Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-03-24
AS True as Steel.

old, in the cheeriest of tones.
Did you look for the rest of those eggs,
as l told you ?"
'.Yes, grandmother. | found three
more and put EN- in the closet.
"Did you feed the cow?''
"Yes, grandmother.
did you lock the woodhouse door %
For moment Jared Raymond looked |
confused, almost as if he would like to
tell his grandmother a story, but that
expression soon passed away, and look
ing her full in the face, answered
mo, ma'am. [ forgot that but l
will do it in minute"
at is so strange" said the old lady,
"that you always have to forget some
thing Now when | was girl and had
chores to do, always remembered every
thing. Nobody had to speak twice to
me on the same subject
Il wish I'd been little girl" inter-
rupted Jared, his voice full of regret,
but his grandmother paid no attention.
eff you are going to grow up as heed
less as this, l don't knew what kind of
man you'll make. No great shakes,
reckon.
Won't my senses grow with my
hands, and my feet, and my head, grand.
mother % he asked. '.If I'm as big as
a man outside, shan't l be as big as
man inside? 'Tisn't likely 1 shall for
get things when | get grown up, grand
mother, is it 2
Gas the twig is bent so is the tree
Inclined" she answered, and then not
ing the look of perplexity on the child's
face, continued, "But now make haste
and fasten up. It'll be dark before you
get through, if you don't step around
lively
"rhis is the first thing 1 have forgot
ten to-day" said Jared to himself as he
walked toward the wood house. "Grand-
mother is awful hard on me; but l sup
pose it's all for my good though she
says It's, and she ought to know. l
wonder how it would seem to have some.
thing done for fellows bad, once in a
while ! What was it father said when
he bade me good-by 2" and now the boys
face frightened, and the perplexed look
vanished entirely. Jared says he,
take good care of your grandmother.
She may sometimes seem very particular
about things that seem of very little ac-
count to you, but she helped make man
of me, and you never will find better
friend. Be true to her, and true to your
self Jared, as true as steel" l guess
the worst thing l do is to growl to my
self about grandmother; never say
anything saucy to her-I wonder how
she would look if [ should" and Wis.
ion of the old lady, tall and irate, swoop-
ing down upon him in her awful indig-
nation, was so grotesque, and mirth in
spring, that the first thing Jared knew
he was laughing loud and heartily.
"What in the world has come ovel
Jared % said grandmother, as she fin.
ished clearing off the supper table. "Any
body would suppose by the sound, that he
had half-a-dozen boys to play with him
He beats all. Jared" as the boy en-
tered the kitchen, 'swhat were you laugh
ing at out there to the wood house ?''
"My thoughts, grandmother, some
times they are awful funny
, ''But that isn't answering my ques
tion, Jared"
7 81 know it, grandmother. Amt som
of fellows thoughts his own, though
; You wouldn't think it was anything t
laugh at
ut depends, Jared, on what fellow
e thoughts are. If he makes such nois
: thinking as you did minute ago, any
body has right to demand the cause
Come, my boy, out with it.
n Jared hesitated. "If don't tell her,
e he thought, II shall be disobedient, an
: she will think it is ten times worse tha
it is, and if do tell her then she wi
e be angry, but | suppose its got to com
u u out, and he finally said, almost laugh
: ing again, as the picture stood out b.
It fore his Imagination, ''This was it, gran6
mother | was thinking s'pose some da
e l should talk back to you-be real sal
e cy-as Fred Miller is to his grandmotl
= er sometimes, how you would look con
Il ing for me, that's ALL
n 'How | would look coming for yol
. Jared Raymond What in the world
you mean 2" and grandmother fa'
broadened, and her keen eyes twinkle
with merriment as she waited for Jart
ct to finish.
al "Oh, | could see you just as plain
I'd day. grandmother, your cap-border f
~ ~ ing back. your eyes striking fire, yo
hand up all ready to punish me +; dor
an believe fellow would be impudent
in you more than once r and Jared bun
it into another fit of laughter, in viii
-er grandmother joined heartily.
You are right, the old lady cont
ued at length. ''Impertinence is son
w. thing never could tolerate"
Ike Jared got his geography and atlas, a