The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-03-26

Ii ee mouse tan run up ee took, Tar
ley tan-it's plenty big nuff. =
so what does he do but push a chail
up TO the clock and open the door. There
was the old pendulum with its steady tick.
tack, tlck-tack, swinging back and forth.
He locked at his bOok-yes. the monae
was on the pendulum. SO that was the
place for him. He stepped up in the
door, took hold of the pendulum and
swung himself off. But he found he
couldnt climb much. The old clock
thus disturbed commenced striking: Il
sounded ten times louder TO Charley now
ne ne was IN the case. He began to cry.
Inc pendulum took up an uneasy motion
back and forth, back and forth. bunpino .
nus head first on one side then on the
olher the more he struggled the harder
IL bnmped. He tried to rest his feet
there was no place. His cries grew
louder and louder. The door of the
clock swung shut then-he was all in tha
dark now. Aunt Fanny came in she
heard his smothered cries. She looked
IN the bedroom, in the closet. No Char
ley. '9' ~ -1-A
Where are 2" she called.
In ee took In ee took II came family.
Why, Charley, what are you in here
s" I fought I tould run up ee tock like
mousey," he sobbed.
Aunt Fanny couldn't help laughing.
And the old clock received such a shock
and strain that it never could be induced
to keep good time afterwards But grand
pa says he shall always keep it. for Il
seems 80 Like an old friend, and thinks It
Will warn Charley from useless expert
ments.-Hearth and Home.
where's John9
where's John2'' thought the old
COW, as she put her head out of the win
dow at the back of her stall in the barn.
!" The sun Is an hour high, and I am SO
hungry that / am chewing the straw of
my bed. I wish John would comei /
want my breakfast. Moo-oo-oo!"
"Sure enough, where's John 2''.
thought the old white hen. ssIt is time
for John to come with the meal for me
and my chicks. Just hear them cry
They want their breakfast. Cluck,
cluck, cluck l''
"Cock-a-doodle-do That will rouse
him, guess" thought the old fighting
cock. /" "Cock-a-doodle-do Come along,
John you are wanted. The COW wants
her breakfast; the hen and her little
chicks want theirs; SO do the ducks. the
turkeys and the doves. And I want
mime. Cock-a-doodle-doi -
. Gobble- -gobb bble-gobble I do wish
John would come % thought the old
turkey. &C / have been off my roost more
than two hours; and the ground is so
dry that worms are scarce Why doesn't
he Gomez Gobble-gobble-gob -gobblel"
Coo2oo-eol I, too, am hungry"
thought the dove. .sSome crumbs and
seed and corn, if you please, John Here
we are all waiting. Coo-oo-oo %
Quack, quack Will that boy never
come with our breakfast2' thought the
two old ducks, who were waiting with
the rest. We want to go and swim in
the pond but we must have our break
last flrst. Quack, quack l''
:. And SO they all waited and waited. But
1t was almost o'clock before John came
and unlocked the barn door. What had
cen the matter I will tell you but LET
me whisper in your ear, for John feels
little mortified about it. You must know.
then, that John, instead of jumping out
OF bed at once when he woke. turned
over and went to sleep again; and when
he woke the second time the sun was
high, and he saw that he had been verv
remlss. He will not do SO again. The
best way Is to jump ont of bed at once.-
The Nursery.