St Nicholas [serial] . you will get right, suggestedmother. Simon did, and he actually got thirteen wright, and there were thirty-four in the letter. Chapter XIII. CAIN. Pattikin pattered out into the barn, one vday in midsummer, and came in—her eyesbig as saucers—without the egg she had beento fetch for the johnny-cake for breakfast. Whats the matter, child ? Could nt youany eggs ? asked her mother. I was a-walkin along, said Pattikin, witrmost dramatic air, for she fully appreciatedimportance such news as she had to tell wouldher in the eyes of the family, and I stoppi .] PATTIKIN S HOUSE. 5
St Nicholas [serial] . you will get right, suggestedmother. Simon did, and he actually got thirteen wright, and there were thirty-four in the letter. Chapter XIII. CAIN. Pattikin pattered out into the barn, one vday in midsummer, and came in—her eyesbig as saucers—without the egg she had beento fetch for the johnny-cake for breakfast. Whats the matter, child ? Could nt youany eggs ? asked her mother. I was a-walkin along, said Pattikin, witrmost dramatic air, for she fully appreciatedimportance such news as she had to tell wouldher in the eyes of the family, and I stoppi .] PATTIKIN S HOUSE. 519 |lc into the ponys crib, cause the red hen laysre, and what should strike my eyes but a littleof a mouse-colored colt, lying right down close : he gray pony ! —and having finished her story,tikin dismissed her dignity and capered aboutjoy. ihe breakfast was forgotten, and they all madejsh for the barn. There was nt half so muchitement in the family when the baby came.:, then, they had never had a colt CAIN S CAPERS. hey searched the dictionary, and the Ancientthology, and the Hand-book of Biography 1 a name. And then it was called Cain atThat was because he turned out to be suchmischievous fellow. le would chew up the boys hats or the littles bonnets when they left them out on theis, and he would put his head in at the pantry- ,idow, and if there was a pie, or johnny-cake, or ,gerbread, or even butter within reach, he wouldJ himself. He stepped on Pattikins toes, and;ed Mr. Iturbides old Prince in the face, andit up Cain generally, and so earned the name. -lut they loved him ! Oh, I guess they did ! j-i one night when he was sick, not a child ofn could be induced to go to bed, but sat on the ( beside him half the night while their father worked over him, they helping what they couldto rub him and pour all sorts of doses down histhroat out of a long-necked bottle. Of course hegot well. The minister often told his children that the coltwas to be sold some day, t
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