The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-03-01
JOHNNY'S FUNNY MISTAKE.

Johnny went with MS mother to see
some fine paintings which 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
if you ask little boy, he will be pretty
pure to put both hands down in his
sockets, and set his foot down and say:
"Yes, sir-ee!'
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 90 down to papa's
Office, and ask him for five cents to buy
some peanuts, and look out of the win
dow?"
I'll take you there soon, Johnny
she said.
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Al couldn't let you cross the streets
by yourself, dear. Wait q little"
Johnny scowled and whimpered.
But | want to 90 noU.'
Just then he happened to look through
a 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 m.-de 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 go and see if that boy
wanted fight. She held his hanC
firmly, and Johnny opened his moutl
for big bawl.
But he stopped, astonished at seeing
a dreadful hole Just then appear in the
other boy's face. The other boy shu
hismouth, too. and Johnny pulled his
| hand from his mothers (who let him 90
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 ~ he said, in great amaze
ment
1t was his own grabbed little self.
What he had taken for a doorway
was the frame of a great looking-glass
and he had been all the TING making
faces and shaking fists at himself. But
there was one, thing in which he haC
made no mistake-in thinking his owl
face the crossest which could be found
He could not help laughing little tC
think what n funny mistake he haC
made. And then he was astonisheC
again to see how very different his face
) looked when there was a smile on it.
He stood looking at the dim
piles which came in the rosy cheeks, and
at the white little teeth which peepeC
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dering whether such pretty things were
not made to be used in making smiles
and laughs, rather than frowns. Ther
he tried the scowl again wrinkled his
forehead, puckered his lips into a pout
in fact tied his whole face into knot
and did not like it at all.
1t is pleasant to be able to say tina
Johnny did not soon forget the lessor
he had learned of the boy in the glass
He had never before realized how badly
his face looked when he gave himself W
to bad temper, and he felt ashamed of it
Dear little children, do not let Satar
SOW his seeds of evil passions in you
hearts, for they will spring up anC
leave his hateful mark on your pretty
bright faces. Ugly wolves will lool
fiercely out of eyes of blue or of brown
which should be softened by the in
dwelling of the dove of peace and the
lamb of gentleness, fostered by the
Masters own hand. Try the power o
CHEEKY smile and a loving wore
wherever you go, and see if your owl
way is not always made bright by the
light you cast on the way of those
around yCu.--Sidney Dayre, in N. y
Observer.
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