in upon the floor of the box what he tried to do was to cover up one of the in the box so that no part of it could be seen if he did so he was to have a prize and he paid two for the privilege of playing the consisted of little articles of cheap images and other similar things which were all placed on shelves against the tree above the box in view of the player it seemed to the as if it would be not at all difficult to toss the so as with ten to cover one but those who tried seemed to find it very difficult to accomplish the object an excursion is it to play for the of a prize even if the which thej tossed fell in the right place they would or slide away and sometimes knock away those which were already well placed still after trying once the players were usually unwilling to give up without trying a second and even a third and fourth time so that they generally lost six or eight before they were willing to stop especially as the man himself would now and then play the and he having made himself skilful by great practice found no difficulty in up his ten wherever he wished them to go i could do it i verily believe said i should like to try i mean to go and ask my father if i may so went to the carriage to state the case to his father and ask his permission to see if he could not pitch the so as to cover one of the plates on the board his father hesitated so far as trying the experiment is concerned said mr holiday as a matter of dexterity and skill there is no harm but so far as the hope of getting a prize by it is concerned it is of the nature of i should think it was more of the nature of a reward for merit and excellence said mr george no said mr holiday for in one or two in paris mr holiday � i to tbe trials made by chance passengers coming along to such a place the result must depend much more on chance than on or skill i will tell you what you may do continued mr holiday you may pay the man the two and try the experiment provided you determine beforehand not to take any prize if you succeed then you will pay your money simply for the use of his apparatus to amuse yourself with a performance and not stake it in hope of a prize well said that is all i want and oflf he ran it seems to me that that is a very nice distinction that you made said mr george as soon as had gone and that those two things are very near the line yes replied mr holiday it is a nice distinction but it is a very true one the two things are very near the line but then one of them is clearly on one side and the other on the other for a boy to pay for the use of such an apparatus for the purpose of trying his eye and his hand is clearly right but to stake his money in hopes of winning a prize is wrong for it is it is it is true in this case on an exceedingly small scale still it is and so is the beginning of a road which has a very dreadful end is not it so an excursion md get carriage and go yes said mr george i think it is as might have been expected did not succeed in covering one of the the that he threw spread all over the board the money that he paid was however well spent for he had much more than two worth of satisfaction in making the experiment found a great many other things to interest him in the various and stands that he visited but at length he got tired of them all and coming back to the carriage told his father that he was ready to go home very well said his i don t know but that your uncle george and i are ready too though we have not quite got through with our papers but we can finish them at home so and got into the carriage and all the party went home to dinner in torn u mr chapter x s one evening when had been making a long excursion during the day with his george and had dined with him at the close of it at a s in the he went home about eight o clock to the hotel to see his father and mother and and tell them where he had been he found his mother in her room putting on her bonnet she said she was going to take a ride along the with a gentleman and lady who were going to call for her and where is father said he has gone to bed and is asleep by this time you must be careful not to disturb him and asked she has gone to bed too said his mother but she is not asleep and i presume she will be very glad to see you you can go in her room well i will said but mother i s narrative mi holiday s plan for to accompany party should like to go and ride with you will there be room for me yes said his mother there will be room i suppose in the carriage but it would not be proper for me to take you for i am going on an invitation from others the invitation was to me alone and i have no right to extend it to any body else but this you can do if you please continued 