Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-25
FAIRY GoDAoTHER TELLS 4 LITTLE sroRY

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Samantha sat ON her hack porch
speeIng onions for pickiing. Josiah be-
ing very fond Of them. Along EcaIne
team with ii behind the reinp 81
= sys1 ayr, fond e s,C 0siylns ~. -.
What ye cryin over ri sst.s
cWaL'r. replied Samantha III YOU
had nigh On to two bushels Of Hectic
onions to peel up fory picking maybe
II =, am M real fond of UNI said 81,
how dew We put UNI up. or DOWN.
Which Is it2's 49, =,
Now look a-hear.s says, samantha,
IF You have cum all the way from
Puddin. hin. to poster me as ter how
tew pickle onions, up or down. !. tell
We you've come to the wrong place;
but then. / might as wal tell We. or
IT'S likely yen send Mandy. over to
find out Now dew keep still yawpin.
to that air horse Of your'n long
enough -to listen. Fhe frst thing you
anil the layers OF brown skin, you
know what mean don't 5ye?
They air the hatefnllest things We
lever saw in your life Sometimes ye
can rip them or all at once. then
again they VIII stick tighter,n mo-
Iasses. ss
The second thing you wind stick
Of. chewing gum around each onion
and stick a peanut Into each one.
| Then last. but not least you let them
soak in a tub OF good. cider vinegar
until the next annual picnie Good
samantha few into the house so
quick 81 didn't have time to take on
I his hat and smile. sIt ~. -
ST went on his way, and little
/ farther down the street he ran into
\ an auto, and who was in II but Azalea
/ With a half-dozen baskets of her best
Alhertus peaches on her way to Pop
overs. ~. s. l-..s@.-. s
sAzalea had promised Popoyer she
/ would Come over and take her for a
spin as soon as she learned how TO
run her car. She thought II good
i time now. and she could I'll out an
order on peaches at the same time
= 81 thuoght he could get by with
| out Azalea seeing him, but his horse
was. too slow when he was needed 10
go fast First thing he knew a peach
hit him. on the left ear. and before, he
| could turn another one came and. hit
him on the right ear. Then before he
knew It the peaches were al over
MIN Peaches are very, plentiful you
| know (. . ~
way!" cried 81.
"a Social Corner writer. of course
| replied Azalea
| W lat AdNG ever uOn6 10 you hN
have SO many peaches thrown at me-
| cried ST.
well. it is very evident you Xix,
thorn, the way you are making wa,
with that one" said Azalea, ~.
81 do like them when they come my
way so easy" Gid-dap thar" And
away he went.
On arriving at his home he though
he heard voices and as he drove intS
the yard he certainly was sure h
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crept up to the door and sure enough
there sat Hubby and Crimson Ramble.
with their heads together Now
thought 81 what is in the wlndi
81 knew listeners never heard an.
good of themselves, but he was deter
What these two were talking about
| Perhaps they were planning to Civ,
him and Mandy a surprise on thei
f1ftieth anniversary, which was al
most due; and then he thought per
haps they were planning to remem
Der him In their viii. At any rate
was better 10 know a little about II
and then he would know what to sa,
! or do.
He decided K they remembered hin
in their will he should build an an
rex onto his barn and have a husk
ing-bee- II 1t was a surprise on hi
anniversary he would go downato III
dim-store and get himself a damon
stud for his shirt front and a pair o
, diamond earrings for. Mandy. Yo
know there are handsome ones 70
ten cents. a-f.- IT, s-.-..
He crept very silently around tn
corner of the house and intended
get in under the clematis and wisteri
vine that was all, over the side of tn
back porch. He wondered in. tn
: meanwhile where Mandy was.
Presently Hubby screamed. .whic
nearly made 81 forget where he wa
! A mouse ran in front OF Hubby an
nearly frightened her to death.
He said to himself it reminded hi