The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-03
The Broken Window.

And at the doors they all take wings.
The Broken Window.
"Take care, Arthur Not SO high p
cried Susy Merriam, as she gayly dashed
the feathered shustlecock back to her
cousin.
"Pooh! 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, shiver-
ing a pane of glass in its fight to the
garden.
"What will Aunt Janet say?' 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. "Oh, Arthur /
you don't mean it; you can't mean it,"
cried she, "that would be as bad as tell
ing lie"
"Oh, Tn liar, am /, retorted the
boy. He threw himself angrily into a
chair.
Susy was penitent directly. "No, no,
dear Arthur, would not call you that
for anything. You were only joking, I
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,
let us go and tell Mamma directly. She
will be displeased. of course"
Arthur pulled his hand out of Susy'
''And as / broke the window and not
you, of course will be punished instead
of you, mistress Susy. I 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. !"
Susy was In tears. Reproaches from
her loved cousin Arthur were hard to
bear. A sneak A shabby cat Oh
dear, dear "Arthur, I won't tell,
sobbed the little girl. emo, truly, I
won't unless you do, but it seems right. :"
sc Right to have me sent home in dis
grace, as l am sure to be But, Susy,
you said you wouldn't tell?"
"No, and 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 Ill
dismay to Mrs. Merriam with the news.
Indeed, ma'am I did not do it. It
looks as if a pebble or something had
been thrown through it. -
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
truthful little girl was concealing some
thing.
''Tell mamma all about it at once,
Susy."
Susy burst into tears. ct can't, I
can't" she sobbed. Mrs. Merriam shut
her up in a dark closet until she should
be willing to tell. Poor Arthur did not
feel very comfortable.
sSuch fuss for a window" NUT
tered he. cat home they would send
for g glazier, and say no more about it. :"
eft is not the a0indow, 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, Aunt
Janet, I did it with the shuttlecock
when we went playing battledore yester-
day."
Mrs. Merriam called Susy out of the
closet and wiped the child's tears
away. CT am sorry I punished you,
dear, but you must never hide anything
from ME, even to conceal your cousin
fault.
"Susy did want to tell you immedi
ately, Aunt, but made her promise no
to- continued Arthur.
81 am disappointed In you, Arthur
I thought you brave and manly fine
you a coward Always remember it is
best to frankly tell of an accident or
fault. Now go to the village and senC
a glazier here to repair the broken win
dow"
Arthur darted eff, glad to escape pun
ishment, and Susy told her mother al
about the broken window.
The Faithful Boy.
Gerhardt was German shepherd boy
and noble fellow he was, too, although
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