The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-09-19
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1 chair, /" d Amy called h, Win hi,
newspaper, whsd' thu door slowly
4 opened, and ! pair of 6sde Eyes peeps.
In. 'hs9 e. ' ! *@a sst'sa 100
|H.' Hsts q ROOM for you. Amy, ~ said
| ufaudpA, laying MS PAPER % the u.
| bic. s,a' A. sasa'a'sK -saesa q
Amy bounded across the room, aud
aster good deal Of hugsing and kiss-
Ing, was finally settied ii "haK Or the
chalr.n
"GrsSdpa,~ did sbs . presently,
what were you thinking about when
I came in, you looked right out Of the
window instesd esA - your paper ~
1 ~ vas thinkiuG."' answered Grand
pa" how many thinss God bed given
me 10 make me- happy" .e3 adF
Amy looked n ths ilrs thosGht1uily
Grandpa watched her fscs . ~ min
utes, and then said, ," Wsli ny pet,
what ere yos ahiaklas absusfp ~
II W. sssAsnksng. = said Any sssw-
y. ''shst Ood had given me 1 good lot
OF nice thlngs." ae 4af bon 3F
"Well," said Grandpa. .'aren't you
pretty happy ?" tea iaaa t
eyes," said Amy" I s'pose I
should he al happy II II wssn' for
that horrid boy" 'fa
"Whst hofrid boy:" asked Grand
pa, looking amused..'' e-
Why" said Amy with some spirit,
''he Is Joe Brown. = great. ugly. rag
ged boy, and ! do hats him |" -, ems
"Oh-h." said Grandpa. = hate Il .
bad word. Pussy" ."..an tsff s
"Wel,. he is bad boy" said Amy
"and DO hate him." M fn
What has be done ?'' said 0rand-
pa. "may be We can hnd m excuse for
him. * fstit
j" He runs away with my sled, and
tlps my books or" said Amy, begin
ming to count up her complaints on
her fingers. lH
MAYBE" said Hrandpa, "he
thought the sled was too heavy for you,
and the books tipping I'd may have
been an accident"
mo indeed, Grandpa" aid Amy
very much disguised. why bis jack
ct is 80 ragged 1t 10 nothing but rags,
and his facs is never clean, and every
time l 60 BY him he says. there goes
little waller curis ~
"WeIl. what cp!or are your curls?"
asked Grandpa. fondiy stroking the
little curly head.
They're not yellow, anyway" said
Amy, pouting little. sMsmins says
they are golden" !" si,e sdded, pullins
one Of the offending curis over her
face for an examination.
AS for the jacket" said Grapdpa.
"maybs poor Jos has no money to
buy . new one. and perhaps be bas no
mother TO mend this one, or 70 tell
him to wash bis fsce."
"Well Grandpa" said Amy, sitting
up straight. and surs OF her ground
this time. .'there's one thing NJ doss
you can't excuse. He swears, and it's
reartnd swear too. ~s~ss--. = ~ 'sa- -
"Oh, / am sorry for that" said
Grandpa, "but II he swear," he add-
ed slowly" - think We muat-love
him."
Love him! Why Grandpa 7" said
Amy, ut loss how 10 express her
surprise.
"Yes," perststsd Grandpa, II think
We must love him and perhaps we can
coax him to leave OF swearing
Amy shook her head rather doubt
fully. II shouldn't know how to be-
gin, he is such . great ugly thing"
she said presently.
u can tell you." said Grandpa,
"prsy for him."
nOh. Grandpa" exclaimed Amy.
very much shocked, ~ couldn't do
that any way"
"Why not ." asked Grandpa.
"Oh, because-because," said Amy,
rather cornered, "he looks So"
"That is ba l." said Grandpa. do
you suppose Jesus looks at his jacket
and dirty face sli the time? Because
know u little girl whose face was oil
sticky with moIasses candy the other
day, and her dress had . sad rent In 1t
too, aud oh dear! do believe the lin
ing Of my coat 10 torn," continued he
pulling his coat back with an anxious
look.
You ridiculous Grandps," said
Amy half laughing, ~ wish you
wouldn't talk So"
"How can help ~" said Grandps.
''if we can't pray for any body that has
q ragged jacket on"
Amy sat still ~ much as two min
utes thinking.
well Grandpa" she said at last,
"I'll try II, but guess you will have
to pray for him too"
II will agree to that" said Grand
pa, land will begin now
So they kneeled down. aud Grandpa
| prayed: Dear Jesus, We are afraid
Joe Brown il bad boy, but We want
him To be good. and grow upa good
man. Help us to bs kind aud gentle
to him always, aud show u something
We can do to help him. We ask It In
Thy name dear Jesus. Amen"
Amy" called her mothers voice
soon after, I" want you TO carry this
note down to Uncle Johns"
YES, msmma," answered Amy,
running to get her bat aud cloak. She
was much impressed BY what Grand
pa had said, and thought Il over and
over as she tripped down the street.
just o. she reached Uncle Johns gate,
Joe Brown came around the corner.
"Hullo little yaller head" said he
In rough voice.
Amy thought to hsrself, "you great
hateful boy and came near saying II,
but little breath Of Grandpa's prayer
msds her smile pleasantly and answer,
! !" Hulio, - she run up the steps.
The next morning Grandpa wen,
away much to Amy's grief. and said
lie should not be hack for two weeks
She started for school with . very
lOn1 face. her ONLY cOnaOlnt ION bsJDR