News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-06-03

Neither Johnnie nor Jessie could
tell just when the Sandman came into
the sitting room the next night, so OF
course they did not know how he
came Perhaps it was down the chin
ney and perhaps it was through the
window or the door, but, anyway,
there he was, jumping up and down
on the corner of the library table and
laughing just as hard as ever he
could. He waved his hand to Jessie
and as soon as he could stop his
laughing long enough to speak he
jumped clear across from the table to
the arm Of the big chair in front of
the fire place, and began to tell the
Twins all about the joke he had
played on mean old wasp that after
noon. He told them that the wasp had
tried to bite him and he had thrown
the old wasp into the spiders jail, and
there he was this very minute, all tied
up with lot of rope Wasn't that
funny?
OF course Mother Dear was sitting
in the big chair with her dear little
Twins, but she did not see the Sand
man, because he does not let grown
up folks see him, and he talks so that
only the children can hear. When the
Sandman asked the Twins to go for
little walk and see the wasp in the
Jail they were very glad to go, and
Mother Dear thought they had only
gone to sleep.
So they put on the two little caps
with the tiny silver bells on the very
tip top, and then they were no bigger
than the Sandman. When they were
all ready the Sandman put one foot
in his pocket and jumped up and
down on the other, all the time saying
"Osky Wow Wow, Skinny Wow Wow"
and in a minute all three of them
we're way out in the barn where Dad
dy kept the horse and the COW. They
stopped over in one corner and
there they saw a most tremendous
spider web all made out of silver
threads. 1t looked as big as a circus
tent, and every thread seemed like a
big rope of silver, and the ropes were
all covered with things like hooks,
having very sharp points.
Something all wrapped up with the
silver ropes was making an awful
noise over in one corner of the spider
web. 1t looked almost as large as a
big dog and it buzzed very loud and
tried to bite the ropes. The Sandman
laughed again when he heard this loud
noise. and he walked over and poked
the animal with little stick. My,
how it did buzz and wiggle.
THAT is the wasp that tried to bite
me this morning" said the Sandman.
He is a cross rascal and / am just |
going to have the spider keep him |
tied up there all night, so that he will |
remember not to bite anybody after |
this"
Jessie was sure that she did not |
like spiders, so she moved around be- |
hind the Sandman, and looked care
fully about her.
81 do not see any spider here" she
said and | do not believe that she |
wanted to see one either, do you?
He is taking a little nap way back
at the end of that long tunnel you see
In the middle of his web replied the
Sandman. 81 could bring him out here
very quickly If | we're to pull one of
hose silver ropes, but | would rather
et him sleep until he has some work
10 do Suppose we go and try to find
a robber fly and then chase him up
here for the spider to put in jail"
OF course the Twins thought that
would be lots of fun, so away they
went. out back of the barn, to
a great big pile of dirty straw
and pretty soon they came to a sort
lf opening down in it. The Sand
nan leaned over this hole and
listened. and so did the Twins. Way
down deep they heard a funny sort of