Show I 1 fooled his hia mother BrailS 14 A fiA ad il to billy 13 ra A peeped pepped p 0 d out of alc her little atle bouc bonito niter b oil o V fast to lo go way iway for her bi biily y was va 4 busy wi iri th his fits hameier and awis io it at orner corner of tilt bed what are you yon doing biry she ahe aked A 1 uh oh bothin not liin billy I 1 want to know before I 1 g go 0 you must mast tell roe me tin this s in minute ute slie she spoke in ii a tone toile half suspicions ons half complaining bill nilly looked up ill writ without hont the scowl it in might ight have seemed to provoke wh mother im going to april fool foo I 1 sue the alie biggest 0 kind you on ever saw raw mrs brands heart sank if a thing can be said to which is wry yet far down already she bad forgotten it was wa the first day of april and saturday where might not nil all the it tricks icks and pranks sure to be conjured ill by billys active brain and carried 0 out t b by y bil restless limbs lead him by ni night b t billy dont flo i it dont now flow do ally anything thing to torment susie while 1 I api gone feeling bad today to jay day I 1 know for orl saw aw lier her or crying ay when 1 ell she tried boyc round now bill billy i y promise r roe me pull lt idi that alone w whatever it ji t she blie pointed toward his work which lie had hidden from view billar ID lis S head bead stoutly 1 I coul dalt do that thai mother rrb but bid dont you yon be scared I 1 wont do anything bad to sue lie lumped up aud and kisiel her as lie spoke a procedure which so astonished toni shed her that with another warn warning ing the she went off with fewer feivor misgivings than she hall felt before billy worked aw adver busily for un an hour H no 0 was skilled with tools and by the time lie it held beld up his auric it was quimp nf tho approve in ing 9 nod and still e liu lie grave 4 as lie ile said to himself do wonder what shell satril say it was three small slie shelve lym rather cleverly made of pine baird hung lung together rb fi by lua titer straps tile the edge de d e of each shelf was wai 1 finished with mith a filin in ib inide tip bf off afred flannel winch vl lie had found among liis his ill otiler s carpet rams rags pinked with it ii pair an r of acis ois s and nailed on oll with common silver plated tacks set at regular regular I 1 i utti vals it gave i them nil n it of neat iless s which bi highly A I 1 v delighted billy real st style I 1 about it he again remarked rei to b hini ini elf telf a lie erined it tat toward rd tile the I 1 house now it I 1 chii only get it in without her seeing I 1 peeping cautiously iu in at the door lie he i A watched until lie he essiw L go 0 o with A slow and painful steps into the small bell bed room which opened off the kitchen darting noiselessly in ile ho lilan hung tile the shelves on oil I 1 i nail which lie he abat had driven when a 1 favorable dunce chance had biad buried si a few days be fore theu then with hasty movements movement lie he brought ti a few ol of his sib sisters books ind and laid on oil one of the shelves liar hr work basket awl and lastly la itly a few pansies which lie he had gathered in a neglected bed in life hie garden all these arranged to ili his s jull full satisfaction lie he waited for the sound of the hesitating liob stating stepa returning ind nil bli shouted april tool 1318 susy gave a I 1 little ittle scream and said peel peevishly lill ly oil oh you fmc you C agn lac c such a t start anth why y billy her eyes fill fell on the shelves and billy with his stumpy little figure drawn to its full height watched with keen c eyes es and lost not a i ray of stu sin prise ad and pleasure which lighted up her let face billy did 3 you oil do it yes a little sheepishly y as she put ber her arm about his neck why did you yon oil oh im so awfully sorry when it hurts you to walk and I 1 seen one of them things down to the bock store only shi slimy fly and ami got and I 1 thought it if you had such a one you could keep lots lot ts of nice things handy right by yon 1 and I wouldn t have to io hurt your foot gettin up tip taint illint very tery s smooth you see deacon it todds old plane vi work wark worth a cent 66 its a beauty susy looked down at her poor pool crooked foot without a fretful scowl for tile the first time perhaps since the cruel hurt hurl had come to it years ago to C 0 o saying softly you have done it fur for me ma if I 1 been lame billy 7 dlly shuffled ili ins s feet took a few bouti lounging ing steps about the kitchen poked oke at tho the fire g gave aye tile the wood C box a kick and then the went to his sister with a face ficco that showed that something lay heavy on oil idi hh mind so sa ive been well th inkin the tallest kind of sue what were you thinking about I 1 billy chinkin Th inkin id like to april fool mother oil oh said sue su in rather AL a al disappointed is tone you see ae billy scratched ile al his bis head ren reached clied 11 up p to make e sure sur e the shellei stung evenly and went on oil laboriously 1 I want to turn overa over a it new le leaf if sue sile the bi biggest g est kind of a loaf leaf lie ile gazed anxiously tit nt lier her as if appealing for help to go on oil she wanceil to licup hit him why what made y you 11 think of that bily billy oil oh I 1 so methin you baa 11 lasi sunda sunday goin tp taa aunda sunday y school I 1 tripp tripped ag up jim pratt last bistay ways I 1 went to trip up jini jim pratt and lie he I 1 tripped me up i itel aill ill be up to him next time thou though gli ind and agne ive me tile the lest big whak waukon oil the llie head bead A and jhc thc I 1 tail a i liew headache lache so I 1 feel like paun the boys nor al their hair nor ilot bill in ill sunday arty school but just had to lit ana listen aud and sue I 1 if heard ur mr ray talk A I 1 how billy oil oh so solemn lenin looked looke ll 11 r right t II 11 through rough and through tigh a c chap a adzi and put bis voice vo ire down 11 low lov and AIS saye boys that dont loo look k atit oit ait for their mothers aint woi III a red acut boho aay just that but bat lla it all aud that I 1 ial if the taisy es even esen en to do it time fine for home day ibell be gona away tile the first tiling thing you know arid and you yon wont see bior lot gindlin gin ilin lIll tit at you and you won t hear her let voice voice and there wont want be no one to think bouti youre e a i tip tili lop chap tor for all 1 awa za tho chai you arver or rep and just jint nebout that thai iv time ionI give their eyes to have a alian chance ee to miko make up ill for it and tj they cant tier her hear bear baue sh aheu I 1 be lna iiii voice grew husky aind in A I 1 lie ike it hard ro co I 1 go 0 1111 shall 1 1 b under flu hotl abil 1 d atwil thit IAL ai U ii Y you 0 11 do then hilly billy choked anti gulped and went anti and cra crammed mined suc such I 1 a wa wasteful awful amount of wood into the stove that sue smothered ercil out what are you going to do about it billy asked sue when billy seemed to have said mill his say 1 I well id I 1 like ike to be a man at one jump and dig in a coal mine or set up tip a bi big store eton or be a governor or but he be said a iid a lot moro more about how wo we cant cani do bi big things s and how holy little shiugi genf went ever s so 0 n far and would make hot her very heart sing A and aid I 1 aint goin to play piny any more shines sue im goin going to keep plenty ot of woo wood d ell cut t a and nf tile the box full and tho the kind kindlin kiu dlin lins s dry and aln going to fix up thin things a bit for f or lier her yes I 1 am what do aggs 0 you think shed say now flow if she shoula find the file old garden all straightened out when site she comes home 1 I think shed say pr pretty e it y nice ice bill billy and i how 0 T you guess shed blied look if the old fence was mended hey billy and atie the woo wood ld piled and the walks up Bi billy liv jet get tired before its half don done e and LAA bo off with tile the boj boys s silo blie ws was wiser than she etto knew in saying sayin this Ms for if anything had bad been needed to put a final brace to billy 9 resolutions time these doubting doubling 0 words would have done it lie ile said no more but made mad n L 1 I L the y little front yard its f forlorn 0 clorn un tin t air matel matelini icI caery other foat tire almost enough to account for tile alie discouraged ed and nad boebe woebegone one loot look always on oil his mothers mot liers fac face e as silo stitched away with little time lime for an any thing else s was no brighter for tile poor 0 wirl girl found li life fe a bartness cart ness in tile neglected home MAMA through 0 lie ber r sad b we weakness akness silo was unable to improve in prove billy a f 1141 hunted ed up tip a spade rusty theoti through h loll 1011 long al disuse A ase and mended a arze rake lofter after gt gathering hering up and carrying away a load or 10 lo 10 of rubbish ind and lisl last years deal dead eeds and conics lie be began 0 r ili caie carefully fully digging and before long 0 gave gave a shout which brou brought 0 lit susy its to tile the door look sue site heres you youa g cincys just keepin out of the ground see their red tops lops no I 1 won t et item and see what lots more pansy blows ive found under these leaves and your rosebush is buddin see sec im going 0 to set 1110 mothers geranium right g lit in fit the middle of this round bed wont she open her eyes though I 1 the beaming april sun still shone cheerfully do iloise it on billy ae lie he went well on oil ith ills his labor of love and the soft breeze fanned his check seeming ing to whisper something like tile words he had heard telling him that Lhing 5 sweeter ecter could eye ever r come into his life than the joy of showing tender cire care to ali those OTC lic he loved lot and abo v ho loved him and who stood in hi such need of all he could do for them and the hie early shoots seemed to smile and tiff nod up tip to him in their soft green green until lie tried to fancy lie could almost hear them say go on oil billy my boy 10 IO do your best and well do our share goin going into dinner he found sue site inspired by liis his example to the extent of quite a vigorous 0 scouring 0 of the till things IS of the llie house 9 61 why chy didul you wait till I 1 could help you he said it must have hurt you to do ill all this why I 1 didn dian t halt half feel it it seemed so good to see things looking dice outside I 1 want to be put to shame shaine you voll know in the afternoon tile boys came anti and vior worried ried him his very feet tin tingled 0 led to scamper scamp or after jim pratt prall and pay him for last suy sunday and it tins tas tantalizing to hear of tricks successfully played tile the bricks tied up LIP and laid on oil the sidewalk the dime with it a string the fishhook fish hook to catch passing 0 hats all the small pranks a do dear at to the hearts of tiie the average boy wert were a sore temP temptation to billy but his 1118 heart had been becu I 1 cry deeply stirred in this matter of trying 0 to atone alono to ills his mother for his past pail waywardness ward ness aud and lie manfully mau fully stuck to his nood woodpile pile rho garden was a little beauty beamy spot tit alie c fence mended and thin bilings 0 9 in order to the llie very corners ull nhan el 1 billy silt sat lawn down on tile llie steps with aching limbs tail and it a 1 lame title bac back k but wilh wi li a heart anti and face very full of satisfaction to watch liis his mothers return 1 I dont see sec said sue nh hy Y you call atno it au april fooling 6 why sue site another thinks ive be been ell cutt cutting iliff up tip the worst uny bay all day loa long you know she does aloe s she r he thinks ive been turnau turning thi bilings a 0 s upside down and wrong side out now when she looks round around billy gave a 1 comprehensive waxe of his hauri hand adon t you oil believe baliell 1 A ell be pretty b badly adly fooled ili III she ac com comes cal keep fikiet now low sue and see co it if I 1 aint right billy crept to the corner coiner of llie elio fence and shouted april fool I 1 mother came in fit and looked looked in astonishment front from one bright P thin tiling to another taking in every detail and realizing the llie amount of effort which had been bee 11 necessary to thi the bringing about of such a 3 tiang R cd condition of things C anti and its as the astonished expression united itself to one of pleasure and gratification the two seemed to grow grow and increase until not an ail inch of room was left for the discouraged look which bich seemed to fall all way away like a beavy hoiby cloud before tile june sunshine she was alicd bli ed cd to own that billy was right christian iiii union on |