The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-10-02
Jimmy and Johnny.

Such bitter hot July day! But
Jimmy and Johnny, the twins, didn,t
| feel it much. No, bless you! for thew
were down in the brook under the deem
shade of the willows, up to their knees
in the cool, soft water building a most
lovely dam, and having such splen-
did time as little boys do have the first
days of vacation, when they have been
shut up in school all the long, hot sum-
mer.
Down the path from the house their
mother came walking fast, with her
apron thrown up over her head. 40.
| boys" she said, Il must have you 90
over to Mrs. Days right off, to get nv
raddle. I'm all ready to draw in nv
web, and I've just remembered that L
is over there
"Oh. dear" whined Johnny, Eve
were just having such boss time, and
it's SO hot, too!a'
81 know, and it is too bad to dis
turb your play and send you off in the
hot sun, but don't see any other
way"
@rH CO." cried Jimmy, cheerfuily.
jumping up the bank, and rolling down
his trousers. II can bring it alone,
can't Iq'' ~
"Oh yes, dear, it isn't heavy
"Let Johnny stay and play, then
What is it you wantP"
My raddte. Can you remember tbs
name?
az m afraid shall forget, it's such
queer name. What is it ike?"
Well, it has teeth, some like a
rake. Don't run, dear, in this hot sun.
I'm sorry you have TO go"
Il like to do it for you, mother;
you've always been doing for me. and
Jimmy set off, whistling Captain
Jinks"
1t was long, warm half-mile to Mrs.
Days, and Jimmy face was as red as
one OF her peoples when he turned into
her yard. She was washing her ehlirn
on the cool back porch.
"Good-morning, Mrs. Day." he said.
''DIother sent me over to get her her
her her. and then Jimmy began
to fan his face with his old straw hat
and turn redder than ever.
''Sit right down here, said Mrs. Day.
giving him u chair. your just about
melted, aren't you? Now, what is it?
can't seem to remember as / have
anything of your mas here"
''l've forgot the name, but it has
teeth some like a rake.
Teeth like rake! What under tbs
sun! Do you know what she wants Of
it?'
She's doing something with her
web. -
''Oh, her raddlel9
eyes, yes, raddle. That it.
.'Now, to think Of it, what scrapeg
Old Mrs Burns borrowed that very
raddle of me last spring. She was on
her way to your house a-purpose to
borrow it, and | told her twas here.
lent it to her, for l knew your ma
wouldn't care, and she said she would
use it the very next day, and then she
, would send it right home to your ma.
/ dare say the old lady has forgot alb
about it. she getting dreadful forget
full. It's too bad"
Jimmy thought so too, but he rose to
90 on another not haif-mile.
NO, you needn't go another step foi
it, little man. Alicep' she called 70 .
large girl, who was knitting in the sitI
ting-room, s.you go right over to Mrs.
Burns and get Mrs. Dover's raddle for
r her." Alice laid down her work, and.
} taking her parasol, started off as though
, she was not sorry TO get away from her
knitting
| "Now, Jimmy said Mrs. Day, 'you
4 just wash your face and hands in this
cold water, to cool you of, and then SID
l here and rest you till she comes back.
d She won't be gone long; grass never
grows under her feet when she's on the
road"
7 While Jimmy was washing. Mrs.
Day went into the pantry, and he had
t just sat down on the shady back steps
8 when she came out with aslice OF bread
and butter in one hand teaspoon IN
8 the other, and an empty honey-box I'M
J. der her arm.
f ''See here, y She said, 81 know you re-
e hungry Little boys always are. l
took out the last of this honey last night.
a and we don't any of US care enough
= about it to serape out the box. Perhaps
: = you would like to-.
+ Houldn't hep If there was anything
a on earth he dearly loved, it was honey,
h and his father never kept bees. -,
a s'Oh, thank you! guess l should.
" and Johnny fell to work in good earn
est. Honey! there was enough tor I'VE
a boys in the box, and so nice and clear.
f With the soft white bread and golaeh
v butter, it was feast for King.
!, g If Johnny had only come, too Is
y thought over and over again fo l
. Johnny loved honey just as well as 10
d did 80.
BY the time Alice came back with ing
- raddle, he was too full to hold anotns9
r morsel, and started of home with ~
feeling as sweet as boy could.
- "Dear melt whined Johnny, wnen
v Jimmy told him what Mrs. Day gas .i
= him to eat. ''I'd have gone, too, u -
h known about that honey-box
Jimmy went when he didn't knoe
a of it." said their mother. = Youth $ O9''''
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