The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-14

drIvewav. making mud pies; Fritz, the
worstod boy with the loose bead eyes
DANGLING down his cheeks, ana bessy'
IN. sa.rne old Bessy-thOuen on her fouih
head-ioaned back against the cdIIl"s7
block and watched. 10,
rritz was growing Old. and his head
vyohblod and. while Bessy came out re-
snlendeut after every accident. as iar as
1er head was concerned, the saNuua1
triclled down her back from crack ih
nor neck i'm a very unpleasant manner.
Nevertheless they sat there, comioilanly,
sid. h,- side. in the sunshine. ana sinileu
coutentcdIv. while their plump niue
PARENTS mixed and stirred, ana molnel
and baked: and all would have gone we"
IL IL had not been for the sugar. OF h't'5.
whichever it was. For they We're a."
Four having just the incest time you can
imagine. when Mrs. allen came 10 INC
door and called. 49,.
..Pobbv, 1 want you 20 take your cart
and go no 10 Mr. Greoncs for dollar
worth OF tine. granulated sugar. ne sure
and get the fine. and hurry Tor Mary Is
waiting 10 make some cookies.
You always buy sugar by the dollars
worth I'm Cold Spring, and a great Duidie
It makes. too --,.-
So Bobby and his sister Bessy and Fritz
wheeled out the little wdgon-wmch was
ambulance and market wagon, stately
victoria. rafting express wagon ana dan
eerous summer coaster, by turns-and on
they trudged.
II was easy enough 20 do; and prompt
Nfr. Greene had soon tied mp the brown
paper bundle and carried IL out 20 the
cart-no trouble so far. surely, and just
how it began ! could not say; but down
under the big elm the small team stopped
and the combined owners drivers and
horses. sat down on the edge Of the cart
10 rest
II was so hot. and their coats were so
heavy. and they were 50 hungry. ana
somehow or other. two fat little foretn-
gers poked through the thick paper down
into the tempting sugar ana round 'NeII
way back into two red little mouinsi anu
having made the Journey once. they made
n again and again: and soon there
were more round holes in 'he
paner. and the very sweetest sort
Of a time altogether. when all az once
the town clock struck and the Icaslers
Stained. pale and cOnscience-stiuck. Ike
DeIshazzar and his friends az the wicked
feast of old; and they thought or Mary
and the cookies. and they looked az lne
bundle. all holes. like a colandcr' ana the
SMEAR running in countless streams uo"h
into the cart, faster than ever the s""H
i'm the old hour-glass on the mantel al
home. 49,, oil
two great tears rolled down Nil'y iouNN
checks. o,........
shall we co2' "a,
"Oh. kitty what viii they thay?"
and Bobby PIT his hands In his pockets
,n8 v-nieflel long and snfll.
..lpraus Mr. Greene would put on new
paper ,.,.-.
ne rot there. You jutht walk behind and
hold on 10 the holeth and I'll do the pull
ING. and p'raph they'll only think II broke
taking it out" ..
n very melancholy little procession' BOD
H. I'm front pulling on the long handle,
Fr,tz bobblng his bead eyes and wagging
his thin neck dejcctedly. On the wagon
while Bessy wcpt sawdust tears into tho
sugar hcaping up at her feet, and Kitty
stumbled tcarfuny along at the side. try
ing TO cover all those dreadful holes with
a pair of very sticky, grimy hands.
slower and slower went the dismal
troop. sadder and sadder grew two guilty
hearts. until. all too soon, they turned IN
al the gate and saw Mrs. Allen watching
anxiously for them
"uurrv childrenw she cried. How
long you have BEEN" and then. as they
came slowly nearer, she saw that awiul
sight.
.,,y-hv what IS this2 What has hap
nened2 Who has been a. the sugar.
two little brown heads hung very low;
four sticky checks burned red beneath
| the coats OF sugar and mud; four little
| dusty shoes poked down In the dirt. and
at last a very faint voice whispered:
t-loOkth-like-mithe.'
Bobby"
And then two pentents bumped down
J on the STEP and. with tears OF remorse.
| the whole story came out; how very
! hungry and tired they were, and the
sugar was so good, and they both put
their fingers in once. and II tasted so nice.
and they kept trying. and the paper tore
and the sugar leaked out ahd-oh' DEAR
they were tho thorry'
Mrs. Allen, looking very sober. took
what was left of the sugar ana went back
IA her work. saying they were naughty,
naughty children. and she would talk
with them by and by; and the children
sat still on the steps and thought
..Do YOU thpothe she'll do anything
worthe than talk, Kitty sighed Bobby,
/ at last
Il guess she will; she looked jefrul
solemn"
s.That'th bad enough, anyway"
Eyes. It makes you feel so queer in your
stomach"
and the thuear wath motht half
gcne,"
and you said II was mice"
81 didn't! I only thaid II looked like
mithe: and II did," very Indignantly.