Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-06-24

when once learned it is easy and pleas
ant, too"
ibid you always obey at your
houseP' asked Clemmy.
eve were trained to IL, so that IL was
q habit, and like all habitsi; was easy"
That's nice way to learn it," said
Clcmmy, quick to see the bearing OF
the subject in her mind.
"After ALL" she said, as quick to
catch his disqualification, "a body
can't be made to mind. unless he
he Is dragged in chains. The more n
child Is INDUCED. the more he ought to
try to mind, to show his love and graft
afraid of being shot, but like one eager
to do his part in the battle. And obedi-
ence Is always so safe"
''Did it keep you out of mussesp"
"Twice at least it saved my life"
"How?"
"Once, when was so little that can
just remember 1t. was in the garden
when l saw huge, strange dog crouch
ing Mt the gate. We always had dogs,
and didn't dream of being afraid, but
had started towards the creature when
heard my mother say 'Angy.' and
then she beckoned to me. AS matter
of course / ran to her, and she just had
time to catch me into the house and
slam the door when the great beast
came with horrid thud against it. 1t
was herce bulldog that had broken
his chain, and he had to be killed be-
cause no one could catch him alive. A
moment more and should have been
too late. My mother hadn't dared to
call me loudly for fear Of fastening his
spring"
"OR myr' said Clemmy. I'm
afraid I should have got caught. What
was the other hmep"'
at was when l was quite large girl,
and we were spending the winter in the
West Indies. One day when we were
all on the veranda my father suddenly
said: Stand up Angelica Up got as
| quick as a soldier would shoulder arms,
and there dropped to the floor scor-
pion. Father had seen it just as its
fangs were almost against my neck. II
/ had turned my head to ask why, l
should have been stung, and rs l was
very delicate, might have died"
"Did you always mind-every timer"
mo, but paid for 1t when L didn't.
One day the same winter my father
went away vary early one morning, and
told me not to go out till he came back,
rs he should want mo. / staid in till
the afternoon, though thought the day
endless, and decided that father had for
gott n all about me. At last party of
friends came for me to 60 riding with
them. They were mounted on all sorts
of stecds-old horses, ponies and dom
keys, and my special boy friend led dom
key for me. couldn't, or didn't resist,
and went. Half an hour later my father
came with n pony for me to see, and
the whole day to get it, and hadn't told
me for fear of disappointing me.
When l got home the pony had gone
back to its owner"
''But you got il aftcrwardsP'
'No; went ponyless all winter. 1t
seemed hard, but it was right. 1t was
after that that my fathers word saved
me from the scorpion, and but for that
sharp lesson 1 might not have obeyed,
and might have lost the many happy
years since"
Clemmy lay still looking at Cousin
Angelica. She wasn't young any more,
and had never married. He remembered
hearing that her lover was lost Mt sea;
a lover whom she had loved from q
boy. He wondered If it was the same
boy friend who led the donkey. He
knew that she was very good, and that
she did great deal of good, but it
puzzled him that she should be so
happy.
'llave they been happy yearsp" he
asked, presently.
Eyes, very happy, in spite of sorrows.
And l think what has made them
happy was that had learned obedience;
l knew how to submit my will to Gods
will"
I'D just as lief not go 10 the Rink rs
not" said Clemmy. after this I'm al
ways going to mind"
When Miss Linton came up with
Clcmmy's lunch, which was bread and
water, with variations, he was fast
asleep, and Angelica sat dreaming, the
work forgotten in her lap. Memory,
divcr-like. had been down to where
fathoms deep bslow the surface of her
life lay her ship that never came in, but
sank with all her troubles.
"He doesn't look like very hard
case, does hep" whispered the mother,
looking down tcndcrly ut her only
child.
He looks like the honest, sweet lit
tie fellow he is" was the response.
"All he needs is the art of obeyng,"
said Mrs. Linton.
"And that Is what the ruddcr is to
the ship" said her cousin, earnestly.
Mrs. Linton inly resolved to begin at
once to train her boy in that implicit
obedience which should have begun at
his cradle.
In the afternoon, while Clcmmy was
las good rs gold" he grew restless,
and was allowed to get up and dress in
his Sunday clothes. About four o. clock
half dozen of his playmatcs stopped
on their way to the Rink. lie looked
wistful, but said nothing.
II declare" said his mother, aside,
sit does seem hard on Saturday, and
when he has studied so we'll all the
week, and has taken his punishment so
swcctly. And want to go oat with
you TO return those calls, and hate to
leave him with Bridget, she is so out of
humor. What do you say, Angclicap"
"Oh, don't ask ale, Fanny. You
know old maids children are always
spoiled by rule Still''-
"Clcmmyv said Mrs. Linton, impul-
sivcly. 81 think will let you go after
all. Call the boys back. II l let you
oil this on"c you must not disobey
again. Now be careful of those clothes"
as he kissed her rapturously-"and
be in at half-past five to the minute,
mind!"
She added, rs he vanished: 81 say
half-past five, because he will be sure
TO be late, and his father likes to find
him when he gets home"
Mr.. Linton did business i'm town, and
had very little time at his pretty home
in the suburbs. But he counted the
short hours there with his wife and boy
rs golden sands in the glass.
That afternoon Mrs. Linton was her
self little late, and found her husband
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