Transcriber Note Emphasis is denoted by _Italics_ and =Bold=. [Illustration: Having a good time in the Garret. See page 38. ] UP IN THE GARRET. By ROBIN RANGER. SUNDAY-SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, 805 Broadway, N. Y. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by CARLTON & PORTER, in the Clerk's Office the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. CONTENTS. Chapter Page I. How the Garret looked 7 II. The Little Bondies 16 III. Fine times up stairs 22 IV. Somebody comes to see them 35 V. The Swallow Story 44 VI. Coming down from the Garret 49 UP IN THE GARRET. CHAPTER I. HOW THE GARRET LOOKED. The house in which Mr. Bondy lives is large and roomy. It stands on a knoll or little hill, and has green grass and bright pretty flowers all around it. There are also trees, some for shade and some for fruit. But it is not about the house or the garden that I wish to tell you now. You may laugh when I say that I want to talk to you about the GARRET of the house. "O, Mr. Robin Ranger," say you, "what is there about the garret that will make a pleasant story for me to read? Don't the rats and mice live in the garret? It is not a nice place: cold in winter, and hot in summer." But stop a moment, Master Flurry, (if that is your name.) Isn't there a garret to your house? And don't you go there sometimes to play, or to find something that has been put in the rag bag? If you do not, I think your sister does, and you may call her, if you think you do not want to read about a garret, and see if she will not like it. But I suppose that as you have read so far, you think you may as well go on and find out what the story is about. Mr. Bondy's garret was quite large. It had four small windows in it, two at each end, so that there was plenty of light. There was also a chimney between each pair of windows. On the floor of the garret there was a little of everything: old bedsteads and chairs waiting to be mended; trunks, valises, and carpet-bags ready for traveling; rolls of spare carpet, matting, and oil cloth; two or three stoves, put out of sight for the summer; hats in bandboxes, and boots without any boxes; rag bags, and bags without any rags. Yet there was no disorder on the floor. Mrs. Bondy was a neat and careful woman, and she had everything in her house, even in the garret, put in order and kept so. Her motto was, "A place for everything, and everything in its place." Hence the floor of the garret was kept clean, and the various things I have named were stowed away where they might be found when wanted.