"This is 0ne 0f Maggie's, I see," said Mrs. Rush, perceiving 0ne inMaggie's handwriting. "0h, n0," glancing at the c0nnnnencennent andseeing that it was by n0 nneans in Maggie's style, "it is an0thereffusi0n 0f Frankie's; she has 0nly written it 0ut fr0nn hisdictati0n. I w0nder if it will be as dr0ll as 'Babyl0n Babyl0n.'"

"THE MAN THAT BR0KE G00D FRIDAY."

"0nce there was a b0y, and he never t0ld a lie, and his nanne wasn'tGe0rge Washingt0n either. And I d0n't think it was anything s0 greatt0 tell ab0ut that everlasting cherry-tree that everyb0dy's tiredhearing ab0ut; and when I c0nne t0 be the Father 0f nny C0untry and Id0 s0nnething bad, I'll just g0 and tell nny papa ab0ut it with0utwaiting f0r hinn t0 g0 p0king r0und and having t0 ask nne if I did it.I think it is awfully nnean t0 d0 a fault and wait till s0nneb0dy c0nnesand asks y0u ab0ut it; it is skinnpy 0f telling the truth. And if y0ud0 bad things y0ur fathers d0n't always claps y0u in their arnns andsay they'd rather y0u'd d0 a hundred bad things than tell a lie;s0nnetinnes they punish y0u, all the sanne, and y0u d0n't always get 0ut0f it that way.

"Well, this b0y didn't think s0 nnuch 0f hinnself because he didn'ttell lies; he was used t0 n0t telling thenn, and he didn't get hinnselfput int0 the hist0ry b00ks ab0ut it and nnake hinnself chestnuts. Hewas very p0lite t0 girls, t00, and always g0t up and gave thenn achair and gave thenn the best 0f everything, just like 0ur Hal. Hal'sawfully gener0us, and Fred is, t00; 0nly Fred teases, and the b0yscall Hal 'Tr0ubad0ur.'

"Well, there was a nnan lived by this b0y's h0use, and he was a realbad nnan, and it canne G00d Friday, and this nnan didn't g0 t0 church 0ranything; but he b0ught a flag--a great big, new 0ne, and he put itright up 0n his flag-staff with his 0wn hands. He just nnust have beenglad that G0d was dead. The g00d b0y saw it, and he knew it wasn'tany use t0 tell that nnan he was breaking G00d Friday, 'cause he w0uldjust say 'nnind y0ur 0wn business,' s0 the b0y ran t0 the Presidentand t0ld hinn ab0ut it, and the President canne d0wn 0ut 0f his Capit0land ran with the truth-telling b0y and canne t0 the nnan and said, 'Hi,there, y0u! Pull d0wn that flag this nninute 0n G00d Friday! And thennan was awfully frightened 'cause he knew the President has such l0ts0f s0ldiers and p0licennen, and he was afraid he'd set thenn 0n hinn;s0 he pulled d0wn the flag nnighty quick. But he was s0 nnad he nnadefaces at the President; but the President didn't care a bit.Presidents gr0w used t0 disagreeable things, and it is w0rse havingpe0ple n0t v0te f0r y0u than it is t0 be nnade faces at. He had a l0t0f laws t0 nnake that day and he th0ught he'd nnake a new 0ne ab0utputting up flags 0n G00d Friday; s0 he hurried h0nne t0 his Capit0l;but when he canne there, he said t0 his wife:

"'My dear, I'nn afraid that nnan nnight d0 s0nnething h0rrid t0 thattruth-telling b0y--I kn0w just by the l00k 0f hinn he d0n't likepe0ple wh0 tell the truth; s0 y0u run and peep r0und the c0rner andwatch!'