The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-08-24
BILLY AND THE CHAIRS.
Chevved Up Two veneFated
Vanily Heirlooxnn.

The day that Stanley Granton WAS
eight years old his father made him .
present Of q wagon, goat and harness.
Never was there . proudef fellow than
STANLEY A he droye .up. and down the
road, followed and talked about by an
adanirilg ctpwd Of N tlles su6a1K boys,
and q 81 a1'ai shlssof the
II Th s goat a SillS 1s.ter BY n.s,e, VA.
|.a Inc spl5 i4el athoods q brown
and rhilf ain j aFo fosnida-
BILE horns and twinkle in his eyes
which Stanley admired very mneh.
HE looks full of fun, papss' said
Stanley 5.t,9nl critically when be ffst saw
Bi1ly's twinkle did mean ssnd it
meant investigation. too. and Sdecided
fondnsss for having his own 49,
The goat was kept in q shedsat tho
foot st the garden, and.Stapley4ed him
and played with him whenever he was
not driving him down the roaa
Soon Billy grew so fond Of Stanley
that it was hard to keep the goas from
following the boy to school every
morning, like Mary's little lamb did
to her. mistress-and he grew 10 bold
that he often came into the house with
out an invitation, too, and once, to her
dismay, Mollie, the parlor maid, was
obliged tosdriye him out of thesparlor,
Billy objecting strongly at everystep.
On this occasion Stanley mother
said. to the little boy: 49, ~
If you can't keep Billy Buster out
Of the house, Stanley, he will haye to
be kept at the stable down bypapa's
factory" 81
After that Stanley tried very hard to
remember to tie up Billy wheneyer he
left him, and Billy, on his part, tried
to run away whenever he sawasrope
in @Stanley's hand. -
. So there came day when Billy Bus
ter, behind the shed, kicked up his
heels with joy to see Stanley walk of
to school and forget all about him.
mo rope for mel" cried Billy Bus.
ter. ''Kihi!" a
Then he strayed around theshouse
and#saw the cook busy preparing vege-
tables for dinner and Mollie walking
down the road on an errand. And then
the front door stood invitinglys open,
| and Mr.. Billy walked into thescool.
pleasant hall and looked around with
twinkle to see what he could onext.
Just inside the parlor door, which was
also open, stood two little rush-bot-
toned chairs. They had belonged to
Stanley's great-grandmother. Stan
ley's mother would scarcely let a1yone
OF the family sit upon those chairs, so
careful of them was She ~ a@z.,
But when she came down to luncheon
that day she beheld strange scene
from the parlor door. & 4
The parlor floor was strewn with
bits 81 yellow straw. Fhestwo little
slender great-grandmother chairswere
snapped into 20 pieces upon the carpet,
| and in the midst of the wreck satBilly,
calmly chewing at a few bits of straw
which hung out of his mouth! ~
'''Oh, Billy! Billy! Billy Bill cried
l5Stanley's mother. w.
And Billy got up with disguised air
at being interrupted in an agreeable
meal and walked out of the house be-
fore she could getvher breath to tell
himSto 90. p e.
After that exploit Billy did have to
go and live at the stable down the road,
and Stanley, missing his playmate,
sometimes wished. Billy didn't have
such very funny twinkle in his eyes.
Eva Love. in Boston Globe.