Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-12-31
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THAT OTHER BOY.

see some fine paintings which were
at the house of gentleman, who in
vited his friends to come and enjoy
the beautiful things with him. He
thought he should take great deal
more pleasure in the things which his
money could buy if he shared the
pleasure with others, and if any little
girl or boy who reads this is in the
habit of dividing good things with
plavmates, either will be able to as
sure you the gentleman was right.
If you ask little girl about it she
will smile up at you, and say: 81
think So" And if you ask little
boy, he win be pretty snre to put
both hands down in his pockets, and
set his foot down and say: eyes,
STREE ~
Johnnie thought he should like the
pictures, and he did at first, but soon
got tired of them, and began teasing
his mother.
mamma can't I 60 down to pa
pas office, and ask him for five
cents to buy some peanuts, and look
out of the Window
''I'll take you there soon, Johnny, !"
she said.
81 want to 90 alone"
II couldn't let you cross the
streets by yourself, dear. Wait a
little"
Johnny scowled and whimpered.
''BGt | want to 90 now.
Just then he happened to look
through a door which opened into
another room. People were walk ing
about there and looking at pictures,
and talking just as they were in this
room. Among them he saw a boy
about as big as himself, and that
boy looked right at Johnny, and
made a very ugly face at him.
Of course Johnny scoWled back
as hard as he could, and the boy
scowled harder than before, and
Johnny thought he surely had never
seen such sour, cross, grabbed,
hateful face in his life. He doubled
up his fist, and shook it at him. The
boy shook his at Johnny, and John
ny tried to draw his hand from hi:
mothers to 90 and see if that boy
wanted fight. She held hand firm
ly, and Johnny opened his mouth TO
big bawl.
But he stopped, astonished at see
ing dreadful hole just then appea
in the other boys face. The othe
boy shut his mouth too, and Johnnie
pulled his hand from his mother
(who let him go rather than h
should make noise in company
and walked towards the boy.
The boy came to meet him ant
both boys scowled. Then john.
stopped before little marble shelf
which was between him and the boy
and saw all at once that he knew tn
boy very we'll indeed.
''Hello!" he said in great amaze
ment.
1t was his own grabbed little self
What he had taken for a doorwa,
was the frame of great looking
glass, and he had been all the tim
making faces and shaking fists a
himself. But there was one thing il
which he had made no mistake
thinking his own face the crosses
which could be found.
He could not help laughing littl
to think what funny mistake h
had made. And then he was aston
ished again to see how very differen
his face looked when there was
smile on it.
He stood looking at the dlmple
which came in the rosy cheeks, an
at the white little teeth which peepe
through the red lips, and began won
dering whether such pretty thing
were not made to be used in maxim
smiles and laughs, rather tina
frowns. Then he tried the scov
again-wrinkled his forehead, pucl
cred his lips into pout, in fact tie
his whole face into knot-and di
not like it at all.
It is pleasant to be able to So
that Johnny did not soon forget Il
lesson he had learned of the boy
the glass. He had never before +
allied how badly his face locke
when he gave himself up to bad ter
per, and he felt ashamed of it.
Dear little chill dren. do not |
Satan SOW his seeds of evil passion
in your hearts, for they will sprir
up and leave his hateful mark {
your pretty bright faces. Ug
wolves will look fiercely out of ey
of blue or of brown, which should
softened by the indwelling of t
dove of peace and the lamb of ge
tleness, fostered by the Masters oN
hand. Try the power of q chez
smile and loving word wherey
you go, and see if your own way
not always made bright by the lie
you cast on the way of those arou
you.
THE CHICKADEE.
He is, par excellence, the bird