The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-05-26
Sonny's
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by OWEN OLIVER
Copyright, by Joseph h. Bowles)

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and he made mother and Sonny laugh
4 great deal. Sometimes they laughed
SO much that they had to run away
md cry. They did not run away to-
| Tether, because mother was step
mother, and they only made out that
| they were good friends to please ia
| ther.
Sonny was fond of pretty young
| ladies'. and mother was undoubtedly
| pretty and yOGns. lie would have
been in love with her in boy'g way
| II father had not loved her in the way
| Of man. As It was, mother was
very, very kind to Sonny, and Sonny
| was quite polite to mother, but lLey
were furiously jealous of one another.
There was room enough in fathers
| heart for both of them If they had
| understood, but they did not know
! how big a mans heart is.
or course she would be good to Son
ny, she said. There was no need to
ask that. He was dear little boy,
and his only fault was that he loved
his father so much; and 1t wasn't easy
to help loving father. He should come
back and find them the best of friends.
Father said that she had cheered
him, as she always did; and really a
year was only n short time, and she
said 1t was a very short time, and 1t
was ridiculous to make fuss over 1t,
and she was going to be brave.
Shn ha
when father went away In the rail-
way bus, and so was Sonny. They
stood on the steps waving their hands,
but just before the bus turned the cor
ner Sonny made choking sound, and
mother picked him up and kissed him;
and father saw. He did not put his
thoughts in words, but what he felt
was that they were the best wife and
son In the world and when they hadn't
him to quarrel over they would learn
to love one another; and that was al
most worth going away for. think
fathers eyes were a little wet too,
but he wouldn't like that put down.
At first Sonny also tried, in his way,
to be kind to mother. He went to
church with her on Sunday morning,
and carried her books. He placed her
chair at the table as he had seen ia
Their do. He turned dutiful cheek
to be kissed before he went to bed.
He washed The kiss off with soap after
ward. She knew that he would.
During the first week Sonny did
nothing very dreadful-only broke a
few things, and tied tin can to the
cats tail, and put few candles
through the wringer. Mother smiled
inwardly when she demonstrated with
him about them. They were quite nat
ural things, she considered, for a lit
tie boy to do, and quite natural for his
elders to object to. But Sonny took
1t into his queer little head that she
only pretended to overlook them, and
would tell father about them when she
wrote. So he decided that 1t was no
use trying to be good at home, and
that II he did well at school, father
would know that the fault at home
wasn't his, but hers.
All the next month Sonny showed a
| perfect genius for getting into mis-
chief. He broke branch off the plum
smashed four windows with a sling.
he threw stones at the neighbors' cats.
He tore his Elton jacket climbing a
fence. He split ink over the draw
ing-room carpet. He upset the milk
| mans can. He was rude to mother
and to the servants. He tied cooks
hair to the chair while she was doz-
ing, and the hair came right OFF the
had wanted to find out II 1t was her
OWN, and cook had Mysteries and gave
notice. He did nothing goo4 at home
and everything right at school, where
the master could not make out what
| had come to him. He wrote letter to
his father. 1t ran:
II have swotted like ennything, dada,
an hope you will be plesed. The rep
port says Conduct excellent has made
a real Effort with his work. Jones
Miner said | was sneke TO swot but
| | licked him easy. | wish you were
home because 1t is nearly sumner.
| dare say she will tell you broke some
WlnuOS Dut IL WAS an aCcluent out she
| did not believe It but she Is all rite
and does not grumbel much. should
| like to go to bording school but
don't want to be way when you
com home. Com home soon. Your
loving son,
FIRED TAYLOR.
Up. s.-Com home soon. mis- you
dreadful"
AS a matter of fact, mother did not
mention the windows or any other
misdeed of his. What she said was
this:
Sonny has worked heroically at his
lessons, and you must praise him very
much. The work has been all for your
sake, dear; and hope the memory OF
you inspires me little, too. | wish
he had tenth of the affection for me
that he has for you. | cannot helT
thinking that If were older and wiser
should manage TO gain It, but | am
afraid | do not. Sometimes | think
ought to be a little firmer about nj:
mischief-they are only boyish pranks
dear-but, you see. | feel that II
| punished him | should be hurting Won