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Show t Reynold's $ New Year's f Resolution tfP'CTpflT WAS the last night of the 1 I J oId year" aDd Reynol(l waa Ht I 1 goiDg t0 betiL wisl1 1 8 a could make some of those ESjfcf'! things Cousin Lucy and Cousin Esther were mak-Ing," mak-Ing," he said. "They are j going to begin In the morning. morn-ing. Cousin Lucy Is going to practice her music some and study arithmetic harder and keep her dresses cleaner." "You mean resolutions?" asked hla mother. i "Yes, that's It," said Reynold, "res-o-lu-tions. I want to make some res-o-lu-tions; but I don't knew what to make." "Well, let us think," said his mother. "What kind of resolutions would be good for a little boy six years old to make? You don't want to make too many. I believe, if I were you, I would make just one." "Lucy and Esther made lots of them," said Reynold, "but they are big girls. One resolution would be enough for a little boy, wouldn't It?" "I think it would," said his mother, "and I think that a whole year Is too long a time to make resolutions for. If I were you, I would make one good resolution for one day of the New Year the first day tomorrow." "All right," said Reynold, "I will make one for tomorrow. What would you make?" "It is your resolution," said his mother. moth-er. "You ought to make It yourself. Anything that you want to determine to do the first day of the year." Reynold thought awhile, and then be said: "I will mind you all day tomorrow." tomor-row." "Very well," said his mother; "that Is your New Year's resolution; don't forget It In the morning. Go to Bleep now." Then she kissed him good-night and went out, and Reynold went to sleep. When he awoke the next morning the first tiling he thought of was his New Year's resolution. De wondered If bis mother had forgotten. She didn't say anything about it when he went down to breakfast. She didn't tell him to do anything, so he didn't have any chance to keep his resolution, but be never once forgot It until who do you think came? Why, Great-aunt Prudence Pru-dence and Great-uncle Nathan. Great-aunt Great-aunt Prudence brought Reynold a pretty pret-ty little willow basket full of cake three kinds chocolate, coconut, fruit. Reynold liked cake better than anything any-thing else. He was delighted when bis aunt said the basket of cake was for him. Mother gave Reynold a slice of the fruit cake, then she put the basket away In the pantry. A little while after Reynold asked If he might have sonie more cake. "No," said his mother; "there will be cuke for dinner; you must not eat any more of your cake today." Reynold was Just about to draw his face Into a frown when his mother looked at him so strangely that It made him think of his resolution. Then the funniest-looking smile chased the ugly frown from his face. Mother smiled, too, and nodded and gave him three fiats on the shoulder that meant "Hurrah! "Hur-rah! Hurrah I Hurrah 1" Exchange. |