Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-01-08
JACKS RESOLUTION.

HOW a BOY Lost Ills Bicycle Money Dy
DisObeying Orders.
''Oh dear, dear! Was there ever such
a boy before, | wonder?" sighed Mrs.
Brown, as she unpacked the market bas-
ket one warm morning in July.
whats the matter, mother?" asked
Sally, who was working with her in the
kitchen; "has Jimmie forgotten any
thing?"d
Yes; he has gone and forgotten the
baking powder again, and this is the
third time he has been to the village
this week, and your father can't spare
the horse now in haying time to go
again, and Parson Dermot's donation
party is to come off tomorrow after
noon, and can't make any thing unless
/ have that powder and Mrs. Brown
sunk in an exhausted fashion into
chair, after her unusually long speech.
well, mother, don't see what you
can do, unless you let Jack take the
colt and go up to DIR. Gray's and have
Mrs. Gray send you some in payment
for the eggs you let her have last week,
and besides, he can get that new pat
tern of lace that | want, and that will
Jacks blue eyes frightened as he
thought of the trust that his mother
and sister had in his not forgetting any
thing, and four-mile ride on his ia
theirs handsome young colt Caesar had
not the last place in his thoughts.
snow, Jack, said his mother, as he
was all ready to start, ''be sure and go
straight there and back; it is a pretty
long ride for little chap like you, so
do be careful" Little chap, indeed,
thought Jack; | am thirteen years
old, and can remember what
/ am sent for anyhow, and
that's what Jim can't, if he
is sixteen" But alas for boyish resolu-
tons AS he was passing Mr.. Randall's
house he wondered if he should see
Rex. Rex was his chosen friend and
companion. Wont he stare though,
when he sees me on Cesar he said to
himself He had gone almost out of
sight of the house when a voice called:
slack! | say, Jack, wait a minute, |
want to see you, y and Rex jumped over
the fence and came painting up.
Hurry up and fasten your horse to
found a woodchuck's burrow, and l
want you to help me catch him. l am
all alone; my folks have all gone away.
We will sell his skin, and I will give
you half of what | get
Jacks interest was reused immediate
ly at the promise Of money for he was
saving all that he could get to buy
second hand bicycle that he had seen
advertised at the village about a month
before. Before he could think of his
resolution to go straight, he was off of
Caesar and had him tied and was over in
the field with Rex. 1t took the boys
longer than they thought to get the
woodchuck, and to Jacks surprise three
hours had elapsed since he had left
Caesar tied to the tree, and the horse gave
an impatient neigh when he saw the
boys Jack being in as much of hurry as
Caesar, babe Rex goodbye and was
off like the wind for DIR. Gray's, which
was still two miles distant. When he
reached Mrs. Gray's she would have him
stay and have him eat some of her nice
ginger cookies, of which he was very
fond, and kept asking him innumerable
questions about home and his mother.
When at last she let him go, and he
rushed out to get Caesar and go home,
he saw large black cloud coming up
from the northwest. "Oh, dear!''
thought Jack, there is an awful show
er coming, and have Jim's new saddle,
and it will be spoilt."
When he did reach home the horse,
boy, saddle and every thing presented a
sorry looking spectacle. They had be-
gun to get worried about him, and his
father was just going out to look
for him. After he had changed his wet
clothes for dry ones there was an in
dignation meeting, and Jim said that
Jack should give him all of his bicycle
money to help him get new saddle.
Jacks father and mother decided that
what Jim asked was but just and right,
as nothing would have happened if he
had obeyed orders. So poor Jack re
luctantly handed over his precious five
dollars and mentally said goodbye to
his bicycle. and came to the conclusion
that resolutions were a good deal easier
made than kept-N. Y. Tribune.
Little Walter had been put to bed