The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-08-29
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hrouqht to her mind verso bu1S sro
~ once learned, and which " wouie ~
a al for for every boy and girl, no only 20
Fel ~ ~. a,so to remember, DWhatsoever
safn Hand fndeth to do, do IL with thy
ishs." 90 ,..n ,.vsa .ome
anhla If she had kept these words oeIore
~. have told you she had NOS iorgos,
az them, but IS you will see, she iaieo W
I'M of them at the right time. =, a.,
mEmma. look after Bonnie, will You ]"
I'D her mother to- her an hour or two al
erward.
Now Bonnie was q little fellow, between
wo and three years old, and about as mis-
ch;syous as it was possible for ever @ ooy
ha. Any one who undertook to look at
tsr him and keep him in order would nna
hat he had as much as he could possio,y
h. Emma knew this very well, out sus
(id not always do that which sue
hromised to attend to quite earnestly ."
Pn this occasion she a5tempeeot 20 h @ bro.
lraI other things besides see 20 her uio of
her. She had in her room q story parS vi
Itch remained to be read, for she hao
,aan called away from it that morning as
rha was residing most interesting cnapter.
rhis che now fetched ana SAT oo"n w
She did not forget her brother, bat now
nd then asked, .Bennie what are you do
Fnof IL Bonnie good boy = ana TO TINS
alter question the child invariably replied,
F.Yes,D in q most positive tone: Bennie,
indeed, seemed always to think himself
rood. for which Emma sometimes called
Rim a little Pharisee.
nBennie are you all right y"
Rnt Bennie's conscience was not quite
easy. as Emma could judge from his voice.
She therefore looked up, and saw that he
Was standing on the chair with the cup
board door open.
are getting into mischief. Get down, di-
rectly." s .
movement as if to come out of the chair.
IL satisfied Emma, who went on With ner
Reading, and soon forgot Bennie. go,
Presently however, he was so very still
tbat the thought flashed across her mind
tbat he must again be Sin mischief" 30 abe
once more glanced up, and 1 do not think
she will soon forget the sight that she
saw.
Bonnie had managed to get to flask o.
oil, and had used it as playthings lie
had seemed to have some idea of oillng Nil
head, for he had poured it on his light
hair. and completely saturated it. ina
was bad enough; but, of course, 1t hac
not stopped there. 1t had run down ovel
his frock and pinafore, and had made
great oily patch on the carpet.
Emma was SO angry that she slapped
her little brother, and she did it without
any conjunction, for she felt that he richl!
deserved it. Perhaps he did-that is, j
he had been taught that he must no
touch things; but think that Emma wa
to blame too, since, Instead of doing tn
work of minding him with her might, sh
had only partly done it, and had given mos
Of her attention to something else. Her mo
Their thought 30 too, and blamed her yer
decidedly.
80, Emma how careless Of you, to b
sure !" said she, when che saw the carpe
90 spoiled.
.sWhy, mammal did not do it"
"No but you ought to have seen tbs
Bonnie did not do it either. ! left him
your care, you know, and you did not ProE
erly attend TO him."
"He lie 30 very tiresome, mamma"
not leave him alone"
SIT tires one 80 to see that he gets into L
mischief"
"Certainly; and all work tires usif. v
do it diligently and conscientiousiy. q
think that you have been very wrong ii
deed not to do better that which, ask'
you to do" ass
Emma thought 80 too, and she said
much to her mother.
III will try and remember to do o.
thing at time, and do that as we'll as pc
sible," said she.
But 1t took anoCneE anO more beVeEo 'S
son to teach this rule to Emma quite tho
Oughly.
It was fortnight afterwards when q
was again left in sole charge of her BROTH
Now, do not think she could have b
anything to do which SO greatly tried
patience, good humOr, and streng'
But because it was trying, Emma shoU
have striven to do it satisfactorily.
This time she had new piece of mu
which she wanted to try, and che sat dON
before the piano to play it over. As q
did SO, she glanced at Bonnie. He was
right he had seated himself on the :
with picture-book the leaves Of viii
he was turning over with extraOrdine
care. Feeling comfortable in her mi
With regard to him, abe soon became {
eoroed 10 the music. She had played 1t wv
when she missed Bennie. She found Il
sne had left the door open, and he had 60
out Of the room.
She ran to look for him, calling his ma
eagerly. Presently she heard screa
she followed in the direction of the sonI
and in less than q minute discovered b
ME: He was sitting down with 9 box
matches in his hands, and his clothes "
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