The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-27
TO T0PSY'S CREDIT,


lis .e drew iou9 sigh of satisfaction.
i9 b ne they re- al Wight. he SAID. IL
.f he b rube not 90 pass.
.rssI them over once more for the SAKE
.. nnucluatiou aud spelling. Then De
small. neat hole IA the corner, an
A.la the papers together with % mario"
~a ribbon. Orange WAS the class co'oI-
rebsd bought 10 for him the eht OeIo'o =,
r.at te LOW knot Alice VIII nave u
'a.".8 the papers down and collected o the
.I.e8 sheets which were scatteIeu O'0'
.4t..e tearing them into stnps' H.. 49,,
N.gse 90 keep these Here A"t'' w.
nav lave one 20 play W I'D. .t. ,,ict,,rs
Iousv flashed down rom S'o, ,.J 1' .aile5 an
Gam. where be was per heu HID ,nIod IN,
bse+ ~ peper awrence hanoeu ~
go the son .rre'- dearest dehghts was 70
r.ew and tear up paper. o.n ToO,ronca
.Ni.h Aucr would come -" $50 80
"a co-rnlaceuty 10 hls neatly written
...nrsrritf ''l want 90 p"' en- way ""N ~
-.,, befor. It's dark. ihefe she - s..;-.
' goIi .-f.h voice lOated up TIE stairs
.ti- ~ r..,, ~ 81 pile Of hooks told that the
.u- ,-e ,'3 shaken Oh school responsibility
ioI me s. ety. ont. leaving the door wide open.
"tlire come up want You
e., come down Laurie. Here's Fred.
.Gof Two daisy garter snakes. - shouted an
frgs daisy snakes" were irresistible.
.-.taf4rine followed Both the BROCK boys
Vs0set wboppers. Where did you find
e.g ont bv PauIson Did you walk"
ev Gracious see EN- souirm."
.t.,.t this fellow II be OUT a squeal
from Alco.
.lt r,rht IN be no tonight Got my
,.,ts1 Zone. Dreadful grind
.Hayut copied my papers yet i hls claP
ea .reHest /" Fred WAS more interested III
Stakes than DO examinations. r,.e. A..
@tH.e want you TO tie bow. left the
l.tW.e1 70 up " replied Alice.
.rm going DIP 70 sec Iopsy' announced
Cyan don't know about bow knots You
.-.. lis enough Let IL alone commanded
ir,,.e ran mp 20 the front room. Topsy
,.fr+re window. making the funny noise
With which he told he wanted 10 get Out
u,ea. allowed Co Chamber out over The WIN
9rsu enever he liked lie visited many
-.r.b.rs a socable way. They all knew
fl or1 he "a ways came home 80 an hour or
rc.rs threw tho window OPEN and the
sr.rreI sprang out Size put out her heau
s-5 watched him. Re ran along the coping
.1tu. house. below. and disappeared IN Dr.
H is'as laughed. He likes Miss Haight
Seriyes him chocolate ,
A.. she drew in Ter head, gust on wind
saeptthrOugl the room. and Laure's papers,
dangerously near the window heW OUT ana
vhrleI eayly up the street.
.Do.1 gracious exclaimed L0ttie what 8
r.r Tliu must be Lauries exams he was
talking hD0ut
ST. leaned forward 10 alarm. but the pa
%
ioieed behind q tree box. and were a. m
visible 20 L0tt.e as If they had blown miles
away
~pe.haos Twas only papers TOPS was play
iprw.th lcs-Aere bits oil 10 on the floor ,
S picked UP lAe pieces Lawrence had
That's Il. it must be al rieht'-She drew
breath of relief "If twas all wrong. they Is
cav 10 was my faults bot couldn help IT,
She shat Gle window and picked up the
scraps ot paper Then she went IN search OF
tbe kitten and tD beer SORROW, was captured
and sent If an errand by her mother which
ca.amt put all thought OF lying papers out
of beg little iyaWaY head.
When Alice remembered the bow-kot in
Taur.e's orange rbboned examinations.
she concluded he bad moved them and asked
lu wien he came lu. where they were.
"Nly' cried Laurie. ln alarm. left them
They're not there now. ] looked all
o,er
~.ts been very windy this afternoon" said
Nrs Couant. "T az might have blown be-
l.ai me of The turnture-even out OF the
window. 81 tie window was open
Laurie dashed out % look.
"L0to WIS playing there with Iopsy.
She might have lett the window open when
DE went out or not. suggested Alice.
$50 help him Alice
But al Their oolng was i'm vain. though
With much mourning and many EXPLANATIONS
Lure Lu-ted for ms papers lie searched
tie house, and a,terward the street. TO 10
purpose 50 Iody had evidently picked
then up That d.y and the next he spent
.o0Nnl and grooming.
L0tte discovering the loss WAS Of conse-
euence confessed She saw someth ng hy
ont the window But thought It was pa
pers OPS wa- tearing
Laurie Was tur ous.v angry
ol and Iopsy axe always at Tue pottoIh
%. mischief be red 'I suppose he's tom
up tie last oi the rough copy. too. Now, / b
lave 4l the work % d. again
Laurie was crushed under his load OF ms
t,tuue
gave Tops those scrat he'd papers
y9rte.i. Laurie and burned the rest of en-
lssw fou sad matter-o.-iact Alice. Its
your own fan Q aud u you've got EN- to do
over yol RI letter go % works quick AS you
can I ere's nj four days
ibis Was sens Die advice. After awh le
:. lament his wasted labor. when some par
iouly difficult questions OIL which he had
forgotten the answer. had 20 be looked up
te uor SEQ bard the neat few days. and
Tired ouf mana ed TO give ia his papers a.
t-e proper time NJ my of the answers Were
az er o. get han they Ia @ u before tie
Pad asked people who knew for iniorma
Ton wl ch u0w-as lam d % tell of the &C /
Cent he looked Ia histories and encyclo
fr1Gs
know most OF thus las. set is diIeren
lou ile ot er wrO,e' he CT ed ia despair
tut you think it's night and its tn
'ss. YOU eau DO YOU must use 10
An els plaza comm T. sense WAS comforting
4tA e even .au he'd o. he got up 10 ops, n IN
lstn
Tops you wretch You've given n
lsrn 90 q thi- week
le cauett the u'rrel in both hands
ioisy uirned about aud dropped piece .
Paper 10 was uib ling.
hey MDat have you got now. sir
nicat colt. Alice wtha white ace. Why
part OF my exams
Die dropped into chair and scrutinized tn
,le"ed and torn bit " paper attentiyelY
h.-rc ga "a O. look
IT, the corner. See IN what year
tli lst below meeting Of Parliament. ant
'Ieu- wori IN tie next line can't max
o1. Alice where's be been ="
..,, don't-au0w Alice looked frightened