The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-04-01
me Horst Boy in school.


or, rather, Ned and Arthur waited
impatieEtly, FOR it was only the two
older boys who said that mothers
5sturday-night talk helped them to be
good for whole week. Little Louis
and laurie, their twin baby brothers,
liked to. come, too, TO hear mammals
stories; but Ttnink they usually were
fast asleep before the stalk" was over.
Bfrs Day did not keep her children
waiting long, however, and they were
nicely settled, little Louis and Louis
great ball in mammals lap, and Laurie
apparently thinking himself the old
est of the party, seated in q chair by
her side.
Arthur made himself as uncomfort.
able as possible by climbing up behind
her, and Squeezing his toes between
the seat aud the back Of her chair, SO
as to indulge in a series of kisses on
mammals neck and cheeks. Ned,
always too restless to be seated for
five minutes at once, stood with his
hands on the arms of his mothers
chair. @ Gl3u f1-a .3- ID Il
''Mother,D said Arthur, "do you
know Dick Rogers has broken his leg :?
and Pm glad" ID - Z
p / "Poor boy! I heard to-day that he
was hurt. But why are yoa glad ~
asked Mrs. Day, gravely.
Because l think he deserved IL.
He's the worst boy in the school.
He's always plsguing US little fofks.,'
''And he's so mean, namma," said
Ned. sHe's always bsekbitiRg. The
boys hate him. / don't believe be has
3 single friend" E Has|
"riien he Steals, too, I think, !" said
Arthur "for lots ofgthings have been
missing lately, and you know that
was the way he broke his leg. He
wewas stealing ,A1F.T Grigger's apples,
when ne fell. He hasn't been to
school for two days, but we didn't
know what was the matter till to-day.
hope he will never come back. n -
.1sn't he that hump-backed boy
have seen 81 said Mrs DAE.rrsa
ayes, ma, p ssid Arthur and We
would be sorry for him if he wasn't
so mean.n an CFE2H Z
"Do the boys ever tease him about
his back ?''
q Yes, ma they reallf him Punch,
sometimes. They only DO it because
he's so cross. But Ned and 1 wouldn't
tease him" -'fRFf aftF n
4Perhap's he would behave better If
the boys were thoughtful and kind to
him, said mamma. "rhey may
have hurt him so much by their crueF
ty that his temper has been spoiled.
I wish you would tell ms what is
charity, BOYS api - % ftSlQ
"GiYing things to poor people" T" said
Arthur.
''It means love, doesn't it ?" asked
Ned. .iL
"Yes, it meansL0Ue, Ned and what
Is that which God commandsI?n We
"The Commandments" said Ned.
"Yes, but it is easier to remember
that we must love God with alt our
hearts, and our neighbors as our
selves st. Paul says our goodness is
worth little il we do not have charity,
and that charity thinketh no eyil.' L
will leave you to think over what 1
have said, for must put these sleepy
children to bed, and iT you decide that
you have been uncharitable, will let
you do anything in your power to
make amends. And try to remember
after this not TO think other people
lave done wr0ng untl you knoW IT,"
I will not tell yon what the boys
decided. You may judge of that
yourself. 1 will only tell you that
late en- Sunday afternoon Dick Rogers
raised his hot head from his pillow
in surprise, as he openei the door for
Ned and Arther Day. III
"What have you come for ?' he
muttered, turning his face to the wall.
Poor boy, he could only move his
haah orffl Qru1Q-Hru
Ned and Arthur stood still, looking
around the hot, barely-furnished room
very shy and not knowing how TO
make advances after this cool recep-
ton. r-f-' t.-r r
After a moments whispering, Ned
stepped to the bedside, and said, 81
saw. Dick, we're very sorry, and we
came TO see if we can't do something
for you. 1t must be miserable to lie
here I'll day !"
z "I suppose you have come to see
how Punch is getting along? He'll
be a little uglier than ever after thIs,4
said Dick.
"Dick Arthur aud 1 never called
you Puneh,n cried Ned, with Grim
son face; don't you believe We were so
mean But we're very sorry we
ever helped the boys to plague you
because-well-I think il we had
been in your place, we would have
tattIed, TOO, wnen the boys called US
Punch. So shake hands and say
you'll forgive Us, and here's some
wine-ielly mother thought you would
like, and we'll be friends when you
come hack to school, won't we ?n
Poor Ned talked SO fast, that Dick
looked quite beWildered. Then he
seemed to be thinking, and at last, as
he turned his face toward his visitors
again, The younger boy saw that the
hard, fretfuf look had quite gone, and
left in its place a soft, sad one.
SIT isn't my leg 1 mind so much"
said he, "thOugh it's very hard Tor a
poor fellow with a hump on his back
TO break his leg, but it's because when
they picked. me up and carried me
home the other day, heard some one
say u had been up i'll the tree stealing
.apples.A But l hadn't. Indeed
hadn't" And Dick tried to raise
himself up in his esrnestness, but fell
back again. 'fIclimbed up to get a
doll. 1t was little Nellie Brownies,
aud there she was looking up at the
tree, and crying, when l came along,
and she said one OF the boys had tax
en- tfrOm her, and tied ftbup there.
You know i cam climb so We'll as
other boys, SO when1 tried, slipped
and fell. Can't you say you know
wasn't after the apples, Ned, for l
never stole anything ia my life p? L
know rve told on my sehoolfellows
sometimes, and plagued you little
ones once in a while, but 1 only did
so when my back hurt and made me
cross-and then you all despised me
so i say what's the mater ?"
For when Dick finished speaking,
he saw Ned biting his lip, while
Arthur, with his hankerchief in his
hand, stood by the window, pretend-
ing to look ont, bUt really trying to
keep the tears back. For boy nine
years old does not like to be caught
crying. 4.
After Dick had partaben Of some OF
Mrs. Days Jelly, they had q good talk
together, and when they parted, the
three boys had learned 70 understand
each other better.
Dick said that as Arthur and Ned
had teased aud disliked him more
from thoughtlessly following abad ex-
ample than from malice, he would
think no more about it.
Ned and Arthur decided that they
had injured Dick in judging him
Iharshly, and that in his place they
might have been quite as bad. In
lGeed, when they heard from bis poor
! widowed mother what helpful son
he was to her, they were inclined to
consider him better than themselves.
Poor Dick suffered a good deal with
his broken leg, for the fall had injured
/ him 50 much that it was many weeks
before he was up again. But he was
not very miserable, after all, for Ned
and Arthur constituted themselves
| his principal nurses, coming to see
him several times a week, and bring
ing him books and good things to eat.
L need hardly say that Ned and Ar
thur were his firm friends and cham
pions when he returned to school, and
so faithfully did they take his part,
that before long he was quite 9 fay-
Orite among bis schOOlmaIes. FEF
From the lesson which Dicks fall
and illness had taught them, these
three boys learned to take for a mot.