The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-22

wonderfully precise since yesterday. :
! will send Willie back to tell you
mother where you are gone
But, jane ....
= No more Of your ifs and butts, tell
you Why, if did not know you was
made up Of generosity and good nature,
| should think you was half vexed be-
cause our party arc going to gather the
nuts and leave that lniscrly jim Brown
to hunt elsewhere. But your conscience
needn't trouble YOU, Grace, for my ia
: ther owns Hazlcwoed, and has given u,
permission to go, and now Jim may g.
to Blackberry ridge for his nuts, or any
where else, for all of me-
What does Jim do with his nuts y
Sells thcm to Mr.. Whitman for Ave
cents quart, and ties the money up in
an old stocking foot, the missrly fellow!
l did not know that nuts were worth
any thing to SELL replied Grace But
now there is no need for Jane to pull
her along the strects-a great hope has
suddenly inspired her, as the bright
sparkling light Of her eyes, and the
quick joyous motion Of her feet testify.
IF JIM Brown can sell nuts to Mr..
Whitnaa, Grace certainly can ); and
now she can buy the Chemistry herself,
and, Perhaps, earn dollar for her
mother.
The cart, buggy wagon and ba.
ronche, filled with gay, noisy girl. and
savory smelling baskets, were soon rap.
idly wheeling toward II zlewood They
leave the ,moothe, well travelled villag.
road, enter a lane, or logging path
sweep through pastures, over log bridges
past the beautiful Dsrpwater. pond and
nIw Esq Bland's carriage draws up in
fin. old thicket Of beech, and hazel
trees. .s
o, tits rare sport ia the glorious In
dian summer to go nutting, and never
did merrier party beat the brown nuts
from the low branches Of the haz,l, or
shake the limbs OF the tall becche., than
we're gathered in Hazewood Mr.
Cushman and the gentlemen did the
shaking and beating, while the girls
were scattered in groups, some separate
ing the nuts from the prickIy burs, 9TH
ers collecting them into bags AMI bask-
cts, and party Of the older ones were
laying out the luncheon on large rock
What grand time We have had, Y
and how shot the day La, been,' was
the rxclama ion of ev ry one, when the
signal was given for the various groups
to collect and gather their spoils in,o
the carts and wagons, ~ the declining
sun warned thelu to return.
Grace was awarded ten quarts as her
share of tie days harvesting. Her
portion ought to be doubled said Col
Crosby, for she has worked like bee,
while some of these crazy things have
done little else than chatter like mag
pies.' .
Yes, yes, double Grace Mellen's
portion,' shouted dozeu voices at once,
but Grace steadiy y refused to accept
larger share than was allotted the 9TH
ers, quite satisfied, with the hope that
sho hal earned 6tty Gems, besides the
exciting enjoymeuts of the day
On her homeward way, Grace sold
her nuts to Mr.. Whitman, and he read.
lily agreed to purchase all she would
bring him and with every feature Of
her fine face glowing with excitement,
her dark eyes radicnt with hope, she
knelt by her mothers side, and related
the history Of her days pleasure and the
sale Of her nuts.
There's no wealth like that Of a
strong heart and willing hand, my child,
said the widow, aud her eyes rested tear
fully aud lovingly upon the kueeling
girl. ..
b fore the close Of the week, Grace
owned the book sbe had so earnestly de-
sired, aud dcubly dear and valuable the
trea.ure was. because her own efforts
had sscuredit
81 In the oil forest near Muddy Brook,
her nimble fingers found a tempting har-
vest, scattered about spon the soft
brown moss and wilhersd leaves, and
many fair castle did the .ysspg girl's