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

I'm real sorry, he cried, Il did not
think;' and setting the Raven in the
shed he ran for the broom, and tried to
brush the snow away.
Bless the boy' Becky responded:
You've good heart, Freddy, and I'll
her stout arms soon had the Kitchen as
clean as before.
So the day went on. 1t was not alto
gether easy for Freddy to remember,
but a glance his mother brought the
promise and resolution to his mind. In
this way he managed to wear the suit
all day, and when bedtime came and
father kissed him good night, Freddy
archly asked:
DO look like the old Freddy,
father?'
Why, no, you are a young Freddy
Yes, and a new one,' replied the boy,
and rushed away, leaving the father to
exclaim for the fiftieth time since his
birth:
What strange beings children are;'
and then to return to his books.
Not so with his mother. She came in
as usual and bade Freddy goodnight,
and as this was holiday, seated herself
for little talk. Freddy first ex-
claimed:
Mother, how Wilt be tomorrow? I
can't wear my new clothes every day.
canI2'
No. dear, but what about tomorrow
Have yon not had a pleasant day?'
Yes ma'am but shall be bad again
if don't have the new clothes ,shan't p
Il hope not. What made you try SO
hard to hard to be good to-day y?'
Because I wanted to wear my new
clothes.'
What made you want to wear them p
Because they were pretty"
No. before that; when we fret spoke
of it?'
Because wanted to be good.'
And why did you want to be good p
Freddy was silent moment, and
then impetuously kissing his mother, re-
piled:
Il don't know, unless because I love
you.'
Then don't you see, dear, that the
| outside is nothing without the insides
That the clothes helped you because you
thought; and If had made you new
trying, they would not have done you
any good p
Yes answered Freddy. y.thoughtfully.
Then it is the boy and the heart as
this sicht stepped into the room, and
nae sooner had / made my appearance
than Donald let go his grip Of Mr.. Weft's
nose, and the latter, in great passion
cried out, William MCGEE, I TAX ye te
witness what hae sufferit frae thi;
bluid-thirsty Heeiandman! It's no to
be endured in a christian country. I'll
hae the law o. him, that will. I'll be
whippit but I'll hae amends, although
it costs ne twenty pounds!"
| whats wrang?' quo I, pretending
! ignorance o. the hail concern. Wha
in the name o. Nebuchadnezzar has SCI
We thegither by the lugs?' Then Mr..
Weft began his tail, hoo he had beer
collared and we'll nigh thrappled in his
ain shop. Then the ither tauld hoo ir
the first place Mr.. Weft's grandfather
| had stolen his note, and hoo, in the
second place, Mr.. Weft himself had in
suited the great grand Duke of Argyll
| sH0ut toot, gentlemen Qno' I, what
| the use o. this clishmaclaver? II
wager We a pcnny-piece that my monkey
Nosey, is at the bottom of the business.
Nae sooner had l spoken the word
than the twa, looking aroond the shop
| spied the beastie sitting upon the shel
grinning at them, and putting out hi
tongue, and dwiggle-gagging his walking
stick owre his left elbow, as if he hat
been playing upon the fiddle. Mr.Wef
his passion left him in an instant wher
he saw the ridiculous mistake that tn
Heelandman had made, and thocht h
wad hae burstit his sides wiz merriment
At first Donald lookit desperate angry
but his guide sense, of which Heeland
men are not a'thegither destitute, 20
the better o. his anger, and he roaret
and laucht like the very mischief. No
was this a., for no sooner had he begun
to LAUGH, than the monkey did the sam
thing, and held its sides In preoeesel,
the same manner, initiating his action
in the most amusing way imaginable
This only set Donald launching mai
than ever; and when he lifted up hi
humored way, what think you that tn
beastie did? Odds, man, he took til
note frae his pouch, where it lay rLwe
up like ba', and popping it at Donal
hit him as fairly on the nose as IL it ha
been shot DOT o. weel-aimit muskei
There was nae resistin' this. The hail
three Tor rather the haill four, for Nose
joined us) set up a loud LAUGH, and tn
Heelandman's was the loudest of a
showing that he was really man G
sense, and could taxi joke as weel a
his neebors. i
When the lauchin had wee bit sub
sided, Mr.. Campbell, IN orc er to shoN
that he had no i'll wull to Mr.. Wef
ax'd his pardon for the rough way
had treated him, but the manufacture
wadna hear OF. Hout, mon,' quo Inc
'dinna say word aboot tits mus
take a'thegither, aud Solomon himsel
We ken, whiles gaed wrang.' Where
, upon the Heelandman bocht KilmaI
mock night-cap, price elevenpence-hali
penny, frae Mr.. Watt, aud paid hir
part O. the very note that brocht on tn
very ferly I liae been relating. But hi
good wull didna end here, for he il
sisted on takin' us, Nosey among tn
lave, to the nearest public, where h
gied us friendly glass, and we keepi
talkin' aboot monkeys and what no
in a manner at once edifying aud amul
ing to hear,
PHANTASY.*