The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-07-09

60 to the postofice with the letters After that vol,
may go to Berts and play until 5 o'clock"
"All right answered Lester, and off he went
whistling merrily.
Lester never meant to be disobedien+ br+ he was
continually thinking that some other wav was inst
as well or would make no difference; and now as
he reached the Of the street he decided tbat
he would go to the postoffce first. then mast Tom
mics and get him to walk over to Mrs Smiths with
him, and go to Berts, where they three would have
game of duckon-the-rock
lie mailed the letters, but found that Torr,n;o
could not go away, and as Tommie leased him to
stay there he concluded it wouldn't make any diff
ference to mamma whether he played at Topmie's
or Berts, and he could leave therhubarb with Mrs.
Smith on his way home
30 he stayed, and he and Tommie had so much
fun that the first thing he knew it was haIf-Dast )
My, how he did run thenl He thought that Mrs.
smith looked rather annoyed when he gave her the
Thubarb, but he hurried off again as fast as his
legs could 60.
just before supper neighbor called to see if
she could buy some rhubarb
Il saw Lester have some Just now" she said
and he told me he going to take it to Mrs.
Smith"
That evening Lester brought his coat to
mamma.
Il do wish I could have an inside pocket put in
It, he said, "to carry the little notebook that papa
gave me-"
Mamma knew how much Lester priced his nice
notebook and how, well he enjoyed making note
OF this and that in it, he had seen papa do in his
80 she took his coat and said, thoughtfully, yes,
| will put pocket in it for YOU"
Lester went off to bed feeling very happy over
his notebook pocket but wondering that mamma
had said nothing to him about coming home so late.
In the morning Lester was busy with the small
tasks which he expected TO perform each day
before starting for school, and at the last moment
he slipped his coat, threw it OPEN and discovered
the pocket neatly in place, then picked up his cher
ished notebook and out of the house. As he
ran be tried to slip the notebook into the pocket
but could not get it in. After several unsuccessful
attempts he stopped, opened his coat, and, taking
both hands, started to put the book in, when he
made queer discovery-the pocket was on upside
down. with the opening at the bottom. AT first he
was vexed. Dear met" he said to himself "now
l can't use It, after ALL Then in another moment
he burst out laughing. GIVE got a good joke on
mamma. Won't tease her when get home" And
he ran on to school.
At noon he came to mamma the first thing with
a very quizzical look upon his face Mamma" he
said, you sewed my pocket on wrong side up"
Mrs. johnson did not look at all surprised. She
merely said, Eyes, 1 know. sewed it that way on
purpose"
It was Testers turn to look surprised.
Isn't it Just as welP that way!" she added
Just as WE'LL" he exclaimed, too much aston
ished to be polite "You don't think can keep a
book in it that way-do you."
We'll" replied his mother, cts pocket, and
sewed it on three sides. What difference does it
make which threee?"
Testers face was study. He really seemed to
think that his mother had in way lost her
reason.
Il did it. Lester" she went on, Gust as you do
things for l tell you what l want you to do for
me and the way / want it done. You do it, but
you do it in Just the opposite way from whatI tell
YOU to; in other words you turn it upside down.
Lester still looked surprised, but he began to be
interested, too.
yesterday" his mamma went on II told you
to go to Mrs Smiths first then to the postofice,
then to Berts to play till o'clock Instead of that
you went to the postoffce first. then to Tommies
TO play, and last of all to Mrs. Smiths. Now, you
did not see. probably what difference it would make
but Mrs. Smith in a special hurry for the rhu-
barb, as she wanted to get her sauce made in time
to take a dishful to Mrs. Foster, who is sick and
who wanted some very badly. You got there so late