. The adventures of Joel Pepper . t of the kitchenfirst, she thought. Oh, God! please dont letDavie die, she cried deep in her heart. Joel flew on the wings of the wind, his heartbeating like a trip-hammer, over down acrossthe lane to Grandma Bascoms little , with a tin pan full of wet corn meal,was just going out to feed her hens, when hedashed up behind her. Please come! heshouted, his trembling mouth close to her cap-border. * Polly wants you ! Pollys here, now thats nice! said Grandma,well pleased. * You just wait a minute, andIll be ready to see her. Come, Biddy-Biddy,she c
. The adventures of Joel Pepper . t of the kitchenfirst, she thought. Oh, God! please dont letDavie die, she cried deep in her heart. Joel flew on the wings of the wind, his heartbeating like a trip-hammer, over down acrossthe lane to Grandma Bascoms little , with a tin pan full of wet corn meal,was just going out to feed her hens, when hedashed up behind her. Please come! heshouted, his trembling mouth close to her cap-border. * Polly wants you ! Pollys here, now thats nice! said Grandma,well pleased. * You just wait a minute, andIll be ready to see her. Come, Biddy-Biddy,she called, and waddhng off, she gathered upa handful of the wet corn meal. *0h, come nozv! roared Joe, and seizing herhand, he pulled her back toward the kitchen. Dear Grandma Bascom, please come; Daveskilled, I guess, and before she knew it, she washalfway to the little brown house, and in aminute or two more there she was before Davielying on the pile of grain bags, and Polly hold-ing his hand, and fanning him with an PLEASE COME! HE SHOUTED CLOSE TO HER CAP-BORDER TILDEN FOUND ,, ADVENTURES OF JOEL PEPPER 55 Hes all right, said Grandma, with a prac-tised eye ; only just fainted a bit. Now tisntanything to what my son Johns Abram did onesummer he spent with me. Used to tumbleover most every day. He fell, said Polly. She could say nomore, but pointed up to the beam. Then shefound her voice. ** The box of nails — I didntknow twas up t^ere, see ! and she pointed tothem, where Joel h^dtried to gather them up. He fell down from there . asked Grandma,looking up at the be^m.: Polly nodded, not trusting herself to wrung his harids together, and stood quitestill. In that case, said Grandma, this boy mustgo for Dr. Fisher just as soon as he can. * Run, Joe, as hard as ever you can, gaspedPolly. No need to tell Joel that. Over the fieldsand across lots he ran like a deer, scaHng stonewalls in a flash, only to reach the doctors houseto be told that he was aw
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