The Hattiesburg news., 1915-11-05
BEDTIMESTORIES
FOR LITTLE
FOLKS
BOBBY AND THE WEATHER MAN.


Bobby was boy of a very inquiring
turn of mind.
After school closed the family went
out in the country on, a. big farm.
Bobby got acquainted with the boy
who milked the cows.
wish we would have some rain,"
remarked the boy, as ne chucked an
apple at the spotted COW that nipped
at the flowers. 1T is awful hot, be-
sides, the meadow grass is drying up
fast and the milk supply will run
short if the grass gives out"
That gave Bobby a new idea. If
one could have it cold when he wanted
to skate, and warm when it was time
for ball, life would be paradise. So
Bobby got a pocket full Of apples, ran
lup in the hayloft, then lay down in a
corner to think it out. 1t was warm,
the hay smelled sweet, and Bobby be-
gan to think he would solve the
problem easily. He took out his pen
ell, but dropped it IN the hay. BY
the time he had found it the loft had
grown dark.
| Then he noticed that he was pc
longer in the loft but in a queer room
! up in the top of tall tower. Tht
sides were of glass, and he could SCI
: for miles across a vast plain. Ol
one side of the room was a huge bu
reau, which had about dozen BIZ
drawers, with long brass handle
hanging down most temptingly.
Suddenly the door opened and il
walked dried-up old man. He wa
dressed in a shabby brown robe an
wore a cap on his bald head. On hi
eyes was a pair of spectacles made c
pink glass.
There is a boy in this room,
:. know" exclaimed the man, fussily.
= hate boys; they are always messin
q around in things"
O Now, Bobby was in strange plac
|. but he was not afraid bit. 1t mao
him mad to have anyone abuse boy
=, so he stepped out and said quickly:
- 81 am here; 1 am boy, and am n
- messing up your things at all. B
20 please tell me where am and wi
n you are"
al "Why, am the Weather Man," c
" claimed the old fellow. "And this
"a the Weather Bureau" he continue
h. pointing to the huge piece of furnitu
on the other side of the ROOM "Y
see, these are the drawers in which
lr keep all kinds of weather" -
a. $50 that is your weather machine
Vi explained Bobby. "Well, have oft
heard of the Weather Bureau, but Il
(" is the first time l ever saw it, &c
ny but would like to run it awhile.
1T. bet would give folks nice weather
ry just the kind they wanted"
VI. "All right" laughed the Weatl
Man, "go ahead; take my place for
90 hour. want to go fishing"
al Bobby was delighted to see h
nut vanish out of the open window. TT
'ly he turned to the bureau With a j
ga he pulled out the rain drawer, 6
ng found that it worked perfectly, for
ny moment dark clouds gathered {
DIV the water came down in floods. Fen
: began to be swept away, and the rot
res were seas of mud and the cattle
I'D most drowned in haitian hour.
10 "My!" But l jerked that too haI
ie! exclaimed Bobby. Il will pull out
= hot drawer now and dry thing l
do But he forgot and snatched it out
hat a hurry. Then it did get hot. \
you and teams out in the mud were dl
ok fast in the ground, the streams
no came sand, and the popcorn in
and fields began to pop until the wi
res country looked as If a. snowstorm
ndy passed over it. The grass grew bro
'uri- the cattle painted with the heat.
Why "Time for the cold drawer"
of Bobby, in worried tone. Looks
alls if were getting things in a tane
to But the cold made things worse.
river froze, the fruit and flowers
ed, people ran into their homes
the perspiration still on their fs
NOD