The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-07-04

way 20 church. his mamma wearing
her pretty gown and bonnet, and hla
papa In DIS shining black clothes and
his toll hat slistening IN the sum- But
when no begged TO go with them his
mamma always said: Jimmy IS too
little; when he is bigger and older he
shat 80 with MS every Sunday"
And Jimmy hoped that In q very
short time he would be az big as his
father. then he could go to church and
would no longer be Obliged 10 stay at
home with Nora Nora was the girl
who cooked the dinner and who always
said Sure We must have a clane face
be the toim the folks will be comm
home" and. Selling him by the arm.
she would wash his face. rubbing his
nose uphill and filing his eyes with
soapsuds.
But one Sunday morning something
/ happened Nora said she was going to
picnic and must 60 before dinner
Jimmy knew what a picnic was. for ne
had attended one and he wondered If
Nora, too, would play high-spy, and
make herself sick eating cake. Nam
ma said: Nora you cannot go to the
picnic today; there will be no one to
stay with Jimmy"
Small difference does that make to
me, replied Nora I've promised me
firms, and to the picnic III be goin'
Ye can take Jimmy to church wild ye"
ooh, no. said mamma. HE is such
a ehatterboZ be would be sure to talk.
He could not possibly keep still"
Il want to go! Iwant to go-o-o!'
howled Jimmy.
Finally mamma said: very Wen
you may go, since there is no other
way"
Nora remained long enough to dress
Jimmy, though she was in such hurry
that she not only rubbed his nose the
wrong way and filled his eyes with
suds, but she pulled his curls so hard
in combing his hair that he would have
cried had he not been so happy.
When the church bells all over the
town began to ring Jimmy started out
with his papa and mamma holding a
hand of EACH and stepping high, for
he felt very proud.
Nov, remember Jimmy" said
mamma, ''you must be very quiet; you
must not say one word in the church;
do you hear me?"
Yes, mamma"
mo one talks in church; it is very
wrong to do sc" she added
Would a big wolf eat EN- up il they
did," asked Jimmy, who remembered
the wolf that ate up Red Ridinghood.
Mamma paused to speak to friend and
did not hear him, but he felt sure her
answer would. have been Eyes.
What lot of people there We're in
the church! He tried to stand up in
the pew and look at them, but mann
ma seized him and sat him down again
a good deal quicker than was at all
pleasant 1t was very quiet; Jimmy
wondered what would happen next.
Pretty soon he saw his Aunt Dolly
come in and take q seat across the
aisle He was very fond Of his Aunt
Dolly. She lived out in the country
and she brought Jimmy something
nice every time she came to town.
Sometimes it was big, shining red
apple, sometimes it was a bag Of hick
DRY nuts, and only yesterday she had.
brought a delightful gingerbread man
with two cuTrants for eyes and piece
of cinnamon bark for a cigar Jimmy
had eaten him all up even to, the eyes,
and his cigar and had wished that the
gingerbread man had twin brother
that he might have eaten him also.
Aunt Dolly looked at him and smil-
ed and Jimmy smiled back at her.
Then a horrible thought struck him
Perhaps Aunt Dolly did not know that
it was wrong to talk in church! What
if she should say something to him as
she seemed to- want to do2 Then the
wolf in the Tapping night cap, as he
had seen it in one Of his books at home
would come and eat Aunt Dolly all
up! Iimmys mind was instantly made
up
Aunt Dolly" he called out in his
J high shril voice, you mustn't talk in
church, or the wolf'll eat you"
A good many people looked around
and smiled. Papa frownea, and man.
ma whispered to Jimmy to be quiet
A tall man now went up some steps
at the end Of the room and people sang.
Then baskets were passed around with
money in them Papa put in a piece
and Jimmy wanted to take out bright
new dime. but the basket went past SO
rapidly that he did not have chance
to get it. Pretty soon the tall man be-
gan to talk, which was wrong, Jimmy
thought and he called out:
.If vnn talk ike that the wolff'l