The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-13
TAKING HIS PLACE.

"Oh, Charlie! Why did you do it?
On my birthday too! | am so sorry,
for now you will miss all the fun of the
Fourth" And as she spoke, Mary sal
down dangling her broad hat by one
string, and looked disconsolately at hel
brother, who had been sent to bed as &
punishment-
How was l to know that just little
bunch of fire-crackers like that was 90.
ing to smash the gobletp L did not
think it would do anything but just lift
it up some" ... -.......-
''Who told you to do such thing,
Charlie?" -.'y'' -.-I
Nobody; 1 thought of it myself. Oh
dear! wish / had a grandma, or an
aunt, or somebody like thatn' s.t.
body could be half as goodas mamma"
81 like grandmas and aunts. Eddie
Bates has a grandmamma, and she al
ways gets him out of scrapes; and Tom
Taylor has an aunt that does lots OF
things for him. People ought not to
get married if they don't have mothers
and sisters to make grandmas aud
aunts for fellows who are always get
ting blamed for nothing at all"
"But, Charlie, you did break the
glass ... ...,l ... III.
mo, l didn't either; the fire crack
ers broke it. Oh, dear! dear! | wish
there wasn't any Fourth of July, nor
fire-crackers, nor nothing! What's the
use of fre-crackers, if fellow can't
fire them offP 1t was real mean to let
me spend all my money on tire-crack-
ers. and then not let me have any fun
with them. There my pin wheel, too.
| promised Bates to fasten it to the top
of the highest clothes-pole in his back
yard tonight" .lf .......l-.-....
II am so sorry, Charlie dearr'
"And, Mary, l am so dreadfully hot.
I have got raging fever; | know
have" '........ -.
"Why do you notsay youare sorry|
suggested Mary. .....
"Didn't say soP-over, and over,
and over. And father just said he
thought bed was the best place for
boys who exploded tire-crackers under
goblets. If | was father, and wanted
to kill boy, I'd do it out and out, and
not roast him to death in bed on a
Fourth of July. wouldn't for millions
of dollars send poor boy to bed on his
sisters eighth birthday But what
particular attention was due to his sis
ter's eighth birthday Charliedid not ex-
plain. .''''''4I
"You knew the crackers would break
the goblet" '.Dt
mo, l didn't; / never saw them
smash one. Didn't they bang, thought
And at the recollection Charles eyes
grew bright and adelighted expression
illumined his somber little face. The
next moment, however, he was crying
bitterly; and, Mary, having watched
him moment, ran down stairs, lust in
time to stop her father as he was going
out. 1901 MA ..lH .0xl.Jsrlg
Papa, please forgive Charlie. He
is so sorry, and he wants to 90 out so
muchTe d 9l9V -Hlil8uinl yulil q
sHe must have a lesson. Mary. that
will teach him MOTTO be- SO destructive.
But he added, smiling, "If you choose
to take his place, Charlie may go out. +"
Mary bounded away to her brother
room. t" Papa says you may go out,
Charlie. Getiup, dear, ''ui l...l'asa
Charlie needed no second bidding,
and he asked no questions. Five min
utes later he was explaining to Eddie
Bates the principles upon which he had
blown a goblet all to smithereens in his
ack yard. .,...,..,....... ..... -. 2
WHAT glorious Fourth it vast