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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: In the Nursery - Happy Hours for the Little Ones - -Author: Anonymous - -Release Date: March 11, 2022 [eBook #67607] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Juliet Sutherland, Jwala Kumar Sista and the Online - Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IN THE NURSERY *** - - - Transcriber's Notes - - 1. Typographical errors and hyphenation inconsistencies were silently - corrected. - - 2. Table of Contents and the List of Illustrations have been added - by the transcriber. - - 3. Some illustrations appearing before chapter heading in the - original, are placed next to the relevant chapter heading. - - 4. The text version is coded for italics and other mark-ups i.e., - (a) Italics are indicated thus _italic_; - (b) Smallcaps thus +CAPS+; and - (c) Images are indicated as [Illustration: (with narration...)] - - * * * * * - - - [Illustration: NURSERY.] - - - - - IN THE NURSERY - - HAPPY HOURS FOR THE - LIT-TLE ONES - - [Illustration: LIT-TLE ONES.] - - _ILLUSTRATED_ - - BOSTON - LOTHROP PUBLISHING COMPANY - - - - - +COPYRIGHT, 1897,+ - - BY - - +LOTHROP PUBLISHING COMPANY.+ - - - - - Table of Contents. - - - Chapter Page - - - JACK AND JILL. 5 - - THE THREE MOD-EL MICE. 6 - - THE MICE AND THE EGG. 7 - - IN THE SWING. 8 - - BUT-TER-CUP, THE BOS-SY. 9 - - MEAS-UR-ING TOM-MY. 10 - - THE TWINS. 11 - - A BRAVE GIRL. 12 - - OUT-LINE PICT-URE TO COL-OR.--SLATE PICT-URE. 13 - - A LIT-TLE MAS-TER. 14 - - TAKE ME MAMMA. 15 - - A SPRING SHOW-ER. 16 - - A FIN-GER SONG. 17 - - LIT-TLE GOLD HEAD. 20 - - TWO BA-BIES. 22 - - A NEW KIND OF PUS-SY-CAT. 24 - - CIN-DER-EL-LA. 26 - - MISS ROSE-BUD 27 - - A FISH-ING AD-VEN-TURE. 28 - - AN OC-TO-BER PIC-NIC. 29 - - MA-DAME MOB-CAP. 30 - - PICT-URES TO COL-OR OR DRAW. 31 - - WHAT BA-BY LIKED. 32 - - A BAD NIGHT. 34 - - THE LIT-TLE SWANS' LESSON. 35 - - A SOLDIER. 36 - - TALK TO ME, TOO, MAMMA. 37 - - PRIDE. 38 - - WHY TIP-TOE BARKED. 38 - - SYBIL'S CARRIAGE. 39 - - - List of Illustrations. - - Page - - - [WILL YOU COME?] - - [AT THE SPRING.] 5 - - [THEY ATE FROM THE SAME EGG.] 6 - - [AN EMPTY LARDER AT HOME.] 7 - - [BEHOLD THE DILEMMA!] - - [NECESSITY BEING, AS EVER, THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.] - - [ISN'T THIS FUN?] 8 - - [AND ISN'T THIS FUN?] - - ["HERE WE'LL WAIT!"] 9 - - [Meas-ur-ing Tom-my.] 10 - - [The Twins.] 11 - - [SEE HOW BRAVE!--WHAT IF SHE BITES!] 12 - - [CHILD-LIFE ON THE FARM.--A NO-VEM-BER RAIN.] 13 - - [Bringing Home The Thanks-giv-ing Dinner. - SLATE PICT-URE--THE NIGHT BE-FORE THANKS GIV-ING.] - - [FLOSS AND FLUFF.] 14 - - ["Take Me, Mamma!"] 15 - - [A Spring Show-er.] 16 - - [A Fin-ger Song.] 17 - - [KATE FEEDS THE FISH-ES.] 18 - - [A MORN-ING RIDE.] 19 - - [CHOOSE THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE BEST. - SLATE PICT-URE FOR BA-BY TO DRAW.] - - ["PUT OUT."] 20 - - [GLAD TO MEET.] - - [Two Ba-Bies.] 21 - - [UN-DER THE EAVES.] 22 - - [The ba-by in the house and the ba-by in the barn.] 23 - - [PRET-TY, PRET-TY KIT-TY!] 24 - - [NAUGH-TY, NAUGH-TY KIT-TY!] - - [+THE BLACK SWAN.+] 25 - - [Miss Rose-Bud.] 27 - - [TED-DY'S LUCK.] 28 - - [An October Pic-nic] 29 - - [JOHN-NY'S LIT-TLE SIS-TER.] 31 - - [NEL-LY AND BA-BY-BOY JOE.] 32 - - [A DARLING LIT-TLE SIS-TER.] 33 - - [Ba-by Rat sat up in bed.] 34 - - [GOOD TIMES.] 35 - - [A GAME OF NINEPINS.] - - [A REGIMENT OF ROBBY'S SOLDIERS.] 36 - - [ROBBY THINKS HE LOOKS LIKE THIS.] - - [ROBBY AT NIGHT.] - - ["Talk to me, too, Mamma."] 37 - - [THE PROUD LIT-TLE DOLL.] 38 - - [AN INVITATION TO TAKE A WALK.] - - [SYBIL GOES OUT TO MAKE CALLS.] 39 - - [THREE MARINERS.] Back cover - - - - - JACK AND JILL. - - [Illustration: WILL YOU COME?] - [Illustration: AT THE SPRING.] - - - "Oh, lit-tle lass Jill, oh, lit-tle lass Jill, - Will you come, will you come with me? - I've a new tin pail, and the wa-ter in the well - Is the cool-est that can be." - - - "Oh, bold boy Jack, you bold boy Jack, - You are tell-ing what is not true, - For sweet as any-thing is the wa-ter in the spring, - And I'd ra-ther go there, thank you!" - - - So off whis-tled Jack with his new tin pail, - To the cool well on the hill, - And--cun-ning lit-tle thing--to the sweet-wa-ter spring, - With her cup in hand, went Jill. - - - - - THE THREE MOD-EL MICE. - - [Illustration: THEY ATE FROM THE SAME EGG.] - - -Once on a time--the story-book time when an-i-mals wore clothes and -could talk--there were three mod-el mice. Their names were Gray -Cloak, Fine Ear and Sat-in Slip-per. Sat-in Slip-per had a spoon of -her own, Fine Ear had a knife, and Gray Cloak owned a fork. - -One day they thought they would club the knife and the fork and the -spoon to-geth-er, and keep house. As they were mod-el mice, they -eas-i-ly a-greed where to live. They chose Farm-er Jones' cel-lar, -be-cause there were bar-rels of ap-ples, bas-kets of eggs, and -shelves loaded with good-ies, and an egg, or an ap-ple, or a stray -cake would not be missed. - -"I lived once," said Gray Cloak, "in the cel-lar of a wom-an who -bought by the doz-en or the dime's worth, and she missed the least -lit-tle thing at once, so that fi-nal-ly I left in dis-gust." - -Such good times as those three mice had! The cel-lar had a -smooth, wa-ter-limed floor, a beau-ti-ful place to play mar-bles, -blind-man's-buff and Kit-ty-kit-ty-cor-ner. They always ate from the -same egg, and as Farm-er Jones kept his cats at the barn, there was -noth-ing to spoil their comfort for many years. - - - - - THE MICE AND THE EGG. - - [Illustration: AN EMPTY LARDER AT HOME.] - [Illustration: BEHOLD THE DILEMMA!] - [Illustration: NECESSITY BEING, AS EVER, THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.] - - - - - IN THE SWING. - - [Illustration: ISN'T THIS FUN?] - [Illustration: AND ISN'T THIS FUN?] - - - Bet-ter than al-most any-thing - Do the chil-dren love an out-door swing; - With their soft lit-tle hands they hold and cling - Like birds just out of a nest. - - Try it which-ev-er way they please, - 'Tis good as a green bough in a breeze; - They kneel in it with their chub-by knees, - To see if they like that best. - - O-ver and o-ver they do it all, - Sit in it, stand in it, laugh and call; - And then if by an-y chance they fall-- - Why, then you know the rest. - - - - - BUT-TER-CUP, THE BOS-SY. - - [Illustration: "HERE WE'LL WAIT!"] - - - The lit-tle new bos-sy is so red, - Al-most the col-or of a clo-ver-head! - Lit-tle red But-ter-cup, lit-tle red But-ter-cup-- - This is the path she will come up. - Here we'll wait at the mead-ow gate - For half an hour, at an-y rate, - Till, _kling-i-ty-kling_, the cow-bells ring, - And we catch a glimpse of the pret-ty thing. - From the top-most bar, for ev-er so far, - We see to the green field where they are; - O, But-ter-cup, But-ter-cup, lit-tle red But-ter-cup! - This is the path she will come up. - - - - - MEAS-UR-ING TOM-MY. - - [Illustration: Meas-ur-ing Tom-my.] - - -Tom-my goes ev-er-y day to look at a board in the gar-den fence. -There are four lit-tle hacks in that board, one a-bove an-oth-er, -made with a knife. The first hack shows how tall Tom-my was when he -was one year old; the sec-ond how tall when he was two; the third how -tall when he was three; and yes-ter-day Nel-ly made a hack for the -fourth birth-day. - - - - - [Illustration: The Twins.] - - - - - A BRAVE GIRL. - - [Illustration: SEE HOW BRAVE!] - [Illustration: WHAT IF SHE BITES!] - - - See what a nice brave girl I am, - To feed my lamb! - I go right up to her, close as I can, - And say, "Nan-nan, - Here is a pinch of salt or two, - Pret-ty Nan-nan, that I brought to you--" - Pret-ty Nan-nan! - - Oh, my! how big she is! Only see - Her look at me! - What if her teeth were long and white, - And she should bite? - She's al-most like the wolf in the wood - That ate up lit-tle Red Rid-ing Hood-- - Naugh-ty Nan-nan! - - - - - OUT-LINE PICT-URE TO COL-OR.--SLATE PICT-URE. - - [Illustration: CHILD-LIFE ON THE FARM.--A NO-VEM-BER RAIN.] - - [Illustration: Bringing Home The Thanks-giv-ing Dinner. - SLATE PICT-URE--THE NIGHT BE-FORE THANKS GIV-ING.] - - - - - A LIT-TLE MAS-TER. - - [Illustration: FLOSS AND FLUFF.] - - -Floss and Fluff were the hap-pi-est dogs in the world. Floss knew how -to snap, and Fluff knew how to whine, and if they had been let to -go hun-gry, or cold, or had been scold-ed, they'd have been cross, -naught-y dogs. - -But Floss and Fluff had a good mas-ter. He was a lit-tle boy on-ly -six years old, but he was a first-rate mas-ter. His pa-pa said when -he brought Floss and Fluff home: - -"Now, Fred-dy, just as long as these lit-tle fel-lows are hap-py, -just so long they are yours!" - -Fred-dy knew what that meant. He fed his beau-ti-ful pets at -reg-u-lar hours ev-er-y day, and e-ver-y day he combed and brushed -them, and ev-er-y day he took them out for a frol-ic, and they had -their baths at the right time, and he nev-er held up a bone and did -not give it to them. Be-cause he was so prompt and true and kind, -Fred-dy was hap-py, and so were Fluff and Floss. - - - - - TAKE ME MAMMA. - - [Illustration: "TAKE ME, MAMMA!"] - - - - - A SPRING SHOW-ER. - - [Illustration: A SPRING SHOW-ER.] - - - "My gyp-sy hat - For my lit-tle head-- - I can't wait a min-ute!" - Gold Locks said. - - Look out, lit-tle girl, - Through the win-dow pane; - You'll have to wait - Un-til af-ter the rain. - - With a flood like this - Straight from the sky, - Not ev-en um-brel-las - Could keep you dry. - - But there's wa-ter e-nough, - My lit-tle lass, - Stream-ing and drip-ping - Out-side the glass. - - With-out your tears - To help the wet! - Have you thought to look - For a rain-bow yet? - - Ah, see through the clouds - A glimpse of the sun! - And hark to the thrush-es-- - The rain is done. - - - - - [Illustration: A FIN-GER SONG.] - - A FIN-GER SONG. - (_To be said on Ba-by's Fin-gers._) - - - I. Shall have an ap-ple; - II. Shall have a pear; - III. Shall have a lit-tle kid, of which he'll take good care; - IV. Shall have some can-dy; - V. Shall have a ride; - VI. Shall have a lit-tle sword, all buck-led on his side; - VII. Shall have a po-ny; - VIII. Shall have a sled; - IX. Shall have a dream-ing cap, and X. shall go to bed. - - - - - [Illustration: KATE FEEDS THE FISH-ES.] - - -The birds in the grove know lit-tle farm-house Kate. The fish-es in -the brook know lit-tle farm-house Kate. She is the girl that walks -a-bout with her a-pron full of nice crumbs. - -The first morn-ing this win-ter that the brook froze o-ver, Kate went -down to the bank and broke the ice with a stick, and fed the fish-es -with bread crumbs. - - - - - [Illustration: A MORN-ING RIDE.] - - [Illustration: CHOOSE THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE BEST.-- - SLATE PICT-URE FOR BA-BY TO DRAW.] - - - - - LIT-TLE GOLD HEAD. - - [Illustration: "PUT OUT."] - [Illustration: GLAD TO MEET.] - - - The lit-tle Gold Head was so "put out," - Though none but her-self knew what a-bout, - That she sat on the door-steps a-while to pout-- - Oh, greed-y lit-tle Gold Head! - - "I had one tart, but I want-ed two, - So, I'll run a-way--that's what I'll do!" - And she found White-wool in the mead-ow dew. - Crop-ping the clo-ver red. - - The two were friends, and glad to meet. - She cried: "Nan-nan, is the clo-ver sweet? - And can you have all you want to eat?" - "Ba-a, ba-a-a!" he said. - - - - - TWO BA-BIES. - - [Illustration: TWO BA-BIES.] - - [Illustration: UN-DER THE EAVES.] - - [Illustration: The ba-by in the house and the ba-by in the barn.] - - -The ba-by in the house and the ba-by in the barn, are great friends. -The barn ba-by is not per-mit-ted to come in-to the house, but the -house ba-by vis-its the barn ev-er-y day. - -The house ba-by is a year old, and the barn ba-by is just a year old -too; but the house ba-by can on-ly take lit-tle trem-bling steps, -holding fast by moth-er's hand, while the barn ba-by, if he can on-ly -get out of doors, throws up his heels and runs a-cross the fields, -and no-bod-y can catch him. - -The house ba-by laughs to see him go, and dear-ly likes to pat his red -hair, and feel his two stout lit-tle horns. And I think the barn ba-by -likes to feel the soft hand of his lit-tle friend from the house, for -some-times there is salt, and some-times there is su-gar on the lit-tle -pink palm, and the barn ba-by licks it off with his rough tongue. -Once the barn ba-by tried to say, "Thank you." He tried this way: He -reached his head up and licked the house ba-by's rose-pink cheek. The -house ba-by was scared, and so was the house ba-by's moth-er--and she -ran in-to the house with him just as fast as she could; and then pa-pa -laughed at them both, and the barn ba-by stood and looked o-ver the -fence for half an hour. - - - - - A NEW KIND OF PUS-SY-CAT. - - [Illustration: PRET-TY, PRET-TY KIT-TY!] - [Illustration: NAUGH-TY, NAUGH-TY KIT-TY!] - - - "Here is a pus-sy-cat, - A new kind of pus-sy-cat, - An odd, queer pus-sy-cat, - Lying on the sand; - - "It does not look like Top-sy, - It does not look like Tab-by, - And when I call it Wink-ie - It does not un-der-stand. - - "Come and see me, kit-ty, - Pret-ty, pret-ty kit-ty, - Poor, lit-tle kit-ty, - I'll stroke you with my hand." - - One lit-tle lov-ing pat - Gives the ba-by--on-ly that; - The new kind of pus-sy-cat, - Lying on the sand. - - That does not look like Top-sy, - And does not look like Tab-by, - And when she calls it Wink-ie - Does not un-der-stand. - - That's neith-er soft nor fur-ry, - Nor full of play, nor pur-ry, - Seiz-es in a hur-ry - And bites the ba-by's hand. - - - - - CIN-DER-EL-LA. - - [Illustration: +THE BLACK SWAN.+] - - -Not Cin-der-el-la of the glass slip-per--our Cin-der-el-la wore -i-ron shoes. She was an In-dian po-ny, and we all loved her. The -pet chick-en made a roost of her back, and the white cow licked her -glos-sy sides as she would her own calf. - -Our four lit-tle out-door boys learned to ride on her gen-tle back, -and some-times they all got on at once--Ba-by Frank close to her neck -in the curve of Willie's arms, who held the bridle; Ed-die next, with -his chub-by hands clutch-ing Willie's sides; and Char-lie last, much -a-fraid of slip-ping off be-hind. They were all so small that their -short legs stood straight out a-cross her broad back. Mam-ma was -nev-er un-ea-sy, for Cin-der-el-la had nev-er been coax-ed out of a -walk since they had had her. - -But one day a cow came in sight of this horse-back par-ty, and -Cin-der-el-la pricked up ears, and started off in a gal-lop! Char-lie -slipped off be-hind. Ed-die went o-ver side-wise. Frankie screamed, -but Wil-lie held him close, and kept his seat un-til the cow turned -off in-to a fence-cor-ner, and lay down. Then Cin-der-el-la stopped, -and the boys that fell off came limp-ing up. - -They found out that the po-ny had been used on the plains to fol-low -cat-tle. Af-ter this, when these boys want-ed a brisk ride, they tried -to get be-hind a cow. - - - - - MISS ROSE-BUD. - - [Illustration: MISS ROSE-BUD.] - - - Bring the black horse, bring the red sleigh-- - Miss Rose-bud her-self goes rid-ing to-day! - - - - - A FISH-ING AD-VEN-TURE. - - [Illustration: TED-DY'S LUCK.] - - - Pa-tient lit-tle fish-er boy, sit-ting by the brook, - Has a pole, and has a line, and has a pret-ty hook; - Up come the lit-tle trout, speckl-ed gold and red, - Catch them-selves on pur-pose, be-cause it is our Ted. - - Glad lit-tle fish-er boy puts them in a pail; - Ev-er-y lit-tle fin-ny fel-low flound-ers like a whale; - Home he runs, home he runs, cry-ing out with joy, - "Mam-ma, see what _I_ have done--your bold fish-er boy!" - - Pail is old and rus-ty--what will Ted-dy do? - Bot-tom part has fal-len out, fish-es have slipped through! - Stop a bit--wait a min-ute! some-thing is a-wry! - Hold it up!--poor lit-tle Ted! will he laugh or cry? - - - - - AN OC-TO-BER PIC-NIC. - - [Illustration: An October Pic-nic] - - - Out on the sun-ny grass, out on the sun-ny grass, - Goes for an hour's play the kin-der-gar-ten class. - The ba-by is so fat and odd, they twine a wreath of gold-en-rod, - And make be-lieve she's queen--the lit-tle lass. - And af-ter she is crowned, and af-ter she is crowned, - They'll fetch their bask-ets full of lunch, and seat them-selves - a-round; - The queen will nib-ble bread and cheese, will catch a lit-tle cold, - will sneeze, - And throw her crusts and crumbs up-on the ground. - Oh, nev-er, nev-er mind, oh, nev-er, nev-er mind, - If at a din-ner on the green some fun-ny things you find-- - All sort of bugs that want the cake; or if a crick-et by mis-take - Crawls on the sand-wiches, oh, nev-er mind! - - - - - MA-DAME MOB-CAP. - BY MA-RY E. BRAD-LEY. - - - This is lit-tle Ro-sa-belle-- - No! I beg her par-don, - This is Ma-dame Mob-cap, - Walk-ing in her gar-den. - - What a fine cap it is! - What a wide bor-der! - Spec-ta-cles and walk-ing-stick, - And ev-er-y-thing in or-der. - - Hop, toads, clear the way! - Bees, hush your hum-ming! - La-dy-birds and but-ter-flies, - Grand folks are com-ing! - - Nev-er think she'll look at you, - Vi-o-lets and dai-sies! - You're quite too in-sig-nif-i-cant - For such a la-dy's prais-es. - - She must have a king-cup, - And a prince's feath-er, - With a crown-im-pe-ri-al, - Tied up to-geth-er. - - That will suit your Maj-es-ty, - Ma-dame Ro-sa-bel-la! - And here's a gold-en sun-flow-er - To make you an um-brel-la. - - "Pooh!" says lit-tle Ro-sa-belle, - Pluck-ing some car-na-tions; - "You may keep your sun-flow-ers, - And all their rich re-la-tions. - - "Give me a bunch of vi-o-lets, - And one of those white ros-es, - And take your crown-im-pe-ri-al - To folks that have no nos-es." - - - - - PICT-URES TO COL-OR OR DRAW. - - [Illustration: JOHN-NY'S LIT-TLE SIS-TER.] - - -"I'll take care of Sis-sy," said broth-er John-ny. - -Ba-by was so sweet and ro-sy! Mam-ma had just dressed her, all white -and fair. John-ny held out his arms for her. Mam-ma kissed both -gold-en heads, and went out to get din-ner. - -John-ny was ver-y proud to be trust-ed with his lit-tle sis-ter. He -sat down with her in the great green ea-sy-chair, and put both arms -round her. - -"Now Sis-sy shall hear a nice sto-ry," he said, "all a-bout -Christ-mas. Sis-sy shall have beau-ti-ful things Christ-mas--a big -i-vo-ry rat-tle with long red rib-bons, and a pict-ure-book, and a -dol-ly with black hair, and a soft ball all blue and yel-low--and -broth-er will buy them for her all him-self." - -Ba-by said, "_Goo-goo_," and smiled a hon-ey-smile. - - - - - WHAT BA-BY LIKED. - - [Illustration: NEL-LY AND BA-BY-BOY JOE.] - - -One day, when mamma went to drive and left Ba-by-boy Joe with Nel-ly, -she found out ten things that lit-tle ba-by-boys like. - -She found that Ba-by-boy Joe liked to dance at the Ba-by-boy Joe in the -mirror. He liked to hold the paper-weight--a smooth round stone, like -an egg. He liked to hold a soft, fragrant, red rose--Nel-ly gave him -a white one, but he dropped it and held the red one. He liked to be -carried all a-bout the house. He liked to sit up in his crib and pound -a pillow with his lit-tle fists. He liked to hold papas cane. He liked -to put his hand on Pussy and smooth her soft fur. He liked a tiny sip -of wa-ter. He liked a branch of green leaves. And he liked to hear -Nel-ly sing. - -All these things Ba-by-boy Joe had and did, in one short hour, while -mamma was a-way. - -And when mamma came back he was fast asleep in his lit-tle brass bed, -and Nel-ly had put the house in or-der. - - [Illustration: A DARLING LIT-TLE SIS-TER.] - - - - - A BAD NIGHT. - - [Illustration: Ba-by Rat sat up in bed.] - - -Ba-by Rat sat up in bed. She nudged her moth-er. "I smell cheese!" -said she. "Cheese!" cried the moth-er-rat! "that's the worst thing -you could say! Stay here, while I look." - -The moth-er-rat went to the door. "Ba-by!" she said. Ba-by came. -"Jump on my back," she said. Then she gave a great jump, and a-way -she went, her child on her back, down-stairs, down and down-stairs, -in-to the cel-lar, and off out-doors. - -"The thing I jumped o-ver was a TRAP!" she said to her trem-bling -child. - - - - - THE LIT-TLE SWANS' LESSON. - - [Illustration: GOOD TIMES.] - - -Once there was a fair swan with a coal-black neck. She had three -pret-ty ba-by swans, but they were lazy lit-tle things. They did not -wish to pick their own bugs, nor cut their own grass-salads, nor to -swim. They wished to take their bugs and grass from their moth-er's -bill, and to go up stream and down on her back. It was a pleasure to -their moth-er to feed them and to give them rides. But she knew they -must be taught to seek their own food, and to swim up and down. - -When she spoke to them a-bout it, they said, "Next week we will." Next -week one of them did keep her word and swim, and seek her own bugs, -and nip grass for her-self. But the others still sat on their moth-er's -back. So one day when she was out in the stream, and they were -catching but-ter-flies from her back, the moth-er swan--with a fun-ny -smile at her good child--dived, heels o-ver head, and let the lazy -swans fall off. Then up she came and swam off as fast as she could, -in among the reeds, where she stayed all night. By morn-ing her lit-tle -swans had learned their lesson. - - [Illustration: A GAME OF NINEPINS.] - - - - - A SOLDIER. - - - [Illustration: A REGIMENT OF ROBBY'S SOLDIERS.] - [Illustration: ROBBY THINKS HE LOOKS LIKE THIS.] - [Illustration: ROBBY AT NIGHT.] - - -Mrs. Nye loves peace and a quiet house. But Robby Nye, her lit-tle -son, loves racket, noise, hubbub, con-fu-sion and war. Mrs. Nye has -to fold newspapers in-to soldier-caps and she has to cut out epaulets -and belts and straps and stars and badges, and her room is strewn -with these things--some-times she has to cut out and pin on whole -suits of armor. And when Mrs. Nye leaves her chair she is likely to -step on a tin soldier and her dress sweeps down whole regiments. -Bang! bang! cries Robby, and charges up and down the room. He thinks -he looks like a great general--in his own mind he swells up to a -tre-men-dous size. But at night this terrible soldier creeps up in-to -his mamma's lap just like other boys. - - - - - TALK TO ME, TOO, MAMMA. - - [Illustration: "Talk to me, too, Mamma."] - - - - - PRIDE. - - [Illustration: THE PROUD LIT-TLE DOLL.] - - - If I were a rich lit-tle doll - And rode in a coach my own, - I would bow when I passed those dolls - Who walk be-cause they have none; - And I think I will break a twig, - Just here on the green roadside. - And punish your dear lit-tle hands - To teach you the sin of pride. - - - - - WHY TIPTOE BARKED. - - [Illustration: AN INVITATION TO TAKE A WALK.] - - -In ran Tiptoe. Tiptoe had news to tell. But they were all asleep. -Asleep in the daytime, Grandpa in his big chair, Ned on one knee, and -Ba-by on the other. "O what a waste of time!" thought Tiptoe. "They -don't know what I have seen! dandelions in the grass! bluebirds on -the fence! Chickens in Speckle's coop! three lit-tle new cats at the -barn! and the sun shines and the wind blows! and the clouds race -a-cross the sky!" Tiptoe barked for joy, his lit-tle dog-heart was so -glad in him. I am quite sure it was the bright weather with all -things growing and stirring, that made Tiptoe bark for joy. - -The barking awoke Ba-by. Ba-by woke Ned, and Ned woke Grandpa, and they -all went out with Tiptoe for a walk, and were so glad and gay they -could have barked too. - - - - - SYBIL'S CARRIAGE. - - [Illustration: SYBIL GOES OUT TO MAKE CALLS.] - - -I wish I knew the names of those first two dear lit-tle chil-dren who -thought how to clasp their four hands in a way to make a seat to -carry a child, and where they lived, and how long ago it was. Don't -you? They must have been kind chil-dren. - -One rainy day last week, when Ba-by Sybil was not well and cried and -would not play, Jack and Jessie made a carriage with their hands, and -Sybby rode all o-ver the house, and made calls and saw the sights, as -hap-py as she could be. "Trot! Trot fast!" Sybby cried. Then her span -went fast. "Whoa! Slow, slow!" called the lady in the coach. Then her -horses walked. 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