Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-17
Written fos THn METHODIST.
A STORY FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Only q Little Longer.


willie, dear, it 10 quite time for my
little boy to be in bed Gather together
all of the playthings, and let them rest
. until to.morrow morning. and then you
can haveth whole day to play" just
then Willie was deeply engaged in what
was to him very important task. A
miniature house of blocks was In course
of erection, and only needed q few more
browning parts to make it stand whole,
and q perfect beauty in architecture to
the eyes of the, lite builder. For the
last halfohour not o member of the
household had been as busy as Willie Ia
his play. How rapidly his fingers had
moved, how faithfully he had toiled, in
expectation of the dreadful summons
that never failed To call him from his
sport And now HE mothers gentle call
had fallen upon his ears. How unwelcome
the sound. Must he got How could
he leave the tiny house unfinished? How
could he sleep with the beautiful design
only completed In his mind. It's true
that the live.long day had been spent in
boyish activities. Not q minute had
been wasted--not an hour had passed
that had not been full OF varied demon
STATIONS Of bog life. Though the
journey had been within small circum-
ference, the little feet were very wearr Of
their ceaseless round of travel, and the
litsle hands were 90 tired that the small
building blocks seemed very heavy, and
the curtains over the blue eyes strove
very hard 10 hide the erbs beneath them,
and the little head almost nodded once
or twice, But il was very hard to let
them rest Just then, before the house was
entirely finished. A little while longer
and hsWould willingly &c, he was sure be
would. But now bis mother was almost
cruel to call him. No, his raother loved
him; he was, sure she did Her COM
mand had come In gentle, kindly tones,
though be was not quite ready, be would
go-he would obey. So, one by one,
very slowly and hesitatingiy at tirst, but
with much greater alarrity as the little
mind, by its reasonings, became more
thoroughly convinced that the bidding
TO stop bis play was IN love, the blocks
were taken from the toy building, to be
carefully laid away for the night. Soon
every vestige OF play was gone--the lit
tie house entirely demolished. and the
ruins ready for new building materials,
while the little builder was standing ~
his mothers side, in obedience to the
call to bed. 4hA h4 Y Ian 3'h $3.50 u
"Mamma, why cant I, when I am
playing and you call me, just finish my
: play before / come to your Wouldn't
that be otedience7 Tonight Twas build.
ing such beautiful house, and ii was
almost done, when you told me / must
put my playthings away. l did wish sc
to stay 9 little longer. -. s - )
al am very glad my little son did moi
yield TO his own wishes, but cbeyed me
Immediately think tits best for little
children to go to rlst soon after the little
birds do. See, yoor little canary bird
has had his head under bis wing for
nearly half an hlrr, while my pet II
even now unwilling to be placed ia bis
nice, warm bed. If had permitted you
to remain at play . little longer to night
perhaps Tomorrow night you would
have desired longer time, and then, by
and by, the little longer would become
the whole evening. lsi.ssass -
"And, mamma, why must little boys anc
little birds 90 to sleep early, wher
grown.up people may Sit up as long al
they choose2 z" sg
zoo tOWco ~-httt0 uAL0ol 0uu t16cu
es them to go 20 rest early, and the,
hush their glad songs, and close thei
little eyes, and never ask why. So do
love my little boy diiarly, and wish hin
10 have O great desI Of sleep, that b
may be healthy, and Rappy, and good
You can not -underltand this now, but
because it ie my wish, you must be ik
the bird, and rest 90 hong as he or b
win begin his morning song before yo
are ready for play" ga. zl <U
at know, mamma, Jon love me YER
much, and, though ID is sometimes yer.
hard, I will try and be good boy, an
obeyyou, even when | do not zee Oh
reason why"
A few minutes longer and the sveninI
prayer had been offered, many good
night kisses had been exchanged, an
the tired little creature who had 20 ~
1uetantly left bis SPORTS was sweetly q