Show OUR PLEDGE the family pledge hung on the wall wait and on it ou could see the names of mamma and mary macy jane and charlie that he 13 me we did not dare to ask papa to write upon it too so left a place for him to fill all 11 we dared to do he saw our pledge as 8 soon an as he co come in in n the door mar that night might and A when h e n w we e saw flaw him read it p it put ut us in a right fright he did dd not say a word to us about the pledge at all but oft we saw him took look at it hanging na upon the wall and very every night athen hen he line come h home I 1 om he stood lit 00 and read it through I 1 we all kept still about its words although it we a knew them through four weeks pawed passed and then one night when pa come home to tea he to took ok the pledge down from the nail and then hen turned to me gat go get the pan and ink my bov and ha let t me fill that hot space glance it I 1 looks look E so 0 bare he slowly said A queer took on his face and then mamma ma ama sat down and cried j she so said aid it was for joy jov and mary jane she cried some too I 1 I 1 did not I 1 im a boy and papa said he did not drink since that fir first s t night when we e had hung that pledge upon the wall where he our on names could see and ever since that space was filled mamma said mid to night though dark may in sy be our a u r little room one corners always bright |