Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-07-04

work of art. Then the question was-
What should we do with it?
Lets put it at her plate at break
fast" suggested Hester.
Better send it through the mail,''
said Majorie. She won't dare to say
ianything to the postman.
PIN 1T on her door, said Charley.
No" said. that won't do. The
original Declaration was read out loud
II know, cause 1 asked papa. They
read 1T out loud, and then they rang a
big bell till it cracked"
Well, who's going to be the one to
read it," asked Charlie.
Well draw lots," i said.
And we did with little pieces of
string; and the lot fell to me. It al
ways happens that way-the one who
plans a thing not only has to do all the
thinking, but he has to go and carry
out his own idea while the other people
stand and look on, or maybe even make
fun of him.
You'll all have to go with me, any
way" l said. I'LL read it outside her
door at z o'clock tomorrow morning,
and when I get through you must ali
raise a mighty shout, like the people
did outside the palace of the king at
the time of the French revolution, and
you must yell, Down with the tryrant-
ess! Off with her head!' and. things
like that, and Gregory is to nave the
servants dinner bell and ring like mad;
and then all the rest of the day we're
going to do just as we please, and il
she calls we won't come, not matter
how loud h hollers."
The rest all thought it was a bully
idea. but Charley said:
Hadn't we better do 1t after break
fast? Because it's griddle-cake tomor-
any"
So we decided to start in being reyo-
lutfonists after breakfast instead of be-
fore. After breakfast, while we're sup
posed to be upstairs making our beds,
Miss Saunders sits In the library for
about half an hour, reading the morn
ing papers, and that would be a good
chance to read the declaration to her.
All through breakfast the next morn
ing we We're awfully glum and nerv-
Gus. Before we got to the griddle
cakes, l forgot INT left my spoon in
my chocolate, and my arm went
against it quite accidentally, and the
whole cup got spilled on Hester, just
as she was STOPPING to pick up a piece
Of toast. and went all over the back
OF the guimpe of her dress. And Miss
Saunders swallowed whatever she put
in her mouth in a great hurry. and
took OFF her eyeglasses and pushed her
chair back from the table a little and
in that awfully quiet voice that is
twice as mad as when a person lets
out a yell:
arthur. how often have I told you
never to leave your spoon in your cup?
This Is the second time within a week
that this has occurred; you may go
up In your room and remain there UNI
til / come"
I didn't know what to do, because
II ! went upstairs then 1t would knock
our plan Of reading the declaration in
the head. And while I was rolling up
my napkin as slowly as I could, trying
to think what I should do, her voice
broke in:
Come. Arthur. I am waiting"
Then ! put my napkin down and
stood up in my chair. Her eyes near
~ bulged out of her head at that, be-
casise OF all the forbidden things In
the house, standing on any OF the
chairs but the ones in the kitchen. and
the piayroom is about the forbiddenest.
Why, you-you bad little boy, you!"
stand
But I Just pulled the Declaration OF
|~!ndepenuence u of my pocket and
began to read. / read all the. things
that h would not let US do, and was
just getting to the place where II. said
we meant to do rs we pleased TIN
mairifn;. and papa came home. / hadn't
been loking at her. because it was
as mucn as I could do to make out
Charles writing. And. besides. some
OF he things. when you came to read
them u loud to the person they were
intended for. sounded pretty dreadful
particularly where 1t said, shes
Just awful every way you can thing
Of" my cheeks felt kind of hot when
I got to those places. and I let my voice
down and hurried over them as fast As
I could. She must have come behind
while ! Mas trying to make out ZONE
OF h hard words. which / don't think
and the others all agreed with me
afterwards-Has quite a fair advan-
|taEe TO take. And she used to be on
the basketball team when she was in
college. andDh was awfu1ly strong. It
= 2 disgrace 70. be overpowered BY
such 9 strong person and carried up-
stairs. and locked In yonr room-and
then TO be told through the keyhole
that you are to stay there until you
are sorry. suppose that IL the way
George the Third would have treated
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