Can you tell what it was made Mrs. Gray so happy, when she looked at the pretty pony? It was because her darling boy had not been selfish with it, and tried to keep it all to himself, but had liked to see others riding in it, and enjoying it too. When little boys or girls are generous and kind, then look for smiles and kisses from their mammas.
CHAPTER VII.
THE TRY COMPANY.
"O mamma!" cried Willie, one day, running home from school in great haste, "the boys are going to have a little company; may I have a soldier cap and belong to it?"
Mrs. Gray sat busily at work, but she at once laid down her sewing in her lap, and thought a moment, and then she said, "I want you to belong to my company, my dear!"
"What company, mamma? Will they wear soldier caps, and jackets with red all down here, and stripes on their pantaloons?"
"Yes, they will be all dressed up with plumes and stars on their shoulders. It will be called the Try Company."