The Story of the Big Front Door

NEIGH

noon along the street upon which their side gate opened, saw two boys se

and not being able to imagine, she stopped

ecame evident that one

here I should like t

rm, Aunt Marcia," her n

ise?" as somebody peeped out of the stable do

lease don't make the boys get up till they are sure it is

zeltine put up her glass, embarrassing Ikey greatly. "Oh,

ull of mischief, though his

us! Let it o

't; it

cked boys! Di

did! It was hurt; some boys shot it with a toy pistol, and it was dreadful; so we bought some chl

rs. Hazeltine surveyed her

ve James do it?" she

n the horses

e is

cago with Co

inquire how long it will be necessary for

now, I think,"

"Wait till I'm gone, if you please; I don't care to have anything to do

to her husband that night. "Think of it-a

n letting the poor thing suffer?"

that same evening; "for cats are neighbors, father

l Ikey to report it

are going to do at your club?" cried

eat unconcern, but secretly very much provoked w

e slip, and he at last descended from his lofty p

boys' club the "Great Noodles," a name in w

" Elsie remarked w

corner began to separate in various directions, Jim Carter a

l. "You couldn't guess

lp?" Ikey's strap full of books swung round

rrence given later," Carl cal

n't any neighbors to help," Jim said,

d Fred carried to the edge of the sidewalk the skin of the banana he was peeling, and

Howard meant sill

oving the neighborhood." Fred glanced mischievously at his companion, who held a piece of chalk and was carelessly making a straggling-white line on everything he passed. Jim dropped his hand impatiently. "I don't think I'll belong," he said

rbells, carrying away door-mats, and turning on water. By the marauders it was looked upon as a grand frolic, and owners of missing mats and deluged yards might grumble as they pleased

a dose first, he is always as ma

otto of the club pop

h it. Not that he saw any special reason why they should not have fun at old Mr. Clark's expense, but rather because he wanted to g

call it. On Friday night six eager faces greeted Mrs. Howard when she entered the

at is, if you have decided that you like the plan

ulness, and was feeling rather well plea

neighbor to go about on Hallowe'en as lots of boys do, carrying off gates and doing other mischief. I have done it myself,

oys could take part in some of the wild pranks that are often played on Hallowe'en. My brother had a valuable young tree destroye

t of it in that

about things?" Jim asked, feeling ashamed in spite of himself as

uppose you thought it fun to steal

a differe

en stealing money and ruining some

less respect for public property than a

o think about it. Ikey, haven't you something to say?" This young gentleman, who

count or not, and it is as m

ll; you though

poor thing, and had come in great distress to the boys. Ikey remembered seeing his father kill a pet dog with chloroform, and so volunteered to try it on the cat. Carl bou

lly, "I don't know whet

nd thing to do, and, now you know how easy it is, I hope you will all be read

Zélie, and are going to take up a co

fficult to come back to such commonplaces as writin

so what difference will our n

don't know how contagious a good

r each time we do a thing o

the little lame boy, son of the mi

f us would go to see him occasionally. He hardly gets ou

hings good neighbors should and should not do. Taken all together it amounts to this: To be thoug

s under the text in a new blank-book which was handed ove

rned from an Indian woman to make baskets of sweet grass. This year I had a friend bring me some

ten it to the frame she had had made for the purpose, and then braid it. Their fingers

ith them when they a

somebody with the m

gh to sell was inspiring, and they worke

: a sort of Village Improvement, Humane and Missionary Society combined, but the boys thought of these things them

thing, life is too short," ans

t," said Carl, looking in the door, "but I can tell you, Aunt Zélie, t