JLamt Ta»by'« Tea Tabic/
Bang bang bang! What on airtb is that
afore nabor Hopkins's door? A coach and
four! Who's oome now La, me! it's only
the milkman. Bat he looks so kind o' sty
lish with that stage, all covered orer with
shiny iuther. Tou can't tell who's who now*
a-daye appearances are so deeatefol. Do
you spose that's really true about them
stamp-tailed cows away down in York? It's
a dreadful wicked place, ye see but I'll jist
tell ye, Seoaantba, wbat do know. Yua re
member Judith Thompson, don't ye she
that was married a year ago oome fail i
Well, she had tbs sickliest and puniest little
baby Y JU ever laid yoor two eyes on, and tbe
doetor saids he muso't give it milkman's milk,
for it was nothin but pixen for the little cos
set. And so, Jaditb, she didn't know what
to do, for Ethan eould hardly make tbe two
sods o* tbe year meet, work ever so hard,
snd they couldn't afford a OOJ. "I'll tell
you wbat," said Ethan, "I'll fix it." And so
he seen tbe milkman, and give him a little
•an, and told him to bring the milk from the
parties* heifer, and he should hare an extra
ahillin'. What on airtb do you think that
milkman did, Semantba One summer
mornin', afore the dew was all dried op,
Ethan had a little job to do, oat in tbeolarin,
and got an arly start, jest oat o' town.—
What should he see bat that same old shiny
eartl But, bein' in a harry, he walked on
right brisk till he seen the milkman stop
and wbat do you think he seen then? That
•ante old milkmaxl, a reaehin' down into one
o* them big jars and a fiilin' his baby's oao.
