The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-01-29
Our Young People
dADE UP FROM THE BEST CLIPPINGS.
Wait a Minute, Mother.

Once there was little girl named
Jane. She was a pretty good little
girl, but she had habit of not
minding the first time she was
spoken TO. She was sure to say,
''Yes, in a minute, mother" and as
her minutes we're apt to be rather
long her mother often had to speak
several times before she was obeyed.
One beautiful summer morning,
Jane was out in the back yard play
ing, and her mother was sewing by
the front window, when Mrs. Smith
and her little girl, about James age,
drove mp to the door in fine dOu
BILE carriage for Mrs. Barrett and
Jane to take ride into the coun
try. Mrs Barrett quickly stepped
to the back window, and said:
"Jane! come here, dear; 1 want
you"
Yes. in a minute, MOTHER" Jane
replied Her mother commenced
to put on her things, and, finding
that Jane was not coming, called
again. "Yes, in minute" again
answered the little girl.
AS usual, her minute was long
one, aud Mrs. Barrett was ready to
start. So she went down stairs,
stepped to the kitchen, aid told
Bridget she was going out, and then
lett the house After about five
minutes, Jane came slowly into the
house, and on her way up stairs,
kept repeating in a complaining
tone, What do you want, mother?'
Blu: she got no answer, and when
she Looked into her mothers room,
and saw no mother there, she was
surprised enough. She quickly ran
to the kitchen and exclaimed:
where's mother, Bridget"
"'Where's motherr" scornfully
repeated Bridget. ''Sure, it's time
We were askin' that! It's ridin' in
the beautiful country she is, to be
sure, listening to the birds, an
a-smelling the Elegant flowers, where
yourself would ha' been, had ye
come when she called we. Them
high steppin' horses of Mrs.Smith's
has no call to be waitin' for your
minutes to be up.' sr1-iIaI
"Oh, Bridget, Bridgetr' sobbed
tie child ..Has mother gone to
ride with Mrs. Smith? And did
Susie go toor"ua
THAT she did," said Bridget,
"and such mornln' for ridin' yen
not often see.''
"Oh. dearp sighed Jane, "why
didn't you call me?"
San didn't your mother call We?
Sure, if We wouldn't come for her
We wouldn't come for me. Ye had
better learn to mind when you're
spoken to, and do your playing
after" ar
Finding that she could get no
comfort from Bridget, she went up
stairs again to her mothers room,
threw herself on the lounge, and
after firing herself out with crying,
fell asleep. -le ID
When her mother came home she
found her there, and as che stood |
and looked on the flushed and tear
stained face, she felt sorry tor her.
But she knew that only by such
hard lessons as this would her little !
girl ever learn to mind her
promptly,
When Jane awoke and found that
her mother had really been in the |
seen many chickens and |
ducks, and some little lambs as
white as snow, she felt worse than |
ever. r.-.. $500. - |
About q week after that, Mrs
Smith called again for them to GO
10 ride. Jane, as usual, was play
ng in the back yard, and when her
mother called, she answered, ayes,
and in twinkling was up
stairs. She saw the carriage from
,he window, and, with a joyful cry, |
20 how glad I am 1 havn't lost
ny ride this timer
AS they passed through the hall,
IN their way out, Bridget called
rom the kitchens:
Il guess yen find it'll pay We best
o mind your mother when she
pakes to ye."
They spent the whole day in the
ountry, and when they got home,
ane was glad enough to creep into
Ter little bed. '-
But before she went to sleep her
nother said to her:
'Jane, why did you come SO
luckily when 1 called you this
,orpihg2'
Because, mother, was so afraid
omething had come for us 20 90 to
ide, and didn't want to lose it.''
THAT is what / thought, dear,
nd am glad you gave me aD hon
st answer. But want you to re-
leinber that you minded me to-day
romptly to give yourself pleasure.
here is a better motive than that.
an you think what it isT'
Can any of our young readers