The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-12-28
How Jimmie Kept
His Resolutions
Prom the Chicago Record.

WV SAAANake ANNNSabs
On the FIRST day OF January Jimmie
| wilson's mother said: well. my son.
what are your New Years resolutions
this Year,
Il was evening. and Jimmie was
working on n problem In interest at
the time, for. say as much as they
might about his not being neat tn his
dress or his unpleasant habit Of nod
ding his head when he meant yes"
and shaking IL when he no."
no one could say that he was not the
leading pupil In arithmetic in Lees
town academy. Another thing that
everybody had TO admit was that JIM
my was in love with his mother. but
tonight he sConled nUd worked on.
He heard Eya's suSdued laugh. aud
without raising has eyes he saw iUiU
kick Ned.
lie did not see his mothers face. Tut
he knew without loJ..u- that p1.ucd
surprise was written there, for Ec hal
never hcen the hoy 10 tysat RS E0'asg
with di~urcSpcCt. lie Insight mp Au.a,
or strike Ned. he mirS, .,yH iJ..c E.!s4c
or yruiublc when his iathC. a,,rt aim
TO leave hls problems 20 pos. a ,cgtE.
for him or Ia NOV thr ..asS pa TAG
lawn. but his mother always iugul "UD
ready TO go on an CF.ava o. co L.,
chores.
. BY and by the figures began 20 ACT
Queerly. lie found hrceii saying 'riac
times eight equals hGty-SiX." u once
! he discovered that he sad /.
interest by the principal tc -. -Sc rate.
| Determined not To give up. lie tried 20
get his mind back 10 his work by add
Ing a set OF figures. three columns at
n time. but he failed. and dropped 10
two c~olufhnsS IL was still too much for
him. and when he had gone to one col
,,,nn and huA aalA ssnpa mud gIVht nFA-
I won't talk to her before the others
eight and Ave arc-they'd laugh II l did
are twelve: no. are-likc as not Ned
would ask me the time. pshaw, Five
and eight-or else Tom would tell me TO
catch cold n get n crick In my
neck" he gave up and slammed book
and tablet upon the table with such a
bang that his mother dropped her work
and Eva gave n frightened little Screech
hat set the other boys into a roar or
laughter.
Taking advantage of the confusion,
Jimmie whispered To his mother: Come
up to my ROOM" and made his escape.
He waited I'm the hall Until
his mother came out and then
gether they went I'm silence up to his
room. Pushing her into his wi cush-
Toned rocker. he went to a table and
took from one Of the drawers n little
red book. Then he came and sat on
the arm OF the chair. still he had not
spoken. but his mother was accustomed
TO his silent ways. Some people thought
IL queer that he hould be so quiet. but
when they mentioned u TO his mother.
she only smiled and called IL "Jlmmie's
way"
Opening his jsook well toward the
back. he said: You know I keep my
school records In here and my monthly
accounts and anything else that I want
TO have convenient to refer TO. I've
a IL two years"
He paused n moment. but<his mother
knew that he was warming to his sub
tcct. and at such n time he was sure TO
ind the words that he needed.
Back here ! have written my New
ear resolutions. n you know how
i have broken every one OF them. Jan
uary I. 1871 hereby resolve TO quit
nodding my head and TO say yes" In
stead. IL i stick TO IL. mother VIII
give me n new watch What hap
pened7"
His mother laughed. but he repeated
! almost iercely. What happcned?"
why. on the second day OF January
I tool youNto the jewelers. and showed
you the kind OF watch l would get you
n you kept your resolution. ~ then
I asked: Isn't u worth the erDrtT'"
And ! like n Ounce. | nodded my
head"
And 80 you did. and you have tried
ever since To earn that watch. but II
has proved too hard IA battle. Never
theless I will say: Try again
Wei. here's January /. 1898. Once
more | nrmly resolve to quit ncdiinE
my head. moreover. l resolve not Ia
give so much attention To arithmetic
that ! neglected my grammar What
happencdg Why / nodded my head
worse than ever and my years average
In grammar vas "a less than II was
the rear before
"Suil. I believe that you made a de-
termincd effort and you helped me "a
sec nov strongly your mlnd wns turned
toward mathematics. l think We W.
both been happier since" said his
mother. From hts elevated position or
her chair arm Jimmie patted hii
mothers head approvingly.
Now II comes to- his year, and
know just what you want me TO re-
solve 20 do. You want me nrst to sa,
this: 4 am determined that the thirC
time IN the charm. and that not once
during the entire year will l nod IN,
head for yes or shake IL for no. Don
your" 49,
Il should like IT she answered will