Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-14
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spanked by Mother Dear for being
saucy.
1T did hurt this time" he told
Dorothy, who had been boasting to
Grandmother Dear that Mother
Bears spanks were seldom felt, be-
cause if they howled loud enough
she stopped almost as soon as she
began.
You howled too loud" said Dor
othy, critically; 'if you'd begun
kind o. soft, and then howled
louder mother wouldn't have
known you were making believe"
Davie frowned.
you may talk, Dorothy Dear"
he declared, "but I was the one
that got the spanking, and mother
hurt this time with the very first
crack. And just because said
grandmother was mean," Davie
added in a Disguised tone; II didn't
catch it so hard the time I swung
the yellow k item by the tall"
And that was lots worse" said
Dorothy, with sympathy; maybe
grandmother tell us some more
after she's had her nap"
Davie snorted.
81 don't want TO hear girl stories.
I'd rather go out in the garden,
where Henry's planting things" he
declared, thrusting his hands in his
pockets; ST guess that's what I'll
do. I'm going to have a garden of
my very own this year, and I'm
going to plant it just full of pop
corn"
where are you going to get the
POPCORN" Dorothy wanted to
know.
Davie raised his chin.
I'm the candy store, o. course.
They've got lots of it, left over
from Christmas. the lady told me,
all pink and white. Won't it look
pretty?"
Dorothy eyed him for a moment,
then tossed her head.
You're silly"
Davie glared, then looked curious.
II am not! Why am II" he said
all at once.
"'Cause you are. That kind OF
popcorn isn't the kind you plant
What kind do you plant them"
1.-THE kind you plant comes on
ears, and you have to shell 1t off
the ears and then plant it. And
when it comes up it looks Just like
other kinds of corn, only it's small
er. And you have to husk it and
put it away to get very, very dry.
Then about Christmas time you pop
it. And none of it's pink at all
until you color it with pink sugar.
Davie looked crestfallen.
How do you know" he asked.
pulling his hands from his pocket
and seating himself on the window
sill.
1--WE had it in school," said Dor
othv; ait was a lesson"
Oh" said Davie.
For q moment he looked thought
full Then he said
But what makes it all nice and
sugary?"
Dorothy looked impatient. "'Cause
they dip it in syrup, o. course" she
cried, land the syrup is made out of
sugar and water. So you see [ know
all about it, Davie Dear"
Davie thought again. Then he
cried triumrhantly: But the kind
we popped ourselves wasn't sweet
at all. 1t had salt on it, not sugar
It had butter, THOUGH"
"Davie Dear. you're a Ounce! It
didn't have sugar. cause we didn't
put sugar on it almost shouted
Dorothy. do you know you're
making me very angry
Why?' Dawes ewes were rounu
wells of injured innocence as he
looked at his excited sister.
Because" Dorothy glared with all
her might, because it takes so long
to get things through your head.
That's why
This statement bothered Davie not
at all He gazed refiectively out
at the sunny landscape. his thoughts
going back to his garden.
~ guess" he said slowly. TIL
plant the popcorn, anyway.
Wouldn't you. 1t would look nice,
and maybe I wouldn't have to
water it very much. Would there
be marv weeds"
Dorothy's anger melted. Anger
always does melt, children. when it
has nothing upon which to feed, and
that is why it is wise to give soft
answers when folks provoke us.
"There are always weeds" she
said.
And that lazy little Davie Dear
declared that if he had to have
weeds and pull them up every dav
ard all, he guessed he wouldn't
plant even roDcorn.