Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-30

the taleum powder 1t Is the bent
kind Of powder, and hope you like
the violet smell. IT'S the kind that
auntie uses. and she is very particu-
lar. DO you like violet smellf'
Then Miss Kate threw her arms
around Sister and kissed her, and the
pigeon got loose and sat on Miss
Hates shoulder.
don't think Miss Kate would have
believed anybody who told her that
those children could have come flying
in on carpet like that. But there
they were. They were facts, and facts.
you know, are stubborn things.
II was now getting dark. Miss Kate
filed the gasoline tank Of the launch,
and started the engine to going. But
when this was done and she had
rubbed her nose with talcum powder
and had drink Of water 1t was really
dark.
She looked up dAd down the coast
at the different Tights, and her head
ached. and she was quite mixed In
her mind as to where. to steer for. At
last she said, my dears, am afraid
we shall have to stay here all night,
for am so tired and confused that
I don't feel safe to steer home. don't
think anybody win miss me, for am
staying at the hotel, and my brother
has gone to visit some friends named
Baily, The pigeon belongs to them.
shouldn't have come out alone in
the launch, anyhow"
Sister said that she had just as soon
stay all night, though of course they
could fly back on the carpet.
Brother thought It would be very
lonesome for Miss Kate II they left
her, and as his mother was in Boston
he was not afraid OF worrying, her.
AS for auntie, she would probably not
miss them till morning, as she was GO
ing out to supper.
Miss Kate thought II would be best
to anchor, for she was afraid Of the
reef. So they all tugged at the an
cAors and put one out in front and one
out behind. The boat lay gently rock
ing, and all was well.
They lighted the lantern and put up
the striped sides to the canopy. 1t was
then very coy In there.
After supper they took the long cush-
ions and spread them on the floor, and
rolled themselves up in steamer rugs,
and the rocking Of the boat sent them
all to sleep.
In the early morning they steamed
home. suppose you say that gaso-
line boat steams 1t certainly doesn't
gasoline home. That surely is not
good English.
Just before they reached the pier
they rolled up the magic carpet and
put it in the music roll. When they
landed, they took the trolley car home.
They slipped into the house without
being seen, and came down to break
fast. They didn't understand why
auntie said nothing about the talcum
powder, the water, and the gasoline.
But the real reason was this:.
JohansOn had already taken the old
gasoline can with him to be filled
He had thought of it himself. And
when he went by the drugstore he
thought Of the water-because he saw
the bOttles-and got a bottle.
The druggist saw him looking al
some boxes Of talcum powder, and
told him that there was a special
cheap rate on talcum powder that day
Better take couple of boxes to your
wife. Two boxes for the price of one"
So JOhansOu houVht fyUo hOvas Pirt
us his wife did not use talcum for her.
self, but only for the baby, JohansOn
did not think it necessary to give her
two boxes. He left one In the hall
of the big house, expecting to make
Aunt Matilda present Of it. When
auntie came down in the morning, she
saw that box, and thought it was the
one she sent for. So she asked no
questions.