White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-26

meekly. Then she frightened. oh,
know III say word instead
Won't that be all right?"
Il; l suppose So"
We'll, Mr.. Parcher said he
couldn't stand those word boys.
That sounds al right. doesn't 1t
mammal"
Mrs. Baxter hesitated, but she we'll
knew that Jane had her own way of
telling things, or else they remained
untold.
Il; sppose So
We'll, they kind of talked along"
Jane continued much pleased, AN
Mr.. Parcner said when he was young
he wasn't any such a such a word
fool as these young word fools we're.
He said in all his born days Willie
Baxter was the wordest fool he ever
saw.
Willie Bakers mother flushed a
little. That was very unjust and
very wrong of Mr.. Parcher.7 she
Sdlu pTlIuiy.
"oh. no. mamma" Jane protested.
Mrs. Parcher thought so too"
did she. indeed?"
Only she didn't say word or
wordest or anything like that" Jane
explained. She said IL was because
Miss Pratt had coaxed him to be so
In love Of her. An SIR. Parcher said
he didn't care whose fault 1t was, VIII
lie was IA word calf, an so were all
the rest OF 'em, Mr.. Parcher said. An
be said he couldn't stand It any more.
Mr.. Pareher said that a whole lot of
times, mamma. lie said he guess
pretty soon he'd haf to be in the luna
tic asylum ii Miss Pratt stayed a few
more days With her word little dog
an her word Willie Baxter an all the
other word calls. Mrs. Parcher said
be oughtn't to say word
She said. Hush. hushF to him, NAM
ma. He talked like this, mamma: He
said. I'll be word II ! stand IT. An
he kept gettin' erosser. an he said
Word Word! World WOR'a-
There Mrs Baxter interrupted
sharply. "That will do, janet Well
talk about something else now l
think
At nightfall Jane was saying her
prayers beside her bed, while her
mother stood close by.
An bless mamma. an papa an ~
Jane murmured. coming to "a pause
"an'-an' bless Willie. she added, with
a little reluctance.
Go on, dear, said her mother You
haven't finished.
I know - mamma Jane looked
up 10 say. 4 was just thinlSin' a min
ute. | want TO tell you about somep'n.'
Finish your prayers first, Jane"
Jane obexed with a swiftness IN
erence: then she jumped into bed and
began a fresh revelation.
Its about papa's clo'es, mamma"
"What clothes of papa'si What do
you mean. Jane2a asked Mrs. Baxter.
puzzled.
THE ones you couldn't fnd-the ones
you beer lookin' for most every day"
iOu uutdu pupd , tsciiuE tiotltSt
"Yes'm." said Jane. .Willies got
'em on. Jane assured her, with en-
phasis. II bet he's had EN- on every
single evening since Miss Pratt anne
to visit the Parchers. Any way. he's
got 'em on now. cause | saw EN-"
Mrs. Baxter frowned.s Are you
suref'
"les'm. | saw him In EN-. | was
In my bare feet after | got undressed,
an | was kind of walkin' around In
the hail.
You shouldn't do that. Jane"
"No'm. An | heard Willie say
somep'n kind of TO himself, or like
defamation. lie was inside his room,
but the door wasn't quite shut. He
started out once. but he went back for
somep'n an forgot TO, ] guess. Any
way, | thought | better look an see
what was goin' on, mamma, SO | just
kind of peeked IN
But you shouldn't do that, dear"
Mrs. Baxter said musingly. at isn't
really quite honorable"
Nom. Well, what you think he was
aolH hhitt bdh1 "a
excitement, and SO did her eyes, He
was standin' up there in papa's clo'es
before the lookin'glass, an first he'd
lean his head over on enc side. an
then he'd lean 1t over IN the other
side, an then he'd bark, mamma
He'd what?"
"Yes'm!'' said Jane. He'd give a
little. teeny bark. mamma-kind OF
like a puppy, mamma g
"What?'' cried Mrs. Baxter.
"Yes'm. he did" Jane asserted. He
did il four or five times. First he'd
lean his head way over on his shoulder
like this-look, mammalian then he'd
lean IL away over the other shoulder,
an every time he'd do ii ned bark.
'Berp-werp! he'd say, mamma, just
like that, only not loud at all. He