“That s all right now, my little man, and I don’t believe all this will hap-
pen again.”

“Well, I rather ’spect not.”

So mamma leaned over and kissed him softly, for she saw his eyes were
almost shut up tight.

“Had only three legs, anyway,” said the baby, as he tucked the clothes
close up under his chin, and so fell asleep.

@Josie’s @rouble.

et ITTLE Josie Brown was sent to the store fora bottle of shoe-

fe dressing. He didn’t care to go just then, so he rushed out of
the house ina bad temper. After getting the bottle he was re-
turning in the same ugly fashion, not looking at all where he was
going. He happened to come toa slippery part of the pave-
ment, and down he fell, dropping the bottle on the ground. Of
course it broke,.and the contents splashed all over his face, his
hands and his clothes. In terror he flew home, and ran scream-
ing to his mother. Seeing that he was about to throw himself on her lap, she
cried out in alarm: “Don’t come near me.’

Mrs. Brown was making a new silk dress, and she naturally objected to it
being soiled by shoe-dressing.

Then Josie screamed all the more, and his two little brothers, who were
present, thinking that their mother was frightened, began to scream too. This
woke the baby, who joined in the dismal chorus.

The sound was heard in the street, and some foolish people quickly gave
an alarm of fire. In a very short time engines were in front of the house.
This made such an uproar that Mrs. Brown wondered for a moment what it all
meant. When she did understand it herself she found it difficult to make
every body else understand what had happened. Then she found it still more
difficult to quiet her three frightened little children.

Don’t you think that was a great deal of trouble for one boy to cause his
dear mamma? Josie thought so when he was calm enough to think at all, and
I believe he tries to be more careful now when he is sent to the store.

—S. JENNIE SMITH.