Show oi harolds whole daml ly has a learned fashion of quoting from alic poets on all occasions and the baby only two years and a half oldena kept his little cars open to good account as the following will show it sounds incredible to bo sure for a mite of such tender years but is couched vouched for by the best authority harold was more than usually mischievous one day and his grandmother exclaimed at last I 1 never such a boy before the small hamlet returned gravely take him for all in all grandma you shall not look upon his like again at another time his grandpa was attempting a quotation from byron and hesitated at the word gone whereupon a small voice from the rocking horse promptly filled in the gap gono where tho woodbine four year old bessie was having hr dollie dressed and when it came to alio bonnet the little maid called for feathers refusing to be satisfied with the flowers mamma brought her but they dont wear feathers now dear mamma said 1 I cant help that the thinks inside of roe asat like the thinks inside of other folks of course the feathers won nuree was giving Merl ohis hath and presently arose a great tiou and shrill squeals of delight manilah hastened to the rescue and found her wee son gi ded about with a towel guiltless else of raiment and dancing about poor nurse who was looking damp and dismayed 01 0 mamma merlo shrieked gleefully 1 I aro john baptist dont you see an im been bapper nursie not long ago sirs B was teaching her little son the sunday school lesson about jonah and his tarrying in the chalo three days suddenly the little listener interrupted with lie get a long free ride though mammal A emall four cearold friend went to the church on childrens day albeit her parents are congregationalists Congregation alista the minister talked pleasantly to the little folks and in closing expressed a desire to see all the bright little faces next sunday As he made a slight pause one little maiden lifted up her sweet small voice and said 1 I tant tome minister for my mammas a North erdos when kiltie was a wee bit of a woman she went on a journey with her auntie and then mado her farat acquaintance with the taste of figs after disposing of one of the little boxes elie looked longingly at another lying in 8 lap murmuring in a coaxing little voice 0 oo 00 auntie we love pigs A sleepy little soul at bedtime jound it hard work to keep awake at when she knelt down to eay her prayer half way through she stopped and sighed well ive got broo the worst of it mamma ned was presented with big cookies the other day just as lie was starting off on a ride alie bit of a man after much mathematical meditation decided at what points in the journey to eat the caked having duly disposed of two of them however his waiting powers gave out and ho was heard to murmur to himself 1 I shall be obliged to cat that sthreeth cooky ever we get up to brother stevens watering truth and true to hia convictions the sthreeth th reeth cooky there met ita fate nell was in the middle of a wild bedtime frolic capering around the tooru like a little will 0 th ewis when mamma reminded her of her prayer without ado down drop ped the aeo woman on her knees just long enough to eay breathlessly 0 lord make me a good girl aasta ever you can amen then up and away on her dancing blocs william the family horse is a great favorite with little fred ilia baby version of the namo was Wid geam and even now he boldn to it stoutly maintaining that he cannot pronounce it belter alio other day hia uncle naughtily lad ft little trap fur him by asking him casually what namo it was ho could not pronounce all unsuspecting alie answer came cant gay william I 1 have to eay it tha telephone had just been put into beds teds home and that email man could not get over the wonder of hearing it talk that samo he fell into the way of tho and was banished to tho penitent corner grands nia looked up ocr her glasses and said solemnly do you think god boyea a naughty little A moments silence then with auspicious alacrity ill gon telephone up and ecel lome vaa holding a protracted meeting in n corner of tho sitting room with black tabbie and kover for congregation he had been to sunday school and church and things may imaye gotten into a tangle in his bit of a brain anyway this was the little divines teat an railway tho priest lied unto them homo it an put oil in your bamps 1 fcc small and her wee smaller brother were having their bath together in tho bath tub and a jollier time a little bacr man and maiden never had before the splashing and squealing went on until auntie was in despair all at once bessie struck with the happy coincidence shrieked gleefully 0 O oo 00 this is a mcg ar garden of eden |