The Good Boy Who Disobeyed His Mother

LastWednosday, Eddie House, Georgc Mayberry and Frederick Pray, ea,eh about eight years of age, living at Qiiincy Point, went out on Town Biver on the ico, to slide. Eddie, in aliding too near the channcl feil through an ice hole, and the other two, after fruitless offorts to rescue hiin oalled out for help. Herbert Nott, aged about twelvc y ars, who had just arrivcd home from school, j hearing the cries, dashed off at full speed, to the great chagrín of his mother, who. had chai ged him to return home imniediately at the close of school, to go ou an errand. She saw him run toward the liver, and was planning a ment for the disobedient but hitherto ! i very obedient Herbert, who, however, liadaat!sfled himself that hfl was ui Bded I more on the river. When little Eddie saw him coming, he cried out, "Oh, save me, Herbert; l hill drown. Herbert replied, " No yon wou't uu! drown witli yen." Then taking Georgië a j Bied und pashingit iuto the water, telling Eddy to lay hold of it, he drew him safeïy out and took him to his fond mother. Probably Eddie will be careful in the iatxam- Boston Tra Mbs. ti.iiu Josbpha Hale, i literary Í lady of the old subool, now olaims that she is the original author of "Mary had a little lamb.