The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-09-04
Jackie The Forgotten.

Jackie used 10 forget things So
easily that he had become qnlte ac-
oastomed 10 il, and wasn't ashamed
/ " IL any more. 'rhe boys All called
him Jackie tho Forgotten, and he
/ didn't even mind that His father
\ had punished him more than once,
/ but Jackie kept right on forgetting.
, Il forgot" he used to say, when
| ever anything went wrong, Il for
got" And he actually thought this
was IN excuse thar should entitle
him for forgiveness.
His parents often talked about
Juckie's falling, and they tried every
possible way 10 cure him OF H. for
they felt That 1t would be the ruin OF
him II ne did not overcome The evil
habit before he grew up
--tl'hal realized very keenly that it
was only bad habit, due "a laziness.
Jackie thought that II was some
thing the matter with his memory,
but IL was nothing Of the sort. II
was just plain Incidence He had
merely gotten into the habit of not
trying 70 remember anything, and he
was too lazy to get rid Of the habit
Ono day his mother went up into
dis room 20 look after his clothing.
Now Jackie was il very vain hoy about
his clothes, because he loved pretty
garments. and h. used to be very
proud Of his line coats and things.
Another thing OF which he was
immensely proud was a ease Of
stuffed birds that he had obtained
from in ola sea captain There were
all kinds OF wonderful tropical Great
ures IN H. Tea, crimson, blue, purlie, I,
and other eolors, and /
Jackie used to spend hours az 4 time
In looking tit them
Another thing ct which h. was
very proud, and for which he was 4
aildly eneied by all his friends, was
a fnll war costume OF am Iroqaois
Indian ffineel leggins, gaudy
blankets, and the great war bonnet
1f eagle feathers.
Mother tame hurrying down 4 mo-
nent after she had been in the room.
aud said 10 father
Well, 1t is lucky that went up
here just when ! did There are
moths IN Jackie's room, and in an
other day they would have gotten
INTO his clothes and things, | sup
pose. We must hurry 90 get them
,ut
I've win do nothing OF the sort"
jaid father This is chance to
each Jackie a lesson about forget
ms. II will be expensive, bat it viii
10 lasting one hope. Just let me
manage this Don't you touch the
Dom. whatever happens II
Father called Jackie, and said to
i'm
Jack, there are moths in your
Dom AS soon Us you return from
ahooi this afternoon you must take
II Your clothes and the Indian cos
lme out into the sun and air and
ear them. ana then YOU must get
amphor al the druggists, and put
every where, Remember particu-
riy to put it into the bird case"
yes, SIR said Jackie. But OF ,
,nrse he forgot all about 1t, as his 2
Their knew he would
A bout a week afterward his father O
ent into his room and shook the Z
city clothes, Out came moths. and .
erywhere were holes eaten into the Il
city cloth. There wasn't a single 4
ticIe Of clothing that WASH full of ! d
ggsd holes. Sc
Jackie's father took down fthe In
an suit and the blanket actually
u apart, it WIS SO eaten The war
naet vas nothing but rag And y
e bird case, Well. the feathers rs
ST dropped off each bird when it {
IS touched Altogether, the room Of
'Aed as If it had been struck by a st
clone A.
Father went downstairs and called a
okie he
DO VOL remember what / told ST.
il about the moths in youg room?" pr
asked
YES, sir, =" said Jackie And I'll !
nd to it right away hiad OF for
. the other day. AZ
= 1 I
now said his father just run wi
and look yodr thing5' jo'
Jackie ran up. and in another mo- gu
Mt his toats an1 sobs eeaoel II
oJgh che house. Bat he got no ~
npathy. You win wear those
threaten clothes ANTI nc1t
ing" said his father. In case
! should forget about the bird
c and The. Indian costume. the I'll.
threaten clothes viii remind yol de-
to forget, every morning when usi
put them on Tn
Md they did. It seemed The long VIII
winter TO Jackie that he had FIR,
T. seen. and the holes in the on.
hes kept getting worse every ali,
, and mother would not let any
mend theE. By the time srfin,;
ie Jackie was pretty we'll cured
orgetting ~i.