The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-05
FOR YOUNGFOLK

ful te relate for once they were patted
and 'aue' Cd over and consoled.
One day the childreus father
brought friend home to luncheon.
He had arrived in tAe- city tsffesteee-
VdllN and. therefore, came quite in
formally When he arrived at the
house, ne was gsnered into The library,
where stood the f. nrous chair. spot
4ossfts>tf,r.~ fstfs
on 1t was large and comfortable:
and the stranger. In bills ful igner
ehce. nioceeded to occupy II. In the
meantime rs chii8rtn's father had
gene lH search Of some OF, the family.
As il haf pened. niger, Cherry. and
Dan had been having q most exhaust
Ing run. and had zone down to the
- nd to cool of While fat Ginger
WAS lying iuXuriantiy on his stomach
In nice muddy uool near the shore,
and berry was pretending to fetch
"a STICK, jJst for practice. Dan sudden
Is spra ng for the shore. and stNrted
81 q great NICE for the house which
vas s"ale distance away.
The others needed no second wa~Y-
II x ffn WIS making For the best plnce
IN the chair: and, rs he was the lars
est. II he got on the seat. they had
10 sit on him as best they could. They
Tfev managed to reach the House
about the same time: foe, some ore
h1t4 cltaed the front door, and Dan
had lost a few precious moments in
trying tlrst to get in that way. What
was their astonishment TO find a man
and strange man--sitting in their
own chair. When, a few seconds later,
the family reached the door to dis
cover what on earth was happening,
they found Dan and Cherry racing
turiously around d very much puz-
%IeSs and astoilashed gertlenlan, wjliie
GINGER too much out of breath TO
bark, contented himself with bowling.
which is much easter when you under
stand 1t.
" hen the family had sufficiently re-
covered 10 restore peace and explain
THINGS to their guest--who promptly,
with manv APOLOGIES to the three
friends, vacated their chair--the dogs
were made SO much of that they near
ly wasged their tails off. But, even
when lunch was announced. they did
not stir. which was most unusual
"A man who would do that" said
Dan. would dig ND bones" And they
watched the visitor closely all dur
ing his gtay.--Henry Dick. in YOUTHS
Companion.
George Washington was awfu
brave, wasn't heP" said Polly at din-
! ner. I'VE heard all about him at
school this morning, mother"
Course he was brave said Ben.
Soldiers always are, TIM going to
! he a soldier when | grow up. I'm
kind of brave now
Polly sighed wistfully. II don't be-
/ iiexe / am. don't lika mice d: bit.
POOH Ben laughed. I'm not
afraid EN-. Girls don't have to he
brave any way; we boys can take
care OF EN-. George Washington was
! boy you know"
Mother smiled little. II don't be-
lieve George Washington ever bragg
| Red" she said quietly, as she filled
. the children's plates; and Ben sud
, denly became too busy with his din
rier 10 talk any more.
1t was on the way home from school
that afternoon that Ben had chance
4 TO show his courage; Three or four
| boys were sitting on the Nat rock as
he and Polly came around the turn
OF the road.
~'vshat do you suppose they're do
ings" P0f}y wondered, why, they're
taking to little Tommy Taylor--and
he's crying. Ben. Lets 70 and see
what's the matter. MAYBE M. thinlxa
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