The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-01-21

2 "Tante, if l am good boy and g
r to sleep, will the wicked ones fyin
h in the sky come down and hurt Water
Will they, Tante? An Heine 9TH
! dog, will they come down and hur
him? l think will write to Helm
now to come here with me-"
, Was there anything which had es
capped our little refugee? Aeroplans
talk was strictly taboo before him
but he knew about air warfare-toc
much-from his own nursery win
dow, now far away.
"Otto saw the wicked ones in the
sky, Tante. Heine saw them, too.
He said 'Bow-wow.' He hites. He
will bite them. think will write him
letter now to bite Them"
He sat upright again, determined to
act. l gather him up in my arms, de-
termined to quiet him.
"Now, little man, Tante is going to
tell you story she read in the big
newspaper. 1t will be true-true."
He snuggled down and turned an
eager face to mine.
"About soldiers, Tante?"
eyes, about soldiers"
"About wicked ones shooting?"
eyes, about shooting" l answered
resolved to conquer.
"Otto, the other day the wicked
ones in the air sailed down close to
the ground looking for soldiers upon
the hill. They found them. The
wicked ones said, You must not stay
here. If you do, we must put you
out The soldiers did not move, so
the wicked ones shot-bang the
soldiers could not move any more.
"Then some horses came along. They
we're tired because they had had no
lap. They thought they would lie
Town and sleep a little while. The 2
wicked ones saw them sleeping on e
he ground. They crept up close t
o the horses, and bang! The horses :
id not wake up ever again. \
"But pretty soon big, strong,
ind man came along. He had a
eautiful flag on his shoulder. He
aw the poor horses lying on the y
round; he saw the soldiers who :,
1uld not move. He said, We'll, well, =
lis is bad. What badness they all
ave done!"
"He walked all around, looking at
He saw Water riding a &C
'lendid horse along the road; he I
w Mutter helping broken legs" -
"He saw them, sure?" interrupted st
ito. W
eyes, he saw them all. Then he tn
cided what to do. He said to his ~.
lpers: Dig long, long hole, right
gay, and put in it all the wicked
ms, all the shooters which the
cked ones have in the air; which i,
e soldiers have behind the trees, as
ing the road = everywhere sh
I'm all in the deep, deep holep CT
'They came from the sky; came
lrching from over the hill; came
nping from horses; to the big hole
d threw away every gun, every
'oter, every hurter, they had LEI ra.
They obeyed the strong, kind man Ola
ause they were all like children. yor
e strong man was like a father a.p
mo +bon, ,yha+ 70 40 ~ III fac
m they could not have things which Yer
t them. Water threw his gun into ner
deep hole and Mutter did not have b
more broken legs to mend" &C,
tito looked up at me, puzzled, half swo
ewing. He was afraid to believe. like
N to his little mind, it was almost not
good. inst
rante read it today in the big
err" he queried, to be sure. 7,
Yes, in the big paper, little boy. ines
MS was PROOF. he signed a long ems
and smiled. feet
An Water, Mutter, Heine, them
les, won't get hurried any more ?"
10, indeed. There won't be any,
g to hurt them" W
n, Mu++or ond vo4 -, likel
ito" hnr J
IN, yes, soon." so G
IN there won't be shootin,s9n ever
70, none" 70 d
;. cons
hen Otto's soldiers mustn't have easy
/, Tante, There must ba h;r agre
We must put our guns in big "hei
Tante."
ere is the hole" said 1, drawing LII
capacious waste basket. One OF N
one, the wooden soldiers were meal
lnly Invested of tin guns, drop wher
with clash of arms into the strut
don.
Milling, he settled back again in
7 arms.
ut Freddie Jones's soldiers has
guns" persisted our Otto. can Mr.
will bring 'em over to shoot /. w
an mine will go dead" At s