St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07

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Pray, sir, would you?
Mammals not worried;
For, as I went past, !
AL that she said was:
'.WAere hsd yoa her lsstr'
Doesn't she suppose -
That II / knew
I'd 70 and get her
without this ado!
-Frdnk H. SsasTer. In Bond Hossek episg.
-&S-
CARELESS LUCY.
Some Funny Mistakes. and O.s Th.s Had
No Laugh In ls.
Lucy lockwood was eight years old;
and l suppose you never saw little
girl who could skip rope or run q
race any faster than she could. or one
who could learn her lessons any better
when she tried There was the
trouble with Lucy; she did not always
try. She had sad habit OF thinking
Of something else" at exactly the
wrong time.
Il was so in church. She meant to
listen to the sermon. but her mind was
apt to stray away; and il any OF the
family asked her afterward for the text
it Was . strange medley they hca nj
from little Lucy. For example. DR..
Palmer preached one morning from
The words: But whose shall offend
one of these little ones which believe
IN Me, it were better for him that .
milestone were hanged about his neck.
and that he were crowned in the
depth of the sea-"
did you listen to the sermon this
morning?" asked Jack: after dinner:
'Of course / did"
DO you know the text!''
.'Of course do" answered Lucy.
feeling unusually we'll prepared.
You must put . milestone round your
neck. and jump into the water"
Jack laughed very loud.
well, il you dos'e hear with your
elbows! What i tie sense in sach .
taxt ~ thaap''
Il doa't know; thosght 4 Vas
much; Sus s3st ~ j5Il -
very thing b saia." 'persisesd Lacy
ready to cry. ''He said that was whas
ron must DO n-yea wanted 70 b
good.
One day Mrs. Lockwood. who was
not we'll dispatched little Lucy to a
shoe store to ask the merchant ii he
would kindly send her pair Of boots
10 try on. ''Common-scnse boots. num-
her four Do you think you can re-
member. dcar?'
Yes. indeed. Lucy was sure she could
remember common sense" and 50.
indeed. she did; the wori she forgot
was boots" When she reached the
store she looked up in tho merchants
face and asked. in her quick way:
Have you any common sense. sir!"
which was certainly . strange query
from . pleasant. polite little girl to .
man iiye times her own age. let her
think what she might Of his brains;
and it was h,rdly strange that Mr..
Mead laughed. although Lucy thought
it very unkind.
She hastened then to add ''boots."
but by that time she had forgotten the
number. She thought it was eight. but
Mr.. Mead advised her to run home
and inquire.
Her aunt sent her once for . brush
Of camers hair to paint with; and
when Lucy reached the art store she
called breathlessly for ''hair-brush. )"
adding. rs an after-thousht: "A
canel's hair brush. ! mean"
Why was it that the clerk looked 90
amused? And wasn't it very rude OF
him to asked: Does your father
keep wild animals. little n,iss?"
But she made mistake once at
which nobody laughed-a mistake
which came near proving very serious
indeed. Ole autumn evening when
her play.fellow. brother Jack. was
gone. and she was feeling rather lone
some. 1t suddenly occurred to her
that she wanted an apple. aud must
lave one that very minute
..Very we'll" said her mother.
.rherc are plenty in the pantry"
.Oh, but. mamma. it h a golden
pippin want! one Of those golden
pippins that you told Tom to put In
the pink chamber closet" I"
Mrs LOCKWOOD looked mp from her
sewing in some surprise. How hap.
pened I.uay to know about the gold On
pippins?
May have one. mammal?
yes IL you can wait for mo to 60
up stairs; but / am very busy Just
now"
| Can't you trust me to 60 my own
sell, mammal Not with . lamp.
you know. but Jane will light me .
candle"
..Will you be very sure not 10 carry
the candle into the closetr
oh. no. indecll Oh. ves. indeed!
Imean; and I'll be-oh. % carsful!'
'Wen. II you will remember to ssl
the candle down BY the chamber does:
I think there will Be NO danger"
...Yes'm. I WILL" said Lucy. and
danced away joyfully. She held tn
candle aloft. and peered rather cau'
tiously about the pink cha. .nber
Nothing to b afraid Of hersi Nam
M talks 10 me about lamps aSd
things just rs II was . baby. bat
guess she'p 6nd 90 ] kaew - nssl