St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-19


time he drew out his wallet, folded tn,
as possible in the deepest pocket. II,
then re-reLd the letter, and taking the
lamp in his hand, went out in the wooC
house. After some considerable fun
bling among the chips, he found an AK
Carefully scrutinizing the edge. he laid
ii down saving:
"Confound her she's dull but guess
| can make her do the rest of the week
One of them colts, hey - and he slapped
his pocket triumphantly- that's gay,
and no mistake. And there's Other
business in which I'm interested, too
Jolly but things look lively, anyhow
and the young gentleman slapped his
pocket once more. which act put him
in mind of the ten dollars SO he set
the lamp down on block of wood, and.
Withdrawing his pocket book. found
the identical bill safe and sound. He
examined it full ten minutes by the
| watch. Finally he got back i'll the
| kitchen. He found the letter just where
! he left il. and read il once more to see
il there WAS anything he'd skipped.
He then felt to sec if his pocket hook
WAS all right, and opened it To see if
everything WAS snug inside. Seeing
the ten dollars, he drew it ont, and ex-
amined it with great curiosity for some
thing like five minutes. then he Went
/ to bed.
He AROSE remarkably early the mex,
molning- earlier than usual. although
he had retired at so late an hour. lie
ate breakfast with an appetite, but did
not venture amy remark III reference tO
! the letter he had received the night be-
fore. He felt that postmasterS distrih-
utcd the mails without regard Ia their
contents. and concluded to keep silent
Promptly at seven he shouldered his AK
and proceeded To the woods. where he
chopped all day with IN energy of pur-
pose perfectly surprising. He worked
just as hard the next day. and the next
and the next. But that WAS Sunday.
Well, he didn't chop that day bat he
thought Il good dead about making
money. and the visit almost at hand,
and thar colt. and the SO. and any
amount of other things Just as bad. ynu
know.
M"iuiIy morning came IT the regular
time, and Tommy was mp before day
light. He was somcw hat uneasy at the
thought of having To wait until after
breakfast: hut he managed to pass
AWAY the time packing his valiSc.
When the hell rang. he sat down and
drank Il cup of tea, and then got up
and put on hi> hat. He wasn't hungry
and might miss the train. and 81 good
bye and he wa> oil. We would add.
i'll "!drr Ia prevent anxiety. that Tom
r,,y ali I,..f L., t,,-.N
hum> ahead of time. and the train il
self WAS one hour behind. 80 he had
tn wait three. dismal h"ni.. Eat Il, SGT
away at last, and wa> happy.
.kt the expiration nf two weeks he re-
turned, and upon being requested to
,akc hi pick of the four colts standing
III the yard. he did. He selected the
best one. He was then given Il half
dozen sheep. one pig, one calf, and an
acre OF g.uund. un which to plant W hat
he chose. the profits to hc his alone. OF
course. il WAS understood that he shuuld
work tor his father, as Usual. hut that
WAS Il minor consideration. But ut
this point of "'lr >tnr! Tommy came
out strong. Picture the .nIlLrmcnt of
his parents when he told them with
knowing wink, thal lr was going To
sci the Who'll" acre ont to late cabbage :.
NJ. Deliver said 10 his wife:
"Bet>cy, wonder il that hoy got
that ridiculous idea out of that book on
galdcnill' he had here all last week !!
| know re close To Il good market,
but cabbage never has nor never will
head we'll on this farm.
MIS-. Deliver said To her husband
Nv ell. Daniel, we'll hope for the best,
Cahhagc> pay we'll if they do succeed.
and he viii likely get enough on the
land /" pay for his Labor at least
But Tommy hough the seed and
soon had thousands of Young cabbage
plants in full blast. liut they didn't
occupy his time 10y any means. He
suddenly took to doing Il mans work
on the farm Il proceeding which filed
his father with delight. Up early in
the morning. until almost dark did he
ioi! steadily along until the corn wa~
all planted. Then hc prepared his own
acre. ami hl tn" last e! MAY. WAS ready
tn set out his plants.
At this point he a~krd his father Il
question. II lan >"mclhing after this
fashion:
SAY. pa. Id like to hire you to-day
and Tomorrow. wam YOU Ia hclpmr
set ont them cabbage plants
Mr.. Deliver looked somewhat hrwil-
dered. hnt finally made bold /" ask
what wages he paid.
"ill give :, dollar and half 4 day.
and pay in cahha9c-. or in money when
| market en-.
or course no >.lnr man could refuse
>nch Il generous offer. and they went To
work forthwith. The may have been
engaged Il half hour. when two boys
about Tonmy'S age came into the field
ill their shirt sleeves and considerably
ont of breath
''-tll right boys. SI;d the gardener.
AL right. There's the plants. and lets
work lively
DO YOU board thr,, two Young .cm-
tlemcn asked Tommy'> "hirrd hand"
as the bell rang for dinner.
No. father, replied Tommy. with
his first giggle. ''thcy board themselves
I've paid them on already. Jim gifts
my new patent skates. and Charlie. my
old soldier overroat. If | make we'll
on these rahbageS can buy something
better next winter
Mr.. Deliver turned pale and vcnturcd
no further remark.
Fall came. and Tommy marketed his
crop, which had done quite well. Ii
brought him $500. His father borrow
ed the money and put an other 500
with il, rs Il free gift, giving him ten
per cent. on the whole. This was IL
pretty good summers work for a boy