Jimmy Boy
my, the clam. Mrs. McQuilken's own cats were most of them asleep; the blind canary was eating her supper of hemp-seed; and the noisy magpie ha
was not a soul to hear her. "Mercy upon us, w
work on the floor and rushed out of the room crying, "
my. Nate had said to Jimmy jus
lead;" and Jimmy, stung by th
er once suspecting that Nate was goin
e were people living in it, and nothing could be ru
, Nate, what a
if you're scared
'm not your 'caddy,' I won't
't he "taken the stump," agreeing to follow his lead? Besides, Nate
ith both arms out-stretched. But by that time Nate had turned
, here I am; ca
ted. On the solid earth, running a fair race, the chances w
ard is the meanest boy in California," thought angry Jimm
the very sort he had just described to Lucy-built of tiles and held on to the roof by wires. He was caught in these wires; and whenever
o, my caddy! Where are you?
d the edge of the roof, and carrying with him that most undesirable chimney! Wh
him, a wreck. Jimmy was unhurt except for a few scratches. But oh, it was dreadful to hear himself laughed at, not only by that mischievo
a chimney which did not belong to him, he had of course torn his clothes frightfully and l
?" said the landlord, shaking his
prit crept unwillingly back to the hotel all the cats, dogs, donkeys, and chickens in Castle Cliff seemed to combine in a
his coming to the house? No one t
rogue stealing a chimn
to them that the dear child had been in actual danger; and then they drew long breaths and shuddered,
ctably clad, and was walking down to dinner between herself and Aunt Vi, "but my lit
s all Nate Pollard's fault. Nate st
do you
'Yes, I would.' And I never mistrusted where he was goi
d not follow Nate without
followed. But you see he had stumped me and
unt Vi, laughing, "Isn't th
nt Vi used that word of five syllables it always m
ave promised to follow Nate without knowing where he was going! And you ne
way because he's the oldest. He's just as mean
do when a boy is trying to lead you into mis
ed; and Mr. Dunlee had already learned that it would cost ten dollars to restore the tile chimney. Nor was this all. While Jimmy was trying to console himself with ice-cream he suddenly thought of his father's watch! It must have dropped out of his p
g aside his saucer of ice-cr
wer; his mother
louder tone,
s it, m
she nodded permission for him to leave the table; and
, what is t
aned. "I'm afraid som
this sounded very strange. She wondered if Jimmy had
his hot hand in hers. "Papa's watch is safe in
ed immense
k again? I'm so glad!
"Come upstairs with mamma. Does your head ache? I
sted in talking
it? He let Lucy hav
did not
aid she'd lose it. And then,-oh, dear, o
gone, a very valuable one. Search must be made for it at once. Without waiting to speak to her husband, Mrs. Dunlee put on her hat