Show stubbornness willie is very stubborn said mr smith and I 1 have tried 01 ory way possible to break through his obstinate disposition perhaps said his friend i you would let willie have his way a little more and your will a little less his stubbornness would cure itself mr smith thought the experiment worth trying and revolved that on the very first occasion he would let willie have his own way and then point out the evil effects which were sure to follow the sunday morning following mr smith hitched up the team as usual to take his wife and child to church they lived about three milas from town on their farm a beautiful place having plenty of trees of all descriptions and a large stream of water running only a few rods from the house wilio liked very much to play in the stream and had several times narrowly escaped drowning it was by the help of this stream that mr smith intended teaching willio the evil effects of a childs ever doing as it pleased willie knew that sunday was the day for churchgoing church going and ho disliked sitting still and listening so long to talk that ho could not understand so ho decided to hide until every one was well out of sight where is willie asked Mr smith as he came from the wagon to the house the wife did not know so a thorough was made but no willlia was to be found we will go off and leave him lie should bo around wont it bo too long to leave the little fellow alone asked the mother he knows we always go sundays it is his lookout look out and he cracked the whip and off they look john there is willie now and mrs smith pointed toward the house whore have you been willio what do you mean by acting so your mother and I 1 have been looking for you for the last half hour and now just as we are ready to start you put in un appearance with your dirty clothes on I 1 have n great mind to go off and leave you you knew yon keeping your parents from church the truth of the matter was willio had become aired of hiding and thought it best to elduro tho fatiguso of the meeting in order to enjoy the repast at grandpas but his fathers reproof made him regret having come from bis concealment and he answer od 1 hid so I 1 have to go to church I 1 dont want to go I 1 wm remain at homo alone all right said the angered parent hero is the key and mind that you are into no mis chief remain in the house with the doors locked until our return willio put the key into his pocket with some little satisfaction how can I 1 hafl 0 nice time all alone papa and mamma will have a nice dinner at grandpas so wilhe went to tho pantry and ato all the pio and cake ho could then seeing bamo bomo molasses thought he would nako some candy the fire was lighted and the molasses prepared ho stirred tasted cooled and sampled until tired of so slow a process A larger fire was made and the molasses began boiling over willie tried to remove the pan with his bare hands and when it burned he let it fall covering himself with boiling molasses the bucket of course was empty so the only thing to be done was to cool off in the stream willie went out a little too far and was aiken down stream by the current all of willies little transgressions passed before him in an instant and he resolved to bo a bettor boy if he was permitted to get out of the water alive he knew no more for several hours when he found himself on a little island of sand when ho reached the house his parents were there and to his surprise no molasses stains were anywhere to be seen no questions were put to him regarding the days conduct or his wet clothes he had no appetite and so went to bod without supper the next morning he did not appear at the breakfast table nor did he leave his room for the next six weeks a raging fever very nearly sapped his life away but when ho did return to health a great change had taken place both in willie and his parents mr and mrs smith tried to make willie a happy child and ho was very sure never to disregard a single wish of theirs again |