Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-03-02

iarPers Young People.
A Steam Chair.
BY JIMMY BROWN.

! don't Ike Mr.. Ira,et, a, much d, I.I
o. course ! know he, very nice man. and
-,', gong 10 be ny brother wuyn he mar
res Sue, and he used to bring mr candy
sometimes. but he isn't What he used ID ~,
Oug time-that was last ,gmmer-ht wI,
always drraifIllt auNlJu, TO hear from the
pu>t-oitscr, and whenever hc came 10 sac
sue, and he and she and would be- >.,tin-
on the front piazza. he would say. Jimmy.
| think there must be a letter for me; Hi
give YOU ten cent, if Nou'l! - down To the
Pust-Otiice; and then Sue would sIS .
"Dou't run. jimmy you'll get ncart-d.>-
easevf you do :; and Id walk Nay down 10
the Po>t-othce, which j, pretty near half
mlle from our house. Bat now he doesn't
seem 10 care ANYTHING about hl, letter, and
he and Sue 81, IN the back par.or, and moth
er SAYS | mustn't 70 IN and disturb them !;
and don't get any more ten cents.
I've learned that Il won't do 10 fix YOUR
affections on human beings. for even the
best Of men won; keep On giving YOU ten
cents forever. And II wasn't iar tor Mr.
lraNer> to get angry with nae iuc other
night, when II WI, all an accident -at l,l,,
most all OF a.: and don't think It', manly
for man % stand by and see a sister ,haNy
= fellow that isn't half her sue. and.
especially When he never supposed THAI ann
thing Was gong 70 happen 70 her even d st
did hrcik.
When Aun, Eliza came tu our hpu,, th,
last time she bruaght a steam Guar: that's
y hat she called a. though there wasn't any
steam about h. She brought it from r..
rope with her and il vas the queure.t .1rf
OF chair. that would al. fpld up. and hal a
kiad OF foojstoo. tu 10. 50 that YOU put Your
.,s, ou, and just Iie down "a 1t. Well. one
day il got hrukcn. The back OF the se.i it.l
down. and shut Aunt Eliza up IN the chair
80 she couldn't get out. aud didn't >ut lust
howl TIL soLe5od, came and helped her
she va 80 angry that size ,ald she never
wanted TO see that chair again. And you
ma, have IL if you want IL. jimmy. for YOU
are a good boy sometimes when YOU want
10 be
SO took the chair aud mended it. The
folks laughed al me. and said | couldn't
mend il TO save my life ; but got some nails
and some mucilage, and mended 1t elega ant
ly. Then mother let me get some yaruish,
aud | vanished the chair, and when It was
done 1t looked so nice that Sue said we'd
keep it in the back parlor. Now Im never
allowed to sit in the back parlor, 80 what
good would my cnair do me But Sue
said "Stuti and nonsense. that boys in
dulged now till he can't rest So they put
my chair in the back parlor. just as if Id
been mending it on purpose for Mr.. Travers.
didn't say anything more about it; but
after it was in the back parlor took out
one or two screws that | thought were not
needed TO mold it together, and used them
for boat that vas making.
That night Mr.. Trayers came as usual,
and after he had talked to mother awhile
about the weather, and he and father had
agreed that it was shame that other folks
hadn't given more money to the Michigan
sufferers, and that they weren't quite sure
that the sufferers were worthy object, and
that good deal of harm was done by Civ
ing away money to all sorts of people, Sue
said:
"Perhaps We had better go into the back