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L Itt 1 e J Tunics Tunic's Narrow s N arroW E Escape By Maud Walker Valler June Tune was 5 years old She 1 was the Ute baby of ot the tho family her sisters slaters ol older than sHe site and brothers all being er I liar Her homo was way on 11 a big farm arm two u miles from rom town It It was not often onea that little lc Junie got to go to the town toun for her hek mamma was wa a vcr very bu busy y woman worn vom r household the Hit ther her rl an an looking after attel r chickens calves and tl dairy dalry a h and found Cound It difficult to leave leR homo bomb very often So I the older blot brothers n ni and sisters two Sisters two 0 of or i q t each each attended attended to the tho business of shopping In the big biff 1 1 stores that abounded abound abound- ed in P llIe the bus busy county seat seal ea And the big biff brothers and sisters alsor also als attended the school which r took tool them from home all day beginning begin y ning ln with Monday onda morning ending on i Friday evening c much with Though little Junie had hall mind and pretty I f which 1 to occupy her y dimpled han hands lC all day ay long IonS she else felt relt lonely wh when n bruver Toni Tom an an Fank I an Nell ell an 1111 were away and antI it supreme ne hour of the da day for fort v S tho little tot when Tom Torn l' l Frank rank Nell Nellt I t and Minnie l were seen descending the thelong thet t i long slope that led Into the beautiful valley farm where whew in th the bay window I I of the big comfortable farm house 1 little Junie was watching for there them not too b severe And d If It the weather was s 1 her mamma wo would c wrap her up and aull fit allow her to meet the big brothers and I sisters way half up the lane which It hid lod d I Ito to th the main ro road uJ a quarter of r a a. mile I awa away Thc These e meetings were full o of delight t for little Junie Tom Torn th the Colder j would talc take her on his shoulder shoulder brother der del and antI trot irot trot with her playing Junie would And ho was a hor horse e ole ho sey laugh and c cry out up Gee I IThen Gee up Then Then at the supper table lable Junie II and sister s would sit between a bl big brother Ii listening with the Interest of of tho ho day the ups grown In tl the news in lawn and at school How delightful delight delight- ful to have them nil all ai at home and to participate In the laughing and Ind chat chat- ling for Junie talked as us w well II a as I the others at table It H was not her parents parents' parents parents' par par- emits emits' lieu idea that children should he bo loved to to seen and not hc heard rd They Thc chil children hear hem the thc conversation of or their dren dreu especially the prattle of or little Junie the spoiled and amI dearly loved baby But Hut the mornings for five live da days s 's In it Inthe Inthe the week brought loneliness to little Joules Joule's heart I ilot accUStom accustom tom torn her eJ tl the hc prolonged absence of those tl dar dt ar brothers and amI sisters although al although al- al though she knew the evening would bring a repetition of or the happy haplY one And she wondered If the Just gone I would ever over come when sho should olive have heV he books hoolis and go o tc to school along alon with Tom an an I Fank ank an an t Nell an Min lIn Often her p papa would take lake her on his knee and tell I he her that thai In another year real she should b be bea a schoolgirl i but that she was vas too too small and her herr legs not strong enough to walk walle so far as did dill the bl big brothers and sisters But another year seemed so long oh so long Junk Junie felt feH too that her parents underrated her pedestrian 1 i 4 1 t t r all Ft b I 1 tt i t 1 Q R g C b i T 0 o ot t A Y t. t tc h 6 1 inn Im toot moss tits u years old J Jy lay conics comes nc flex FIND THE MINE MINER R. 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C J I r j I 1 d tJ tJI I 1 t 1 t Ak i 1 fl J J J 1 41 W 1 Y c i ira ra I tir r c r 7 Th r J JI I X n G I kF But one ono brave miner c. a cd them Ilium n An awful mine disaster Would Voul you OU see ice look lound Occurred Or-curre Occurred In The Dollar I Fair For h he lie is In the picture An 11 Tho ground roun caved cavell in and bulled Sorry Som place upon th t ground r und Almost ever every miner th there rc i I j I powers She Rhe was quite sure sh Hh C walk to town without feeling the l least bit tired She had hall gone one t dif dif- I ferent frent times limes In the lg b buggy sitting between between between be be- tween her papa and antI mamma and d thc he heway way had seemed ver very short Indeed deed And Junie was now a a. big girl no longer a bab baby like sho had hat bc On se sea e a long time timo ago Wh Why Just St last Christmas she was a n baby a compared com com- pared with what she Wa was no nou fAnd Christmas was not so 80 far In Uj the past The dolly she sho got in her or stocking or I 1 beside her g J ci would not go into it j a lie y clean and new In appearing n Y yet r t Not Nol till lill her Christmas to toy ere ere oiled lIet or worn out did ChI as seem a long IonS longtime longtime I time gone Sone f I IOne I f 1 One afternoon yien en an JUril Juric mamma had gone sone to the c cf shed lo to look after afler a pretty prett ca pink cad d calf named calf named for Junie Junto and bolon belong to her the her the little miss sat on the Joor In inthe the midst of her toys toSo But Dut she had been playing alone all da day and now sho she was weary of Noah and his man many animals also o of doll dolly who would not speak a word but Just sat tat and stared at you OU as all if IC sh she hadn't a bit of oC sense ense Youre not good company said Junie shaking her het finger at the dolly Nor you OU nor you and she included Noah oah and his ark orl full of or animals Then sh she got up and went to the mantel to tn look at the clock for her mamma had taught her how to tell tho time pr III t accurately although n sho sho sons o uia uhl uhl nut not lount the minutes minute t But she Could tell about the hours J bythe by bythe the position of the short hort hand It Il was ryas now nou pointing Its linger fInser right at the figure 3 J almost two hours before her brothers brothels and amid sisters would come Then an Idea came Into little Junto's Juntos head She would go o to meet them In Indeed Indeed deed she would reach the tho schoolhouse before school was out She knew where the 1 big 1 red brick school hou house o was for fOI when they ro rode e into town hc her mamma would point to It near to their left loft and say ay Theres where brot brothers het and sisters are arc En Baby by- by Running up stairs Junie put on her cloak thou though cloak though h she hc got goot the sleeves CI very ery much awry awry and and herr her hood Then she wrapped a veil a about out her neck put he her little hands into her whit whir fur luI muff I and antl came carte hurrying Ing down to the front rant I door doOl She Sho would not go 11 to the tho cow coir cowshed shed to tell her mamma of her Intention intention tion fun for she would certainly meet with witha a refusal Her tier mamma l that the st Jo rj Jor fo fohN Ifer hN to walk and the weather too tad cold And as she wanted to prove that such was not the case cac her hel only way to deso do de doso so was to run off ore while no one was about to see her go Then when sh she should come conic back how surprised tl the they would all be and the next morning she should be allowed to go to school with the others As 3 she passed b by the thc kitchen door she crept softly fur foi thc helm unman of C ill work sn wn ens I hIp hero baking ph ploy pies had Thad br brn n in ill a fr few rf v minutes s bt before foI and Mrs l had hall haled baked a Un tiny pie pi pion on Oil top tP I the stove for COt h IF hr r r She How lIw down clown HIP tite road till she camp came m I Ito to the thi ascent then phI ahe went more slowly VI for climbing wa was not so easy Never once did she look back towards the house for or fear she might alight behold Mrs or her helo mother on th the tho porch watching after her and wondering wonderIng wonder wonder- In Ing he Inc lithe girl was that was going up UI the hill hilI Junto had hail an on idea Iden that they would not re recognize o nl her unless un un- unless less cess the she turned about so 80 they might un-I un see lu her r Ca fate fake e. e By Dy the time sho she dropped on the theother theother other side of or the hill hili thus getting o of out t tor of or sight of her own home little HUll Junie began to feel both tired 1 anti and cold But she would not think of oC turning back for Cor that would mean defeat and she might have to watt wall two years before being allowed to go So to school So she pushed on toward the town which she could coul see so plainly It looked very close Indeed but Junie had hatt no Idea how long lone the tho road was as till her little feet had trav traveled about half way Still sun th the town seemed d no nearer Then she had to rest She Just could not go SO another stop step without It Il Her Ilor nose se and toes toeM tingled tIngle with the cold Although there was vas some snow on the ground l many wagons and pedestrians had trampled It from the road Yet the little ones one's feet ached ns as If IC they had been going oIn on Ice I To on one side o of the road oa was was' wasa was a a. house farm house and Junio Junie decided sh she would go in and ask to warm her feet teet and nose but as she turned Into tho tita driveway a dog c came mc barking to toward toward toward to- to ward her Forgetting her hel weariness she turned and ran 11 down own the road at the titer top of oC her speed only stopping when whon hl was waft out of hearing of or that terrible barking Then flam she ghe ho simply gave gave- out and sat down on a roc rock at the oa roadside How I long Jong she stayed there she he did dial not know mow but buc soon toon came Calve along a strange strange- looking wag m. m drawn by a thin lame tame old horse A roan man of very ClY dark visage visage vis vis- a age o was vas driving and a woman woman of or the theS S saute same lIn type sat rat at on the scat beside him On seeing little Junie tie the man loan drew the horse to a n stop atop and und asked asle Whore Is the pretty prelly one line going Whereupon Where Where- upon lie HIP dark woman leaned from the tho wagon wasn told mid said Come pretty dear deal Ive I've a string of or beads ds for fol you OU Tell Toll me your our name pretty dull doll Junie lilting liking their theil- friendliness went Ui lilt to the wagon saying Ing U My ly n names name's mos mo's Junie Im I'm mos mos mos' f five v years s old uld My lIy bh tummies tomos 11 in ex monr And AntI where at are you oU going asked Hiked the time man looking up Ull and down dO the road an aft if to tJ see Bce whether an any o ore e were sight On both rides of C ti Ii tr l i Ia a 1 was wa uasa wasa a l tm ilick cic d and r rind m l h he ire did Iid not lint teem loom tt t to tn this thin It w WI w h v In Iok there lre for fOI u It fl nr fi-nr- nc ran ian ailing r b th bh th thIdes Ides Ide I of nf pu- pu rand cutting lC thuI thu 11 I d imI r d land off fl from num the ti Irh- Irh fare Im lm solo l' l tn In town o to millet Tom nn an an K H Nell an Mm Min 1 replied the little Ml Mina MIRt tAh t. t Alt Aim jump right Jn In my pretty pink plaIt s. s said the man bending banding over IVI to tu give her a hand hum Y Yui I well we'll take you to town little fu sugar r lump raid the thc woman wo wo- man maa making Io room m on Orl the seal eat be beside beside be- be side Fide her June JUl being both cold and Ih fired lt decided tlc dc- that this that this would be the tho wiser way VU to finish th tic tic- long Journey to 0 town so she hc handed hande up hc her muff and was setting getting her hN foot toot o wh elK hub huh to 10 climb Into the tho wag wagon wagon- n- n when a u from the woo woods s to the railed called out Look out there What Whal arc you doin doing there And be behind be- be hind a clump chump of oC dry s and matted mat mat- ted tee vines came Tom J big birr brother In another nother minute the woman had thrown the muff to the me ground and th the man hail had whipped up uit the HIP lame lumu horse hone hor that went down own tin the rood road at a gallop Then Tom followed fallowed u by the theother theother theother other brother and sisters slaters c carne m Vcr her herthe the fence ro Torts Tom taking taking- Junie into InC his arms ams After the tho surprised little one could tell how she came ame to be rp thre Tom told lold her lies that she Rhe was most almost in It inthe inthe the ha hands ads of or a pair pall of A whole band ben I of them were camped on the river riveT ami and this couple were doubtless doubtless doubt doubt- O l t- t less about to see sec what they could steal Junie was so 0 frightened at this information In Information Information In- In formation that she j-he promised d then and there to never co go beyond h her I own dooryard without ono one of If her elders wa way i with her Then it occurred to her herto herto to as ask asi I how Tom and the tho others had hall come to bo be in the s tear near the rite roadside This mils is 11 short Friday lit fIt ll ic Ton Tent i c nt answered and we g gut gui l rul eul of school half an hour corll earlier I Yf you low know So Soe Sowe IJ I we e though Chough wed we'd spend that 11 line me ingathering in ingathering gathering some of oC the veil reil berries that are aro thick prick round that dial hill hm yonder Bonder Wo We had hal Just gone torn round roun it there ther 11 when 1 we heard you and the thc GY ilp o talking Coming Coating out cut to m t-ee t ee e who W ai va there re I Irow Itaw taw row our babB baby bab- i B But t I T di didn't nt see seu se you yon cunning coming on un tho limo road rond said Junto j That because we e tool took a short cut through the pasture that leads eads i i the woods explained Torn Tom Wo Ye dont don't come by the road rond its it's ton tOil Muir u Then each big brother r au and II sister t had hind to kiss kiS Junie who l' l fald- fald Im glad the gypsies didn't get pt me mI I Lets Let's t's ts 1 hurr hurry home and tell nut man maraa na about It it 4 l i iI 1 1 I I l I Lr j ti 11 A U T TJ I J- J tY I E |