Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-02
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a may nave been 40 fault OF lbs
chickens, an IL may have been b.
cause tho Ga lack o g grunted too
soou; 1t esrlai ma not Thinks
taalt--oh, y no.
frink ,was an person. very
eprosd aud very sunh armed end very
charming VIXEN eyef yth.rg weat IS
she vi .e1 a. ard !, ary-wal, | must
COME YER, ant - be cross when
she aaIdat have }.ar own way. But
she t. outerev k,hat SO It - hardly
ia ssgcribe Or as anyth g but 3
o. ray of suns 'ue'
lflnk VIZ c4ft ior Nat inka, ana
as she vas SD Z of stature. the nam
applied both avs
Trink wy q, Der grandmother
seUn. e5@A beautiful bis farm b
twes$g t. guatans and she wa
hAavtns i. ast Lpd OF a time, esp
cially as her suau cousin Nell hat
also come thcre 10 make a visit Their
was one thing they did wish for, am
that was apples. All Of the APPLES II
the orchard were as green as frcsl
grass and no good to eat, for they had
tried ard found out after spending a
day or so in bed.
One day when Trnk was helping
Uncle Jim hunt eggs In the weeds
back OF his new chicken house she
discovered, instead u nest Of white
eggs, two large shining strawberry ap
pies. And looking up above her head
she, saw many more, all on the side OF
thesuee toward the chicken house ana
far'above h head Uncle jim, care
fully climbirg up n the c9r2o~ Of tn
house pickt ! h.tful OF beau, : NJ
5 gave them to her.
Don't ever climb UP there yourself
Trihky," he said, "fer YOU know my
nicA nsw chicken house hos glass
root. and il YOU slip n inch yea ma
crash through and hurt yourself and
tfIefehicSens and spoil he house"
IN remember, Uncle jim said
Trink, a. she raced off TO find Nell.
Trihk was always dutiful =. long as
aforementioned
80, when she showed Nell the tree
next day, and the srest red apples
beekoned them, she refused 10 climb
on The end Of The chicken house for
ons instant, or TO allow daring Nell to
do 1t.
"You boost me up. Nelly" she said
brightly. after they had gazed long
insIy up for sCule time and had ,..sd
to throw sticks up 80 they would not
all
cllrnh out on the limb and throw EN-
down to you-y0u can catch en- in
your dress"
So roly,poly Trinky rolled up tbs
tree and worked her way out on the
limb, carefully keeping her eye on the
place where the biggest and best ap.
pos were She finally seated herself
tust where she could reach several
nice apples. Then she dropped a his
one down to Nell and buried her teeth
in antther After Thar one was fin
ishad, even 70 the seeds, she picked
some more 10 throw down.
I'm not ready to catch EN- yet"
cried Nelly. "Put 'em in your lap a
minute.,.s So Trink picked up an apron
full of Jolly red ones and then sat look
ing dowl in the chicken yard under
her go
ooh, of" she screamed there's an
old hen Just coming off with the dar-
lingest fluffy chicks you ever saw
wish YOU tould see 'em, Nelly"
But Nelly had seen something else,
which was he old black pig tyotting
through the orchard pell-mell toward
the strawberry apple tree. And if there
was. one thing both she and Trink
were very mich afraid of it was that
same inqui&tge old black pig that al
wass poked his nose in where he
wasn't wanted Nelly was running
away as fast IS she could. The hen |
caught sight If Trink in the tree /
above her and commenced 10 "cut-cut- (
cadarcut," just as the little girl saw |
Nelly running through the orchard, /
and the old BLACK pig under the tree.
She turned to clutch the limb on /
which she was sitting, and before she !
knew what had happened there was
great crash Of broken glass, a fright /
ened scream, terrified snort from
the pig and dozen red apples fell .
from the tree on top of the chicken
house and through the glass roof into
Madam Hens drawing room.
Poor little Trink was bruised and
cut and frightened nearly to death
she could not pick herself up for
few minutes, and when she did she
discovered great bleeding places on
highlands and legs. and aches all q er
which frightened her even more, md,
wokse than all, there was no wa [ out
Of 1.-THE sides were too high evlp to
each on tiptoe. and the door was lock
-. for she had seen Uncle Jim Go 1t.
leHe wasn't any Use ~ crrin-, for