The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-27

head aches p,
" No. certainly not # Won don't feel
well nv SON " renI;ed Mr. Rrowno who
had been foo mncb absorbad in his Iattars
to hear or heed anv of tho rrov;o,,s CON.
versation
Harry looked trinmnbantIv ~ bis moth.
er who renlied " Verv well onIv # Won
remain at home, Harry, wish Won wouId
mt away some cf vonr tbinos There ara
YOUR new shoes living IN the chair: is that
the place for them =
The shoes were new hone Of conton-
tion
NOTHING but oId-fasbioned c,lfskin "
growIed Harry: 4 should think Won
miobt have cot me sometime little
nicer. .Jem Jones mother has inst bouaht
him nair Of real nafept- leather Conoress
aairers p
" Come here a minnie Harry " said his
mother, who was stapdino at the window
and nc he orr,ublinolv obcyad sLa no;nta3
across the street to wbora roo,,ad hoo
oar. how Of abont his own a~a WIS n;cI.i6o
5is ,ro,, ovor tbo fro,on snon, m;tL ~
horo ,,1r,7Io +oos roav,;nr. tL,,,,',.b +Latat
rerad COVERINGS If his fsat ~
Drn't v9u think Iat moor follow
would ho tbanIfnI for tho noIf Sin Sboos
that Won dosn;se % She asI,od
p3rry didn't know what to cav CO bo
made 20 answer nj all and turned 70 his
father who was nnttin, an his ovoro,at
to "a dawn town
:. Potbar nav T 90 r. +bo oa,oo u;tl,
ron ., 49,
al tbonobs Won were not we'll enonob
r. 90 ont -
: on - said Harry coIor;no 1itro
. going to school 10 study hard, and 90.
INC down to the Office with YOU, aro two
different things I"
4 cheerful assent was ciyen. and so
Master Harry snent the morniog crouch
ed down in q bio easy-chair before his
fathers Office fire. his elbows on his knees
and a newspapers spread open before him
"a profitable wav for bow of fourteen 10
while away the hours.
Harry, can't YOU do a little copyino
for me ?" said Mr.. Browne
"Oh, father, I don't feel like it ~
"Tm afraid you re getting little lazy"
said his father, smiling.
No, father, it isn't laziness, Tn sure ;
it's-it's-wcll. I don't know 7rhat it is p
returned the bov, resting his chin on his
hands and looking sIccpily into the fire.
Harry was bright boy enough yet if
he had taken the time and trouble to ex-
anime into his motives. he would have
discovered that the moving spring of ac-
ton: if not actual lazines<. was at least it S
twin brother-want Of energy.
As he sat there toastinc his feet before
tbo olowino cooIs the Office door ononad
and ruddT.chccked bow Of about thirteen.
in \ nair of old boots much too laroe for
him. and coat one tissno Of darns and
matches staggered in under the weight
Of 4 huae basket Of apnIes and oranges.
&" INV anvthino to-dav gentlemen p
he said ]oojino round the Office with .
nood -bnmored smile
While the clerks were searcbino tbeir
nockcts for odd tbrce.ccot nieees, and Sc.
iectinr their nnrcbascs, Harry looked Iaz-
iIv mn
" {{ybv Bill, il Won ~ he exclaimed
rccornizino little fellow who lived IN >
street bacE If his own residence and TO-.
ward whose noodv mother Mrs Rrowna|
had oftcn extended EindIr Offices ofcbar-
ity /" What are Won doi1n now
& coIIin@ arnIosp said Kin straiobten.
inc, birneoif mn and oIonoino down at his
st@ol, IN trada With S,,nsc;oTs nr;1o
"And how are Won oetIinr aIonr, ~
asked Uarrv nartIy from reoI interest and
nart1,, from indo,ant cnriosirv
.0b n;caIv We don,t need 70 ask
helm from aov one now oct oood