| Show our tramp in the long ago when I 1 was it child my parem i went away ahr a visit land and to remain all bister essle was a young ioune lady and there were two brothers younger than she after many directions concerning things about the house the dear mother said to essle eisle 1 I think dear you had better sleep jeep in my room 0 so o you can look more conveniently after the fire mothers room was off the sitting room and that opened on a porch when canoe came the boys will and robert went upstairs as usual vin and essie dEssle and I 1 went ent to bed lei la mothers room I 1 had fancied it would be it a great treat to sleep there but somehow when the light was out I 1 was afraid ermle eacia soothed and comforted me and finally began bebau tell ins ing me a story atory when suddenly sud donly without so much na as a too footfall atall two distinct raps rap wro were board on the he porch door balsle sprang up lit the candle Citi idle yes before the days of kerosene benej dressed and stepped into the low irge room kaid a asand who Is th hero eri no reply but again those thosa peculiar knocks taking tny my hand she abe hurried me along to our brothers chamber and told old them tu lu got D u p us as waa dome one was trying to 10 come in the house by the burch they soon dressed and fol lowed us to the tha large lar u room arid Us its bened the knocking wits was repeated and d will took the poker rob 1103 a stick a of f wo odEsie odEssia the broom and 1 I well I 1 just ajust took look hold of eables gown will stepped to the door and asked again who was there and what he be wanted still sti I 1 I 1 no reply and he ca cautiously U uncas I 1 the door opened I 1 it t the least bl bit t but could is see ee no one asking rob bob to bring the lantern lanter a clumsy perforator tin affer with a tallow candle he pro pre pared to go out dont go please dootz elslo said but I 1 inest and if it la Is only some some one trying to scare us lie he mim look out that Is all opening tile thy lour door wide ho he made a rush juit it in time to ID sea a figure nil all in white while scramble off ilia porch will followed raised the tha polier bu but did not strike II allol it bilyou lj you la Is it you tu mis s erable old gr anderl and d lie he caught tho thi culprit by the tall neck and brought him forward for inspection true enough it wits was only old itoi neo the file lawle leis ii leader of our flock of yew geese during tile tha past winter the sole wish or his tire lira seem erl ed to be the occupancy of the porch ifa gato were left open he wits was the first to discover it and with an ux ex chuckle in lie would waddle with all hn hh finally ile he became such a nuisance nuis nul inee sance the them boys boy ds cide I to confine him with the jhc in it clow cloie pen pel where they haib had been n jil nee 0 T e I 1 bd nii ineil 41 to oil only I 1 y to und find tie he hall m 1111 jollo tollow aers cra and that tie he could mill get fet back to them to blab evidently disgusted and home leir tie ho had nought ih the is porch whoa crunch crouching in g oto oil chii threshold hresho ld tie he hid had sli aliat ato mi and consequently detrou e ot free press |
