Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-06-24

D
ful child, and his father permitted his
20 carry safety matches. A safer
match Is one that you cannot light "a
cept on a certain little box. Brothe
had such a box. with matches In Il
But even so. il was dangerous FOR hla
to have il. Children should reyer hay.
matches
But Brother lighted a match and a
once saw an old lantern hanging on 1
nail. He lighted this lantern and theI
looked around.
Ii was a queer place. Once upon 4
time it had been u little church. bul
now it was half full of hay. You see
almost all the people who had lived
near there had moved out West, 81
that there was nobody left to go tO
church. A farmer had bought the little
church and was using il for Il barn.
The pulpit was there, with two littls
flights of stairs leading up to il from
either side. But the pewS were a.!
covered up with hay.
The children took the lantern anu
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denly Sister gave a scream.
''Oh, what is that?"
Brother looked and he saw some
thing CLEAN, like wild animals eye.
"Oh, it's Il monster" said Sister.
DO you think it's a tiger?" And SIS
ter chung very tight to Brothers arm,
and trembled all over. And Aristotle
began to grOwl.
Then Brother lifted the lantern up
as high as he could, and they both
strained their eyes to see what the
cleaning spot was. Just then there
came a long, loud sound, like this,
"MOoooo!" 1t was COW.
Brother began to laugh. He ran
forward with the lantern, and there
was a one-eyed cow gazing reprOach-
fully at the light rs if to say, IF you
please, l should like to know why
am walked up so early after supper?"
Still, the COW looked rather glad TO
see them, and licked Brothers hand
with her rough tongue.
Now the children looked around till
they found the old stove. Ii was long,
low stove. and on top of it was a tin
pail that had some bran in it. The
farmer had used the stove to heat
some food for the COW. There was no
hay near the stove, and the stOvepipe
was good, and there was a pile Of
short wood. So Brother thought lie
would make a fire.
He did so, and then he said, eve
will stay here all night, Sister"
THAT will be fun" said Sister. |
only I'm very hungry"
"Well. we have whole basketful |
Of things to eat. Grandma has two
more roast chickens. She said she
night need them. We will take one
If those to Mrs. Moriarty in the morn
ng.''
SO the children opened the basket
ind took out the things and spread
hem-where do you think?-on the
I'D platform beside the pulpit, after
Sister had brushed it off. And Brother
ook out his jack knife and carved the
hicken. Brother never lost his jack
NlIlC. lie was d vel wy
lever knew another like him.
TAT this point in his story Uncle
IAN paused a moment to light his pipe,
nd Jane said, 81 think Brother Is
omething like a fairy boy, because he
arries matches and never loses his
nife." "Well," said Uncle Tan, I'm
urprised that you've found it out so
DON. But he was almost fairy boy,
nd Sister was almost fairy girl."1
Then the children ate supper. But
rst Brother found some water to
rink, for there was pail of it in the
ntry. They had 40 cup, but they
sed the saucer that was over the
,ur-inch pat of butter.
They ate most of the chicken and
ome bread and butter, and celery,
nd doughnuts, and two very large
eces of mincepie, much larger than
randma would have given them. You
ould think they could not have eaten \
ny more, but after they had had a \
ink they opened the jelly tumbler
I'd finished off with bread and jelly.
Then they cleaned Up the dishes. a
ut l forgot to say that Aristotle was n
lie reason why they ate so nUah.
hat is, Aristotle ate good deal him ,
If. He had half the breast of the r.
lcken. Sister would have given him :,
e drumsticks instead, but Brother 7
id that little bones were bad for q
gs. So the children ate the drum =
cks. They liked them because they
sted. just little like chicken jelly. ]
'lstotle ate two doughnuts.. but nc
Iery. Then these lost children and ~
cir lost dog curled up in the hay o
d went to sleep. In the morning ibe
istotle barked and the children n,
'oke. An old man was standing
ere, looking at them and laughing. dr.
DE took them home In his wagon. "
d on the way back he carried an l.,
Ter basket to Mrs Moriarty. ne
The children's grandparents were SD
oh worried about them. but not so o.,
oh as you would think. For the M,
ldren had often got lost and had In
rays come home safely. They were =.
y unusual children. There is moth Il
worse for children panpralIv Pla