St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-07-06
NOT KEEPING The GOLDEN Ruff.

bee had stung them. Think of it When
ms dearest own mamma was softly putting
MIN 10 PED and talking to him so sweetly
ABOUT the naughty things he had been
w men you spoke so to Robbie, did Won
think it was keeping the Golden Rule9n
said mamma, sadly.
"He says just that way to me ALWAYS "
cried Willy, excitedly land he's a. bound
to break all my things, and he deserves to
| have his broke back again"
"But the Golden Rule, Willy I" said
mamma. MY boy mustn't break that. If
| Robbie does break play things"
Willy didn't say, Don't care" but old
Don't Care sat on his lips as big as life.
Mamma went away at last and left him.
she sat down by the window and tried to
think up some plan to make Willy better
boy. ''''
Next morning Willy came down to
breakfast when he got ready.
Nobody called him. They had hot buck
wheats and honey for breakfast. and
usually mamma called him SO as to have
them nice but this time she said: "He
wouldn't trouble himself to call us. Never
mind him."
When he did get down, everything was
cold
why didn't somebody put 'em in the
warming oven Katyf" be asked in angry
surprise "You wouldn't like it, guess,
to have old fried griddles stone cold"
Deed, and l shouldn't think" said
Katy. "But body can't be always doing
to other 3, folks as ye'd like them to do to
This was WHY'S own idea, but it wasn't,
pleasant to take with cold griddles. =
"Where's papa and mammal" he asked
after while.
"Gone for sleigh ride" said Katy.
without me?" cried Willy, choking.
"Shure, yis," said Katy, cheerfully.
'"They said they guessed it wouldn't pay
to wait for you. You never wait for any
body"
He couldn't eat any more breakfast-no,
not if the cakes had been red hot. Nam
ma gone, mamma to do so, mamma to
speak like that
He went and hid his face in her old
wrapper in the closet and cried an hour or
less.
The sound of the sleigh bells made him
come out. In came mother, rosy, sweet,
holding in her hand lovely bunch of
greenhouse roses, in her arms trimming
bag of chocolate carmels.
Aren't they beautifully" she said PIN
ming one in her collar and putting the rest
in silver vase.
Il want one in my button. hole," said,
Willy, wistfully, cycling the creamy, fra :
grant buds.
yes said mamma, sweetly, cit would
be pretty" and fell to eating candy with
great enjoyment.
Dinner was just as bad They noticed
him now and then, carelessly. 1t didn't
seem that anyone was displeased with him.
Only nobody cared for him. Oh the mis-
cry of that little sentence Nobody seemed
to be thinking to-day ri wonder what
my little Willy would like"
After dinner mamma sat down and read
"What Will He Do With It ?" Willy
knew what he would do with it it If he
could get hold of it. He would take that
book and pitch it "clear way down to the
bottomest place in the we'll" Read and
eat caramels
Why, almost always mamma read to him.
And whoever heard of mamma keeping
nice things to eat all alone?
All at once mamma heard great sob.
She laid down her book and looked at
Willy sorrowfully
"Does he want to come and sit in
lap a minute?" she said
gently.
Bouncei 1t was only Willy, but peo.
pie who aren't used to boys might have
thought it was cannon ball had struck
them, or something.
ooh, mamma p cried Willy, squeezing
her tight, Il wish was your mother and
YOU were nv little bow"
''Desr me |" laughed mamma, though
she was almost crying, "what for2 :"
sob because I'd stop showing you
how horrid it is not to keep the Golden
Rule"
Mamma took the hint and gave him
some candy and two of her best kisses.
ooh, mamma" sobbed Willy on her
neck, &c wouldn't it be horrid to live in
house where nobody kept the Golden
Rule ~ We'll Spring.