Unpublished Page From The Life Of George Washington

It is the nieriy BUmitier time. To hlm the ml lier of tlie fatlier of his country : t.fli 11' dn mrj li. i. li.ivn yon been 8DCe scllnul ÜlllisKi(] V" ' Haiu't been no whtie, ma." "Diil jou come straight home from 6cliotJ, Giore?" 'Ti nia'iiui !" "But school ja il-iiiHsrc ut three o'clock, Hnd it is iiow hall pust 8lx. Huw dueB tlmt ?" "(Jol kep' It." 'Whiit for?" " Miioeil in' jofrjrraf'v less'n." "But ymir teacher was here only an hom go, Hnd said you hadu't been at srhool all day ?"' "Got kep' in yestiddy, then." "G-oige, why were you not at school to-d. v t" "Foigot. Thought all the time it was Sutunlav-" " Diin't ftand on one side of j-our foot in tlmt man lier. Come here to me. Geoijir, you haye been swimming.1' 'No'm." " Yes ) on have, George. Ilavt-n't you ?" " N o a p " " Teil jour inother, George ?" "Ni c k s." "Then what inakes your lialr so wet, my son !"' " Sweiit. I run so fast cm in' from school " " But your shirt is wrong-ide oul " " Put it on that way when I got up this morninr for luck. Always win win i) you phiyf.r kecps if your shirt Is od wronjf-side out." "And you li.iveii't the right sleeve of your shirt on your aim at all, Ueorjfe, and thtre is a hard knot ticd in it. How did tll;it conic tliure?" "Bill Fairfax lied it when I wasu't lookin'." " Bnt what wen you doing wlth your shirt off?" "Üidn t have it off. Hejestook'n tied tont knot tliere wheu it was on me." " George !" "Tl.at's honest truth, he did!" About tlmt time the noble Bushrod canie along with a skate strap, and we draw a veil over the dreadful tceiie, merely renurklnB tbal boys do not setin to chance ( mnch as m.-n. Table cloths and napkina are much 01nameuted with lringcs.. At a dinner recenlly sriven the tahlc was ttrewn with half open roeebuds. TIneffect Wa.-nüte novi-l Pietty baby blankeU are made of thln white si Ik, titnfffd with pink otton wool and tutted with white aiin bowa The wooden rne baskets are made inlo ¦()lk-l)ak'ls and Moed witli plhCUShion- and pockeU. Krljfht rihlion bOWr kre placed on the bandiet, Velveteen un.kes vcry h:ndsome tahle Carta. It my be embroltlered in tbr same way as velvet and muy be lined with saleen. Pitia p'ingee or China i-ilk, besidtbeinjr hh1iÏ"(iiI]' for drenp, i omkI in SCiiils il lid ,-H-h and hntleifly lidies for ih-ciirations. As it i soft and line ol lexlure it dnipes inst hcaiititully ovei etwelH and traaes bd falls in die mo-t exqui.-ite lines aronnd picture frames and plnqtiM, and kimts witliout lookinj; bui chy inti the cai f' tidies, nou go ta.-liInuablé. For tliee purpises tlie higli-.nt .-hades are inogi frcquentlv used, and aie neutral withom benig iJull, aud brifjlit Without beinjr tlashy.