The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-10-02
OCTOBER ,, 1900
TUESDAY
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
Crandpa's story About POut and
Sunshine-Chincse Riddles-A
Child's Time Table.

Child's Time Table.
Two little girls, cousins, were spend
ing the summer in the country. One
rainy day Dorothy stood at the win
dow pouting and was heard 10 say:
1T is so lonesome. l think n rainy
day in the country Is the horridest
thing"
Outside everything was drenched,
and stin the rain kept falling. In the
road the water stood In dimpled pud-
dies. and little riyulets, hurrying, sour
rying. raced merrily along the cutters.
The trees were dripping, and not "A
bird would sing.
Dorothy was hardly to blame for
feeling out of humor. ITS so horrid, -
she said. isn't it, MargleY
ooh. no." said Margie brightly. Il
don't think It IS"
Margie sat at another window busy
as n bee over a workbaSket, threading
needles for grandma.
"What are you doing. MargieW ask
ed Dorothy, with sudden interest
Margie laughed and shook back her
pretty curls that had fallen around her
face. Il am threading needles for
grandma. Her eyes are growing dim
and she cannot see to thread them SO
easily on dark. cloudy days. get
them all ready for her just as a sur
prise, and you Just watch and see her
face when she finds her basket in or
der and her needles filled with thread -
Dorothy left the window and came
over beside Margie and commenced
threading needles. eve can finish
threading all these needles. and if YOU
read to grandpa I'll help mamma"
continued Margie.
what will read to grandpa ask
ed Dorothy.
"Oh, just read whatever he wants
you TO-" replied Margie. you know
he likes some one to read to him after
he has taken his afternoon nap
When grandma came to the sitting
room the needles were filled and Mar
gle had gone to help her mamma with
the supper, while Dorothy read to
grandpa.
After tea was over Margie and
Dorothy washed the dishes, tidied up
the kitchen, and came skipping mer-
rily TO tease grandpa for a story before
bedtime
Grandpa smiled pleasantly upon the
two little girls, settled back comfort
ably in his easy chair, and said:
MANY, many years ago, long before
this country was so thickly settled,
everywhere near here was a dense
forest. But few people lived near here.
Just on the adjoining farm, where Mr..
Gardner now lives, there lived a family
In which were two little girls, whom
we will call Pout and Sunshine. Pout
was never contented She was always
complaining about something She
would not do any work or help her
mamma in any way, and would pout
whenever it rained, and could never
see the bright side of anything
But Sunshine always tried to do
everything to make others happy. She
never thought Of herself, seemed TO
have only the thought Of pleasing
others.
zone day POut's father and mother
were going TO town. The road was
long and dreary, for towns in those
days were not near as they are today.
Pout wanted to go along, but her
parents said she must stay with her
uncle and Sunshine. She ran away in
TO the woods. They called to her to
come back She only ran farther into
the darkest portions. After travelling
some distance in the forest 1t had
grown quite dark. She attempted to
retrace her steps and could not. She
was lost and began to cry, but there
was no one near to hear her. While
she was sObbing she heard n footstep.
Thinking that 1t was her father, she
stopped crying to see a dark form, but
not her father. 1t was a hOrrid looking
man, whom she knew was an Indian.
He carried her off in spite Of her
screams and violent protests. SO Pout
was never seen again. and her parents
mourned her disappearance"
I'm glad | was not Pout" said Mar
gle tearfully.
$50 am l." said Dorothy stoutly.
When they were going to bed they
were heard to say, q guess rainy
DAYS are not so bad. after all"-Faunie
Malin.