The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-09-02
SUSAN AND FREDDIE.
BY 1osrpH ArDrN. %.

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afternoon ?" said Mrs. Marshman to her
daughter, girl about twelve years old.
s'Yes ma'am, think can" said Susan,
uttering the words very deliberately
Have you any doubts about it 2"
''No ma'am.
"You spoke with some Hesitation, saying
you thought you could
swell, know can"
These last words were spoken in a cheer
fuiand decided tone of voice. The truth
was Susan had designed to 90 and takea.
walk in the woods with Hszriet Green, and
this proposition of her mother to take care
of her little brother Freddie, interfered with
that design. She loved her brother, and
was kind to him, but thought that he was
| sometimes troublesome, and presume he
was. He was about four years old, and
children Of that age are apt to be trouble
some at times. It is not always pleasant to
take care of them. But they must be taken
care Of What would have happened to
you and me, if no person had taken care of
Us when we were children2 have no
doubt We were quite as troublesome IS
other children. .5,.. -
81 will take good care Of him till you re-
/ turn, said Susan in cheerful and de-
cided tone. 1t was not tone assumed to
please her mother. 1t was the result of q
conquest She had struggled against a
temptation to selfshness and had over
come it. It was not the first time she had
done so. Her mother had Taught her q
/ great many good things; one Of these was
to resist temptation to be selfish. She had
resisted so many times, that it had become
rather easy,
Did the reader ever try it7 Perhaps you
have never been selfish You suppose Z
you have been? So do I. You may be
\ very nice girl, but l am certain that you
have been selfish sometimes. have no
doubt you were sorry for it, when it was
all over, and thought you would never be
selfish again. don't think you have been
worse than other good little girls; very
possibly you have been better.
When Mrs Marshman set out for the
village she told Freddie he must be good
boy. He promised that he would, and of
eourse, forgot his promise in about two
minutes after it was given.
| snow what shall we do ?" said Susan,
trying to please him. 20 iss
'.Play horse, was the prompt reply.
The reins were produced and placed
around Susan's waist. He held them in
his lett hand and in his night hand whip.
| 'Get up" was uttered in o loud tone, and
the whip was used though there was no
necessity Poor Susan had to tFot from
room to room, till she was very tired. She
said nothing, thinking that her young
driver would be tired soon, but there was
no signs of it. 1t is wonderful how much
travel little pair of legs can endure. ..5
Susan stopped and said, "Freddie, let
US have another play. Let us play hide
and seek. Ithink Freddie can hide where
I can't find him."
II want to play horse" said Freddie.
4 stGet up Go along p'-
Susan yielded, and began to trot again.
but SIS soon became so weary that she
threw herself into a chair, and said:
slime tired out 7 can't play horse any
longer, and I won't" !" h-.e -rerf5lr-r .--.
Freddie stood silent for moment; then
the corners of his mouth began to draw
down, and he was on the point of breaking
out a-crying, when Susan remembered
what she had said to her mother. So she
rallied her good nature and said:
tsThe horse is rested and he can travel
again. Drive slowly, while 1 tell you
story about a man who had horse. Let
the old horse walk while tell you the
story" @s
"Whoa! go slow !" said Freddie.
'gThere was a man who had nice black
horse that he drove every day to the mar
ket."
"what was he black for2" said Freddie,
''He was black because-becsuse he was
not white"
ST like white horses best.
Every well; listen to the story. One day
ne drove him very swift. He kept him 60
| ing very swift up hill and down, and when
the horse wanted to stop, he would say,
get up, or III whip you One day, as be
was going along, the horse fell down and
Icy still
said man. who came along the road.
"sHe has fallen down, said the driver.
"'What made him fall DOWN. -
II suppose he slipped.
"'He did not slip; he is tired ont. You
have killed your horse by over-driying
| him ." s..-
''HOrsey, are you tired2" said Freddie.
eyes.
.sWen, rest then. Whoa" 80.
So she sat down to rest, sand amused
Freddie by telling him a story about some
girls who went strawberrylng, and got
caught in the rain and got very wet, and
that was not the worst Of it, for the rain
had raised the brook they had waded
through so that they could not cross it, in
| order to get home. A great, rough man,
that thew were all afraid of. carried them
over in his arms, and went part oftbe way
home with them, and they found out tina
person may have rough clothes
and have also kind heart.
! Freddie wanted to knew if there were
| any fish in the brook, and what fish did
when it rained Pretty soon he laid his
head in Susan's lap, and asked her toten
him more stories, but don't think he paid
much attention to what she said after his
head was in her lap. His mouth opened
very wide two or three times, and his eyes
closed. He was soon fast asleep. Susan
Iaid him on q lounge, where he slept TIL
his mother came home.
Susan told her mother how she had
amused him, and in her approving smile
foundi an abundant reward for her wesri-
ness.
CoRA's SToRY.-BY A. T. Little four
year-old Cora sat upon my lap. listening to
stories. had told her so many that was
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