Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-04-08
ROBBIE GOES TO LIVE IN A PLAY.
HOUSE.

CHESTER and Robbie had been to see
their little neighbor Eddy, where they
had feast of candy and cakes, and
the unusual dainties they had been in
dulged in began to make Chester little
Observation-Disclosures he did not know
what was the matter. Nothing seemed
pleasant or good to him, and he talked
to Robbie till he made him think it was
much nicer over to Eddy's house than it
was at home. When they had worked
themselves up into proper state of
fTetfulness the two boys came in to
mamma, who was reading by the last
rays of light.
"Auntie," said Chester, eve don't want
to live here any more; we want to go to
live with Eddy's mamma"
Indeed" said mamma, laying down
her book and looking at them, "why
so?"
"Cause Eddy's mamma is Nicer" said
Chester, coolly; she never makes us eat
bread n butter; we can have as much
cake IS we can stuff"
can tea! 'tsreal black, tool" broke in
Robbie, an jam-'thout any bread"
"And sugar." exclaimed Chester; eve
can just help ourselves"
can Eddy's got more things" said
Robbie.
can we like his house better N this
old thing" said Chester contemptuous-
ly.
Mamma was not surprised at this in
Chester, for he was very uneasy little
boy always, and she knew that the things
he had eaten had made him unhappy,
but she was rather hurt that Robbie
should want to leave her. After a mo-
ment she said:
" So my little boy wants to go away
from his mamma-does he?"
EYES," said Robbie, hesitating, as he
remembered the wonderful things over
at Eddy's
Course he does, cause it's nicer
there" said Chester.
"Well," said mamma, "Ill tell you
what you may do. If you don't want to
live with me, you may go and stay in
your playhouse till tomorrow, and then,
if Eddy's mamma will take you, you
go there and live"
ooh, goodey!" shouted Chester.
Bring out all your things, Robbie, and
We'll go live in the playhouse"
They quickly loaded themselves up
with treasures-consisting mostly of
chestnuts and the two pieces of cake,
and, bidding mamma good-by, went out.
The playhouse was in the back yard
and was very nice one. 1t was built
for chicken-house at first, but mamma
did not have very good success with
chickens, and after they had all died off
she said Robbie should have it for a
playhouse. So one day a man came
there with a saw and d hammer and
some other things, and he took down the
roosts, made nice door with knob and
a lock on-just like grown-up doors
and neat little window looking toward
the house. When he went away another
man came and whitewashed it all over
and covered the old chicken yard all up
with green blocks of grass and made a
little walk up to the door, and then it
was as coy a house as one could have.
Then mamma put down a carpet, and
papa sawed off the legs of small table
and put up shelf for Robbie's dishes.
Robbie spent a great deal of time in
his house and had made several things
for it, One was a bench made of a box,
with legs of sticks Of wood, which he
found in the wood-pile, nailed on An
other was stool made of the end of a
square plank, with pieces of lath for
legs This article, however, was merely
ornamental, because the legs were not
strong enough to bear Robbie. In fact
they would hardly hold the plank alone,
and Robbie said he couldn't sit on it, it
was so tipsy.
"Now, Robbie" said Chester, when
they had taken possession, eve must
have something to keep off bu glars
81 know whatm exclaimed Robbie
"Ill take the hatehet-I can hatch their
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