The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-10-06
JOEY AND FREDDY.

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JOEY AND FREDDY.
"When I'm big I'm going to be a
soldier said little Joey Hunt.
$50 am IT, said Freddy Layton.
And so they meant to be, for they
thought there was nothing so nice in
the whole world as soldiers.
Their papas used to drill with the SOL
diers. and were tall and straight and
strong, and the boys wanted to be
just like them when they grew big.
Freddy and Joey often went with
their papas to the park, where the sol
diers drilled; and, when they came
home, they made big paper caps, got
out their flags and toy drums, and
played soldier for ever so long.
Joey and Freddy both liked candy,
but their papes said much candy was
not good for people; that it would not
make them grow strong nor straight
nor good looking.
Well, these two boys went to kinder
garten-a nice kind of school where
boys so when they are small.
They lived long way from the kim
dergarten. and it was nearly always
late when they. reached home for din
ner, SO their mothers let them take \
little lunch with them to eat about the
middle of the forenoon-sometimes a
cooky, sometimes an apple; and often
they were given cent or two and told
to call at the shop on the way and buy
something for their lunch.
joey always bought an apple, a
banana or an orange. Freddy always
bought chocolate or some other kind
of candy, and often ate it before he
reached kindergarten.
He had grandmother who lived in a
cute little house on the side of the
street, so his mother told him always
when he had time, to run in and say
good morning to her, and ask her it
she were we'll. Grandma loved Fred,
and, to show her love, often gave him
pennies. He used these for buying
more candy on the way home.
Well, these two boys grew older and
older and bigger and bigger-though
joey grew much faster than Freddy.
Joey always seemed to be getting
stronger. too; he soon got SO he could
lift real heavy things almost as big as
his papa could lift. His eyes grew
brighter, his cheeks grew. redder, his
legs grew longer, his back grew
straighter, and everybody said:
"Why, Joey Hunt is beginning to look
Just like his father
But Freddy-his cheeks grew thinner
and paler; his back did not grow as
straight as it should, nor his legs and
arms as strong as they should, and his
head used to ache very often. In the
morning he had dark rings under his
eyes and he did not want to eat any
breakfast. His mother, father and
teacher could not think what was
wrong.
Well, at last Joey and Freddy grew
old enough to go to school, and they
still wanted to be soldiers.
After while they were old enough to
leave school, and they still wanted to
be soldiers.
At last the day came when they were
to go into the army and start being
soldiers. The man from the army
came to measure them and see if they
were fit to be soldiers.
He measured joey first. He meas
ured to see how tall he was. and he
was Just right.
he measured him to see how broad
his shoulders were, and they were just
right.
He measured him to see how full his
chest was, and it was just right.
Then the doctor examined him. His
lungs were right, his heart was right,
his blood was good, and he was-all
just right! So the man said he could
be a soldier. -
Then they measured Freddy. The
officer measured him to see how tall
he was, and he was not quite tall
enough. He measured him to see how
broad his shoulders were, and they
were not quite broad enough. He.
measured him to see how full his chest
was, and it was not full enough. Then
the doctor examined him, but he said
he would often have headache, his
blood was bad, his muscles were not
strong enough. and he was too weak.
and sickly to be soldier. ~ s I s5.
So poor Freddy had to give up being
soldier-and all because he ate too
much candy when he was boy
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