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No. 6, by Various + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Nursery, December 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 6 + +Author: Various + +Release Date: March 29, 2008 [EBook #24943] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NURSERY, DEC. 1873, VOL.XIV NO.6 *** + + + + +Produced by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<h3>THE</h3> + +<h1>NURSERY</h1> + +<h2><i>A Monthly Magazine</i></h2> + +<h2><span class="smcap">For Youngest Readers.</span></h2> + +<div class='center'>VOLUME XIV.—No. 6<br /> + +<br /><br /> +BOSTON:<br /> +JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36, BROMFIELD STREET.<br /> +1873.<br /> +</div> + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> + +<div class='center'> +<small>Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by</small><br /> +<small> JOHN L. SHOREY,</small><br /> +<small>In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.</small><br /> +<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +<span class="smcap"><small>Boston:</small></span><br /> +<small><span class="smcap">Stereotyped and Printed by Rand, Avery, & Co.</span></small><br /> +</div> + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/contents.png" width="400" height="208" alt="Contents" title="Contents" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="Contents"> +<tr><td align='center' colspan='2'>IN PROSE.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'></td><td align='center'><small>PAGE.</small></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Clear the Coast</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_161">161</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>A Letter to Santa Claus</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_165">165</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>The Boy and the Nuts</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_166">166</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Eddy's Thanksgiving</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_167">167</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Benny's Arithmetic Lesson</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_170">170</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Grandpa's Boots</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_171">171</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>What Jessie Cortrell did</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_173">173</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>The Balloon</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_178">178</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>The Starling and the Sparrows</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_181">181</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>The Sprained Ankle</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_187">187</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='center' colspan='2'><br />IN VERSE.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'> </td><td align='center'><small>PAGE.</small></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Who is it?</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_164">164</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>The Acorns</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_175">175</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Grandmother's Birthday</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_176">176</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>What the Cat said to the Monkey</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_180">180</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>The Tea-Party</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_185">185</a></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> +<img src="images/illus004.png" width="200" height="105" alt="Decoration" title="Decoration" /> +</div> + + + + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_161" id="Page_161">[Pg 161]</a></span></p><div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus161.jpg" width="400" height="586" alt=""CLEAR THE COAST."" title=""CLEAR THE COAST."" /> +<span class="caption">"CLEAR THE COAST."</span> +</div> + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_162" id="Page_162">[Pg 162]</a></span></p> + +<h2>"CLEAR THE COAST!"</h2> + + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 100px;"> +<img src="images/c.png" width="100" height="104" alt="C" title="C" /> +<span class="caption">C</span> +</div><div class='unindent'><br />LEAR the coast! clear the coast!" cried Albert +and Frank, as they came down hill swiftly on +Frank's new sled.</div> + +<p>"Look out for that woman!" cried little +Harry, who was standing at the top of the hill.</p> + +<p>A poor German woman was crossing the road. She had +a large basket full of bundles, which she carried on her +head. In her right hand she had an umbrella and a tin pail, +and on her arm another basket. Truly, seeing that the roads +were slippery, she had more than her share of burdens.</p> + +<p>She tried to get out of the way; but Frank's new sled +was such a swift runner, that it came near striking her, and +caused her to nearly lose her balance, putting her at the +same time into a great fright.</p> + +<p>"You bad boys, you almost threw me down!" she exclaimed, +when she recovered from the start they had given +her, and looked around to see if she had dropped any of +her bundles.</p> + +<p>But down the hill they rushed on their sled, Frank losing +his hat in their descent, but little caring for that in his +delight. The two boys, after reaching the foot of the hill, +turned, and began to drag their sled up again.</p> + +<p>"That woman," said Frank, "called us bad boys. Let +us tell her that we are not bad boys. We did not mean to +run her down."</p> + +<p>"Here comes Harry, running. What has he got to say?" +asked Albert.</p> + +<p>"I tell you what, boys," said Harry, "you'll be taken up +if you run people down in that way."</p> + +<p>"Why didn't she clear the coast when I told her to?" +said Albert.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_163" id="Page_163">[Pg 163]</a></span></p> + +<p>"Why didn't you steer your sled out of the way?" +returned Harry.</p> + +<p>"I didn't hit her, did I?" said Albert.</p> + +<p>"No; but you were trying to see how near you could +come without hitting her," replied Harry. "It's too bad +to treat a poor old woman so!"</p> + +<p>"So it was," said Frank. "What shall we do about it?"</p> + +<p>"That's for Albert to say," exclaimed Harry.</p> + +<p>"Well," replied Albert, "the right thing will be to offer +to drag her bundles for her on the sled."</p> + +<p>"That's it!" said the other two boys.</p> + +<p>By this time they had reached the place where the poor +woman was moving slowly along under her heavy burdens. +She seemed very tired, and sighed often as she picked +her way timidly over the frozen snow.</p> + +<p>"We are sorry we frightened you," said Albert. "We +did not mean to do any harm. Put your baskets on this +sled, and we will drag them for you as far as you want to +go."</p> + +<p>"Well, you are little gentlemen, after all," said the +woman, "and I'm sorry I was so vexed with you."</p> + +<p>"You had cause," said Frank: "we were to blame."</p> + +<p>Then she put her two baskets and the tin pail on the sled; +and the three boys escorted her to her home, where she +thanked them heartily for the way in which they had made +amends for Albert's bad steering.</p> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">Uncle Charles.</span><br /> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"> +<img src="images/illus163.png" width="350" height="84" alt="Decoration" title="Decoration" /> +</div> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_164" id="Page_164">[Pg 164]</a></span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus164.png" width="400" height="303" alt="Who Is It?" title="Who Is It?" /> +</div> + +<h2>WHO IS IT?</h2> + + +<div class='poem'> +<span class="smcap">Surely</span> a step on the carpet I hear,<br /> +Some quiet mouse that is creeping so near.<br /> +Two little feet mount the rung of my chair:<br /> +True as I live, there is somebody there!<br /> +Ten lily fingers are over my eyes,<br /> +Trying to take me by sudden surprise;<br /> +Then a voice, calling in merriest glee,<br /> +"Who is it? Tell me, and you may go free."<br /> +<br /> +"Who is it? Leave me a moment to guess.<br /> +Some one who loves me?" The voice answers, "Yes."<br /> +"Some one who's fairer to me than the flowers,<br /> +Brighter to me than the sunshiny hours?<br /> +Darling, whose white little hands make me blind<br /> +Unto all things that are dark and unkind;<br /> +Sunshine and blossoms, and diamond and pearl,—<br /> +Papa's own dear little, sweet little girl!"<br /> +</div> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">George Cooper.</span><br /> +</div> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_165" id="Page_165">[Pg 165]</a></span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"> +<img src="images/illus165.png" width="350" height="270" alt="A Letter to Santa Claus" title="A Letter to Santa Claus" /> +</div> + +<h2>A LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS.</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">The</span> little boy who got his aunt to write this letter for +him wishes to have it appear in "The Nursery," so that +Santa Claus may be sure to read it. When it is <i>printed</i>, +the little boy says he can read it himself. Here is the +letter:—</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Dear Mr. Santa Claus</span>,—Please, sir, could you not bring me a +team of goats next Christmas? I do want them so much! Other little +boys no bigger than I am have a pair of goats to play with.</p> + +<p>When I ask my mother to get me a pair, she says she will see, but +thinks I shall have to wait a little while. Now, dear Mr. Santa Claus, I +do not feel as if I <i>could</i> wait.</p> + +<p>Besides, ma's "little while" seems like a great while to me, and when +I get older I shall have to go to school; but now I could play almost all +the time with my little goats, if I had them. Oh, dear! I wish I had them +now! I can hardly wait till Christmas.</p> + +<p>I will be very kind to them, and give them plenty to eat, and a good<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_166" id="Page_166">[Pg 166]</a></span> +warm bed at night. Brother Charley says he will get me a wagon, if you, +good Mr. Santa Claus, will give me the goats.</p> + +<p>Folks say, that, although you are an old man, you love little children; +especially little boys with black eyes, and who obey their mother. Well, +my eyes are very black; and I love my mother dearly, and try to obey her.</p> + +<p>My name is Francis Lincoln Noble: I live at 214, South 8th Street, +Williamsburgh, L.I. The house is quite high; but, dear Mr. Santa Claus, +I think your nimble deer can climb to the top of it.</p> + +<p>You can put the little goats right down through the chimney in ma's +room. I will take away the fireboard, so they can come out at the fireplace. +Oh, how happy I shall be when I wake in the morning, and see +them! I shall say, "Merry Christmas!" to everybody; and everybody will +say, "Merry Christmas!" to me.</p> + +<p>But dear, good Mr. Santa Claus, if you cannot get to the top of the +house to put them down the chimney, please to bring them up the front-steps, +and tie them to the door-knob; and then blow your whistle, and +I will run right down to the door; and, dear Mr. Santa Claus, could you +not stop long enough for me to say, "Thank you!" for my mother says +all good boys say, "Thank you!" when they receive a present?</p></div> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">Francis Lincoln Noble.</span><br /> + +</div> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<h2>THE BOY AND THE NUTS.</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">A boy</span> once found some nuts in a jar. Like all boys, he +was fond of nuts, and was glad to hear that he might put +his hand <i>once</i> in the jar, and have all the nuts he could then +take out. He thrust his hand down the neck of the jar, +and took hold of all the nuts he could. When his hand +was quite full, he did his best to draw it out of the jar.</p> + +<p>But the neck of the jar was small, and his hand was so +full of nuts, that he could not draw it out. He felt so sad, +that tears fell from his eyes. His friend who stood near +told him to let go half the nuts. He did so, and then drew +out his hand with ease.</p> + +<p>We shall find it so in life: men lose all, if they try to get +too much.</p> + +<div class='sig'> +T. C.<br /> +</div> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_167" id="Page_167">[Pg 167]</a></span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"> +<img src="images/illus167.png" width="350" height="330" alt="Eddy's Thanksgiving" title="Eddy's Thanksgiving" /> +</div> + +<h2>EDDY'S THANKSGIVING.</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">Last</span> year Eddy spent Thanksgiving Day at his grandpa's. +For a week before the time came, he chattered about going. +He wanted to take with him his drum and his rocking-chair, +and Frisk his dog. But mamma said he would have plenty +of playthings and playmates without them.</p> + +<p>You would have thought so too, if you had seen the +sleighs full of uncles and aunts and cousins that came driving +up to grandpa's door the day before Thanksgiving; and, +if you had heard the laughing and shouting, you would have +said they were as merry a set of people as ever were got +together.</p> + +<p>Thanksgiving morning, grandpa said they must all go to +church,—every one of them, big and little,—except Aunt<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_168" id="Page_168">[Pg 168]</a></span> +Susan, who had a bad cold. So mamma dressed Eddy for +church, and told him to be careful to keep himself looking +nice; for he was one of the worst boys to tear and soil his +clothes that you ever saw.</p> + +<p>Eddy took a seat in the parlor, intending to be very +careful; but pretty soon he heard his cousins Harry and +John talking in the kitchen, and went out to see what was +going on there.</p> + + +<p>As he passed along, he saw Towzer, grandpa's great +shaggy dog, on the porch, and thought he must have a romp +with him. He made Towzer sit up and shake hands, and +perform other tricks that had been taught him. Then he +thought Towzer would make a good horse.</p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus168.png" width="400" height="297" alt="Towser threw Eddy" title="Towser threw Eddy" /> +</div> + +<p>So he straddled Towzer's back with his short fat legs, and +told him to "go 'long." But Towzer did not like to play +horse, and tried to shake Eddy off. Eddy held fast, and<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_169" id="Page_169">[Pg 169]</a></span> +wriggled and shouted to make Towzer go. All at once the +dog gave a spring, and threw Eddy off into a puddle of +water.</p> + +<p>Poor Eddy went into the house, muddy and dripping, and +found that everybody was ready to start for church. Of +course, there was not time to dress him again; so he had to +stay with Aunt Susan.</p> + +<p>He did not think that was very hard; for, after he was +dressed clean again, Aunt Susan gave him a cooky to eat, +and a picture-book to look at.</p> + +<p>When he had got through with the book, she took him +down cellar with her to get some apples. Aunt Susan soon +filled her pan, and started back; but Eddy stopped to taste +the apples in every barrel.</p> + +<p>"Come, Eddy," called Aunt Susan from the head of the +cellar-stairs.</p> + +<p>"In a minute," answered Eddy, straining to reach the +apples in a barrel that was nearly empty. Just then he +slipped, and fell into the barrel head first, with his feet +sticking up.</p> + +<p>How he squealed! Aunt Susan's cold had made her so +deaf, that she did not hear him. He kept on squealing and +kicking until the barrel tipped over; and then he backed +out of it, and went slowly up to the kitchen, very red in +the face.</p> + +<p>He was pretty quiet after that until dinner was ready. +After dinner the children cracked nuts, and parched corn, +and played merry games; and Eddy had his share of all the +fun. When he went to bed, his Aunt Susan asked him +whether he had had a good time.</p> + +<p>"Splendid!" said Eddy.</p> + +<p>"How did you like being thrown into the puddle?" said +Aunt Susan.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_170" id="Page_170">[Pg 170]</a></span></p> + +<p>"First rate!" said Eddy.</p> + +<p>"Did you think it good fun to dive into the barrel?"</p> + +<p>"Jolly!" said the little rogue. "I'd like to do it again."</p> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">M. F. Burlingame.</span><br /> +</div> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<h2>BENNY'S ARITHMETIC LESSON.</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">Little Benny</span> has just begun to go to school.</p> + +<p>Some boys as young and active as he is would rather play +all day long than to spend part of the time in the school-room; +but he seems to like it.</p> + +<p>Almost every day he comes running home, saying, "I've +learned something more to-day;" and, after he has told us +about it, we send him out of doors with his little cousins, +who live close by.</p> + +<p>We know that all work and no play would make Benny +a dull boy.</p> + +<p>To-day he felt very proud, because he had been learning +to add. He said that he could say the first table.</p> + +<p>I told him to begin, and I would tell him if he was right.</p> + +<p>So he began; and this is the way it went on:—</p> + +<div class='poem'> +<span class="smcap">Benny.</span>—One and one are two.<br /> +<span class="smcap">Mamma.</span>—That is very true.<br /> +<span class="smcap">Benny.</span>—Two and one are three.<br /> +<span class="smcap">Mamma.</span>—Nought could better be.<br /> +<span class="smcap">Benny.</span>—Four and one are five.<br /> +<span class="smcap">Mamma.</span>—True as I'm alive.<br /> +<span class="smcap">Benny.</span>—Five and one are six.<br /> +<span class="smcap">Mamma.</span>—That's a pretty fix.<br /> +<span class="smcap">Benny.</span>—Six and one are seven.<br /> +<span class="smcap">Mamma.</span>—Thought you'd say eleven.<br /> +<span class="smcap">Benny.</span>—Seven and one are eight.<br /> +<span class="smcap">Mamma.</span>—Bless your curly pate!<br /> +<span class="smcap">Benny.</span>—Eight and one are nine.<br /> +<span class="smcap">Mamma.</span>—Why, how very fine!<br /> +<span class="smcap">Benny.</span>—Nine and one are ten.<br /> +<span class="smcap">Mamma.</span>—Pretty good for Ben.<br /> +</div> + +<p>We had a good hearty laugh when we got through; for +Benny's earnest way of reciting pleased me, and he enjoyed +the emphatic manner in which I replied to his additions. +How many of the little "Nursery" boys can say the table +that Benny did?</p> + +<div class='sig'> +C. H. +</div> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_171" id="Page_171">[Pg 171]</a></span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus171.png" width="400" height="306" alt="Grandpa's Boots" title="Grandpa's Boots" /> +</div> + +<h2>GRANDPA'S BOOTS.</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">How</span> the stars did snap that December night! The moon +was up too; and how cold and white she looked!</p> + +<p>And how busy Jack Frost was! No one saw him swing +a hammer; no one heard him drive a nail: but, by the +time morning had come, he had laid right across the ponds +and the river a floor of ice smoother than any wooden floor +ever put down by the joiners of Norridgewock.</p> + +<p>All the boys were out sliding. Ed Peet had come from +over the river; Fred Danforth was there from the tavern; +and George Sawtelle came running up from the big house +under the willow. Others were there too, slipping along on +Jack Frost's floor.</p> + +<p>Little Albert looked out of the window, and saw the boys +at their play. Why couldn't he go out too?<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_172" id="Page_172">[Pg 172]</a></span></p> + +<p>"Shall I go, mother?" he asked.</p> + +<p>"Your slippers are too thin, Albert."</p> + +<p>"Oh! I can put on grandpa's boots."</p> + +<p>"Yes, you can go, but be careful. You are too young +for such rough sport."</p> + +<p>Off scampered the eager feet, and on went the big boots. +A smile must have lighted up the mother's eyes as she +heard her little boy tramping over the floor in the heavy +boots.</p> + +<p>The boys were taking their turn at sliding. Away down +at the end of the line stood Albert. They were sliding +carefully, not running too hard; for a little way out the ice +was thin. After a while, it was Albert's turn. "I'll beat +those big, clumsy boys," he thought.</p> + +<p>Taking a long run, driving ahead with all his force, he +shouted, "Now see your grandpa go!" And, sure enough, +grandpa's boots went and went, out where the ice was thin, +and down went Albert into the water! The water was not +deep, though. He was out again in a moment; and there +he stood, cold and dripping like an icicle in a January thaw.</p> + +<p>I can hear the boys laughing, and I seem to see the smile +lighting up the mother's brown eyes still more merrily, +when her little boy came home. Albert never forgot it. +In after-years he would say, "Whenever I am inclined to +show off, I think of grandpa's boots."</p> + +<div class='sig'> +E. A. R.<br /> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 250px;"> +<img src="images/illus172.png" width="250" height="109" alt="Decoration" title="Decoration" /> +</div> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_173" id="Page_173">[Pg 173]</a></span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus173.png" width="400" height="292" alt="What Jessie Cortrell Did" title="What Jessie Cortrell Did" /> +</div> + +<h2>WHAT JESSIE CORTRELL DID.</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">Poor</span> little Johnny Cortrell's eyes kept growing dimmer; +and one day in May-time they failed altogether, and Jessie, +his sister, led him home from school stone blind.</p> + +<p>His father and mother were greatly distressed at this. +Dr. James held a candle to the poor blind eyes; but they +never blinked. He said he was not enough of an oculist to +determine whether they could be cured; but there was a +doctor in Boston—Dr. Williamson, 33 Blank Street—who +would be able to pronounce with certainty.</p> + +<p>Now, the Cortrells lived thirty-five miles away from Boston, +and were quite poor. The father did not see how he +could afford the expense of sending Johnny to Boston yet +a while, but hoped to do it in the autumn.</p> + +<p>Little Jessie overheard her parents talking on the subject, +and made up her mind to try and see what she could do.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_174" id="Page_174">[Pg 174]</a></span> +She thought she could not wait three, four, or five months, +to have Johnny cured: it ought to be done at once.</p> + +<p>The next day she told her plan to Johnny, and they made +their preparations; and one bright morning, when it was +school-time, she and Johnny stole out of the house hand in +hand, quite unnoticed by any one.</p> + +<p>They met a little girl named Jane Anderson; and by her +Jessie sent the following letter to her parents:—</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Dear Father and Mother</span>,—I didn't ask you, for fear you would +say No; but Johnny and I are going to Boston to see Dr. Williamson. I +heard all the reasons why you couldn't take Johnny till fall, and I couldn't +wait. 'Twon't hurt us to walk this nice spring weather; and I don't +think any one will refuse to give a poor blind boy and his sister a place +to sleep, or a bowl of bread and milk to eat. We shall ask our road, and +we won't get lost. Our Father in heaven will go with us all the way.</p></div> + +<p>Mr. Cortrell was much alarmed. "I must start after +them, wife," said he. "Those children on the road to Boston +all alone! Jessie is crazy."</p> + +<p>But Mrs. Cortrell said, "What if God put it into her heart, +John?" And so they concluded to do nothing about it.</p> + +<p>Well, the children walked and walked, and now and then +they got a drive; and, on the third morning, Jessie led +Johnny into Boston over the Brighton road.</p> + +<p>They found Dr. Williamson. He received them kindly. +He examined Johnny's eyes, and then said to Jessie, "I +think there are nine chances in ten that I can cure your +brother."</p> + +<p>Jessie bounded with joy. The good doctor accommodated +them in his own house while the cure was going on; +and after not many days he sent the children home in the +cars, and, as he left them, placed a sealed envelope in the +hand of Jessie.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_175" id="Page_175">[Pg 175]</a></span></p> + +<p>"My bill for your father: there is no haste about it," +said he kindly; and then he bade them good-by.</p> + +<p>The journey was a short one. Happy enough were the +parents to see their dear children back again, and Johnny +quite cured of his blindness.</p> + +<p>Then Jessie handed her father the bill. "Whatever it +is, I shall pay it cheerfully," said he. He opened it, and +read,—</p> + +<div class='sig'> +<span style="margin-right: 6em;">"For services rendered Johnny and Jessie Cortrell.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-right: 4em;">"Received payment in full,</span><br /> +"<span class="smcap">Charles Williamson</span>."<br /> +</div> + +<p>So Johnny got his eyes again, and the doctor's bill was +settled; and Jessie had done it all.<a name="FNanchor_A_1" id="FNanchor_A_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_A_1" class="fnanchor">[A]</a></p> + + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 250px;"> +<img src="images/illus175.png" width="250" height="129" alt="The Acorns" title="The Acorns" /> +</div> + +<h2>THE ACORNS.</h2> + + +<div class='poem'> +"<span class="smcap">Tall</span> oaks from little acorns grow."<br /> +Yes, darling children, that is so:<br /> +Then plant your acorns; do not fear;<br /> +And fruit will by and by appear.<br /> +The line you learn to-day may be<br /> +The very seed of Wisdom's tree.<br /> +</div> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">Emily Carter.</span><br /> +</div> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_176" id="Page_176">[Pg 176]</a></span></p> + +<h2>GRANDMOTHER'S BIRTHDAY.</h2> + + +<div class='poem'> +<span class="smcap">Grandma's</span> birthday is to-day!<br /> +This we all have come to say,<br /> +Lest she should forget the time,<br /> +Wondering at this joyful rhyme.<br /> +<br /> +Welcome, welcome, happy day!<br /> +Love shed brightness on her way!<br /> +And for her may many more<br /> +Just such birthdays be in store!<br /> +<br /> +We have come with fruits and flowers,<br /> +Tokens of this love of ours;<br /> +But our love shall flourish bright<br /> +When these flowers are faded quite.<br /> +<br /> +Take them, grandma, and be sure<br /> +We are rich, though we are poor,—<br /> +Rich in love, though poor in gold:<br /> +So to greet you we make bold.<br /> +<br /> +Blessings be around your way!<br /> +Love surround you every day!<br /> +Pleasant thoughts be with you still,<br /> +Gently going down the hill!<br /> +<br /> +And may your example bright<br /> +Keep us always in the right!<br /> +So, "Hurrah, hurrah!" we say:<br /> +"Grandma's birthday is to-day!"<br /> +</div> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">Dora Burnside.</span><br /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_177" id="Page_177">[Pg 177]</a></span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<img src="images/illus177.jpg" width="600" height="417" alt="Grandmother's Birthday" title="Grandmother's Birthday" /> +</div> + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_178" id="Page_178">[Pg 178]</a></span></p> + + +<h2>THE BALLOON.</h2> + + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 150px;"> +<img src="images/illus178a.png" width="150" height="122" alt="Balloon in the sky" title="Balloon in the sky" /> +</div> + +<div class='story'><span class="smcap">A balloon</span> was going up from +Boston Common, and two children +were out upon a hill in the +country watching +for it. "There it +is!" said Willy, as +he pointed to a +black speck right +over the State House.</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 150px;"> +<img src="images/illus178b.png" width="150" height="121" alt="Balloon landing" title="Balloon landing" /> +</div> + +<div class='story'>The speck seemed to grow +larger every moment. "The +balloon is coming this way," said +Willy. "I can see +a man in it waving +a flag." By +and by it seemed +to be coming +down on a hill close by where +the children stood. They ran to<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_179" id="Page_179">[Pg 179]</a></span> +meet it, shouting as they went; +but it was a great deal farther +off than they thought it was.</div> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 150px;"> +<img src="images/illus179a.png" width="150" height="135" alt="It came down in a pasture" title="It came down in a pasture" /> +</div> + +<div class='story'>A good many +other people were +looking at the balloon +at the same +time; and it came +down in a pasture where some +children were picking berries. +When it got almost down, the +man looked out and said, "Have +you any blueberries for sale?"</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 150px;"> +<img src="images/illus179b.png" width="150" height="124" alt="Selling the blueberries" title="Selling the blueberries" /> +</div> + +<div class='story'>The children +held out their +baskets, and said, +"Yes, plenty of +them."—"Well, +then," said the man, "I think this +is a good place to stop at."</div> + +<div class='sig'> +W. O. C.<br /> +</div> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_180" id="Page_180">[Pg 180]</a></span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus180.png" width="400" height="356" alt="What the cat said to the monkey" title="What the cat said to the monkey" /> +</div> + +<h2>WHAT THE CAT SAID TO THE MONKEY.</h2> + + +<div class='poem2'> +<span class="smcap">You</span> cowardly monkey, come out if you dare!<br /> +I'll teach you my dear little kittens to scare.<br /> +Because I had gone a few moments away,<br /> +You thought that to plague them was good monkey play.<br /> +<br /> +But when I came back, just in season, I saw<br /> +What was up, and I gave you a pat with my paw:<br /> +It didn't set well, might I judge from your face.<br /> +What ails your poor arm? and why that grimace?<br /> +<br /> +Now, here hangs my paw; and, if you're inclined<br /> +To try it again, 'twill be ready, you'll find.<br /> +And mark, Mr. Monkey, if up to your fun,<br /> +I'll show, to your sorrow, I have more than one.<br /> +<br /> +So Velvetpaw, Whitefoot, and Darkey, don't fear!<br /> +No monkey shall harm you while mother is near.<br /> +The rascal who plagued you has found I am rough:<br /> +Of my paw and my claw he has had quite enough.<br /> +</div> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_181" id="Page_181">[Pg 181]</a></span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"> +<img src="images/illus181.png" width="300" height="379" alt="The Starling and the Sparrows" title="The Starling and the Sparrows" /> +</div> + +<h2>THE STARLING AND THE SPARROWS.</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">The</span> starling is a trim little bird, measuring from seven +to eight inches in length. He goes dressed in black, and +his coat glistens like satin in the sunlight. In autumn, +however, after moulting, he looks as if bedecked with white +pearls.</p> + +<p>This is his travelling-suit, and in it he prepares to take +his flight southward to a warmer region. He is a European +bird; and so he goes from Germany as far south as Spain, +Italy, and Greece. Now and then he ventures as far as +Africa.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_182" id="Page_182">[Pg 182]</a></span></p> + +<p>But, as soon as spring begins to appear, the starling is +sure to come back northward to his old haunts. He comes +with merry songs and chatterings, and seems determined +that no one shall be sad while he is about.</p> + +<p>Flying to the topmost bough of some tree in the neighborhood +of his old home, he proclaims to all the world that +the Good Fellow (as the Germans call him) has come back, +and that all the people may be glad accordingly.</p> + +<p>After this, his first business will be to see how it stands +with his summer lodgings; for he wants to be spared the +trouble of finding a new mansion if he can help it. Somewhere +about, there is, perhaps, a starling's tub or bucket, +that some friends of his have placed on a tree for his accommodation, +in their garden or yard, after making a hole or +door by which he may enter.</p> + +<p>But, dear me! what is his indignation, when he finds that +a family of saucy sparrows, going upon the old maxim of +"might makes right," have taken up their abode in his +house, without so much as saying, "By your leave"!</p> + +<p>"Quit this!" cries the starling in tones that cannot be +mistaken.</p> + +<p>"Go away, you black rogue!" cries the sparrow. "I +shall not quit this nice house for you."</p> + +<p>But the starling has a sharp bill, and he hits the poor +sparrow with it. Sparrow calls him all the hard names he +can think of, and summons the whole sparrow community +to his assistance against the mean fellow who has come to +deprive him of his home.</p> + +<p>The cries grow louder and wilder. Such an uproar of +sparrows as there is before the door! At last comes Madam +Starling flying to the rescue; and then the battle is quickly +decided. The sparrows are driven off, and the starlings +remain in full possession.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_183" id="Page_183">[Pg 183]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"> +<img src="images/illus183.png" width="300" height="392" alt="In the snow" title="In the snow" /> +</div> + +<p>Madam Starling looks about with her clear, bright little +eyes, and sees that the troublesome sparrows have all gone +away; and her faithful mate lights on the topmost bough +of a tree near by, and pours forth a song of rejoicing and +of triumph.</p> + +<p>But soon the wind blows cold from the north. Ah! old +Winter comes back a moment or two just to see what Spring +is about. The flakes descend on their black coats; and the +starlings come out from their little house, and look about to +see what's the matter.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_184" id="Page_184">[Pg 184]</a></span></p> + +<p>Have they made a mistake? Oh, no! Soon the sun will +be out. April has come, and the snow will not last long. +They first go to work, and clean their little house, pitching +out all the rubbish the sparrows have left there.</p> + +<p>Straw, feathers, and hay must now be got for a nice fresh +nest. This they soon make; and one day Madam Starling +shows her mate five or six clear blue eggs in the nest. For +nearly sixteen days she must sit brooding on these eggs; +and then—what joy!—half a dozen bright little starlings +make their appearance.</p> + +<p>But, dear me, how hungry they are! Father and mother +have just as much as they can do to feed them. The little +ones seem to be crying all the time for "more, more!" +Will they never get enough?</p> + +<p>In a few weeks the children grow so strong and sleek, that +Papa Starling says to them, "Now, boys and girls, you must +learn to fly, and get your own living. Come, tumble +out!"</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 220px;"> +<img src="images/illus184.png" width="220" height="302" alt="Young ones" title="Young ones" /> +</div> + +<p>So the young ones have to venture +out; and soon they find they +can pick up worms and seeds enough +for themselves. What joy to fly +from tree to tree! How pleasant +to light among the green stalks and +the flowers on the warm summer +days! The starlings have a merry +time of it; and, when winter comes, +all they have to do is to fly southward.</p> + +<p>No sooner are they gone than the +sparrows again take possession of the forsaken house, in +great delight at having such a nice warm dwelling for the +winter.</p> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">Anna Livingston.</span><br /> +</div> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_185" id="Page_185">[Pg 185]</a></span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus185.png" width="400" height="301" alt="The Tea Party" title="The Tea Party" /> +</div> + +<h2>THE TEA-PARTY.</h2> + + +<div class='poem'> +<span class="smcap">The</span> dolls had a tea-party: wasn't it fun!<br /> +In ribbons and laces they came, one by one.<br /> +We girls set the table, and poured out the tea;<br /> +And each of us held up a doll on our knee.<br /> +<br /> +You never saw children behave half so well:<br /> +Why, nobody had any gossip to tell!<br /> +And (can you believe it?) for badness, that day,<br /> +No dolly was sent from the table away.<br /> +<br /> +One dolly, however, the proudest one there,<br /> +Was driven almost to the verge of despair,<br /> +Because she had met with a simple mishap,<br /> +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_186" id="Page_186">[Pg 186]</a></span>And upset the butter-plate into her lap.<br /> +<br /> +The cups and the saucers they shone lily-white:<br /> +We helped all the dollies, they looked so polite.<br /> +We had cake and jam from our own pantry-shelves:<br /> +Of course, we did most of the eating ourselves.<br /> +<br /> +But housewives don't know when their cares may begin.<br /> +The window was open, and pussy popped in:<br /> +He jumped on the table; and what do you think?<br /> +Down fell all the crockery there, in a wink.<br /> +<br /> +We picked up the pieces, with many a sigh;<br /> +Our party broke up, and we all said good-by:<br /> +Do come to our next one; but then we'll invite<br /> +That very bad pussy to keep out of sight.<br /> +</div> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">George Cooper.</span><br /> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"> +<img src="images/illus186.png" width="300" height="333" alt="Sitting under a tree" title="Sitting under a tree" /> +</div> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_187" id="Page_187">[Pg 187]</a></span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"> +<img src="images/illus187.png" width="300" height="271" alt="The Sprained Ankle" title="The Sprained Ankle" /> +</div> + +<h2>THE SPRAINED ANKLE.</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">Harry</span> has been a long, long time at the window, watching +the boys as they go past on their sleds. It is a bright +afternoon, and they are enjoying the coasting very much.</p> + +<p>Harry draws a long sigh, which makes his mamma look +up from her work, and say,—</p> + +<p>"I know it is hard for you, darling; but think what +might have happened to Johnny if you had not saved him."</p> + +<p>Would you like to know what it is which keeps Harry +in-doors while there is so much fun outside?</p> + +<p>Well, while he is counting the sleds as they go down the +long hill in front of the house, I will tell you.</p> + +<p>It was on Saturday afternoon, a week ago. He was out +coasting with the other boys. Johnny Ware, a little fellow +only five years old, was with them.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_188" id="Page_188">[Pg 188]</a></span></p> + +<p>Harry and several other boys were going very swiftly +<i>down</i> the hill as Johnny was coming <i>up</i>.</p> + +<p>"Get out of the way!" shouted one boy.</p> + +<p>"Look out, Johnny, turn to the right!" cried another. +But the little fellow did not know which was <i>right</i>, and, +being bewildered, stood still. The sleds were almost upon +him, and it seemed as if he <i>must</i> be run over, when Harry +caught him, and threw him one side, but not in season to +save his own ankle.</p> + +<p>It was badly sprained, and he had to be carried home. +But when Harry remembers the danger, and how near +Johnny came to being run over, he does not complain. He +can even watch the boys cheerfully, and clap his hands in +joy as he hears their ringing laugh and merry shouts.</p> + +<p>Johnny Ware is among them, but does not stay long. +He comes into Harry's house to warm his fingers. After +standing by the stove a few minutes, he comes to the window, +and, slipping his little cold hand into Harry's, says, +"May I stay with you, Harry?"</p> + +<p>Don't you think our little lame boy is happy now?</p> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">Mary Myrtle.</span><br /> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"> +<img src="images/illus188.png" width="350" height="201" alt="Decoration" title="Decoration" /> +</div> +<h3>FOOTNOTE</h3> +<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_A_1" id="Footnote_A_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_A_1"><span class="label">[A]</span></a> From Bed-Time Stories, by Louise Chandler Moulton, published by Roberts Brothers, Boston.</p></div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class='tnote'><h3>Transcriber's Note:</h3> +<p>This issue was part of an omnibus. The original text for this issue did +not include a title page or table of contents. This was taken from the +July issue with the "No." added. The original table of contents +covered the second half of 1873. The remaining text of the table of +contents can be found in the rest of the year's issues.</p></div> + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Nursery, December 1873, Vol. XIV. +No. 6, by Various + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NURSERY, DEC. 1873, VOL.XIV NO.6 *** + +***** This file should be named 24943-h.htm or 24943-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/2/4/9/4/24943/ + +Produced by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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No. 6, by Various + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Nursery, December 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 6 + +Author: Various + +Release Date: March 29, 2008 [EBook #24943] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NURSERY, DEC. 1873, VOL.XIV NO.6 *** + + + + +Produced by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + +THE + +NURSERY + +_A Monthly Magazine_ + +FOR YOUNGEST READERS. + +VOLUME XIV.--No. 2 + + BOSTON: + JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36, BROMFIELD STREET. + 1873. + + + + + Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by + + JOHN L. SHOREY, + + In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. + + + + + + BOSTON: + STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY RAND, AVERY, & CO. + + + + +[Illustration: CONTENTS.] + + +IN PROSE. + + PAGE. + + Clear the Coast 161 + + A Letter to Santa Claus 165 + + The Boy and the Nuts 166 + + Eddy's Thanksgiving 167 + + Benny's Arithmetic Lesson 170 + + Grandpa's Boots 171 + + What Jessie Cortrell did 173 + + The Balloon 178 + + The Starling and the Sparrows 181 + + The Sprained Ankle 187 + + +IN VERSE. + + PAGE. + + Who is it? 164 + + The Acorns 175 + + Grandmother's Birthday 176 + + What the Cat said to the Monkey 180 + + The Tea-Party 185 + +[Illustration] + + + + + +[Illustration: "CLEAR THE COAST."] + + + + +"CLEAR THE COAST!" + + +"[Illustration: C]LEAR the coast! clear the coast!" cried Albert and +Frank, as they came down hill swiftly on Frank's new sled. + +"Look out for that woman!" cried little Harry, who was standing at the +top of the hill. + +A poor German woman was crossing the road. She had a large basket full +of bundles, which she carried on her head. In her right hand she had an +umbrella and a tin pail, and on her arm another basket. Truly, seeing +that the roads were slippery, she had more than her share of burdens. + +She tried to get out of the way; but Frank's new sled was such a swift +runner, that it came near striking her, and caused her to nearly lose +her balance, putting her at the same time into a great fright. + +"You bad boys, you almost threw me down!" she exclaimed, when she +recovered from the start they had given her, and looked around to see if +she had dropped any of her bundles. + +But down the hill they rushed on their sled, Frank losing his hat in +their descent, but little caring for that in his delight. The two boys, +after reaching the foot of the hill, turned, and began to drag their +sled up again. + +"That woman," said Frank, "called us bad boys. Let us tell her that we +are not bad boys. We did not mean to run her down." + +"Here comes Harry, running. What has he got to say?" asked Albert. + +"I tell you what, boys," said Harry, "you'll be taken up if you run +people down in that way." + +"Why didn't she clear the coast when I told her to?" said Albert. + +"Why didn't you steer your sled out of the way?" returned Harry. + +"I didn't hit her, did I?" said Albert. + +"No; but you were trying to see how near you could come without hitting +her," replied Harry. "It's too bad to treat a poor old woman so!" + +"So it was," said Frank. "What shall we do about it?" + +"That's for Albert to say," exclaimed Harry. + +"Well," replied Albert, "the right thing will be to offer to drag her +bundles for her on the sled." + +"That's it!" said the other two boys. + +By this time they had reached the place where the poor woman was moving +slowly along under her heavy burdens. She seemed very tired, and sighed +often as she picked her way timidly over the frozen snow. + +"We are sorry we frightened you," said Albert. "We did not mean to do +any harm. Put your baskets on this sled, and we will drag them for you +as far as you want to go." + +"Well, you are little gentlemen, after all," said the woman, "and I'm +sorry I was so vexed with you." + +"You had cause," said Frank: "we were to blame." + +Then she put her two baskets and the tin pail on the sled; and the three +boys escorted her to her home, where she thanked them heartily for the +way in which they had made amends for Albert's bad steering. + + UNCLE CHARLES. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +WHO IS IT? + + + SURELY a step on the carpet I hear, + Some quiet mouse that is creeping so near. + Two little feet mount the rung of my chair: + True as I live, there is somebody there! + Ten lily fingers are over my eyes, + Trying to take me by sudden surprise; + Then a voice, calling in merriest glee, + "Who is it? Tell me, and you may go free." + + "Who is it? Leave me a moment to guess. + Some one who loves me?" The voice answers, "Yes." + "Some one who's fairer to me than the flowers, + Brighter to me than the sunshiny hours? + Darling, whose white little hands make me blind + Unto all things that are dark and unkind; + Sunshine and blossoms, and diamond and pearl,-- + Papa's own dear little, sweet little girl!" + + GEORGE COOPER. + +[Illustration] + + + + +A LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS. + + +THE little boy who got his aunt to write this letter for him wishes to +have it appear in "The Nursery," so that Santa Claus may be sure to read +it. When it is _printed_, the little boy says he can read it himself. +Here is the letter:-- + + DEAR MR. SANTA CLAUS,--Please, sir, could you + not bring me a team of goats next Christmas? I + do want them so much! Other little boys no + bigger than I am have a pair of goats to play + with. + + When I ask my mother to get me a pair, she says + she will see, but thinks I shall have to wait a + little while. Now, dear Mr. Santa Claus, I do + not feel as if I _could_ wait. + + Besides, ma's "little while" seems like a great + while to me, and when I get older I shall have + to go to school; but now I could play almost + all the time with my little goats, if I had + them. Oh, dear! I wish I had them now! I can + hardly wait till Christmas. + + I will be very kind to them, and give them + plenty to eat, and a good warm bed at night. + Brother Charley says he will get me a wagon, if + you, good Mr. Santa Claus, will give me the + goats. + + Folks say, that, although you are an old man, + you love little children; especially little + boys with black eyes, and who obey their + mother. Well, my eyes are very black; and I + love my mother dearly, and try to obey her. + + My name is Francis Lincoln Noble: I live at + 214, South 8th Street, Williamsburgh, L.I. The + house is quite high; but, dear Mr. Santa Claus, + I think your nimble deer can climb to the top + of it. + + You can put the little goats right down through + the chimney in ma's room. I will take away the + fireboard, so they can come out at the + fireplace. Oh, how happy I shall be when I wake + in the morning, and see them! I shall say, + "Merry Christmas!" to everybody; and everybody + will say, "Merry Christmas!" to me. + + But dear, good Mr. Santa Claus, if you cannot + get to the top of the house to put them down + the chimney, please to bring them up the + front-steps, and tie them to the door-knob; and + then blow your whistle, and I will run right + down to the door; and, dear Mr. Santa Claus, + could you not stop long enough for me to say, + "Thank you!" for my mother says all good boys + say, "Thank you!" when they receive a present? + + FRANCIS LINCOLN NOBLE. + + + + +THE BOY AND THE NUTS. + + +A BOY once found some nuts in a jar. Like all boys, he was fond of nuts, +and was glad to hear that he might put his hand _once_ in the jar, and +have all the nuts he could then take out. He thrust his hand down the +neck of the jar, and took hold of all the nuts he could. When his hand +was quite full, he did his best to draw it out of the jar. + +But the neck of the jar was small, and his hand was so full of nuts, +that he could not draw it out. He felt so sad, that tears fell from his +eyes. His friend who stood near told him to let go half the nuts. He did +so, and then drew out his hand with ease. + +We shall find it so in life: men lose all, if they try to get too much. + + T. C. + +[Illustration] + + + + +EDDY'S THANKSGIVING. + + +LAST year Eddy spent Thanksgiving Day at his grandpa's. For a week +before the time came, he chattered about going. He wanted to take with +him his drum and his rocking-chair, and Frisk his dog. But mamma said he +would have plenty of playthings and playmates without them. + +You would have thought so too, if you had seen the sleighs full of +uncles and aunts and cousins that came driving up to grandpa's door the +day before Thanksgiving; and, if you had heard the laughing and +shouting, you would have said they were as merry a set of people as ever +were got together. + +Thanksgiving morning, grandpa said they must all go to church,--every +one of them, big and little,--except Aunt Susan, who had a bad cold. So +mamma dressed Eddy for church, and told him to be careful to keep +himself looking nice; for he was one of the worst boys to tear and soil +his clothes that you ever saw. + +Eddy took a seat in the parlor, intending to be very careful; but pretty +soon he heard his cousins Harry and John talking in the kitchen, and +went out to see what was going on there. + +[Illustration] + +As he passed along, he saw Towzer, grandpa's great shaggy dog, on the +porch, and thought he must have a romp with him. He made Towzer sit up +and shake hands, and perform other tricks that had been taught him. Then +he thought Towzer would make a good horse. + +So he straddled Towzer's back with his short fat legs, and told him to +"go 'long." But Towzer did not like to play horse, and tried to shake +Eddy off. Eddy held fast, and wriggled and shouted to make Towzer go. +All at once the dog gave a spring, and threw Eddy off into a puddle of +water. + +Poor Eddy went into the house, muddy and dripping, and found that +everybody was ready to start for church. Of course, there was not time +to dress him again; so he had to stay with Aunt Susan. + +He did not think that was very hard; for, after he was dressed clean +again, Aunt Susan gave him a cooky to eat, and a picture-book to look +at. + +When he had got through with the book, she took him down cellar with her +to get some apples. Aunt Susan soon filled her pan, and started back; +but Eddy stopped to taste the apples in every barrel. + +"Come, Eddy," called Aunt Susan from the head of the cellar-stairs. + +"In a minute," answered Eddy, straining to reach the apples in a barrel +that was nearly empty. Just then he slipped, and fell into the barrel +head first, with his feet sticking up. + +How he squealed! Aunt Susan's cold had made her so deaf, that she did +not hear him. He kept on squealing and kicking until the barrel tipped +over; and then he backed out of it, and went slowly up to the kitchen, +very red in the face. + +He was pretty quiet after that until dinner was ready. After dinner the +children cracked nuts, and parched corn, and played merry games; and +Eddy had his share of all the fun. When he went to bed, his Aunt Susan +asked him whether he had had a good time. + +"Splendid!" said Eddy. + +"How did you like being thrown into the puddle?" said Aunt Susan. + +"First rate!" said Eddy. + +"Did you think it good fun to dive into the barrel?" + +"Jolly!" said the little rogue. "I'd like to do it again." + + M. F. BURLINGAME. + + + + +BENNY'S ARITHMETIC LESSON. + + +LITTLE BENNY has just begun to go to school. + +Some boys as young and active as he is would rather play all day long +than to spend part of the time in the school-room; but he seems to like +it. + +Almost every day he comes running home, saying, "I've learned something +more to-day;" and, after he has told us about it, we send him out of +doors with his little cousins, who live close by. + +We know that all work and no play would make Benny a dull boy. + +To-day he felt very proud, because he had been learning to add. He said +that he could say the first table. + +I told him to begin, and I would tell him if he was right. + +So he began; and this is the way it went on:-- + + BENNY.--One and one are two. + MAMMA.--That is very true. + BENNY.--Two and one are three. + MAMMA.--Nought could better be. + BENNY.--Four and one are five. + MAMMA.--True as I'm alive. + BENNY.--Five and one are six. + MAMMA.--That's a pretty fix. + BENNY.--Six and one are seven. + MAMMA.--Thought you'd say eleven. + BENNY.--Seven and one are eight. + MAMMA.--Bless your curly pate! + BENNY.--Eight and one are nine. + MAMMA.--Why, how very fine! + BENNY.--Nine and one are ten. + MAMMA.--Pretty good for Ben. + +We had a good hearty laugh when we got through; for Benny's earnest way +of reciting pleased me, and he enjoyed the emphatic manner in which I +replied to his additions. How many of the little "Nursery" boys can say +the table that Benny did? + + C. H. + +[Illustration] + + + + +GRANDPA'S BOOTS. + + +HOW the stars did snap that December night! The moon was up too; and how +cold and white she looked! + +And how busy Jack Frost was! No one saw him swing a hammer; no one heard +him drive a nail: but, by the time morning had come, he had laid right +across the ponds and the river a floor of ice smoother than any wooden +floor ever put down by the joiners of Norridgewock. + +All the boys were out sliding. Ed Peet had come from over the river; +Fred Danforth was there from the tavern; and George Sawtelle came +running up from the big house under the willow. Others were there too, +slipping along on Jack Frost's floor. + +Little Albert looked out of the window, and saw the boys at their play. +Why couldn't he go out too? + +"Shall I go, mother?" he asked. + +"Your slippers are too thin, Albert." + +"Oh! I can put on grandpa's boots." + +"Yes, you can go, but be careful. You are too young for such rough +sport." + +Off scampered the eager feet, and on went the big boots. A smile must +have lighted up the mother's eyes as she heard her little boy tramping +over the floor in the heavy boots. + +The boys were taking their turn at sliding. Away down at the end of the +line stood Albert. They were sliding carefully, not running too hard; +for a little way out the ice was thin. After a while, it was Albert's +turn. "I'll beat those big, clumsy boys," he thought. + +Taking a long run, driving ahead with all his force, he shouted, "Now +see your grandpa go!" And, sure enough, grandpa's boots went and went, +out where the ice was thin, and down went Albert into the water! The +water was not deep, though. He was out again in a moment; and there he +stood, cold and dripping like an icicle in a January thaw. + +I can hear the boys laughing, and I seem to see the smile lighting up +the mother's brown eyes still more merrily, when her little boy came +home. Albert never forgot it. In after-years he would say, "Whenever I +am inclined to show off, I think of grandpa's boots." + + E. A. R. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +WHAT JESSIE CORTRELL DID. + + +POOR little Johnny Cortrell's eyes kept growing dimmer; and one day in +May-time they failed altogether, and Jessie, his sister, led him home +from school stone blind. + +His father and mother were greatly distressed at this. Dr. James held a +candle to the poor blind eyes; but they never blinked. He said he was +not enough of an oculist to determine whether they could be cured; but +there was a doctor in Boston--Dr. Williamson, 33 Blank Street--who would +be able to pronounce with certainty. + +Now, the Cortrells lived thirty-five miles away from Boston, and were +quite poor. The father did not see how he could afford the expense of +sending Johnny to Boston yet a while, but hoped to do it in the autumn. + +Little Jessie overheard her parents talking on the subject, and made up +her mind to try and see what she could do. She thought she could not +wait three, four, or five months, to have Johnny cured: it ought to be +done at once. + +The next day she told her plan to Johnny, and they made their +preparations; and one bright morning, when it was school-time, she and +Johnny stole out of the house hand in hand, quite unnoticed by any one. + +They met a little girl named Jane Anderson; and by her Jessie sent the +following letter to her parents:-- + + DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER,--I didn't ask you, for + fear you would say No; but Johnny and I are + going to Boston to see Dr. Williamson. I heard + all the reasons why you couldn't take Johnny + till fall, and I couldn't wait. 'Twon't hurt us + to walk this nice spring weather; and I don't + think any one will refuse to give a poor blind + boy and his sister a place to sleep, or a bowl + of bread and milk to eat. We shall ask our + road, and we won't get lost. Our Father in + heaven will go with us all the way. + +Mr. Cortrell was much alarmed. "I must start after them, wife," said he. +"Those children on the road to Boston all alone! Jessie is crazy." + +But Mrs. Cortrell said, "What if God put it into her heart, John?" And +so they concluded to do nothing about it. + +Well, the children walked and walked, and now and then they got a drive; +and, on the third morning, Jessie led Johnny into Boston over the +Brighton road. + +They found Dr. Williamson. He received them kindly. He examined Johnny's +eyes, and then said to Jessie, "I think there are nine chances in ten +that I can cure your brother." + +Jessie bounded with joy. The good doctor accommodated them in his own +house while the cure was going on; and after not many days he sent the +children home in the cars, and, as he left them, placed a sealed +envelope in the hand of Jessie. + +"My bill for your father: there is no haste about it," said he kindly; +and then he bade them good-by. + +The journey was a short one. Happy enough were the parents to see their +dear children back again, and Johnny quite cured of his blindness. + +Then Jessie handed her father the bill. "Whatever it is, I shall pay it +cheerfully," said he. He opened it, and read,-- + + "For services rendered Johnny and Jessie Cortrell. + "Received payment in full, + "CHARLES WILLIAMSON." + +So Johnny got his eyes again, and the doctor's bill was settled; and +Jessie had done it all.[1] + +[Illustration] + +FOOTNOTE: + +[1] From Bed-Time Stories, by Louise Chandler Moulton, published by +Roberts Brothers, Boston. + + + + +THE ACORNS. + + + "TALL oaks from little acorns grow." + Yes, darling children, that is so: + Then plant your acorns; do not fear; + And fruit will by and by appear. + The line you learn to-day may be + The very seed of Wisdom's tree. + + EMILY CARTER. + + + + +GRANDMOTHER'S BIRTHDAY. + + + GRANDMA'S birthday is to-day! + This we all have come to say, + Lest she should forget the time, + Wondering at this joyful rhyme. + + Welcome, welcome, happy day! + Love shed brightness on her way! + And for her may many more + Just such birthdays be in store! + + We have come with fruits and flowers, + Tokens of this love of ours; + But our love shall flourish bright + When these flowers are faded quite. + + Take them, grandma, and be sure + We are rich, though we are poor,-- + Rich in love, though poor in gold: + So to greet you we make bold. + + Blessings be around your way! + Love surround you every day! + Pleasant thoughts be with you still, + Gently going down the hill! + + And may your example bright + Keep us always in the right! + So, "Hurrah, hurrah!" we say: + "Grandma's birthday is to-day!" + + DORA BURNSIDE. + +[Illustration] + + + + +THE BALLOON. + + +[Illustration] + +A BALLOON was going up from Boston Common, and two children were out +upon a hill in the country watching for it. "There it is!" said Willy, +as he pointed to a black speck right over the State House. + +[Illustration] + +The speck seemed to grow larger every moment. "The balloon is coming +this way," said Willy. "I can see a man in it waving a flag." By and by +it seemed to be coming down on a hill close by where the children stood. +They ran to meet it, shouting as they went; but it was a great deal +farther off than they thought it was. + +[Illustration] + +A good many other people were looking at the balloon at the same time; +and it came down in a pasture where some children were picking berries. +When it got almost down, the man looked out and said, "Have you any +blueberries for sale?" + +[Illustration] + +The children held out their baskets, and said, "Yes, plenty of +them."--"Well, then," said the man, "I think this is a good place to +stop at." + + W. O. C. + +[Illustration] + + + + +WHAT THE CAT SAID TO THE MONKEY. + + + YOU cowardly monkey, come out if you dare! + I'll teach you my dear little kittens to scare. + Because I had gone a few moments away, + You thought that to plague them was good monkey play. + + But when I came back, just in season, I saw + What was up, and I gave you a pat with my paw: + It didn't set well, might I judge from your face. + What ails your poor arm? and why that grimace? + + Now, here hangs my paw; and, if you're inclined + To try it again, 'twill be ready, you'll find. + And mark, Mr. Monkey, if up to your fun, + I'll show, to your sorrow, I have more than one. + + So Velvetpaw, Whitefoot, and Darkey, don't fear! + No monkey shall harm you while mother is near. + The rascal who plagued you has found I am rough: + Of my paw and my claw he has had quite enough. + + +[Illustration] + + + + +THE STARLING AND THE SPARROWS. + + +THE starling is a trim little bird, measuring from seven to eight inches +in length. He goes dressed in black, and his coat glistens like satin in +the sunlight. In autumn, however, after moulting, he looks as if +bedecked with white pearls. + +This is his travelling-suit, and in it he prepares to take his flight +southward to a warmer region. He is a European bird; and so he goes from +Germany as far south as Spain, Italy, and Greece. Now and then he +ventures as far as Africa. + +But, as soon as spring begins to appear, the starling is sure to come +back northward to his old haunts. He comes with merry songs and +chatterings, and seems determined that no one shall be sad while he is +about. + +Flying to the topmost bough of some tree in the neighborhood of his old +home, he proclaims to all the world that the Good Fellow (as the Germans +call him) has come back, and that all the people may be glad +accordingly. + +After this, his first business will be to see how it stands with his +summer lodgings; for he wants to be spared the trouble of finding a new +mansion if he can help it. Somewhere about, there is, perhaps, a +starling's tub or bucket, that some friends of his have placed on a tree +for his accommodation, in their garden or yard, after making a hole or +door by which he may enter. + +But, dear me! what is his indignation, when he finds that a family of +saucy sparrows, going upon the old maxim of "might makes right," have +taken up their abode in his house, without so much as saying, "By your +leave"! + +"Quit this!" cries the starling in tones that cannot be mistaken. + +"Go away, you black rogue!" cries the sparrow. "I shall not quit this +nice house for you." + +But the starling has a sharp bill, and he hits the poor sparrow with it. +Sparrow calls him all the hard names he can think of, and summons the +whole sparrow community to his assistance against the mean fellow who +has come to deprive him of his home. + +The cries grow louder and wilder. Such an uproar of sparrows as there is +before the door! At last comes Madam Starling flying to the rescue; and +then the battle is quickly decided. The sparrows are driven off, and the +starlings remain in full possession. + +[Illustration] + +Madam Starling looks about with her clear, bright little eyes, and sees +that the troublesome sparrows have all gone away; and her faithful mate +lights on the topmost bough of a tree near by, and pours forth a song of +rejoicing and of triumph. + +But soon the wind blows cold from the north. Ah! old Winter comes back a +moment or two just to see what Spring is about. The flakes descend on +their black coats; and the starlings come out from their little house, +and look about to see what's the matter. + +Have they made a mistake? Oh, no! Soon the sun will be out. April has +come, and the snow will not last long. They first go to work, and clean +their little house, pitching out all the rubbish the sparrows have left +there. + +Straw, feathers, and hay must now be got for a nice fresh nest. This +they soon make; and one day Madam Starling shows her mate five or six +clear blue eggs in the nest. For nearly sixteen days she must sit +brooding on these eggs; and then--what joy!--half a dozen bright little +starlings make their appearance. + +But, dear me, how hungry they are! Father and mother have just as much +as they can do to feed them. The little ones seem to be crying all the +time for "more, more!" Will they never get enough? + +In a few weeks the children grow so strong and sleek, that Papa Starling +says to them, "Now, boys and girls, you must learn to fly, and get your +own living. Come, tumble out!" + +[Illustration] + +So the young ones have to venture out; and soon they find they can pick +up worms and seeds enough for themselves. What joy to fly from tree to +tree! How pleasant to light among the green stalks and the flowers on +the warm summer days! The starlings have a merry time of it; and, when +winter comes, all they have to do is to fly southward. + +No sooner are they gone than the sparrows again take possession of the +forsaken house, in great delight at having such a nice warm dwelling for +the winter. + + ANNA LIVINGSTON. + +[Illustration] + + + + +THE TEA-PARTY. + + + THE dolls had a tea-party: wasn't it fun! + In ribbons and laces they came, one by one. + We girls set the table, and poured out the tea; + And each of us held up a doll on our knee. + + You never saw children behave half so well: + Why, nobody had any gossip to tell! + And (can you believe it?) for badness, that day, + No dolly was sent from the table away. + + One dolly, however, the proudest one there, + Was driven almost to the verge of despair, + Because she had met with a simple mishap, + And upset the butter-plate into her lap. + + The cups and the saucers they shone lily-white: + We helped all the dollies, they looked so polite. + We had cake and jam from our own pantry-shelves: + Of course, we did most of the eating ourselves. + + But housewives don't know when their cares may begin. + The window was open, and pussy popped in: + He jumped on the table; and what do you think? + Down fell all the crockery there, in a wink. + + We picked up the pieces, with many a sigh; + Our party broke up, and we all said good-by: + Do come to our next one; but then we'll invite + That very bad pussy to keep out of sight. + + GEORGE COOPER. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +THE SPRAINED ANKLE. + + +HARRY has been a long, long time at the window, watching the boys as +they go past on their sleds. It is a bright afternoon, and they are +enjoying the coasting very much. + +Harry draws a long sigh, which makes his mamma look up from her work, +and say,-- + +"I know it is hard for you, darling; but think what might have happened +to Johnny if you had not saved him." + +Would you like to know what it is which keeps Harry in-doors while there +is so much fun outside? + +Well, while he is counting the sleds as they go down the long hill in +front of the house, I will tell you. + +It was on Saturday afternoon, a week ago. He was out coasting with the +other boys. Johnny Ware, a little fellow only five years old, was with +them. + +Harry and several other boys were going very swiftly _down_ the hill as +Johnny was coming _up_. + +"Get out of the way!" shouted one boy. + +"Look out, Johnny, turn to the right!" cried another. But the little +fellow did not know which was _right_, and, being bewildered, stood +still. The sleds were almost upon him, and it seemed as if he _must_ be +run over, when Harry caught him, and threw him one side, but not in +season to save his own ankle. + +It was badly sprained, and he had to be carried home. But when Harry +remembers the danger, and how near Johnny came to being run over, he +does not complain. He can even watch the boys cheerfully, and clap his +hands in joy as he hears their ringing laugh and merry shouts. + +Johnny Ware is among them, but does not stay long. He comes into Harry's +house to warm his fingers. After standing by the stove a few minutes, he +comes to the window, and, slipping his little cold hand into Harry's, +says, "May I stay with you, Harry?" + +Don't you think our little lame boy is happy now? + + MARY MYRTLE. + +[Illustration] + + * * * * * + +Transcriber's Note: + +This issue was part of an omnibus. The original text for this issue did +not include a title page or table of contents. 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