The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-01-13
I, One at a Time.

60 One at Time.
Grandpa Bogardus had led the way to
thu. library and sattled many papers, and
snapped Some Strings and INQUIRED in
haste for. Ofarice.S = Is C
81 have little favor to ask" said
Grandpa Bogardus. polishing his glasses
and looking with twinkling eyes, at
Clarice. To- u t'-.
What in the world can it be?'' in
quired Clarice breathlessly, for it was
the eve of the New Year, and she had
heard tthe. erpmpling of papers as she
darted along the hall. -a..r
II have a parcel which I want ex-
amined; it is rather bulky and willre
quire time; what do you say to looking
over it?s ,qe.,s,s,9 II 5+f,-f -.,.,.,.f..Es -
Il think i should like it," replied
Clarice, a little perplexed. -
'ThatA cannot answer for; you may
like it and you may not, but if we I'M
dertake a thing it is proper to finish
Grandpa Bogatdus polished his glass
es very hard and looked inquiringly at
Clarice. .s., .....'a.-. -
4. Il might try - IA
''That sounds better, something bet
ter; but this thing requires time, pa
tienee, perseverance, and shall expect
it to be completed, if begun
;io"What can it ever be?'' thought
Clarice gravely. a. ss.....g -.-,...s -
81 do not expect il done in dav, but
viii expect you only to make use of
your odd minutes; do you ever have
odd minutes ?''
81 never thought bit about it,
Grandpa DEAR but believe do.'' +
"Well, what do you say about max
ing a bargain, giving your odd minutes
to me if give something in return to
your essTsgk sFA gsS ssSs.R'E
81 cannot think what it all means"
81 mean if you will take your odd
minutes to look over the parceL I will
give you the contents of the parcel in
exchanged -asess9 5re 4.--T
T. .oh, haw char Where is ite
..stay; come here, little daughter; it
will not all be charming" 49,,
Wont it. grandpa?''
mo- you will sometimes get tired,
and n1ahy times find it DUH work, and
will plenty of times feel disposed to give
up the bargain altogether.'' tE
"But | do not think I so,H if 1 once
decide to carry it through
50 No. you must not; that is it. Think
about it, apd .ifs You decide to UNDER
take it, carry it through. The New
Year is the time for making stout reso-
lutions, but the, great thing is to keep to
"Dear grandpa, won't you show me
the pSresfW.a.A&A basY.pf&sG
Yes, for I;want to let you see what
1 think can be~done by saving some of
the odd minutes of year, ~
/ So Grand pa Bogardus led -Clariee to !
an alcoye where the porter had depos-
tied the parcel, and there. in the richest
bindings, were twelve books--a course
of profitable historical reading in such
beautiful type and covers that Clarice
exclaimed in delight:
''Grandpa! Grandpa dear! you can
not meap them all for me- &
"They are mine until you have
earned them. There is one for each
month in the year; portion SO MANY
pages to each day. and you will find
how many odd minutes you will have
in which you can read a few pages at a
time. Atthe end Of each month, If Won
have won the book, I will write your
name within it, 60. .',.'
"But, grandpa. / never could do II.
| never read such books in nv. life;
they are very grave and large" Clarice
was glancing through them
This, house is large; it could not
have been built in day. but it was fin
ished stone at p time; you will read
but a page at time when you have an
odd minute There are a great many.
odd minutes in year,
"But would like them; mean.
would understand them, Grandpa
dearP'I2 Gn& 72Ei p 4ft }Wg gss3N1
1.-The more you read, the better Won
will understand them and the better YOU
will like them.
Butt could not get through them,
four hundred pages! five hundred
pages!--it would take me year to read
One' ~ hast 90 fTEf --.as.s
Clarice shook her head despairinely. /
"Did you ever read twenty-five pages
a dayp''sIr e'ss
! Yes, more than twenty-five pages
OF story books, but -
"But-these will be useful and win
require some resolution; yet it is an
easy task; one book at a time; one
page at timei q few pages every day."
Il will do it, Grandpa dear;'' said
Clarice. thoughtfulN, land g Grandpa
knew that a small battle had began be-
tween Clarice and idleness, between
Clarice and the evil habit of wasting
time. ~
Clarice began that very day to use up
the odd minutes: She was surprised 20
ind % many; but some of the pages