The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-23
Time Waits For No Boy.

Jack and Harry had to reoite their
lessons TO their father every day at two
o'clock, but they were thoughtless boys
who liked to play and idle away their
time, so very often the lessons were not
ready, because they had put off study
ing too long. Over and over again they
had been reproved, until they thought
they would really try to be dilligent and
punctual. For almost week they dld
pretty well, but then there came a day
when the sun was bright and warm and
the air so soft that it seemed as if moth
ing in the world could draw them away
from under the old apple tree, where
they lay in the tall grass on their backs,
looking up at the cool green leaves and
the peeps OF the blue sky. There they
lay and talked of all that they meant to
do, and the things they wished they
had, and the places they wanted to
visit.
"Uncle Henry is going to send for us
some day very soon, said Henry, "to
go with him out to Mr.. Cheesebro's
farm, to stay all night and the next day.
Won't it be splendid / shall carry my
fishing rod, for there are trout in the
brook, and may carry Ben's gun and
hunt woodchucks.
"Yes, and what good things we shall
have to eat, said Jack. "There'n be
mince pie and doughnuts, and roast
goose and pickles, and plum pudding
Do YOU remember the other time we
went, how Mrs. Cheesebro gave us
great slices of cake between meals and
filled our pockets with nuts"
"Guess l do !" answered Harry. CT
have been wanting to go ever since.
Sammy Cheeseboro said the next time
we came he'd have party and play old
fashioned games. Won't it be fun /
wonder what day Uncle Henry is 60
ing"
He said pretty soon," said Jack,
hopefully. Say, Henry, you know
that big swing they've got out in the
barn, and the high hay-mows Oh
what fun we shall have ! L wish we
were there now, and then we shouldn't
have that awful arithmetic lesson to
learn.
"That awful geography lesson you'd
better say" replied Harry. :" / took a
look at it before l came here, and its
dreadful We've got to bound every
country in Asia. Can you do it?"
Ono, but il won't take long to learn
it, Say, Harry, see that fishhawk away
up in the sky. wish L had bow and
arrows"
"Ho 1 don't. I wish / had a rifle, "
said Harry, shading his eye to look up
And so they planned, and dreamed
and talked, lying luxuriously in the tall
nodding grass, with birds to sing ovel
them and flowers to sweeten the air. L
they had only learned their lessons
first But time flew, the hours spec
by, and when at last they reluctantly
arose and went into the house aftel
their books, behold it was ] o'clock
and there was lunch waiting for them
They stared at each other in dismay
and then, being veing very hungry, the,
began to eat their sandwiches and gin
rerbread, and talked over their situa
ton between the mouthfuls.
Z" We never can learn it, never !" e,
claimed Harry. There are two end
less sums in partial payments to worl
ont. and then all those countries
we only had two hours even y
"Tell You what" said Jack, 4" let
set the clock back an hour He Away
looks at the clock before he calls us
and he won't think nor find out abou
it,"
Harry whistled, thought it over, an
made up his mind,
"All right" he said, "we'll do il
You are awfully sharp, Jack. Here
null that big chair around, so l ca
stand in it and reach up TO the hands
It took but an instant, the clock tickle
ON as TRANQUILITY as before, but now th
bands pointed to twelve instead of one