Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-01-24

SWN& OIdER, exclaimed FREDDY,
XSE starting up in bed just as she
/GXW turned out the light, s'Can 1
F&4$ have on all new clothes New
Years day?''
aWhy, dear?"
"Because Mr.. Adams was talking
about 'all things new and good resoln-
tions, and do mean to try this year."
''That is nobly said by mothers little
boy, but what will new clothes have to
do with it and Mrs. MAY came to sit on
the bed beside Freddy.
why don't you think there is some
badness in the clothes. that it gets out of
me into my jacket?'
Mrs. May repressed the smile the boy
could not see. for his earnestness inter-
ested her. His father was a studiOus
man, much older than herself, who left
the training of the child entirely to her,
and as he was wilful she was glad of
any plan which promised to help him
overcome himself.
+. Il don't know how that may be, Fred
dy, your naughty ways effect other peo-
pie surely, and if you think new clothes
| will make difference you shall have
| them; on one condition.
You're the best MOTHER cried the
| impuisive boy hugging her tightly
about the neck.
Dut tLtC COIulbAOu tutiot U0 htpl, dcdT.
sOh, yes, your conditions are never
hard, mother DEAR
Then listen;' and as she spoke she
stroked the hair which brushed her
cheek. You must be very sure that
none of the badness gets into the new
clothes. l cannot give YOU a complete
new suit and have you naughty in it,
Yes, PROMISE
If you can't be good, and you must
try, oh so hard! then you must take off
| the new Clothes
| Freddy was very sober in the dark for
a moment, and then he laid his cheek
against his mothers and said:
| Yes, mother
There was little silence, and then as
Mrs. May said good night Freddy
cried:
Stockings and all. mother?'
Yes, that the feet may not go astray,'
she replied, and he was left to go to
sleep, which he did in about five min
utes.
This was only few days before New
Years day, and when Freddy went to
bed the last night of the old year, he
was full of his idea, and had to be spo-
ken to twice by his mother before he
would quietly settle to sleep. The
morning dawned clear and bright, and
| to Freddy's joy storm in the night had
robed the world in white, and the tRa-
VEN could skim over the hills with him
on its back. He enjoyed this prospect
some time from his window before he
thought of the new clothes, and turned
to find them laid out on the chair.
fHurrah!' he shouted as he put them
on, everything complete, even the neck
tie and new pocket-handkerchief. The
tie, one with bright Roman colors,
would not stay tied, and Freddy ran for
Mary. She was brushing the stairs,
and did not stop Immediately for the ca
ger boy.
sOh Mary, you are SO Slow he ex-
claimed, and would have said more, but
he remembered the condition,
Pausing, he looked at his new suit
and said gently:
MARY, please come, | want to be the
first person mother Sees
Mary came, smiling at the pleasant re-
quest, aud soon Freddy was showing
his mother the beauty of his New Years
gift. Mrs. May admired with Freddy
and readily promised he should take on,
the Raven after breakfast. Freddy's
appetite was slight that morning, and
soon his merry shout echoed from til,
hill where he and other boys coastcd ant
drew the girls. Emmie Brown wa,
there with eyes brighter than ever, ant
as Ereuuy h;iStened 10 oHer ner q rldt
he caught his toe in hidden branch
and fell full length in the soft snow. Ht
would not have minded the laugh SO
much if he had not seen Tom Ward run,
nings up the hill with Emmie on hi
led. The blood sprung into Freddy's
face, and he was.just going to stamp his
foot when he caught sight of the new
boot. 1t would never do to teach ii
anything SO naughty, aud then, too, hi.
, promise; SO swallowing somethin.
which must have got into his throat IL
the fall. he jumped little Mollic Gay
, who was only four years old, and mo
. much count anyway on his Raven,
and gave her such a ride that she clap
: ped her hands and declared he was th
'bestest boy in the year.
; When the morning was happily
, passed, and something within him suS
l gested dinner-time, Freddy ran hom
and bounced into the kitchen, draggin,
+ the Raven aud leaving the great
snowy footsteps.
e THAT'S just what you did the las
t snow, Freddy exclaimed Becky; q
= wish there never q bit fell.'
s Did l?' aud in an instant flashed int
Frcddy's mind, all things new Tha
G was not new, and was not good, either
? he must change 1t.