Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-16

fnoe.one 0f fHe1n seei1e6 pfes90flS Low.
He Thoughts hg EpviA syhteae AqdIhe
bok his kniferprfr A ihttjN EHGcR qt OF
his pocket. But what If he should cut
himsalGAs be aoene6n1ds had depsi and
nobody there to do mDkisffinger Per-
haps he would bleed totleath! He had
heard of people ~ sqsfeedihg to death.
Pshaw! What queer things he thought
of! He had just learned how to whistle.
and today ip ,scbool7rwas it to-day
why it seemed a long. long while ago
Jimmy Bristol, who was q year older,
told him he could, whistle now as well
as he could himself y He tried to begin
but it made such noise he had to
stop. How dreadfany nstiH everything
was! -T'
Kitty had gone IS sleep IN his lap as
he sat in his little. rocker i'm front of the
stove- His poor bead felt so heavy
he wished he could lie down on the
floor. But, then he knew he would go
totsleep, and What was the use of aboy's
sitting up if'he did not keep awaken He
mss work basket and get her ball of
mending-eottonJ He dropped kitty
roughly out of his lap, as he got up, for
he fen xexelf at herdor going to- sleep
and not caring for his trouble. He
wal ked to mamma basket.y Abe floor
cIeaked as he crossed it, as if some one
Ykre walking behind him. 1t startled
hfm-he had never heard it do, so, be
fore and when he had got the ball, he
could not tell why, but instead of roll
ing it ABBOTT The ROOM for kitty to chase,
he crept as softly as possible back to his
IL otv >a1 to- ip1 In,
glad to roll herself up in her warm nest,
little Clarence's head bowed down and
his tears fell fast upon her soft, fur,
Oh low ioneiy and wretched he felt!
How long must he sit up? He had for
morning? He looked toward the win
dow. oJust then theu clock Struck; he
counted, twelve! 1t was so dismal to
asleep. He thought of his own pretty
and warm, 'tnd he dould not keep back
the gnfsat' sObs.s liJi et VAN nci,suH ,il 81.
He could bear it no longer! Putting
kitty ON the 1cushioR in his rocker, he
crept softly to his mother g. door and,
giving timid little knock, he stood
listening to the ticks of the clock in the
hall, they sounded SO loud and strange.
In a moment, mamma who had been
waitingsll the time for her little boy,
opened the door, and Clarence threw
himself into her arms, with tears and 1
sobs and.yet with such JOY and gladness
as he had never felt before.
'.Dear mamma, oh, how glad i am
you w0ke up. / was afraid you were
so sounSf asleep that you wouldn't hear
me. Please let me go to bed will
never, never again"
'.Never mind tonight, Clarie," said
kind mamma. rs she quickly undressed
him and tucked him in his crib, and
after he>had loosened his arms round
her neck. and from giving her half
dozen kisses, when she left the room,
for very. gladness he hugged-and kissed
his little pillow. Now that he was so
happy in bed he meant to think about
it all, but somehow he didn't.
The very next thing he knew, man.
mas voice had awakened him, the sun
shine was streaming merrily across the
carpet. and though it was very late in
the morning he had to rub his eyes once
or twice-before he could remember just
how it AN was.
.'.How. does my little boy feel this
asked his mother. /
80 mamma, l am sure shall never
again want to sit up all night; why. you
don't know how dreadful it was, when
every body was gone to bed and l was
left there all alone
u Know it, my poor child; 1 felt
very sorry for you, but could not help |
you till you were ready to be helped"
Tell me, mamma, why did 1 not |
have good time. as expected l !
should? 4 didn't enjoy myself a bit"
because, my child, you insisted on |
having your own will gratified. though |
t was in opposition to the Judgment |
and wishes of your mother, who knew
much better than her little boy what
;hings were calculated to make him
happy. And if you do not learn to trust
mothers love and wisdom in things
hat you have not tried, you win see
many more miserable evenings than the
,ne in which you tried, " sitting up
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