St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-23
ST. CLOUD STEARNS Co THURSDAY sPTEMBEF

Tel her to go end look again"
..she has looked all over and =ca,l't find
it. Won't you come, mother, aud 6nd it
for me! " - 80. ~.st EsE'$
F The tears were now rolling over his lace
lsut was too busy to attend to Willy. !
was embroidering the edge Of . little linen
sack that was making for him, and that,
for the. moment, seemed Of more impor-;
tance thai, the happiness Of my child. liz
"No-no," replied. "I'm too busy to
90 down stairs. You must take better
care Of your arrows. Go and ask ELLEN to.
lind it for you" i. ,s :. *'~s
"Ellen says she WON'T look for it, 1, =
Willy was now crying outright #ss..tA. !,
" ..Iherst there! Don't be 50: foolish as
to cry at the loss Of such little thing as
an arrow said !, in reproving voice
II am ashamed Of you!",s a.: .s,s.ss
"Won't you go and ,6nd it for me,
mother?" he urged, still crying. 40 =:
"No, indeed, Willy. I'm too, busy
now. Go and look for it again yourself"
.But can't find it I have looked"
''Then go and look again" said firm
Willy went crying down stairs, and I
heard him crying about the yard for some
ten minutes until lily patience began to
such to;.do about ,,i al nan arrow I! / wish
l never bought him the bow-arrow !' said
I, movi.g uneasily in my chair. ]: s.s;
"Ellen, wont you make me another ar
row? Here IS stick" I heard him ask
the cook, in pleading voice. But Ellen
reoGed rudely- ~. 15: - A.. u !. :, :.
.No, indeed, I shall not. I've got
something else to do besides making ar
rows" 5=..<54' ;s..s
The child's crying was renewed. I fell
vexed at Ellen. "She might have made
him the arrow,' l said: IF I wasn't so
busy wou'd 60 down and make him one
myself: But l must get this sack done.
Aud sewed away more rapidly than
before The crying went on. Willie had
lost his arrow and his heart was almost
broken. Unfortunately I was not in a
mood to sylnpathize with him An arrow,
to me, vas : very little thing, and it wor
ried me, to hear him crying as if his heart
would break over loss 80 triAing as that
Of an arrow. .j:...;u. .
"Willy" I at length said, calling out
of the window, "you must stop that cry
ing" 49,.
~ can't find my arr,w, and nobody will
make me another, replied the little fel-
low. =, =, .;:@:: J.: o.:
"That's nothing to make 1ia ki such distur-
bance about y returned. :'Go and find
something else and play with g: =
81 want my arrow. Wont you come
and find it for me, mother, :" e. -:
"No, not now. l am too busy " =: +, =
The crying went on again as loudly as
before, and | soon lost all my patience
Laying aside my work, / went to the head
of the stairway, and called down i
"Come, now sirl There's been enough
of this crying, and you must stop it, ,:t-
II can't find my arrow returned Will.
w. .ra :s.~.z H. :>s5.j-ss,e~ :.
"Well suppose you can't; will crying
bring it? You should take better care Of
your things. Little boys must look the
way they shoot 1.=: II, j.
& did look, but can 7 find it" :
+ ''Go and loo again, then =
81 have looked, and it aint there
' And then the crying went on again
To Willy the loss Of his arrow was real
grief, and he was too young to have forti-
tude to bear his trouble patiently. But |
was not in state OF mind to feel With
him ttsH RI .is55s5@sGtz}s ="
/. "Stop that crying instantly said |, as
tie worrying sound came again upon my
ears = II won't have such noise in the
house, 5s'=ss }, .... s55<t \.
But my words had no effect; they did
not produce the arrow. Willy cried on !.
Unable longer to endure the sound, and
also thinking it wrong to let him indulge
the habit Of crying, | laid my work aside,:
and going down stairs took hold Of him res
olutely, saying as did 50
*'1Now stop this, Instantly Z
The child hooked up at me with most
distressed countenance, while the tears
covered his face. 4 .s@ ..a.#,>S g- Fir