Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-10

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 1t was down the chin
ney and pertains 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 I'M front of
the fire place, and began to tell the
Twins all about the joke he had
played on a 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 a lot of rope. Wasn't that
funny?
OF course Mother Dear was sitting
IL 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 a
little walk and see the wasp in the
.ail 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
"Csky Wow Wow, Skinny Wow Wow"
and in a minute all three of them
were way out in the barn where Dad
dy kept the horse and the cow They
stopped over in one corner and
there they saw most tremendous
spider web all made out of silver
threads. 1t looked as big as circus
tent, and every thread seemed like a
big rope of silver, and the ropes were
all COVeIGC WIFI tuIuSS Inc uOOhS,
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
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 l am just
going to have the spider keep him
lied up there all night, so that he will
~emember not to bite anybody after
his"
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 l do not believe that she
wanted to see one either, do you?
he IS LdhliB llAllE nap way DdcK
at the end of that long tunnel you see
in the, middle of his web" replied the
Sandman. Il could bring him ont here
very quickly If were to ppll one Of
those silver ropes, but Hwould rather
let him sleep until he has some work
to 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
great big pile of dirty straw
and pretty soon they came 10 sort
of opening down in it. The Sand
man leaned over this hole and
listened. and so did the Twins. Way
down deep they heard a funny sort OF
singing like the inside Of a beehive
and then out Of the hole popped
brand new fly, just born.
My gracious, but he was a whopper.
and he almost frightened Jessie SO
that she cried, for you must remem'
Der that she was not very big when
she had the Sandman's cap on, and
she kept forgetting that the fy could
not see her or hurt her when she was
with the Sandman.
This fly was lots bigger than the
ants L told you about in the first
story. He had a great long tongue,
almost as long as piece Of garden
hose. and he kept 1t rolled up in his
mouth just like your Daddy rolls up