The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-10-17

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father. and ave little children. weth-
er am in my room AT work. or sitting
on the porch. the Grover children. are
elwAys in evidence. since they are.yery
active. and, all through the summer.
play ont doors barefoot, which they
regard as great privilege exceut
that their mother bothers them some
about washing their feet at night
Their mother does not believe IN
letting her children bother the nelgh-
bors. SO they are always at home, and
other childten play with them. They
are the most natural. human young
sters l ever knew. and as they are
healthy. they are noisy from the time
they get up in the morning until they
80 to bed 1T night. Because OF my o.
en- windows. l know everything they
do or say. When / awaken in the
morning. the roar in the Grover yard
is going full tilt, but only smile at
1t, because I am fond of the Grover
children. II see company arrive ct
the Grover home. soon hear one OF
the Grover children say to the mother.
Where are We going to sleep to-
night?" and. next day. l hear one Jf
the Grover children put this question:
when are they going home?"
The Grover. child that interests ne
most is Charley. seven years old. One
morning noticed that Charley was IN
disgrace; his mother had dressed him
In girls clothes. TO punish him. This
kept him in the house for awhile. but
soon he didn't mind the girls dress.
and played out in the yard. where he
was forbidden to GO Then his mother
took his clothes of. and thought that
would keep him in the house. but IN
little while he was out playing with
the other children. naked
BY this time was much interested
in charley's crime and made bold to
go to the fence. and ask Mrs. Grover
what Charley had done.
Charley had told a story" rec
commended that she wash Charley S
mouth with soap suds. and let It go
at that. but she thought 1t best to keep
Charley in the house until his father
came home. then a family council
would be held. and charley's fate de-
clded.
Mrs. Grover told me of Charley's
disgrace. with some other boys he
had gone to a pond in the neighbor-
hood. and fallen in. When he return
ed home. his mother asked him how
his clothes became wet And then
Charley told story" he said he was
mp at his Aunt Hannah's, and in get
ting a drink out Of the well bucket
had accidentally split some on his
clothes.
Charley had been warned not 10 90
to the pond, and I knew It would N
hard with him when his father came
home have known Charley's father
all his life. and. although a good.
steady man now. he was tougher as d
boy than Charley is. You know how
parents take on about child who has
told story We all telI stories. e.
but how we are shocked II our child
ron toll them How we say great
big black man. or pallcoman. viii
get them.
asked Mrs. Grover to put Charley
in my charge for half an hour and
as she knows like the children. she
let me have him. first putting his sister
Maggie's dress on him.
SO led him over to my porch, and
lectured him.
Charley" said. u don't think u
very wicked to tell story since I've
told more OF them. probably. than
any other man in the world, unloss +
is your father. who is coming homa
presently to whip you. But there IS