Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-13
A Forget Party.
BY J. v. ROACH.


Did my son post that letter gave him
yesterday" asked Ned's mamma.
Neds hand dived into the inside pocket OF
his GOAT and brought out a crumpled letter
"Tl p SO sorry, mammal he cried, seeing
the gteved look on his mammals face.
IT, too, am sorry" responded mamma
'as that was letter inviting Aunt Amy
to stopl off here on her way home
''OhlJ Obi" cried Ned. And l do so love
Aunt Amyr'
II you catch this mall the letter may yet
be In time" said mamma. Ned ran off as
FAST as he could to post the precious letter
Another day it was school book which
he left out in the orchard. 1t rained all
night and ruined his book Ned cried as II
his heart would break. and mamma was SC
sorry for him she did not scold so very
much.
One night Neds papa said: MY little
man. can l trust you to take this MESA sc
up to Mr.. Browns? 1t is about a very inn
portant matter"
Ned felt quite important as the messenger
but, alas! he met Jimmy Blake. Then he
went on an errand with Jimmy. so he would
go up to Mr.. Browns past that dark, va
cant lot with him. and Jimmy pretended to
get Scared-'just fooling'-and really scared
Ned Of course, after ali that, Ned forgot
whether to tell Mr.. Brown to do it or not
to do 1t; he guessed it was not to do it.
Neds papa lost large sum Of money all
because Ned forgot. Papas are sterner
than mammas and Ned was punished.
For whole week afterward Ned did not
forget. To be sure, his memory was not
taxed much. for every one had lost faith in
him and did not ask much of him.
But one day Uncle Charlie heard Ned say
to his mamma: plague take my forget
ery!' Uncle Charlie knew that Ned had
been forgetting again. and he thought of
plan to cure Ned of this habit.
Np6 will no 10Th
said mamma that day at teatime.
Can 1 have a party with both boys and
girls and plum cake and candles?' cried
Ned.
"Of course you can" said Uncle Charlie.
TN buy the candles-eight, and one to
grow on
'Il write the invitation" said Sister
Nell.
'Ill make a heaping platter of Judges"
laughed Aunt Amy. who, after all, had got
ten the delayed letter in time.
And t. said papa, will send up some
Ice cream.
Ned danced for joy and ran off to school
with hop. skip and jump. Saturday morn
ing Neds mamma sent him ever so far
to Mr.. Benton's, who raised vegetables ana
chickens to SELL Try as he would Ned
could not get home until just dinner time
but he told Mr.. Benton all about his party,
and Mr.. Benton gave him cute little ban
tam chicken for a birthday present.
do you think asked Ned at dinner
We'll, WELL" said Uncle Charlie, Il for
got all about those candles!
1--WE been so busy" said Aunt Amy,
that I forgot to make the fudges"
And t. said papa, forgot to order the
cream. 1t is too bad
ut doesn't matter. after all, said Sister
Nell. flor 1 forgot to invite any one to
the party"
Neds face grew longer and longer, and
he looked at his mamma, who had not
spoken yet. Surely she had not forgotten!
Why" laughed Uncle Charlie, before
mamma could speak. It'll be a forget
party, won't it?'
That was too much. Ned burst into tears
and ran up to his own little room: AFTER
what seemed a long, long time to Ned. and
to Ned's mamma, too, she stole upstairs
with a great big piece of plum cake; for.
try as she would. mamma could not forget
her little boys birthday.
After that when Ned forgot. which ne
seldom did, some would say, Il guess
we better have another forget party.