, 1880-03-11
Bob s Diary.

The other dag Mr. Cummings
brought out Of The clothes press, for "A
moor woman, who had s-ygn small chill
dren and stood at the back door, ara old
coat Of Bob'a Before giving IL away
she sought the usual assurance that
there was nothing in tho pockets Grd
IN the search she fa,t something D..
tween the coat aud tie lining jus. un-
der the inside pocket After some dii.
fcultv she succeeded in recovering IT,
through a hole in the aforesaid pocket,
by which. doubtless, il bad found is
wav 70 It's hiding place 1t proved to
he n little black covered book, fastened
together by tongue and loop, having
on the back in gilt letters, DIARY,
$780, Opening it she saw on the up
per richt.hand corner Of the title page,
the words; Robert Cummings, Jr,, from
Uncle Joe, and then she remembered TO
have seen the book before, about the Is;
Of January. Below is an extract coPJ
Of its contents:
January l. This ia New Year day.
Uncle Joe gave me the diary to-day. ]
am going to write in It every night just
before going to bed. Every boy and
girl ought to keep diary 50 when he
gifts a man he can see what he did when
he was boy. This is New Years day,
aud their amt no school to-day, and l
have played with Billy all day. Billy is
my goat l got up and ate breakfast,
then harnessed Billy and went around
and saw Uncle Joe, and he gave me this
diary. lie says it is the best thing
boy can do to keep diary. But he
says it is the hardest thing boy can
do. | don't see where the hard comes
in. like to keep diary. | let jim
my Green drive my goat while Uncle
Joe told me how to keep my diary, and
he let all the boys drive him, and they
broke my sled. 1 amt going to lend
Billy any more. I ate dinner and then
played with Billy some more. showed
all the boys my diary and they are go
ing to ask their fathers for one. | ate
supper and played dominoes with Uncle
Joe till eight o'clock. am going to
begin to write in my diary every night
at eight o'clock, so / won't get sleepy
1t is nine o'clock and am a-going to bed.
January 2. Got up this morning and
ate breakfast Come to the conclusion
to leave off the I in my diary. Don't
see any use of it. Went to school in the
morning and didn't have my geography
lesson. But the class is so big | only
had one question to answer, and Jimmy
Green told me that. Showed my diary
to Jimmy Green and he showed it to
Johnnie Barlow, and he showed it to
George Steiner, and teacher came near
seeing George reading it. Ate supper
and played with Billy. Then wrote in
my diary. am going to bed.
January 3. Concluded not to say /
got up this morning, because 1 get up
every morning. Jimmy Green and
George Steiner have got diaries John
ME Barlow had one, but the teacher
took it from him and threw it into the
stove. He was awful mad, and says his
father will make the teacher pay for it.
Ate dinner and went to school in the af,
ternoon The teacher said we must all
write compositions for tomorrow. Am
going to write about diaries. Must stop
now and write my composition. Forgot
to say I ate my supper. Now for COM
position.
January 4. Concluded not to say l
Gte my breakfast, dinner and supper,
because / do that every day Went to
school this morning johnnie Barlow
has got another diary, but he don't let
the teacher see it. Went to school in
the afternoon. Read my composition on
diaries. The teacher said he hoped
other little boys would keep their diaries
at home like | do. [ am glad tomorrow
is Saturday.
January 5. Played SO hard I'm too
sleepy to write what did to-day. Per.
haps | will tomorrow.
January 6. Went to church this
morning. The minister's text was Matt,
2S0th chapter, first verse. Am going to
put down the text every Sunday. Went
to Sunday school. In the afternoon
read my Sunday school book, which is
named "The Boy who Saved the Life of
an Angle Worm" Am going to try to
be like him, Went to church in the
evening. Can't remember the text.
Neither can father and mother
January 7. After this when l say /
went to school I mean all day. Went
to school. Wrote in my diary last night