The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-01-27

ONE Saturday, three little girls were
about to put up swing somewhere
they didn't know exactly where. They
had thirty cents to buy rope with, and
the day was before them On Monday,
their cousin was coming in from the
country, to spend the afternoon with
them, and it would be $50 grand" they
said, to have the swing already. Just rs
they were about starting to buy the rope,
in came their brother Benjamin. "Pooh :"
he exclaimed, when he had heard all
about it; chow can girls make swing?
Leave it to me- On Monday morning,
I'll put it up for you in iffy."
"Do it now" coaxed the girls.
Cant" answered Ben, "Fm going to
the library with Bill Saunders. Go,
spend your money for something else.
I'll manage rope and everything on Mon
day, before school," And off ran Ben
with his hands in bis pockets
"Isn't it splendid to be boy" said the
littlest girl, Susie, looking after him in
great admiration.
Well, early on Monday morning, Ben
sprang out of bed and dressed himself in
hurry, whistling with an air of great
importance as he did so. Then he rushed
off to get fine long rope that he remem-
bered having seen sOmewhere-it might
have been in the wOodshed, or the garrett,
or in some Of the barrels, in the back
kitchen area. But it wasn't in any OF
these places, and time was flying; so he
ran to the kitchen to beg Norah for a
strong clothes-line that he could double
for the swing.
"Arrah, is it bit of me clo's-line that
you're after wantin' this time? SOrra a
bit I've got for the likes of yous," answer
ed that young lady Indignantly. "Sure an
what"
But Ben, nothing daunted, concluded
he would just run out to the back Yard
while she was finishing her speech, and
look for something that would do for a
swing board. Unfortunately, all the
boards were so long and so full of nails
that Ben had to have a claw hammer and
saw before he could do anything. There
were no hammer and saw in his toOl-chest
fit to work with; so he ran with all his
might to borrow Bill Saunders. Bill
Saunders said he was quite welcome to use
any tool of his he could find, but for
his part he had no idea where in the world
that hammer and saw could be. SO, Ben
rummaged in Bills tOOl-rOom, in a half
whistling, half-breathless way, as if he
was sure of finding them, until he sud
denly thought that his father might start
for downtown before he had asked him
whether he could hang the swing from the
apple-tree in the back yard. In this case,
there was nothing to do but to rush off,
obtain the desired permission, and then
run back again to look for the tools. So,
Ben flew home, but his father had eaten
breakfast and gone.
40 dearr' he exclaimed. "But never
mind, the big beam in the garret will do
-nObOdy'll care about that"
"Come eat your breakfast, Ben" called
out his mother.
Ben swallowed few mouthfuls in a pro-
digious hurry, looked at the clock, saw he
had just ten minutes before school time,
rushed back TO Bill Saunders, and in hunt
ing for the hammer and saw, found an
iron ring.
"Wonder if | couldn't do something
with this?" he painted. /" If only had
mate to it and couple of hooks, it would
be grand Hi there is a ring in the bar
rel in our cellar" SO off he scampered to
the cellar, and there wasn't any ring
there.
Bother exclaimed Ben. "But that's
nothing. / needn't have hooks and rings
at all. I'll just tie the rope over the beam"
But you can't" said one Of the girls
anxiously; the big boards are close down
on it."
"Whew that's So" cried Ben, as he
scampered pell-mell out of the house
"I'll run and get an augur and bore holes
in the BEAM"
Soon he came back He had found the
augur, but there wasn't any point on it.
ats school time, Ben" called out his
sister. "You must go right off; ma says
so. Is the swing ready?"
mot quite" called out Ben cheerily
",but I've done all 1 could about it,"
And so he had-poor fellow The girls
were sadly disappointed, but they couldn't
possibly be provoked at such a dear, good,
obliging brother as Ben. His mother,
who had slyly taken notice of all that was
going on, felt that it would prove quite a
lesson to Ben, showing him the advantage
of keeping things in order and in their
right places. It's not in the least likely
that it did, bowever.-Hedrth and Home.