, 1921-10-04

niu 10 pull Mary = n1lr ana to hide M
he could. which sometimes was quite
sadly indeed.
Robbie sd not * 1t one little bit
when Mary pcured the water on him
to wakcn him, ard he was cross all
day. thinking OF n WAY 70 make Mary
feel sorry for what sh- had done. II
he had known. as we do. that the
best thing to do would have been to
treat Mary as kindly as a small boy
could. he would not have been pun.sh-
ed In the way he was. 1t Is n true
thing, that for every bit OF suKhti
ness thai one does. one IS punished
one way or another; and for every bit
OF kindness something good happens
to the one who Is kind. And SO Bob
bic learned.
When the children were COMING
home from school that evening, Bob
bic ran up behind Mary and began
to sing, Mary. Mary. quite contrary.
how does your garden grow" As II
happened Mary knew the rest OF the
song. and knew that she didn't have
weeds in her garden. because she
spent a great deal of time wedding her
garden which was a flower box in the
hay window in the house. Mary ran
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singing his song. Mary was larger
than Bobbie and she could run faster.
so It wa not hard to get out OF hcas
ing OF Boobies song. Bobbie was
angry because he could not make
Mary angry enough TO cry as she
sometimes did. so Bobbie called upon
tho elf who had put tho idea OF max.
Ing Mary angry into his head. "I'n tell
you what to do said the elf. take
MRry's fsvorite doll Marianne and
kidnRp her, then Mary will feel sorry
for pouring water on you.' Bobbie
started t o u TO beat Mary home; and
to get the doll before Mary should sec
him.
Mariana was n beautiful child for
"A little girl. and Mary was 80 proud
of the big brown eyes and the natural
curly hair. And after school she al
ways talked to Mariana tho first
thing and told her OF the things that
happened at school. Bobbie knew this.
and beat Mary home and Kidnapped
Mariana.
He didn't know exactly what 10 do
with her; therefore he walked down
the street thinking and thinking. and
holding Marianne as tightly as he
could. Ted Brown. who lived next
door was seven and too big TO play
with dolls. He saw Bobbie with Mari.
anna and misunderstood, thinking
Bobbic would rather play with dolls
than TO play ball. Hello little girl.
what a pretty baby you hive. When
did you get herr" And he laughed nj
Bobbie. You can imagine how Bob
bic felt. He couldn't put Mariana
down because he might break her. He
didn't know what to do; he would like
to fight Ted. but Ted was larger and
Ted was half in the right. for really
Bobbic had no business carrying a
doll around.
In the meantimer Mary discovered
that Mariana was gone. She looked
everywhere that she could think of
that Bobbie might hid her: he had
hidden dolls before you sec. but no
Marianne. and Mary was nearly cry
Ing when mother called her and sent
her on an errand. which made Mary
forget all about Mariana for a time.
In trying to- get away from Ted.
Eobbie fell and skinned his knee.
which smarted and stung Oh, SO badly
and Mariana who was hurt by the
TALL was becoming heavy to carry. He
thought himself bad off indeed. and
wished to goodness he had let Mary
alone-then the boys would not mock
him for carrying a doll around, and
he would hot have fallen. and he would
J not be hungry like he was now. He