Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-03-18

Robbie Makes Visit.
One summer little boy came from
the city to spend few weeks In the
house opposite Robbie's His mothe,
and the rest of the family came tool
course IL but Robbie did not care fol
them. He only felt interested in the
little boy, who was about his own age,
and whose name was Eddy.
Eddy was very fond of playing on the
sidewalk, and every fine day he would
bring out a gorgeous red and yellow
velocipede, and ride up and down the
street till he was tired. From the first
day he had tried TO make acquaintance
with Robbie. He came over and talked
to him, tried to coax him out into the
street to play, and told marvellous stories
of what treasures he had "over to his
house."
But mamma wouldn't let Robbie play
in the street, so he had to make acquaint-
ance through the fence, and she didn't
care about his going too much with
Eddy-for reasons she had-so he was
not invited In, and Robbie leaned over
the gate, listening to his big stories, and
looking at his play.
So it went ON all summer, till the
chestnuts were ripe on the big tree in
Robbie's yard, and Eddy began to want
some.
Of course Robbie gave him part of all
he picked up; but that was not much, till
there came heavy frost one night, and
the next morning good wind, and the
ground WIS all covered with the beautiful
brown nuts, and Robbie was dancing
about in delight, too busy to stand at the
gate and talk to Eddy.
Then the first thing mamma knew
there came little knock at the front
door, and when she opened it there
stood Eddy, with ten cent piece held
out.
"Would you sell me some nuts
Mamma said might come over nd ask
you-if you please.
Mamma smiled, but she said:
'sNo, Eddy, don't sell nuts, but you
may go out and pick up some with
Robbie, and you may have as many as
you can carry home"
Robbie's cousin Chester was staying at
bis house few weeks, while his mamma
took journey, and the three little boys
spent an hour or two very happily
throwing sticks up into the tree, and
gathering the nuts into big pile. BY
and by, Robbie came to the side door,
Mamma" said he, "can / help
Eddy carry his nuts homel He's got q
whole crowd of 'em, and he can't carry
such many"
Mamma was about to say no, but look
ing at his eager little face, and seeing
two more anxious ones ON Chester and
Eddy, who stood little back to hear the
reply, and remembering that it was get
ting so cool now that Eddy would soon
return to his city home, she thought il
couldn't do much harm-so said she
didn't care.
A shout went up from the three boys
and they rushed off to load themselves
up. Each boy took as many as he could
carry, and away they went across the
street. Eddy's mamma sat by the from
window, and when they came over she
invited them In. OF course they went
In, and were soon in the nursury, among
Eddy's playthings, and in two minutes
they forgot that they had not asked
mammals leave, and ought to go home
Such time as they had, too! The,
made q street-car of a trunk, with tn
rocking-hor to draw it, harnessed NJ
with long piece of dress braid. Robbie
was driver, and he had whip, made b,
tying string on to a ramrod, which be
1onged to Eddy's big brothers gun
Chester was conductor, and he had
trunk-strap with tin-pail fastened OF
the end for bell, which he rang all tn
time Eddy was the passenger, AM
wanted to get out every minute that b
wasn't getting in.
When they were tired of that, Rob
bic rugged himself up as an oyster ped
der, taking the tin pail and two ittl