The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-02
PAUL-IME's WISHES.
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate).

: Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicatel.
Pauline Glare was home for a holiday
and it was raining. 1t was bad
enough to have rain at boarding
school,, when one was at lessons, but
to have it when there was so much fun
to be had was something too trying on
the nerves.
So Polly sat in the big chair before
the library CRATE fire and sulked. Bev-
erly was off at a boy scout meeting.
Mamma was taking a nap. Mary was
busy with mince pies in the kitchen,
and the house was as still as a mouse.
Not q sound but the tick, took OF the
big clock in the corner of the hall and
the drip, drip, drip Of the water run
ning down the pane.
she threw her coat on the back OF
her chair. but the red tam o'shanter
car she still kept on her brown curls.
! AS she leaned back she felt the wooden
tassel flop in her face.
If this We're only a wishing cap"
III laughed, Il would pretty soon fix
things all right. l would never have
any rain or snow, and the weather
would always be pleasant and sunny,
with no wind at ALL"
1T is a wishing cap" she seemed to
hear a voice say Il of the shadows of
the big room.
My, what was that?" she exclaimed.
sounded like someone spoke. 1t can't
be a wishing cap, when it is the red
wooden one dad gave me last year"
Just try it once" came again a
voice out of the gloom.
IAN right laughed Pauline. Here
EoesI wish it wouId stop raining and
turn warm, and the flowers would
come out n the trees be full of
leaves and it would be summer again"
Before she had ceased to speak a
wonderful change tool place. The ain
ceased The SIN /. rama n11t hot the
flowers sprang up in the yard as if by
magic and the trees We're green in the
sunny air. But the people going by
With their winter clothing on began to
grew faint with the unusual heat. The
mouse, which was heated by a furnace,
was so warm that every III left it
cept Pauline, who was too busy to
think about her w feelings.
a farmer passing down the street
stopped by the window, n Pauline
the weather. Il can't imagine what is
the matter" he exclaimed. This sud
den July in January will ruin the coun-
try-our CROPS will sprout, the whea
VIII die. the fruits will be frosted by
the next change. We were having a
nice soaking ain when this happened.
We don't need hot weather, but a good
fall of snow to help the crops"
Pauline a begun herself to see
that h had made a mistake in bring
ING summer so suddenly into winter.
People who were dressed for the Geld
weather We're suffering; so were the
and everything else with the
heat.
Il believe 1 would like to go skating
this afternoon" Pauline said, aloud.
SO wish it would freeze and freeze
everything hard as q rock
In a momen a violent change was
seen. People who had been painting in
the street began to shiver and tremble
with the cold: the furnaces, which had
been allowed to cool, were rushed with
fire and the cold houses shut. The
flowers froze, turned black and drop
ped from their stems and the trees
shed their wilted leaves.
Down the street came the same
farmer who had passed before, and
again he spoke to his friend about the
weather.
Here it has frozen UP, and just
after that hot spell brought up the