Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-11-14
Ghildten's department.
LITTLE HARRY'S RICHES.

him myself ABOUT your llttle Doy uut GILL
not remember your account exactly, and so
turn to you"
Well, dear mother of the new Harry, who,
strange to say, is expected to get some good
from the old Harry, send the little fellow here
and we'll tell him what took place in our
happy home not so very many years ago:
One day our little Harry spent the fore
noon with his young playmate Johnny q.
Johnny's mother had died when he was
baby, but his father was still living. He
was an only child, and he dwelt in fine
house, and on Sundays rode to church in the
grandest carriage to be met with in all the
country round. He had great many toys,
and real watch that would 90 all day with
out stopping; and as for candies and cakes,
why the physician who attended the family
said that Johnny had enough of such things
given him to supply whole regiment of little
boys. He was funny doctor, and liked to
make queer speeches.; but for all that, he
would often shake his head very gravely when
he felt his little patients pulse; then he
would look sternly at the great big gold watch,
which he held in his hand to count the pulse
beats by, and mutter: "Too many good things
are bad things for youngsters" Johnny
would try for while to puzzle out the strange
sentence, but as he generally was sick on these
occasions, he would soon give up the attempt
in despair, and close his eyes, longing to get
we'll, so that he might eat plum-cake and pop
corn balls again.
But Johnny was not always sick and, as [
said before, he had many beautiful things.
So, of course, this visit promised to Master
Harry a world of enjoyment. But, alas!
when the poor little fellow returned home in
the afternoon his brow was clouded, and he
had dismal look in his blue eyes, and the
least bit of pout on his cherry lips.
Something was wrong, I knew, and at last
out it came.
Mother, Johnnys got money in both his
pockets p
"Has he, dear?"
eyes, ma'am and he says he could get
ever so much more, if he wanted it."
"Well, now, that's very pleasant for him."
I returned cheerfully, as reply was evident
ly expected, every pleasant; don'ty think
so?"
eyes, 'um, only"
"Only ,Uhat, Harryf"
"Why, he has big pop-gun and watch,
and hobby horse and lots of things" And
Harry looked up at my face with disconso-
late stare.
"Well, my boy, what of that"
"Nothing, mother" and the tell-tale tears
sprang to his eyes, "only I guess we are very
poor, amt wei ....
mo, indeed, Harry, we are far from poor.
But we are not as rich as Mr.. Cs family, if
that is what you mean"
20, mother p insisted the little fellow, ri do
think we're very poor; anyhow I ami
20, Harry!' exclaimed, reproachfullY.
eyes, ma am, an," he sobbed; II haven't
scarcely anything at ALL mean anything
that's worth money-eXcept to eat and wear,
and I'd have to have them any way"
"Have to have them p I echoed, laying my
sewing upon the table, so that might reason
with the young gentleman on this point; "do
you not know, my SON"
Just then uncle Ben looked up from the
paper he had been reading.
"Harry," said he, solemnly, "you know I'm
doctor, and if you'll give me chance to
try some experiments, you can earn handful
of money"
"Can II" asked Harry, looking up through
his tears I'd like that ever so much; but
what is Experiment., unclef {"
Gan experiment" said his uncle, "is just
trial, way of finding out things. If you
want to find out what will happen when sugar
is put into water, you just try the experiment
of putting lump into this tumbler, and you
will find out that the sugar will melt and the
water will become sweet. Now, for business.
I want to find out something about eyes; 80,
if you'll let me have yours, I'll give you
dollar apiece for them"
"For my eyes," exclaimed Harry, astonished
almost out Of his wits.
"Yes," resumed uncle Ben, quietly, "for your
eyes. LII give you chloroform, so it won't
hurt you in the least, and you shall have a
beautiful glass pair for nothing to wear in
their place. Come, bub, a dollar piece, cash
down. What do you say? I'll take them
out as quick as wink"
"Give you my eyes, uncle p cried Harry,
looking wild at the thought, "for two dollars?"
I think notT and the startled little fellow
shook his head de6antly.
"Well, five, ten, twenty dollars, then ?" but
Harry shook his head at every offer.
"No, sir wouldn't let you for thousand
dollars. Why, what could do without my
eyes? I couldn't see mother, nor the baby,
nor the flowers, nor the horses, nor nothing"
added Harry, waxing warmer.
"I'll give you two thousand" urged uncle
Ben, taking roll of bank notes out Of his
pocket Harry, standing at respectful dis
tance, shouted that he never would do any
such thing.
every we'll" continued his uncle, with Sc
rious air, at the same time writing something
in his note book 81 can't afford to give you
more than two thousand dollars, Hal, SC
shall have to do without the eyes but" he
added, "I'll tell you what I'll do; I'll give
you twenty dollarsif you will let me put a few
drops out of this bottle into your ears. It
won't hurt, but it will make you deaf. want
to try some experiments with deafness, you
see. Come quickly, now Here are twenty
dollars all ready for you"
"Make me deaf" shouted Harry, without
even looking at the gold pieces temPtingly
displayed upon the table. 81 guess you won't
do that either. Why, I couldn't hear word
if was deaf, could II"
"Probably not" replied Uncle Ben, dryly:
So, of couse, Harry refused again. He would
never give up his hearing, he said, mo, not
for three thousand dollars !"
Uncle Ben made another note in his book,
and then came out with prodigious bids for
"a right arm," then cleft arm" "hands,"
''feet," "nose,' etc., finally ending with an
offer of ten thousand dollars for "mother,"
and five thousand for the baby.
To all of these offers, however, Harry shook
his head, his eyes flashing, and exclamations
of surprise and indignation bursting from his
Ens A. 1oct TTnoio Ron said he must pive