The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-05-28

bo,ns, so took one OF them up IN my
arms and carried it out and said: Here
is one, papa; I'll 60 and get the other"
And then papa laughed, And so did
mamma, and mamma went and got
black thing like oil cloth, and papa
spread it over his lap and drove OIL,
laughing; but just as he was going
through the gate he turned around said:
I'm bring you some candy tonight
loot"
Then the other day Minnie was p,ac.
ticing her music lesson. and kept PLAY.
ing on tho other end of the piano, and
she said: "Stop, loot" two or three
times, and didn't stop, and she turned
around and slapped me in the fsce, and
cried and cried, and mamma took me
on her lap and kissed the place; and l
said: Mamma, won't you whip her?'
And mamma said: Wouldn't you rath-
or heap Goals of fire on her head?
The bible says if any one is bad to
you, and you are good to them,
that is heaping Goals Of fire on their
heads. Now you go and kiss Minnie
and put Ooals on her head" Then l
jumped off her lap and ran and kissed
Minnie as quick as ! could, and went
out in the kitchen and told Mary mamma
wanted the tire-shovel, and took 1t II
the parlor and said: Here it is, mann
ma" and, she said: why, what are you
doing with that shovel, Tootf" and l
said "Put the Goals in it for Minnie's
head" when mamma began to laugh,
and Uncle Jack hollered right out and
l began to cry and threw the shovel as
hard as could, and it went over by the
window and hit mammals Gala lily, and
broke off that bud she had been watch
ing SO long. She stopped laughing pretty
quick when she saw the bud on the
floor, but Uncle Jack said: foot. you're
a brick" and picked me up and put me
on his shoulder, and galloped out of the
front door and played riding horse all
over the front yard.
That afternoon Minnie had heSi.
ache and was lying on the lounge in
mammals room. l looked at her long
curls on the pillow, and kept thinking
how mad she would have been If NAM
ma had put the Goals on her head, and
what smell her hair would have made.
Did you ever smell hair burning? II
smells awful funny. Then l went into
the dining-room and took cup and
spoon off the table, and carried them
into the kitchen, and opened the stove.
| hearth, and filled the cup with ashes
there wasn't any fire in the stove or ]
would have taken coals-and walked
softly back to mammals room again and
poured the ashes on Minnies head. She
screamed and screamed, and cried some.
But laughed and said: Twill you slap
me again, cry-baby?" But don't you
think mamma, after she said put fire on
her-and | didn't put any thing but
ashes-took her slipper and whipped
me! But l wish you could have seen
the ashes fly when mamma combed Min.
MES hair.
One day the minister came to see
grandma. She is sick with roomticks.
Mr.. Smith is good man and like him,
so ! went in grandma's room and said:
''How do you do, Mr.. Smith? That was
buful apple you brought me the other
time you came here" And he saidl
"How do you do, loot? have brought
you two apples this time" And l was
so pleased said loud as l could, like
Uncle Jack: you're brick, Mr..
Smith" You ought to have seen how
funny the corners of his mouth jumped
up when ] said that! He looked just
like Freddy's Jack-in-the-box, and told
him so. Then mamma said: foot,
don't you want to go and pick me a nice
bouquet of dandelions? And went
and picked it.-Bessie G. Hart, in De-
troit Free Press.