The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-04
The Broken Window.

stake care, Arthur Not so high ~
cried Susy Merriam, as she gayly dashed
the feathered shustlecock back to her
cousin.
"Pooh 1 can hit it higher yet" tri-
umphantly returned Arthur.
But alas His tone of triumph died
away, and the bright expression of his
merry face clouded, for the little shuttle
cock dashed through the window, SILVER
ing a pane of glass in its flight to the
garden.
"What will Aunt Janet say 2" said he
soberly, as he surveyed the damage.
Susy, too, looked grave. "Mamma
told us to be careful if we played in
here"
"Well, let's put the battledores away
and pretend not to know anything about
it."
Susy looked shocked. ooh, Arthur (!
you don't mean it; you can't mean it
cried she, "that would be as bad as tell
ing lie. :"
ooh, I'm liar, am T." retorted the
boy. He threw himself angrily into
chair
Susy was penitent directly. "No, no,
dear Arthur, would not call you that
for anything. You were only joking, 1
am sure. Come, let us go and tell
mamma"
$50 tell yourself, sneak" Arthur's
tone was rude, and he violently pushed
his little cousin from him. Sweet Susy
was not to be so unk1ndly repulsed. She
sat down on low seat by him and took
his hand gently between her own.
Don't be angry with me, Arthur,
dear, was uAkind to say that. But. do
let us go and tell Mamma directly. She
will be displeased. of course"
Arthur pulled his hand out of Susy's-
"And as broke the window and not
you, of course / will be punished instead
Of You, mistress Susy. wish had not
come here to visit you. Girls are mean
sneaks-girls are shabby cats Run tell,
Susy run before your shoes wear out. p"
Susy was in tears. Reproaches from
her loved cousin Arthur were hard to
bear. A sneak A shabby cat Oh
dear, dear arthur, / won't tell, !"
sobbed the little girl. "No, truly, 1
won't unless you do, but it seems right. !"
" RiQM to have me sent home in dis
grace, as 1 am sure to be But, Susy,
you said you wouldn't tell 2"
"No, and L won't. Only Arthur, you
ought to-"
Just then the bell rang for supper. Ar
thur hurled the battledores into the cor
ner and the two children went off to
have their hair brushed. The broken
window was not discovered until the
next day. Then the housemaid went in
dismay to Mrs. Merriam with the news.
Indeed, ma'am 1 did not do it. 1t
OIL ho1
been thrown through it. y
Mrs. Merriam called the children and
questioned them. Arthur boldly said he
knew nothing about it. Susy hung her
head and whispered she could tell moth
ing about it. Her mother saw the
trathful little girl was concealing some
thing.
"Tell mamma all about it at once,
Susy."
Susy burst into tears. CT can't. ]
can't" she sonbed. Mrs. Merriam shut
her up in a dark closet until she should
be willing to tell. Poor Arthur did not
feel very comfortable.
"Such q fuss for window" NUT
tered he. cat home they would send
for glazier, and say no more about it. y
cit is not the WindoU, Arthur, said
his aunt, "but Susy is naughty. If she
knows who broke the window, she must
tell me.
"Well, she never will !" exclaimed
the boy. "And if you must know, Aun
Janet, I did it with the shuttlecocl
when we went playing battledore yester
day."
Mrs. Merriam called Susy out of tn,
closet and wiped the child's tear
away. CT am sorry ] punished you
dear, but you must never hide anythin,
from ME, even to conceal your cousin
fault"
"Susy did want to tell you immedi
ately, Aunt, but L made her promise no
to-" continued Arthur.
at am disappointed in you, Arthur
l thought you brave and manly l fin'
you coward. Always remember it il
best to frankly tell of an accident or
fault. Now go to the village and sem
a glazier here to repair the broken win
dow"
Arthur darted eff, glad to escape pun
ish,nent, and Susy told her mother a
about the broken window.
The Faithful Boy.
Gerhardt was German shepherd boy
and a noble fellow he was, too, althoug