The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-03-27
JoHNNY's FUNNY MISTAKE.

some nne paintings winch were at the
house of a gentleman who invited 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 boy or girl who reads this is in
the habit of dividing good things with
playmates, either will be able to assure
you the gentleman was right. If you
ask little girl about it. she will smile
up at you and say: 81 think sc" And
if you ask little boy, he viii be pretty
pure to put both hands down in his
sockets, and set his foot down and say:
g Yes, street.
Johnny 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 60 down to papa's
Office, and ask him for five cents to buy
some peanuts, and look out of the win
dow?n
"Tn take you there soon, Johnny"
she said.
81 want to go alone'
81 couldn't let you cross the streets
by yourself, dear. Wait little.n
Johnny scowled and whimpered.
But want to go noa0.
Just then he happened to look through
door which opened into another room.
| People were walking about there and
looking at pictures and talking just as
| they were in this room. Among them
he saw 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 a sour,
cross, grabbed, hateful face in his life.
He doubled up his fist and shook it al
him. The boy shook his at Johnny,
and Johnny tried to draw his hand from
his mothers to so and see II that boy
wanted fight. She held his hand
firmly, and Johnny opened his mouth
for big bawl.
But he stopped. astonished at seeing
q dreadful hole just then appear in the
| other boy face. The other boy shu
his mouth, too, and Johnny pulled hie
hand from his mothers (who let him gt
rather than he should make noise il
company, and walked towards the boy
The boy came to meet him, and boil
boys scowled. Then Johnny stopped
before little marble shelf, which wa
between him and the boy, and saw al
at once that he knew the boy very wei
indeed.
Hello Y he said, in great amaze
ment.
1t was his own grabbed little SELF
What he had taken for q doorwa'
was the frame Of great looking glass
and he had been all the time makins
faces and shaking fists at himself. Blu
there was one thing in which he ha.
made no mistaken thinking his owl
face the crossest which could be found
He could not help laughing little t
think what a funny mistake he ha
made. And then he was astonishe
again to see how very different his fac
looked when there was smile on it.
He stood looking at the dim
pies which came in the rosy cheeks, ant
at the white little teeth which peepe,
through the red lips, and began won
dering whether such pretty things Wer
, not made TO be used in making smile
and laughs, rather than froWns. The
, he tried the seowl again wrinkled@ hi
i forehead, puckered his lips into poui
, in fact tied his whole face into knot
, and did not like it at all.
| 1t is pleasant to be able to say ths
Johnny did not soon forget the lesso
, he had learned Of the boy in the glas
/ He had never before realized how badl
, his face looked when he gave himself u
TO bad temper, and he felt ashamed of j
Dear little children, do not let Sata
sow his seeds of evil passions in YOU
hearts, for they will spring up ar
: leave his hateful mark on your prett
! bright faces. Ugly wolves will loc
t fiereely out of eyes of blue or of brow
i which should be softened by the i
9 dwelling Of the dove of peace and IL
9 lamb of gentleness. fostered by Il
r Masters own hand. Try the power
b q CHEEKY smile and a loving wol
|, wherever you go, and see if your ov
It way is not always made bright by Il
g light you cast on the way Of mo
a around you Sidney Dagre, IN N
7 Observer.
Il Jamie's Idea OF Order.