The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31

| SAesS NOO0 OAO VdUy GAAuk dUOUL!- +
The baby just one-half year old,
Llg az dream-eyed, without doubt
The loveliest baby one can hold
This side of -Ah you will not try
To tell what's hard? Neither will T.
February Wide Awake
The Land of Short Memories.
George meant to be good boy, but
he very seldom did any thing that be was
told to do. He nearly always forgot it.
Once, when his sister May was very sick,
ne was sent after some medicine for her.
50 ne started in great hurry; but he
met Fred Smith with his dog, and Fred
coaAed him to 90 and coast s!just once"
down the long Red Hill. Then he for
/ got all about May and the medicine until
1t was quite dark, and he telt so sorry
and ashamed that he ran home, and crept
up the back stairway to bed, hungry and
lonely and cold.
BY and by he fell asleep, and when he
aWoke he was in new and strange
place. He found himself in bouse
which was only partially covered by a
roof, and the rain came in through the
uncovered part and dropped upon his
bed. George sat up and looked around
him. There was fire place in the room
besides some wood and kindlings, which
the poor, shivering little fellow, eyed
very wistfully, thinking that some one
might perhaps light fire. 1t was very
chilly, and his teeth Chartered. There
was wee old woman sitting in the
chimney. corner, and Georgia spoke to
her.
"What is it you want, Jimmie she
said. ID
evil you please tell me what your
name is, and where I am2' he asked.
"My name-well really. 1 forget it
just now" she replied, "but you are in
the Land OF Short Memories that, am
aware OPP
"But what shall I call you?" asked
i Georgia. Esae
! "Oh, call me Mite! That will do as
we'll as any other till you forget it, Hen
1ry."
"My name is Georgia
lis it, Well will trv and recollect
| it. Tom, you said it was, didn't you?,
"No i didnt!' retorted George,
getting cross with the old lady,
tor the thought she meant to tease him.
'sThere! there!' cried Mite; ''the doc.
tors said you must not get excited, or else
that you must. I forget which. Do you
want anything to eat2"
/ s>Yes, I should like to have some CRU
el.''
II will make you some." said She II
have nice fire here, or I should have
only that seem to hav. forgotten to
light the kindlings." ,-.
| While she was bustling around, busy
with the cruel, George lay quite still,
looking out where there was no roof,
the blue sky, which he could not see, for
it had ceased raining.
"Why don't you have the root cover
the whole OF your house?' asked George
of the old lady .-
"The rest of the roof is somewhere
around" said he. I guess the workmen
forgot to put it on. Now here is you
nice cruel all ready for ydk'
"Why, it IS cold!n exclaimed the dis
appointed George, who was quite hun
CRY. gre.
Sure enough: 1 forgot to boil ito
said the old lady. .
| "And don't see anything in the bowl
but water!'' ~.
i "Dear me! Dear me!'' said Mite. 81
must have forgotten to put any meal in
it!'' asr.s.
/ George now began to cry.
.sDon't cry, Cont cry, Johnnie" said
Mite, 81 will boil a chicken for you by
and by, if I don't forget it. Here are the
| doctors coming to see you now, and you
must sit up and talk with them.'
4 Pretty soon two doctors came in, and
one of them asked Mite If she telt better
to-day.
Eyes, l think do" said she.
"Did you take the medicine ordered
for you2" asked the other doctor.
Il suppose I did, but don't remem-
ber,' answered Mite. Then the doctors
felt her pulse, looked at her tongue, SAID
she must take some salts, and went away.
i When they has left the house, George be-
an to cry harder than ever.
"What is the matter, Fred?" demand
ed Mite.
. "My name Is not Fred, I tell you p
screamed George.
"Never mind, always forget your
name, SO ] call you by any name l can
think OF. But tell me what makes you
cry9n
uoCtoiS were coming TO see me-.
"Bless my stars!'' exclaimed the old
lady, "sure enough, I was not the one
that was sick! Imeant to have remem-
bered and told the doctors that they came
to see you; but I forgot it when they
looked at my tongue. III run after them
and call them back?''
/ So, away went Mite, and was gone ev-
er so long. When she came back, she
said she could not find the doctors any,
where, and everybody had forgotten
where they lived, SO that no one could
60 after them. 81 am sorry,'' said Mite,
s'but it can't be helped, for you know we
1--we in the Land of Short Memorie So
Then Georgia cried still more bitterly.
Il wish could go home" he said. 81 am
| sure / shall die here! wish could 90
home. would never forget to mind
lmother again!''