The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-09-10
A GOOD TIME.


an Unpleasant Piece of Work.
stJust in time! just in time!' said
Grandpa Welton, as he opened the |
kitchen door of the farmhouse to ad-
init his three young grandsons. Il
was wondering not ten minutes ago
how would get that big pile of wood
in the shed. Simon sawed it yester-
day, but he didn't have time to put it
up, and now he's off to mill. There's
at least dozen bushels of apples in the
orchard to pick up, too"
The faces of the three boys clouded
little.
"But, grandpa" said Joe, ''we came
over here to have good time. We
didn't expect to be set to work"
s.We'll see about the good time when
the wood is in and the apples picked
up" said grandpa, with a kindly twin
kle in his blue eyes. 81 know you
wouldn't feel content to play while 1
put in the wood. Now, would your"
mo, sirr' cried Ned and Charlie to-
gether.
But Joe did not answer at all. He
wasn't fond of work at any time, and
he thought because he went to school
all the week. he ought to have every
Saturday for play.
"Many hands make light work, "
said grandpa, as he put on his hat and
coat, and ledahe way to the wood-shed.
ssSee how smart you can be. Thai
pile can be made to look considerably
smaller inside of ten minutes if you &c
1T it with will.''
And he walked away in the dlrec
ton of the stable, where a carpentei
was putting up couple of new stalls
81 wouldn't have come over if L.
known / would have to work like this,
said Joe, as soon as his grandfathe
was out of hearing.
"I wonder what he means to do il
order to give us good time this aftei
noon?n said Charlie.
"Nothing much, you may be sure,
returned Joe. ''Like as not he'll le
! us take turns riding old Prince up an
: down the lane, just as we did last Sa
l urday. Great fun that! A fello'
might lash Prince till his arms achet
and the stiff old creature wouldn
4 go Eastern walkn'
n "Well," said Ned, "1'd sooner p'
: in this wood all alone than let grandI
do it. 1t hurts him to stoop over, h
q backs so lame
!; "It won't take us long if we wol
i lively" said Charlie. II say, 10
e you're not doing your share. Iput
n four sticks to your one."
y sI've got headache, and thrown
= : the wood makes it worse" said Joe.
ID "oh. bother your headache! 7
t had one last Tuesday night, when n
g. ther wanted you to help clean the &C
lar; but you got over it in time to go
ID Tom Lacy's to see the charades. T"
le at does ache,,,' insisted Joe, angri
~ "and it will take lis at least thi
= hours to get all this wood in. I ca
10 do any more, no matter what
to say"
as And he sank down on the saw-bu'
~ with rueful countenance.
y "What's the matter with Joe
he asked grandpa, coming up the path fir
m, the stable.
or "He says he has headache"
fe swered Ned.
eo SIS it the real, genuine article,
one warranted to last only until
II. wood is all inp' asked grandpa, tu
ew ing to Joe with good-liatured sm
I've SIT aches as if it would split" s
ted Joe, looking very much out of tenn
,st, swell, that's too bad. Let the W
az alone, then. / don't want you to W
4ha if you're sick. Come with me,
to we'll see if grandma can't do so
An thing for you. She knows how
lar make an herb tea that's first-rate
nne headache"
ne; Joe didn't like the idea of tai
her her herb tea, but he didn't dare object
ion grandpa knew how to be very Sc
the on occasion, as he knew to his
ant row.
The herb tea was very bitter,