on the groun',"' said Billy. VIVA
we goin' to put the eggs in =
= = .sWell, that's just like you, Bill
:. you all time got to leave your cap 9
! the ground. I'll put 'em in my blous
- fill you get outside and then I'll han
= ,em to you How many you going
!. take?'
= 1--WE might just as well git EN-
now said Billy. Aunt Cindy s.
: chickens t all If folks put they hans
s. in they nests an this here hen lot
~ like to me she's one Of them kind,
~ the roster the eggs II jest be vast
- any how, cause you done put ,
20 hans In her mes, an q dominlck
:. amt a-goin' to stan no proJeck'
Y. with her eggs. Hurry up.
:. Jimmy carefully distributed =
eggs inside his blouse, and Billy on
~ more craWled through the hole 81
: stood on the outside waiting, cap
8 band, to receive them.
But the patient hen had at ls
raised her voice in angry protest
set sup a furious cackling, which
-. frightened the little boy on the ms
- that he was panic-str1ck He caue
- hold of low roost pole, swung al
- self up and, wholly unmindful OF
az h1o,,se full of eggs, pushed his low