time he turned his head. The fact is, that
it was a pair of gold spectacles, and as none of Johnny's
family wore spectacles, the minister's face astonished him
very much indeed, and he stared at him with all his eyes.

And now I shall have to tell you what Johnny did with his
little fat fingers, when the kind minister took him tenderly
in his arms, to christen him. You know I must tell the truth.
He did not cry; he was not the least mite afraid, because the
good minister smiled, and a baby knows very well what a kind
smile means; he just put up those little fat fingers, and in a
moment! he had twitched the spectacles off of the minister's
nose, and began to suck them.

The good minister smiled, and the people smiled, and Johnny
_laughed loud in church_. He was such a little baby, you know,
he did not know he must not laugh in church, and he was so
delighted with his new play-thing, that the minister let him
keep the spectacles, and as he put the water on his face, and
gave him to God, Johnny did not cry; oh no! he _smiled_; and
all the people in the church looked with loving eyes on the
innocent child.

As the minister handed Johnny back to his mamma, he bent down
his kind face and kissed him, and said: "I hope your dear
little boy will live and be a comfort to you. I have a sweet
little boy too, but he is not here. God is taking care of him
for me." Do you know what he meant? He meant, that his dear
little boy was dead, and had gone to heaven to live with
Jesus, the Son of God, who loves little children so dearly.

Johnny soon gave up the spectacles, when he caught sight of
his dear old horse, with one leg and no tail; such a darling
as that old thing was! and he showed his joy at getting him
back, by sucking his head all the way home; once in a while
trying to poke it into his nurse's mouth to give her a taste.

The nurse had a straw hat on, and Johnny, in his desire to get
at her mouth, pulled the hat as hard as he could, and tore it
nearly in two pieces. He did not mean to, you know; but when
he had done it he thought it a very funny caper, and laughed,
and put his hand through the rent, and snatched the comb out
of her hair, laughing all the time and jumping almost out of
her arms. What a baby!

The poor nurse looked as if she had been in the wars; she did not
get angry, she loved Johnny so much; she only held fast with
one hand to her ragged old hat, and hurried home, laughing as
hard as Johnny.

Let