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VISIT TO GEANDPAPA. 
 
 BY MRS. SHERWOOD, 
 
 AUTHOR OF "LITTLE HENRY AND HIS BEARER," 
 
 ETC, ETC. 
 
 NEW EDITION. 
 
 LONL>ON : 
 
 IIOULSTON AND STONEM 
 
 65, PATERNOSTER HOW. 
 
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 .It was in the month of June, 
 when the strawberries were ripe, 
 and the birds sang, that a letter 
 came from grandpapa to invite 
 Robert and Joseph, the two little 
 sons of Mr.. Sew^ard, to spend a day 
 at Westfield, where the old gentle- 
 man lived with his good wife in a 
 very neat and beautiful house. 
 There was a stage-coach which 
 
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 8 A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 
 
 passed every morning, at six 
 o'clock, by Mr. Seward's house, 
 and returned again at nine at 
 night. This coach travelled in 
 an hour between Mr. Seward's 
 and Westfield; and the time 
 of its going and coming served 
 quite as well as if it had been 
 set up only to carry Robert 
 and Joseph to and fro from 
 their papa's house to their grand- 
 papa's. 
 
 When the day came which had 
 been fixed by the old gentleman, 
 Mr. Seward got up early and 
 went with his little boys to the 
 place where they expected to 
 meet the coach; and there they 
 sat down under an elm tree by 
 
Ai VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 9 
 
 the way-side, for the coach was 
 not yet come. 
 
 " I hope that you will be wise 
 boys, my little ones," said Mr. 
 Seward, "and that you will try 
 to learn all that is good, whatever 
 company you may fall into ; and, 
 also, that you will shut your ears 
 against every thing that is ])ad. 
 To one can travel far in this or 
 
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10 A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 
 
 any other country without seeing- 
 and hearinp: somethinc^ which is 
 wrong; but, when you go a- 
 broad, you must learn to pick up 
 what is good and useful, and 
 then I shall not be afraid to trust 
 you another time." 
 
 - Vf hile Mr. Seward was s; 
 ing, they heard the sound of the 
 coach-wheels at a distance; and 
 in less than five minutes after 
 that time Robert and Joseph 
 were on the top of the coach, 
 travelling as fast as four horses 
 could carry them. There was no 
 room for them in the front, so 
 they sat at the back; and there 
 were three men and one woman 
 with them: and these people 
 
A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 11 
 
 were talking. An old man, and 
 a young one who sat opposite 
 to him, both seemed very vulgar 
 people; I do not mean poor 
 people, nor people in low rank, 
 but people who talked vulgarly, 
 and used bad words. They were 
 cruel people, also, and talked of 
 fighting-cocks, and such sort of 
 things: and they said that they 
 were going to see a badger bait- 
 ed that morning at Westfield, 
 in a pool which Joseph knew to 
 be not very far from his grand- 
 father's house; for I am sorry 
 to say, that Joseph listened 
 with all his ears to these men, 
 quite forgettiBg the promise he 
 had just made to his papa. But 
 
12 A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA 
 
 obert did not attend to these 
 people, for the first words he 
 heard from them being bad, he 
 turned away from them as much 
 as he could, towards the woman, 
 who was telling the old man a 
 very useful thing. It was this. — 
 She had slept the night before at 
 an inn; and was supping in a 
 kitchen where a little child pulled 
 down on its arm a dish of scald- 
 ing tea; and, while the child was 
 screaming with pain, some one pre- 
 sent took the dredger from the wall 
 where it was hanging, and well 
 floured the baby's arm: "And 
 do you know. Sir," said the wo- 
 man at the top of the coach, 
 " that the baby ceased to cry in 
 
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A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 13 
 
 a few moments; and the person 
 told its mother, that if she would 
 leave the flour there till it fell off 
 of itself when the arm was well, 
 she would have no more trouble 
 with it. Now, Sir," said the wo- 
 man, " I call that a very useful 
 piece of knowledge, and one that 
 it was worth taking a journey to 
 
 learn." 
 
 "And so it is. Madam," re- 
 pHed the man, " and I shall tell 
 my wife of it as soon as I get 
 
 home." 
 
 Now Robert and Joseph had 
 only six miles to go, so they were 
 very soon at the end of their 
 journey. The coachman knew 
 old Mr. Seward's house very 
 
14 A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 
 
 well^ SO that they had not even 
 the trouble to call upon him to 
 stop when they arrived at the 
 garden-gate. 
 
 Grandpapa and grandmamma 
 were just come down into the 
 breakfast - room, when Robert 
 and Joseph came in ; and it was 
 quite pleasant to see how much 
 joy there was on both sides. 
 
A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 15 
 
 The little boys were very hungry ; 
 and grandpapa laughed at the 
 large slices of white bread which 
 they contrived to swallow. 
 
 After breakfast, grandpapa, as 
 was his custom, had family 
 prayer, and then he told the little 
 boys that they might amuse them- 
 selves till two o'clock; but he 
 bade them not to go beyond the 
 sound of the great bell which 
 hung at one end of the house. 
 " And when you hear that bell 
 ring," he said, " you must come 
 back with all speed." 
 
 Robert and Joseph loved no- 
 thing so well as a complete day 
 of play at Westfield, because the 
 country was so very pleasant. 
 
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 and there were so many things 
 to see. In the first place, there 
 was a thick wood, in which were 
 several hollow trees; then there 
 was an old stone - quarry, in 
 which was a cave, not half a 
 mile from their grandpapa's 
 house ; and there was a carpen- 
 ter's shop, too, within sound of 
 the bell, and the carpenter him- 
 self was a very civil useful man, 
 and had known the boys from 
 babies; and there was a round 
 hill covered with heath, and at 
 the top of it a grove of firs, in 
 which the wind whistled curi- 
 ously; with many other things 
 which delighted the little boys, 
 and which they always made a 
 
A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 17 
 
 rule ol' visiting whenever they 
 had opportunity. 
 
 So they went first to the stone- 
 quarry, and then to the carpen- 
 ter's shop, and from one place to 
 another till they came to their 
 favourite hollow tree in the wood ; 
 and they got into this tree, and 
 sat down in the bottom of it, and 
 began to talk to each other. 
 
 " How very old this tree must 
 be ! " said Robert, " for grandpa- 
 pa says that he remembers it 
 when he was a little child, and it 
 looked as old then as it does now; 
 and grandpapa says it may stand 
 here many years yet." 
 
 While Robert was speaking, a 
 distant sound was heard of dogs 
 
18 A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA 
 
 barking, and men shouting, and 
 Joseph said, "Hark! do you 
 
 hear that?" 
 
 Kohert listened—"! do," he 
 replied, " but the noise is a great 
 
 way off." 
 
 " It is the people at the badger 
 hunt, I dare say," said Joseph, 
 scrambling out of the tree. 
 
A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 19 
 
 ''What badger hnnt?'' asked 
 ^Robert, 
 
 " Why/' said Joseph, '' did you 
 not hear those men at the top of 
 the coach? — -Did not you hear 
 them say where they were going?" 
 
 '' No/' replied Robert. 
 
 ''Why, you never hear any 
 thing, Robert/' said Joseph. "You 
 are deaf, I think. — Why, they 
 said they were going to the bad- 
 t ger hunt, at the pool below: — I 
 should like to see the hunt." 
 
 " We must not go so far as the 
 pool, Joseph," said Robert, "it is 
 beyond the wood; and if we go 
 there, the hill will be between us 
 and grandpapa's, and we shall 
 weyeT hear the bell." 
 
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 " But I should like to have a 
 peep at them," rejoined Joseph, 
 "just a peep; I won't go very 
 near them : " and so saying, he 
 beo-an to move towards that side 
 of the wood from which the 
 sound came, and Robert followed 
 
 him. 
 
 At length, the two little boys 
 
 came to a place where they saw 
 below them a deep valley with 
 trees on each side, and, in the 
 bottom, a brook running along 
 with a murmuring sound. 
 
 " That is the brook which fills 
 the pool, Robert," said Joseph, 
 
 I** " and if we go down the bank, 
 and follow the brook a little way, 
 
 ■*' then we shaU come to the pool. 
 
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A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 21 
 
 and we shall see the badger 
 
 hunt." 
 
 Now by this time there was 
 no more noise of men and dogs ; 
 all was quiet in the wood; and 
 there was no sound but of birds 
 and bees, and creatures of that 
 kind; but Joseph would have it 
 that the badger hunt was going 
 on : and he was so set upon see- 
 ing it, that he ran down the side 
 of the dingle as fast as he could ; 
 and, being come near the bottom, 
 his foot caught in a bent, and he 
 fell forward with his face in the 
 brook, and his foot entangled 
 in the bent. He could not stir 
 nor even utter a cry, for when he 
 opened his mouth the water and 
 
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 mud came running into it, and 
 
 if his brother had not been near, 
 to drag him out by the feet, he 
 would most likely have been 
 drowned. And this is what he 
 would have got for listening to 
 these bad people. 
 
 Wlicit an object was poor Jo- 
 seph, when Robert dragged him 
 out of the V ater half stifled with 
 
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A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 2S 
 
 mud and mire! It was well for 
 his coat that his grandmamma 
 had made him put on a pinafore 
 
 before he went out; but^ as it 
 was^ his hair^ and his face^ and 
 his whole body^ were daubed with 
 mud; and it was some time be- 
 fore he could get it out of his 
 mouth and eyes. 
 
 While Robert was trying to 
 wipe his tace as well as he could^- 
 the dinner-bell rang^ and toe boj s 
 were obliged to return to their 
 grandpapa; But Oh^ how a- 
 shamed was Joseph^ when he 
 saw a lady and a gentleman 
 standing with his grandpapa and 
 grandmamma^ looking out of the 
 parlour-window^ as he came up 
 
24 A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 
 
 4 
 
 the gravel vv^alk; and he was 
 more ashamed, after he had toM 
 how he came to be in such a 
 plight, to hear his grandpapa say, 
 ^' Poor Joseph ! it is well that the 
 dogs did not come up while you 
 were in the water, for they would 
 certainly have taken you for the 
 badger: but, go, child, you must 
 be washed and get into bed while 
 
A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 25 
 
 your clothes are cleaned and 
 dried, and we will send you your 
 dinner; and I trust, that while 
 you are alone, you will think of 
 the offence you have committed — 
 iirst in disobeying your father, and 
 secondly in giving way to that 
 low and disgraceful inclination 
 of listening to what is not proMt- 
 able. Go and pray for forgive- 
 ness, and ask God to give you 
 strength to do better in future, 
 ibr 1 trust that you have not for- 
 gotten what has been so often 
 told you, that without the help 
 of the Holy Spirit you can do 
 nothing well." 
 
 i*oor Josepli went away hold- 
 ing down his head, and Robert 
 
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26 A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 
 
 would have followed him^ but 
 
 his grandpapa called him back, 
 and made him sit down to dinner 
 
 with the company. 
 
 When he had dined, Robert 
 went to his brother, and helped 
 
 him to get up, the maid having 
 
 cleaned his clothes ; and by this 
 time tea was ready- 
 There was a lofty bow- window 
 in uTaiidmamma's drawing-room, 
 and it was a very pleasant win- 
 dow; it opened out upon the 
 grassplot. The tea-table was 
 set in the window, and the com- 
 pany sat round the table. Robert 
 and Joseph sat Avith their backs to 
 the window, because the old peo- 
 ple were afraid of the draught. 
 
A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 27 
 
 Now it happened^ (for that, 
 you will say, was rather an un- 
 lucky day,) that, as the footman 
 was bringing in the tea-urn, he 
 held it unsteadily, and managed 
 to throw a quantity of boiling 
 water upon grandmamma's arm: 
 the water was scalding hot, and 
 the old lady's arm was bare ; for 
 she was one of those who wore 
 short sleeves and treble ruffles, 
 such as you have seen in old 
 pictures. The arm was blistered 
 in a moment, from the elbow to 
 the wrist, and the old lady grew 
 faint with pain, though she did 
 not forget to say to the footman- 
 ^^ Don't be uneasy, Richard, I am 
 sure you did not mean it ; it wab 
 
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 28 A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 
 
 altogether an accident ; you could 
 not help it/' 
 
 But what was best to be done? 
 One said scraped potatoes were 
 best; some said cold water; some 
 said sweet oil; for every person 
 in the house was called: and one 
 ran one way and one another, 
 and grandpapa coughed, and fid- 
 getted, and trembled, and could 
 think of nothing. 
 
 Now while all this bustle was 
 going forwards, Robert had jump- 
 ed out of the window, ran round 
 the house, got into the kitchen, 
 seized the dredger, which luckily 
 liappened to be full of line flour^ 
 and the next minute was at his 
 grandmother's side raising such a 
 
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 A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 29 
 
 clust as made those who were 
 near her jump back in astonish- 
 ment. 
 
 ^^ Never mind^ grandmamma, 
 never mind/' said the little man: 
 '^ you will soon find ease ; it will 
 soon cure you ; let me cover your 
 arm vv^ell, and make a paste upon 
 it- And you must not wash it off; 
 it will fall off, when your arm gets 
 
30 A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 
 
 well. No¥/ don't you lind it ea- 
 sier already?'' 
 
 " I do, my dear boy, indeed, 1 
 do/' said the old lady, ^^ really I 
 do; the burning heat and smart 
 are already abated. But, bless 
 you, my child, who put this in 
 your head, my darling boy?" 
 
 ^^ A woman at the top of the 
 coach, grandmamma, " replied 
 little Robert. ^^ I heard her talk 
 about it; and I am so glad that 
 I did. Do you still feel easier, 
 dear grandmamma?'' 
 
 I cannot tell you how many 
 kisses were bestovved on little 
 Robert; and, as his grandmam- 
 ma's arm was become perfectly 
 easy before it was time for the 
 
A VISIT TO GRANDPAPA. 31 
 
 coach to pass by^ his grandpapa 
 presented him with a beautiful 
 new Bible^ in the beginning of 
 which was written this passage— 
 
 f ^^ Take heed how you hear.'' 
 
 And now^ my little readers^, 
 please to tell your mamma the 
 
 I moral of this story^ for I am 
 quite sure that you know what it 
 
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