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Title: American messenger
Year: 1843 (1840s)
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Subjects: American Tract Society Christianity
Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : American Tract Society
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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-morrow, even iftis Saturday. And by noon youdnever believe but ii had always beenoccupied by some young lady friend,of fairy-like taste and proportions, andsmiles chased the gloom from Tomsface as sunshine ceases darkness afterrain, while he and his mother cheerfullysat down to supper by themselves, therest of the family being off on a jauntfor the week. As he took the tilings from the topsof his dresser and chif, as he short-ened the word, he carefully wined them—a damp cloth for the china, glass,metal and wood, a dry one for the paperand pasteboard, and using a soft brushfor those of velvet. You see that Tomwas well provided for by a carefulfather, loving mother and thoughtfulsisters, so that he ought to have beenas neat as a new pin; but—well, he wasa boy, big for his age. and much pre-ferred all sorts of outdoor sports to anyindoor work ! Then Tom began to clear out hiscloset, and oh. my! Such a sight! Itmakes me shudder to even think of it.Shoes with mud dried on, until they
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LOOKING AFAR True to his word Tom was up andat it bright and early the next morn-ing. If you are a boy, you know pret.ywell what he found to carry out, tothrow away or to clean up sort, clas-sify and put in the proper places: butso you may make your own room spickand span, Ill tell you what he did withwhat and how he did it. First, he opened both the doors andwindows while he unloaded first thebed, then his chiffonier and dresser, car-rying all the bedding to the back yard,where he bung it over the clothesline,fastening each piece broadside to thesun. He put the mattress on the back-porch, to be beaten later, the grass stillbeing dewy. looked like some of the old relics thattheyve been digging out from the buriedcities! Rubbers, with leaks allthrough them—but just splendid to becut into strips as foundations for thebest balls you ever saw. Trumperyall over the floor and shelves; shells,stones, bits of bark, nuts and other tro-phies of his long walks and shortstudies; an old aquarium

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