The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-08-25

of the gate and started down the road
leading to the village.
He found his mother busy making
minneapolis, the baby on her lap.
What! home so soon, Joe?' she
said.
"Yes'm. had such headache I
couldn't stay. But feel better now.
| guess the walk did me good. "
I'm glad of that. for you can take
care Of baby. She is very frotful to-
day. and won't let me put her down
minute"
Joe's face cloudcd at once. Taking
care of the baby was worse than put
ting wood in the shed. and he had
been planning to go over to Tom
Stacy's to have game of ball.
Wont she 60 to sleep?" be asked,
as he took the child from his lothers
lap.
You can try her, and see."
Joe tried, but tried in vain. lac
baby's eyes refused to close, in spite
of the most earnest rocking, and Joe
was completely out of temper when at
length the last pie was in the oven and
his mother able to relieve him OF his
charge.
Don't 60 off," she said, as he was
starting toward the door. Il want
you to help me with the vegetables for
dinner, and bring in some wood"
- don't think ought to work so
hard on Saturdays" grumbled Joe.
81 work hard every day in tho
week." said his mother. 81 won't
ask you to do any thing beyond your
strength. After dinner you can clean
up the yard. I'm ashamed of it AS i.
is now. Uttered up with all sorts of
trash"
"Oh, mother, let it 20 till next
Saturday. Then Ned and Charlie can
help
mo, it must be done to-day. Miss
Bassett is coming to tea tomorrow
night, and l want the place to look
nice. l would have set all three Of
you boys at work on it early this morn
ing, but your grandfather sent word
that he would take you all TO the
museum in Coverley. SO didn't speak
of the yard"
1.-The museum! Oh, mother. why
didn't you tell me this morning." and
tears Of disappointment and chagrn
sprang to Joe's eyes.
Your grandfather told me not to
mention 1t. He said he wanted to
give you surprise"
Poor Joe! 1t was with very UNI
steady hands that he peeled the pota-
toes and washed the parsnips for din
ner, and when twelve o'clock came he
could not eat any thing, so heavy was
his heart.
The museum" was travelling con-
Germ, owned by two wide-awake Yam
KEGS, whose bills announced that they
were making q grand tour of the
United States. They exhibited all
sorts Of animals. both alive and stuffed,
and birds from every cline They also
performed wonderful feats in jugglery
and on the trapeze. They had been a
week in Coyerley. large town seven
miles from the village where Joe lived,
and he had been carrying some Of the
handbills around in his pocket for ten
days, and had read them so often that
: he knew them by heart. 1t seemed
very hard that he should have missed
the treat his grandfather had wished to
give him.
He was raking the leaves on the
grass in front of the house when the
light wagon containing his grandfather
and Ned and Charlie drove up to the
gate.
"How's your headP" asked grand
t pa. "It's too bad you couldn't 60 with
u.s."
We've had the grandest kind of a
, time!' cried Ned.
"This has been the incest Saturday
/ ever knew" cried Charlie.
Joe gulped down lump in his
t throat. A nice Saturday! 1. had been
. a long, unhappy day to him.
) But he had learned lesson. From
that day forth he never told story in
< order to shirk an unpleasant piece OF
work. Florence B. HallowcH, IN Cold.
! en- Days.