Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15


thousand times more afraid OF you
than you are of them"
Ugh" Dorothy shivered. Don't
talk about them!'
"Dorothy's afraid of en-" said
DaYie, JeeringIy, I'm not. / could
Kill the biggest snake in the world,
II [ had rock or stick and saw
him fore he saw me. I ike to Kill
'em, do. Gir.s are always AFRAID
Of snakes, aren't they, mother?"
IF 1 were YOU" said mother Dear,
with pretended severity. I'D run
around the table and climb in my
chair and finish my breakfast"
And stop bragg ng." chimed IN
Dorothy, you re getting worse and
worse every day, DaVie."
Davie went sloWly around the
table, pulling one OF Dorothy's curls
as he passed her.
Just cause l said you We're
afraid o. snakes, you say I'm bra
glng," he Knocked; you are afraid.
though, just the same, aren't your"
Ana Lave grlnned tantaliz. ngly, as
he hitched himself into his char.
"heep sti J." sad Dorothy.
~ Ell, aren't your"
"Davie," interrupted mother Dear
warningly, III you start a quarrel
there'll be no Walk, so guard your
tongue"
Davie wanted to say great deal
mere. He delighted in teasing Dor
othy. But he looked at mother
Dear and saw that she was in
earnest, and SO began to eat his
boiled zee, while Dorothy smiled
with satisfaction and wondered if
he intended to begin again after
breakfast.
The 5axz x.,aa hoo,4if,,I r,l,a ,,,,,
shone like gold through the trees
that were trying their best to bud.
Overhead was a sky of wonderful
blue, and on every side the grass
stretched like a VelVety green car
pet.
Dorothy and Davie quite forgot
their breakfast table pickering, and
scampered along ahead of the
others Ike two frisky little dear
Dear colts, running races, throwing
sticks for Laddie-dog to chase and
catch, shouting boo at each other
from behind trees, and doing a hun
dred and one other Stunts that
children delight in when they're
happy, and out of doors.
One time it looked as if the trip
was going to be. spoiled
Davie was chasing Dorothy, and
ONCI LilS uS MS
head on the sidewalk with a bump
that brought mother and father
Dear hastily to the scene. They
fitted the bowling little boy to his
feet and looked at the bump, which
had already begun to swell.
at isn't very bad" said father
Dear, you'll be all right in a
moment, sonny boy"
Davie wiped away his tears with
his little brown fist. He hated to
have folks see him cry, because he
was seven, you know, and consid-
cred seven" very manly age.
II d-don't c-care about the
b-bumn,'' he declared choking tack
his sobs, ''b but Dorothy shouldn't
a rrn away from me, s-she
shouldn't"
Dorothy looked concerned.
why, Davie Dear, didn't" she
cried, 81 thought we were only
playing. l wasn't going to run away
from you. honest and truly"
"You did just the same" said
Davie, feeling the bump on his fore
head with careful fingers; "it a
awful big bump, isn't it?" he said,
growing proud, you never had one
as big as this. did your" And he
turned to Dorothy with a happy
smile, quite forgetting his wrath in
thu iov of being a hero.
Dorothy smiled. She knew how
to marage her brother, sometimes
at never did! It's a wonderful
brmp" she declared, with great
admiration.
Wrereupcn DAVE began to strut.
II bet Billy Prown never had a
bump rs big as this," no crowei.
"what'H he say when he sees it?
wish he was here now!"
"It'n look worse when it gets
black and tlue,' said Dorothy, COM
fort'ngly.
"Then I'll wait till tomorrow to
show it to him. cried Davie.
ITO he contin"ed)