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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Up in the garret - -Author: Robin Ranger - -Release Date: August 26, 2020 [EBook #63049] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK UP IN THE GARRET *** - - - - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, Tom Cosmas and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - - -Transcriber Note - -Emphasis is denoted by _Italics_ and =Bold=. - - - - -[Illustration: Having a good time in the Garret. - - See page 38. -] - - - - - UP IN THE GARRET. - - By ROBIN RANGER. - - - SUNDAY-SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, - 805 Broadway, N. Y. - - - Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by - - CARLTON & PORTER, - - in the Clerk's Office the District Court of the United States - for the Southern District of New York. - - - - - CONTENTS. - - - Chapter Page - - I. How the Garret looked 7 - - II. The Little Bondies 16 - - III. Fine times up stairs 22 - - IV. Somebody comes to see them 35 - - V. The Swallow Story 44 - - VI. Coming down from the Garret 49 - - - - -UP IN THE GARRET. - - - - -CHAPTER I. - -HOW THE GARRET LOOKED. - - -The house in which Mr. Bondy lives is large and roomy. It stands on a -knoll or little hill, and has green grass and bright pretty flowers all -around it. There are also trees, some for shade and some for fruit. - -But it is not about the house or the garden that I wish to tell you now. -You may laugh when I say that I want to talk to you about the GARRET of -the house. - -"O, Mr. Robin Ranger," say you, "what is there about the garret that will -make a pleasant story for me to read? Don't the rats and mice live in the -garret? It is not a nice place: cold in winter, and hot in summer." - -But stop a moment, Master Flurry, (if that is your name.) Isn't there a -garret to your house? And don't you go there sometimes to play, or to -find something that has been put in the rag bag? If you do not, I think -your sister does, and you may call her, if you think you do not want to -read about a garret, and see if she will not like it. - -But I suppose that as you have read so far, you think you may as well go -on and find out what the story is about. - -Mr. Bondy's garret was quite large. It had four small windows in it, two -at each end, so that there was plenty of light. There was also a chimney -between each pair of windows. - -On the floor of the garret there was a little of everything: old -bedsteads and chairs waiting to be mended; trunks, valises, and -carpet-bags ready for traveling; rolls of spare carpet, matting, and oil -cloth; two or three stoves, put out of sight for the summer; hats in -bandboxes, and boots without any boxes; rag bags, and bags without any -rags. - -Yet there was no disorder on the floor. Mrs. Bondy was a neat and careful -woman, and she had everything in her house, even in the garret, put in -order and kept so. Her motto was, "A place for everything, and everything -in its place." Hence the floor of the garret was kept clean, and the -various things I have named were stowed away where they might be found -when wanted. - -There was a rope stretched across one end of the garret, and on this rope -were hung old clothes to be given to the poor, and winter clothes not now -in use. Nails were also driven into the rafters, which, I suppose you -know, are the beams or long pieces of wood just under the roof. From these -nails there hung little bundles of last year's herbs: mint, sage, thyme, -catnip, pennyroyal, and summer savory. These gave to the garret a very -pleasant smell. - -Against one of the chimneys there stood a set of shelves which had once -been used in the kitchen; but when the kitchen was made larger, new -shelves were put in, and these old ones were sent up garret, where old -papers and books were piled on them. - -I must not forget to tell you that on and under an old table with a -broken leg there were some toys: dolls, some with broken heads, and some -with broken arms; toy cats that couldn't squeak, and dogs that had long -ceased to bark; a company of soldiers that had once been able to stand up -together, but now looked as if they had been in the wars. The captain had -lost his head, and most of the men had lost either an arm or a leg. - -There was also a little cradle with one rocker off, and a small cart with -only one wheel. There was a Noah's ark that had once been filled with -animals and with Noah's family--wooden animals and wooden people; but the -lid of the ark was gone, as though a great wind had blown it away, and the -animals and people were scattered, with broken limbs and heads, about the -floor. - -These toys had been nice and new once, but they had been used as all other -toys are, and did not long stand the wear and tear of young hands. They -were still good enough to play with once in a while, and thus were put up -in the garret, while the newer and better toys were kept below, some in -the nursery and a few in the parlor. - -And now you begin to think there must be some children in Mr. Bondy's -house, for he and his good wife would not play with dolls, and toy cats, -and wooden soldiers. - -And you are right. There were children there, and I am glad of it, because -a house without any children in it is too dull and quiet, and is not as -pleasant as a house in which are the pattering of little feet, and the -laughter of merry little hearts, and the smiles of happy little faces. A -house without children is like a garden without buds. - -If you want to know something of these children, read the next chapter. - - - - -CHAPTER II. - -THE LITTLE BONDIES. - - -There were three of them. Alice, Maggie, and James were their names, and -they were generally well-behaved and kind to each other. This they were -taught to be by their parents. - -Alice was ten years old and went to school. So did Maggie, who was three -years younger. But James, who was only four years old, was too young to go -to school, though he had learned a few of his letters from his sisters. - -If I should say that these three little Bondies loved to play, you would -not think it strange, would you? Play! Why, I should not like to see -children that did not love to play. I should think they were sick, or else -had lost some of their senses. - -I have seen children that did not love to work or to study, but I never -yet saw one that did not love to play. I should as soon expect to see a -squirrel that couldn't jump, or a bird that couldn't fly, or a mouse that -couldn't run. - -Yes, they loved to play; and I ought to say just here that they were -willing to work and to study as far as they could. Alice and Maggie tried -hard to get their lessons for school, and even little James would have -studied his spelling-book if his father had not thought him too young. - -Alice sometimes helped her mother work in the kitchen, and Maggie thought -she did the same, but I don't think her help amounted to much. Master -Jimmy loved to work, also. But his work made more work for older folks. So -his father thought one day, when he came home and found the young beets -and parsnips all pulled out of their beds in the garden. - -"Who did that?" said he to the children. - -"I did, papa," said little James. - -"And what did you do that for?" - -"_I was working in the garden!_" was the little fellow's reply. - -He thought he was helping his papa. What do you think? - -The children had a very good place to play in, for the garden was large, -and there was a good sized plot of grass; and, besides, not very far from -the house there was a grove of beautiful maple-trees, under the shade of -which they sometimes had a picnic. - -But when it rained they could not play in the garden, or on the grass, or -under the trees. They had to stay in the house. - -Then it was that the garret was used. It was a good place to play in on a -rainy day in summer. In winter it was too cold. - -At such times the children took some of their good toys with them from the -nursery, and used them with the old toys in the garret. And though they -could not go out doors, they had fine fun and frolic under the roof of the -house, and made noise enough to frighten all the mice away, if there had -been any there. - -[Illustration] - - - - -CHAPTER III. - -FINE TIMES UP STAIRS. - - -One Saturday in July the children had expected to take a ride with Abby -Mapes and her brother Mark. Mr. Mapes's man Sam was to drive the wagon, -and they were going to the "Silver Spring," as it was called, a beautiful -spring of water about three miles from Mr. Bondy's house, and not far -from Mark Mapes's uncle's, where the children were all expected to take -tea, and Sam was to bring them home by dark. - -They had talked it over for several weeks; but at last, when the -long-looked for day came, rain came with it. - -Rain was very good for the gardens, but not very good for visiting; and -the children had to stay at home disappointed. - -They were very sorry they could not go, but they made no noise about it. -They tried to make the best of it. They hoped it might stop raining by -noon. They would still be in time, for they had not expected to start -before three o'clock. - -But noon came without any signs of clear weather. So, after dinner, Mark -Mapes came over to say that his father would let Sam take them next -Saturday. - -Before Mark went back, Alice, who had been for some time thinking how to -pass away the afternoon, went to her mother and whispered: "Shall I tell -Mark to ask Abby to come over here this afternoon and play with me?" - -"You may, if you wish," replied her mother. - -Alice ran to the door, which Mark had by this time reached on his way out, -and gave him her message for his sister. - -As the house was only a short distance from Mr. Bondy's, Mark was soon -back again, trying, as best he could, to hold a big umbrella over Abby's -head. He felt very large, but he could not manage the umbrella very well. -He was only six years old, and hardly strong enough. Besides, his sister -was so much taller than he, that the points of the umbrella often caught -in her hood, and nearly tore it from her head. - -They were hardly seated before Alice asked her mother if they might not -go up garret and play a while. She told them "Yes," and they all started -up stairs. - -Alice and Maggie stopped a moment in the nursery to get some dolls and -other toys, while Abby took little Jimmie by the hand and helped him along. - -When they reached the garret they were soon at their play. The old toys -were taken from the table, and, with the new ones, made enough to keep -them busy all the afternoon. - -Mark and Jimmie found some little blocks, and had great sport in building -houses out of them, and knocking them down. They also took the cart with -one wheel and loaded it with their blocks, and amused themselves in -drawing the load from one end of the garret to the other. - -The girls went to work at housekeeping. They had dishes, and pots, and -pans, some made of china, some of wood, and some of pewter. There were -hardly two whole ones in the lot. Nearly all were either cracked, or -broken, or bent. - -Alice had a very nice set of china dishes, and Maggie had a set of smaller -ones, which had been given to them by Uncle Fred for their last Christmas -present. But these they kept on the corner stand in the parlor, and did -not very often use. - -After a while the boys got tired of carrying blocks in a cart with only -one wheel, so they hunted around for something else. - -They found some of the animals belonging to Noah's ark, and two or three -of the people. But whether Noah and his wife were among them I cannot say. - -They also found a tin trumpet and a wooden whistle. The trumpet was bent, -and the whistle a little cracked; but still there was enough _squeak_ left -in them to make a noise. But such a noise! It sounded as if both trumpet -and whistle had been out in the rain, and had become hoarse with a cold. - -Mark and Jimmie marched up and down the garret, making all the noise they -could, and scraping their feet across the floor. By and by they sat down -for a moment on a small trunk to rest. - -When they rose from the trunk, Mark moved it a little with his foot. He -stooped to put it back in its place, and as he did so he saw something on -the floor behind it, and cried out: - -"Hey! Jimmie, look here! Isn't this the wheel that belongs to the cart?" - -As he said this, he picked up from the floor the missing wheel. How it -ever got behind the trunk I don't know; but there it was, and the boys -were not long in putting it on the axle. - -Abby found a small nail on the floor, and put it in the end of the axle to -keep the wheel on. Then the old cart had two wheels, and did the work much -better than when it went dragging along with only one. - -There was one very pretty thing that the girls brought up stairs to play -with, that I must tell you about. But I really do not know the name of it. -The lady who made it and gave it to Alice called it, I think, a _boudoir_. -What an odd name, isn't it! Can you pronounce it? - -It was a little table about the size and shape of one half of a -dinner-plate, the back being straight, and the front round. It was made -of wood, and had three legs. The hind leg was put in the middle of the -straight back, and went up some distance from the top of the table, like -a pole. - -The table and the pole were covered with blue muslin, which was neatly -fastened on the top of the table, and hung down like an apron all around. -A piece of the same also went from the top of the pole to the ends of the -back part of the table. - -Then this blue muslin was all covered with white lace. Thus the table had -a lace top over it, a lace apron in front of it, and lace curtains hanging -from the top of the pole, and nicely fastened with ribbons at each corner -of the back. - -On the pole, a short distance from the table, there hung a cunning little -looking-glass with a gilt frame. - -There were several things on the table: a pincushion, a white china -wash bowl and pitcher, a square scent bottle, also of white china, with -something in it that smelled sweetly, and a tiny glass bottle of cologne -water. - -It was really a beautiful toy, and all who saw it were well pleased with -it. Alice did not often play with it, but she saw it as she passed through -the nursery on her way up stairs, and thought it would be a nice thing to -take with her. It looked all the better in the garret, because there were -so many old, and broken, and ugly-looking things around it. - -[Illustration] - - - - -CHAPTER IV. - -SOMEBODY COMES TO SEE THEM. - - -Thus they played along for two or three hours, and had as good a time as -if the sun were shining, and they out in the garden. - -The little dolls were dressed and undressed, put into the old broken -cradle, and taken out again, I don't know how many times. The _boudoir_ -was set on one of the shelves I have told you about, and was looked at, -but was not handled much, for Alice was very careful of it. The plates and -dishes were put on the table and taken off, and put on again, and at last -all thrown together in a box under the table. - -I forgot to tell you about the swing which Mr. Bondy had put up in the -garret for the children. It was a stout rope, and hung from the rafters, -where it was tightly fastened. An old cushion, which had once been on an -arm-chair, served as the seat. - -When they were tired of their other plays they got on the swing; and when -they were tired of swinging they went back to their dolls and dishes, tin -trumpet and old cart. - -By and by they became tired of the garret, and Alice said: - -"Come, let's go down stairs again." - -"Sister," said Maggie, "let's have one more swing." - -"I want another swing, too," said Jimmie. - -So on the swing they went again. They had not swung long before they heard -a step on the stairs. - -"O," said Alice, "there comes father." - -They were not afraid to have him come, for he often played with them, and -loved to see them enjoy themselves. He had come home from business earlier -than usual on account of the rain, and when he found that the children -were in the garret he went up to see them. - -As soon as his head was seen above the garret floor, as he came up stairs, -Maggie cried out: - -"O papa, come give me a swing, and tell me a story, and let me sit in your -lap!" - -"Well, well, miss," said Mr. Bondy laughing, "I think you are asking a -great deal at once. I can't swing you, and hold you in my lap, and tell -you a story all at the same time." - -"Well, swing me now," said Maggie, "and then tell me a story." - -While Maggie was on the swing they were all startled by a singular noise -coming from the chimney. They had heard it when they first came up garret, -but it was not so loud. They would have gone down stairs then in fear, but -they waited a moment, and, as it did not come again, they went on with -their play and soon forgot it. - -But now it became quite loud, and if Mr. Bondy had not been there they -would have all run down stairs. But they were not afraid while he was by. - -It was a strange noise, and I can hardly tell you what it was like, unless -it was like something rolling down the chimney. - -"What is that?" said Abby as she started toward the stairs. - -Mr. Bondy smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, children, there is nothing -here to hurt you." - -"But what made the noise, papa," said Alice. - -"What would you think," said her father, "if I should tell you that the -noise is made by the folks that live in the chimney?" - -"Folks in the chimney!" said Mark Mapes. "How could anybody live there?" - -"O papa is only teasing us with one of his riddles," said Alice. "But -there, that's the same noise again. I wish I knew what made it." - -"Perhaps," said Mr. Bondy, "the old folks have been out to market, and are -just coming home with something for the children to eat." - -At this they all laughed. Presently Alice said: "O, I know what you mean! -There's a bird's nest there, and it's the old birds that make the noise -with their wings." - -"How could little birds live in the chimney, I should like to know?" said -Maggie. "I should think the smoke would get in their eyes and drive them -out." - -"But they do live there," said her father. "Alice has guessed right. There -is no doubt a nest of swallows somewhere in the chimney. The old birds go -out and get flies, and bring them to the little birds, who open their -mouths while the old ones drop them in." - -"Isn't that funny," said little Jimmie, who had heard all that was said. - -"Papa," said Maggie, "won't you tell us some more about the swallows?" - -"Shall I tell you a swallow story?" he asked. - -"O yes, do, do," all the children said. - -"Then you must all sit down, and be very still." - - - - -CHAPTER V. - -THE SWALLOW STORY. - - -Abby and Alice took a seat on an old trunk; Mark and Jimmie sat on the -floor; and Mr. Bondy got an old chair, with the back broken, and took his -seat on it, holding Maggie in his arms. - -When they were all quiet he began: - -"A little girl named Jane Clark once went with her mamma to visit her -grandma in the country. During the night Mrs. Clark was several times -wakened by strange noises about the chimney of the room where she slept. -But Jane was so tired that she slept too soundly to hear anything. - -"Once Mrs. Clark sat up in bed as the noise came louder than usual, and -she saw, by the light of the night-lamp, a bundle of straw tumble down -from the chimney into the fireplace. The straw had been put into the -chimney, which was never used for a fire, to keep the cold wind from -blowing down. - -"The noise now stopped, and Mrs. Clark went to sleep. Early next morning -Jane jumped out of bed, and as she touched the floor a little bird started -from a corner of the room, and flew frightened toward the window. But it -could not get through, for the window was shut. - -"After flying all around the room until it was tired, the bird was caught -by Mrs. Clark, who let Jane hold it carefully in her hand. - -"Its nest was near the top of the chimney, and somehow or other it had -fallen down during the night upon the straw which stopped up the chimney. -It tried to fly up again, but could not. Each time it tried it fell back -on the straw, until it loosened the bundle, which fell with it to the -floor. - -"Mrs. Clark looked at it very carefully, but could not find any bruise -upon it. Jane at first wanted her mother to get a cage, and let her take -it home. But when her mother told her that the poor little thing would die -if shut up in a cage, Jane was willing to let it go. - -"She took it again in her hand, and gently smoothed down the feathers on -its head and back. She then opened the window, and kissing it on its bill, -said: 'Go, little birdie, go, and find your nest again.' And the swallow -spread its little wings and soon was out of sight." - -[Illustration] - - - - -CHAPTER VI. - -COMING DOWN FROM THE GARRET. - - -"That was a pretty story, papa," said Maggie. - -"Wont you tell us another?" - -"Not this time, I guess, my child. But tell me: how would you like to live -in a chimney?" - -The children laughed at this, and said that it was not possible. - -"Well, then, how would you like to live in a garret?" asked Mr. Bondy. - -Of course they none of them cared to do that. - -"It would be too cold in winter," said Abby. - -"And too hot in summer," said Alice. - -"And too dark all the time," said Mark. - -"I should be afraid of the rats and mice," said Maggie. - -"I would shoot them with my gun," said Jimmie, who was very bold when -there were no rats and mice to be seen. - -"But, my children," said Mr. Bondy, "there are many poor people who have -not as comfortable a place as this garret to live in. I have seen them -sometimes in a garret with no bed but a heap of shavings or straw to lie -on, and no covering but an old, ragged, and dirty quilt. The roof has been -leaky and the floor wet with snow or rain, and the wind blowing across the -garret, making every one shiver with the cold. - -"O it is a sad sight to see a poor sick woman lying in such a place, and -dying for want of food, while her children are lying around her in rags, -and dirt, and cold, crying for bread which the mother has not to give. - -"You ought to thank God, children, who gives you food, and clothing, and -kind friends, and a comfortable house to live in; and we ought to help the -poor and the sick all that we can." - -The children felt sad when they heard about the poor who suffer thus, and -Alice said she was sure she would like to help them if there were any such -living near. - -But by this time the rain had stopped. There was a little blue sky in -the west, and soon the golden sunshine came through the garret windows, -casting its pleasant light across the floor, and making the old toys and -broken furniture look brighter and better than they did when all was dark -and gloomy. - -Presently the tea bell rang, and they hastened down stairs. They had -enjoyed a pleasant afternoon in spite of the rain. Perhaps, if the weather -had been fine, and they had gone to the Silver Spring, they might have had -a pleasanter time; but then, as Alice said at the tea-table, - -"We should not have heard that story about the swallow, nor about the poor -people that suffer so much in the cold. I wish I could help them." - -"Besides," said Abby, "we can all go to the Silver Spring next Saturday, -if it is pleasant; Sam will take us." - -And so he did, for the next Saturday was a very fine day, and they all had -a grand time. - -Thus they enjoyed two pleasant afternoons: one stormy one in the garret, -and one bright one by the Silver Spring. - - - - THE END. - - - [X]------------------------------------------[X] - | =SUNDAY-SCHOOL BOOKS.= | - | CARLTON & LANAHAN, 805 Broadway, N. 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