| "SCRAP." |
| WAVE AND SAND. |
| MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER. |
| THE BOYHOOD OF WILLIAM CHAMBERS. |
| THE CHILDREN'S DAY. |
| HOW DOLLY BEAT THE HUNTERS. |
| ROBIN GOODFELLOW. |
| A KETTLE-HOLDER. |
| THE PRISONER AT THE BAR. |
| OUR POST-OFFICE BOX. |
| vol. iii.—no. 136. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. | price four cents. |
| Tuesday, June 6, 1882. | Copyright, 1882, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per Year, in Advance. |
"SCRAP."
BY MRS. JOHN LILLIE.
ome here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door verysoftly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her. Mary was their elder sister.She seemed a great deal older than the boys, for Ben was only nine, andLewis six, while Mary was seventeen.
"A dear little brother is upstairs waiting to see you," said Mary. "Andif you are good boys, nurse says you may hold him for a few moments inyour arms."
Ben and Lewis began capering about with delight; but they followed Maryupstairs, very much impressed by the idea that they had a new member ofthe family to meet—a tiny wee boy, all their own little brother.
In Dr. Grey's house there is a big, sunny, peaceful room fronting anold-fashioned garden, and there it was that the little brother laywaiting in a pink and white cradle. Ben and Lewis went in very softly.They were very much afraid of old Mrs. Newman, the nurse; they wereafraid the baby would cry; and yet there was in their minds a generalimpression that the new boy in the family would put them out of power.But at sight of the baby all such fears vanished. Such a mite of athing! A dear little black head, a pair of bright, blinking eyes,doubled-up pink fists, and a dimple in one cheek. It was while the twoboys stood looking at him for the first time that he was given the namewhich always clung to him in spite of his being christened