Boone County Recorder . amingposter of a lion and an elephant In adeadly conflict, yes, well go on fr Fourth ofand Beth »ing lost them the expected trip to town on the Fourth, and mustvent it on some one, and Beth was theonly one on whom they could. As theypassed the milk house they saw theirgrandmother busy among her milk-pans, and overheard a few words of herconversation with grandpa, who hadstopped for a glass of milk It is a pity, father, that the Fourthdoes not come on Saturday this year,then you could take in the butter atthe same time and save an extra tripthis busy season. It does, rep
Boone County Recorder . amingposter of a lion and an elephant In adeadly conflict, yes, well go on fr Fourth ofand Beth »ing lost them the expected trip to town on the Fourth, and mustvent it on some one, and Beth was theonly one on whom they could. As theypassed the milk house they saw theirgrandmother busy among her milk-pans, and overheard a few words of herconversation with grandpa, who hadstopped for a glass of milk It is a pity, father, that the Fourthdoes not come on Saturday this year,then you could take in the butter atthe same time and save an extra tripthis busy season. It does, replied Mr. Downs; thatswhat I calculated on when I told BethI would take her. You surely are mistaken, andgrandma raised her woice a trifle , well, mother, we wont quar-rel; the almanac will settle it The boys passed on, but what theyhad heard wakened a train of thoughtIt would be a monstrous good jokeif grandpa should get hold of the wrongalmanac and miss the day. I wonderhow Beth would feel getting Into town. Hiijii »Jli BHB HAS SPOILED ODB FOURTH. a day after the show, and Will rolledover and over on the grass at thethought of Bethr dlHappoltitment re~ small boy held high carnival and gen-erally was master of ceremonies. Bythe way, this was about the only nightin the year he could stay up aiter nineoclock, and he enjoyed tbe privilegeso much that he generally had to behauled in by hisparents or big sistei some time near midnight. And so the celebration ended andeverybody went to bed so full of patri-otism that they wondered how theother benighted nations of the worldmaasged teesristwtthout »~Fouith Days, It wouldnt be much trouble to slipan old almanac in the place of the newone; there Is a pile of them in the gar-ret, and ten to one grandpa would neverknow the difference, said Jamie. The plan was so brilliant a one thatthe seining for minnows seemed verytame, and tbe boys dropped their netsand ran back to the house, consultingas they ran. A hurri
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