Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-07-13
TEp.s STRANGE ADVENTURE.
How One Boy Learned TO Take Better Care
of His Things.

How One Boy Learned TO Take Better Care
of His Things.
Both Ted and mamma were very
tired, especially mamma. This was be-
cause they had been looking for things
all day. Just before schooltime they
had searched the whole house for Ted's
reader; and after they found it on the
floor of the hall closet, Ted ran all the
way to school, but was ten minutes
late and had 10 stay in at recess.
He left his overshoes at school, and
when he wanted TO go out TO play in
the afternoon he could not find his
cap. Ted felt sure he had brought
that home, but did not know just
where he had put it; SO he and mamma
worked very hard to find out, and had
almost given up when Jane saw It in
one Of the kitchen wash-tubs Ted
said that he remembered laying il on
the edge of the tub while he stopped
TO play with the cat, and Jane must
have pushed it in as She passed by,
The cap soon dried by the kitchen
fire; but it proved too wet TO play out
without overshoes, so Ted roasted
chestnuts over the library fire and mis-
laid the tongs They could not be
found when the fire needed mending,
but when mamma put baby Nav to
bed thai evening She saw them lying
at the foot of the crib where May soft
little feet would have kicked against
them and been hurt had no one hap
pened to notice She looked very seri-
Gus. and when She told Ted he looked
very grave; for he loved the baby dearlv.
AS mamma tucked Ted ia his crib
that evening slc said. Well, Ted, |
ana glad You can't take your head and
legs and arms off; for if You could
am sure yen would lose them.
Then She kissed Ted and left
him, never dreaming what a strange
thing was going - happen to
her little boy But / think nearly
every boy who reads this story can re-
member strange things that have hap
pened to him between the time he goes
10 bed and the time he rises in the
morning
When Ted was alone he turned over
and closed his eyes He was thinking
Of what his mother has said Land of how
odd it would bc if he really were really
screwed together and could unScrew
himself whenever ne wished TO. He
thought it would he a fine Joke 60 scare
the the boys at school hy taking off an
arm and running after them as he
waved Il over his head How surprised
and frightened they would be,
And now the strange thing happened
of which spoke although TO Ted it
stct"e So natural that he did not think
alb ful il ~ ala.
yeas 10 longer night and TED was
no longer IN bed 1t was recess at
sch ,ol. and Ted was in the playground
with all the boys They were playing
"a vclH amusing game. in which every
hoy except the leader and the Judge
had to uusorew one Of his legs and then
follow the leader as best he could 1t
was surprising how well the boys could
hop and jump, turn somersaults and
climb trees with only one leg. The UNI
screwed legs were placed in a row
against the fence, and the name of the
owner vas written in the shoe Of each,
S. that the boys would make no mis-
take vSEer they were ready 10 put the
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