The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-06-19
Bertie's Bad Habit.

Derdes D-e-r-t-l-e! oct up right
away Are you awaken
That is what BERTHE Martin heard his
mother calling to him from the foot a.
the stairs one cold morning lately and
he answered as he cuddied down SIN
further into the warm bed:
Eyes m, in a minute
And that was what BERTHE ALWAYS
said, no matter what you asked him
I'm a minute.
So this morning when breakfast was
ready there was, as usual, no Berthe
and as he did not come one Of his sis
tiers was sent to call him again. And
when his mother was ready to clear the
table she must wait till the lazy boy had
eaten his breakfast.
''Bertie," said the dear old grandma
please run up to my room and fetch
me the ball of red yarn that is on Che
table
In minute answered Berthe.
But his minute was so long that
grandma, who was waiting for tie
yarn, had to toll up the stairs herself
and get it.
Come, Bert;er' called Jennie, who
was tying ON her hood, 'sit's nearly
school time"
'1'lI be ready in a minute" And
BERTHE commenced to fly around Cor
books and cap.
''Pm not gong to wait for any Of
your old minutes" replied Jennie
marching off to school, but Berfia
nearly ran his legs off to reach ths
door in time.
.'Bertie. ? said his father, 81 want
you to mail this letter for me immed-
ately."
I'm minute.n papa said Bertie.
but his father saw to it that he started
right of. But before he reached the
post-office he stopped at Willie Deanss
house to invite him to spend the next
afternoon with him, and by the time he
had looked at Willie's rabbits and
climbed up to the pigeon lof., 1t was
four o'clock and too late for the impor-
tant letter to go that afternoon.
That was the way all Berries days
were spent, in putting each thing off cid
the wrong time, to the trouble and
annoyance of every one around him
But one morning things were. turned
round.
''Bertie! Bertiel get up" called bis
mother that morning.
~ es m, in minute. .
But in exactly a minute his big
brother Tom came into the room.
What! not up? you're not keeping
your word to mammal And Tom
tugged at the bcd-elothes.
.'Oh! Owl let me a-l-o-n-e! oh, saYs
it's coId!'' and BERTHE chung with all his
might to the covers.
''O-o-o-w!'' he squealed, as Tom
with jerk, landed him, covers and all
in the middle of the floor.
''Now," said Tom, ''if you don't get
dressed it win be the worse for you.
And BERTHE was too wretched and
surprised at such treatment to say: In
8 minute He only shivered.
'Bertie, come to breakfast called
Sue, presently.
''In a minute,n answered BERTHE, who
was in bed again by this time. When
be CAME lettering down after breakfast
was over, what was his surprise TO ina
everything cleared away and Sue wash
ing 1.-THE dishes.
Il want my breakfast, /" he said
'sThen you must come in time for !, X
replied his mother. s.Boys who never
do anything at the right time may ex-
pect people to grow tired Of their wars
and to-day | am going to let you seq
for yourself just how this bad habit q
yours seems to Others"
An hour later BERTHE came running ~
20, mamma, may 60 coasting q
Firehil with the boyspn m
Mrs. Martin was running noisy ms
chine.
'.Wait minute she answered.
want to finish this seam. And sas
ratified away, while BERTHE screamed 70
vain that the boys were going rsha
away. His mother finished her seam
smoothed it out, looked at the Stitches
at last she said: .What is itPo
BERTHE told her again.
tTm afraid it's too cold" answered
Mrs. Martin, ''but / viii lock Rt sle
thermometer in a minute and i ~
above twenty degrees you may 60.
SO in about quarter of an hour WRsh
Mrs. Martin had finished her sewing sne
looked at the Thermometer and cav
Bert;e the promised permission, but
that time the other boys had gone sll
poor BERTHE must trudge through tn5
snow alone. At dinner time be ras1sa
in hungry as hawk and in gfsM
hurry to eat and be off. a afa J,
DINNER viii be ready in q minute
said Sue 0H
-
But it wasn't Ieady for nearly q
hour. And so it was all day loags
whatever he asked the answer was. ~
a minute Whatever he wanted y
must wait very long minute. Just Y
he had kept other people waiting
think BERTHE learned a lesson of pTemps
obedience from that uncomfortable a4ys
and / never heard him say In BILE
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