The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-03-19
Robbie Makes u Visit.

One summer a little boy came from
the city to spend a few weeks III the
house opposite Robbie's. His mother
and the rest of the family came too-of
course but Robbie did not care for
them. He only felt interested in the
little boy, who was about his W age,
and whose name vas 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 dow the
street till he was tired. From the first
dav 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 lover TO his
house"
But mamma wouldn't let Robbie play
in the street, 50 he had to make acqualnt-
ance through the fence, and she Didn't
care about his going too much with
Eddv-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 tie big tree IN
Robhie's yard, and Eddy began to want
some.
o. course Robbie gave him part OF all
he picked up; but that was not much, TIL
there came a heavy frost one night, and
the next morning a good wind, and the
ground was al covered withthe beautiful
brown nuts, and Robbie was dancing
about il delight, too busy to stand at the
gate and talk to Eddy.
Then the first thing mamma know
there came a little knock at the front
door, and shen she opened it there
stood Eddy, with a ten cent piece held
out.
"Would you sell me some nuts!
Mamma said | might come oven nd ask
you-if you please"
Mamma smiled, but she said:
ono, Eddy, I don't sell nuts, but you
may go ont and pick up some with
Robbie, and you may have as many as
Won can carry home"
Robbie's cousin Chester was staying at
his house a few weeks, while his mamma
took a Journey, and the three little boys
spent an hour or two very happily
throwing sticks up into the tree, and
gathering the nuts into a big pile. By
and by, Robbie came to the side door.
Mamma" said he, "can L help
Eddy carry his nuts home? He's got a
whole crowd of en-, and he can't carry
such 4 many"
Mamma was about 10 say no, but look
ing at lis eager little face, and. seeing
two more anxious ones on Chester and
Eddy, who stood a little back to hear the
reply. and remembering that it was get
ting so cool how that Eddy would soon
return TO his city home, she thought it
couldn't do much harm-so said she
didn't care.
\ shout went up from the three boys,
and they rushed off to load themselves
up. Each boy took as many as he coul
carry, and away they went across the
street. Eddy's mamma sat by the front
window, and when they came over she
invited them i'll. 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 a time as they had, too! They
made a street-car of a trunk, with The
Westinghouse to draw it, harnessed NJ
with a long piece of dress braid. Robbie
was driver, and he had a whip, made b,
tring a string on to a ramrOd, which be
longed to Eddy's big brothers gun
Chester was conductor, and he had
trunk-strap with a tin-pail fastened Oh
the end for a bell, which he rang all tn
time. Eddy WIS the passenger, an