SEARCH
0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Prev | Current Page 204 | Next

Catherwood, Mary Hartwell, 1847-1902

"Old Caravan Days"


A Chinese man eatin' mice in his sleep: he works his jaws! And about
Saul in the Bible, when he was goin' to kill the good people, and it
says, 'Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?' And when they let him
down in a basket. And there's a big star like grandma's star quilt,
only it keeps turning all kinds of colors and working in and out on
itself. And a good many more. Zene went in. He said he wanted to see
if we ought to look at it. And he'll stand by the door and pay our
money to the man if we want to go. There's such a crowd to get in."
Robert Day's aunt caught the fire of his enthusiasm and went
straight with him to the door wherein the magic lantern performed. A
crowd of children were pushing up, but Zene, more energetic than
courteous pushed his charges ahead so that they gained chairs before
the landlord's son could make his choice.
[Illustration: AT THE SEWING SOCIETY FAIR.]
He sat down directly behind Robert and aunt Corinne, and at once
began to annoy them with impertinent remarks.
"Movers' young ones are spry," said the landlord's son, who had been
petted on account of his pretty face until he was the nuisance of the
house. "I wouldn't be a movers' young one.


Pages:
192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216