Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-03-07
Put on Your Brakes.

"When | am man am going to be
brakeman" announced Davie, after two min
utes reflection.
al am sure don't care what you are GO
ing to be when you are man, If you will
only stop teasing me now with your going
to bes,'" answered Agnes, shaking up the
sofa cushions and settling herself among
them again.
"Why need you wait until you are man,
Davie dear :" asked sister Mary, gently.
"Why, because-because you see, Mary,
Pm too young; I'm not strong enough. o.,
you've got to be awful awful strong to be a
brakeman"
"Come and sit down beside me, Davie; |
will tell you how you can not only be a
brakeman now, but cars and engine, and all
beside"
al am sure, Mary, he is rackety enough
without teaching him how to make. more
noise" grumbled Agnes.
"Come, come, little sister, the lesson will
do you good, too; put your Wonderland
away for awhile, and learn how to put
brakes on"
Now, Davie, you are cars and engine
both-do you understand ?"
GAN right"
"Your route lies across the land called
Life, and your destination is Heaven"
IAN right; but where is the road, Mary p
"You will know the right road by follow
ing the shining footprints left by the Son Of
God as He went over it."
"They are the headlights, Ell, Mary ?"
Yes, dear, if you wish to call them so
He truly lit them nearly nineteen hundred
years ago"
$50 on"
"Now, your engine is called Goodwill,
your engineer Self-control,' and your fire
man, Truth
whats the conductors name 2"
"Mr Conscience. Your baggage-maste
is Mr.. Honesty, aud your brakeman is it'll
David Colville.'
"All right now for the passenger-car
"Your heart is the passenger-car, AM
your brains are the baggage-car. Now W
have got our cars all named, come, MI
Brakeman, and connect them"
"All right, Mary first the baggage.ca
goes on, and then the smoking-car. Mus
we have a smoking-car?"
"Well, if you think our little brakeman
going to have hours when he will be eros
and ugly and selfish, he ought to have som
dark, dirty, disagreeable place to hide ava
in; we'll take the smoking-car, if you like
for that purpose"
81 guess wen do without it, Mary"
"Very good now hook on your passenge
cars"
"No, Mary, they call that making a coul
ling"
30, indeed make the coupling thel
What next ?"
| "The engine"
"And then, Davie ?"
"All aboard All right Go ahead
sang out Davie.
"Now we are fairly started" said Mar.
: gayly "and all goes well until we near
reach our first stopping-place; what then
Now, Mary, the conductor must take Il
the tickets
"Well, here comes Mr.. Conscience;
asks one OF the passengers who is cross, al
t mean, and Just as ugly as ugly can be-h
name is Mr.. Very Bad Temper Tickle
says Mr.. Conscience. Have not got on,
, growls Mr.. Very Bad Temper. Then NJ
7 Conscience discovers that Mr.. Very b
Temper belongs to that fraudulent fami
Of wicked deeds and wicked thoughts, wi
never have ticket because they cannot bl
one for any money. Mr.. Conscience tel
L Self-Control the engineer, and he whistl
r the brakes down i'll moment, and no
f Dave as you are brakeman, you have &
to take Mr.. Very Bad Temper by the Shot
= ders and put him off"
80 now Mary, see what you mean al
S think it will be a deal harder to be brab
4 man on the road to heaven than on the Eli
!, line"
"That is true, dear; but then Jes
l. Christ is always willing to help those vi
y cry unto Him for help. But there is mann
o calling me; must go. Remember 20
~ lesson"
= "David Colville, stop putting your foot
. my dolls carriagel !" called Agnes, sharp
from among her cushions.
"You hush up, Agnes; amt hurti
your old dolls carriage" answered Dav
k angrily.
y Brakes down, in there " said sist
Mary, with merry smile, peeping in as $
= passed.
a Both children laughed, and Mr.. Very b
If Temper was Immediately put off the car
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