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Page 39
"Because it makes you remember," said Marjorie, slowly; "I don't
see why I couldn't remember to keep off the Front Stairs, just
because you told me to, but somehow I couldn't. Now, after to-day,
I'm sure I shall never forget again."
"That's the difference, my child, between youth and age. You are
young and careless of other people's wishes. I want you to learn
to consider others before yourself, and to remember to do so
without a dreadful punishment to fix it in your memory."
"It's lucky, isn't it, that I don't get punished for all the
naughty things I do? It would keep me busy being punished most of
the time."
"You ARE a mischievous child, Marjorie; but your mischief is
always the result of carelessness or forgetfulness. I have never
known you purposely to disobey me or deliberately to cut up some
naughty trick."
"No, I don't, Grandma; often I'm being just as good as an angel
and as quiet as a mouse, when suddenly something pops into my head
that would be fun to do; and I fly and do it, before I think, and
just about every time it's something wrong!"
"Then suppose you try to act more slowly. When you think of some
piece of fun, pause a moment, to make sure that it isn't mischief.
There's quite enough innocent fun in the world to keep you busy
all day, and every day."
"I 'spect there is; and truly, Grandma, after this, when I want to
cut up jinks, I'll wait until I can think it out, whether they're
good jinks or bad jinks! Will that do?"
"That will do admirably," said Grandma, smiling as she kissed the
little girl; "if you go through life on that principle and if you
have judgment enough--and I think you have--to tell 'good jinks'
from 'bad jinks,' you will probably have plenty of good times
without any necessity for punishment."
"Then that's all right," said Marjorie, and feeling that her life
problems were all settled, she dropped off to sleep.
CHAPTER XI
THE DUNNS
"Marjorie," said Mrs. Sherwood, one morning, "do you know where
Mrs. Dunn lives?"
"Yes, Grandma; down the river-road, toward the blacksmith's."
"Yes, that's right; and I wish you would go down there for me and
carry a small basket. There isn't any one else I can send this
morning and I have just heard that she is quite ill."
"They're awfully poor people, aren't they? Are you sending them
something nice?"
"Yes; some food. Mrs. Dunn scalded her hands severely last night,
and I fear she will not be able to work for several days. So if
you will carry them these things for their dinner, I will try to
get down there myself this afternoon."
"Of course I will, Grandma; I'm glad to help the poor people. May
I ask Molly to go with me?"
"Why, yes; I don't care. If there are two of you, you can carry
more things. Run over after her, and I'll have the baskets ready
by the time you get back."
With a hop and a skip, Marjorie took the shortcut across the
fields to Molly's house. It was a beautiful summer morning, and
Marjorie didn't stop more than half a dozen times, to watch the
crows or the bees or the clouds or a hop-toad.
She captured Molly, and after waiting for that dishevelled young
person to scramble into a clean frock, the two girls hopped and
skipped back again.
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