The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-05-23
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3bort,s nose was pressed and flatten-
S +. sainst the glass as he said to his
motber: "oh, l don't want to stay at
.,.e, 7 don't. don't want to! | want
& q down to Mr.. Hobson's"
.'ob no Albert" his mother replied.
.r,ut get your box of playthings and
:. u good time. 1t will clear off after
,vh,le Then perhaps you can CO."
al, Albert stood in the chair eagerly
oo1;nr down the street across the COM
e. toward the white parsonage nes-
"a bv tbe hill. where in winter all the
.,.Iape children went coasting. For Mr..
4ohson. the kindly pastor of the little
,ouatry church, had warm place in
4. heart for children, and they loved
!. u 70 his home, where they had such
cod times.
mari Jumped down from the chair
o0king cross and unhappy.
Il don't want to do anything but go
! al Hobson's," he cried out.
r1ncle Bob sat reading his paper by
h. open crate, where just a little blaze
ictered. Albert thought that Uncle
Ioh knew most everything, and he
-o1t over to him, hoping that he would
usoest something agreeable.
I|ncle Bob looked up just then and
aId at seems to me hear little boy
m II don't want to- very often. It's
cnerally better to do what mother
ans you to do
III lem he jumped up and dared Albert
!, NAY a game of marbles with him,
III directly they were down on the
nd swapping and shooting the
riobt glass balls back and forth.
1l1st as Uncle Bob said, "There, that's
& third game I've lostw the sun peep
i b and made a great bright yellow
pot on the carpet, O bright that Al
did started up, clapping his hands.
a Ian 20 now, ma? Can l go now?"
I ealed out.
Hes" answered his mother, ''if you
iii put on your rubbers."
4lbcrt was out in the entry in mo-
ed and Juggling to get his rubbers on,
nd his short legs were soon taking
Id down across the common. Pres
III he stood on the piazza, ringing
bell, at the parsonage.
lis Mary. the minister's daughter,
NC to the door.
bert spoke up promptly. "I've come
4isiting."
Walk right in," said Miss Mary.
lie followed her through the entry
ID the sitting room.
<be thought she knew what Albert
1pted, so she pulled out a little table
"a the wall and drew a chair up to
81 She put big dictionary into the
|air and lifted Albert up on to the
cbolary. Then she set before him
ID little glasses.
0ne was a three minute glass-two
He crystal bulbs of glass Joined by
mall connecting stem. One of these
lbs had very pretty red sand in it.
b bulbs were mounted in a round
opden frame.
Nhen the bulb that had the sand in
Eas turned so that it was at the top.
q sand began to run slowly into the
Ter bulb, and it took just three min
3 for it to run from one bulb to the
Her.
Abert was never tired of seeing the
% run back and forth. And he
nted three minute glass of his own
much. The other glass was multi
fng glass. 1t looked like a small
fglass.
Aiss Mary took the multiplying glass
Per hand, passing it to Albert, and
Il, Now, Albert, if you look
rOugh this at the three minute glass
qll see what you did the last time
= We're here"
HILBERT took the multiplying glass and
>ked.
'Ooh-ee" said he. "Oh, see 'em!
E EN-! One, two, four, twelve, eight!
\ Miss Mary, there's lots of 'em"
Should you like one of them?" she
ked.
PES, ma'am. May l have one"
'1es," she said; IF you don't take
rs, you may have one Of those 9TH
Fhen, holding the multiplying glass
|se to his eye, he put one hand out,
~ the fingers spread out as far as he
hld make them reach. Carefully he
oped and grasped. Now his hand
Is on it. Now he had it.
quitting down the multiplying glass,
looked for the other glass that he
pught he had caught. and it was
Pc, He tried it over and over again,
a every time just as he thought he
4 1t the glass that he thought he had
nght seemed to slip away.
Where do they go top he said to
lss Mary.
'sure enoughw she replied.
How patiently he tried! Finally he
q to 90 home. But when he got
wn from the dictionary he began
'klng underneath the table.
what are you looking forT' ques-
ned Miss Mary.
pc didn't answer for moment, but
eht down on his hands and knees,
Hing up the edges of the rugs and
u looking.
why" answered Albert, "they must
Ve got away somehow. And l know
eyre somewhere, but l can't find an
Der one but yours"
Never mind" she said. "You can
nle again and try to find them"
Yes; WILL" cried Albert.
hen he went home.
pun he had to tell Uncle Bob ali