Milford chronicle., 1878-10-04
"Arssyeu travel.

fered fruit
Oh, no, sir. I can never see a person
want for a little fruit while 1 have an
abundance. That is one of the greatest
scources of enjoyment my abundance
gives me---tO minister to the wants of
Others"
"Then yours must be a happy heart. u
Z" II is, sir.''
The traveller soon resumed his Journey
and the farmer again turned to his work.
"Nlr. Watts" cried little voice on the
other side of the wall, "mayn't 1 come
over and get an apple?"
Certainly, my little man-just as
mauy rs you want" Ana so saying, the
kind man stepped to the wall and assist
cd the urchln-a boy of some twelve
yCars into the orchard. "There now
pick some up.
L" Where's your brother, John?"
" Hes plowing, SIR
"Then carry 4 few to him. He will
like ihcm If he is ut work"
" Yes sir-an' Ill tell him you sent
en-, sir"
just as you please about that" re-
turned Mr.. Watts, with q smile; and he
once more resumed his work, and the
! boy trotted oil with his hat full of APP
pies.
That evening Watts aud Green met.
1t was in small shed belonging to the
former, standing at some distance from
the house, and used in time of washing
sheep, there being large brook running
by it.
Watts, said Green, "hayent them
internal scamps troubled your orchard
this season 2"
"W2at scamps {? quietly asked Watts.
"Why, those fellows that bother me
So"
"No one has troubled me-"
Well, that's curious. They're !
romping around my orchqrd most every
night. Last night they just spoiled one |
OF the best gratis I've got. l wouldn't |
have taken twenty dollars for it. Oh, |
just let me catch 'em at 1t, that's all !"
What would you do q
" I'd fog 'em within an inch OF their
lives r'
"Then I don't wonder they rob you
Of your fruit.
Don't wonder! What do YOU mean 2"
Z" L mean simply this that you are
taking just the course to bring down the
revenge Of these boys upon you"
And 80 | suppose you would have me
buy them otf-that is, pay them for not
"Oh, no, you don't understand me.
Yon know that these kinds of early fruit
that you and l have are great tempta. Z
tons to the boys-and to even quite big
boys, too. Now, they see the Gpples !
LAYING about on the ground, and it does
rot appe lr like real theft to Jump over .
me wall and pick a few of them up. ,
They see them laying there exposed TO
he bugs and grasshoppers, and cannot r
ay that blame person fir occasion, +
lily picking up few. 1t is certainly no q
'alpable loss to us, and affords great 9
abstraction to them. Now, if you ale !
sked ior few apples and refuse them. I
II II you find some one in your orchard Y
merely picking up few wind-falls. and n
ou9hly drive him out, you may expect i
hey will ooma whom yo1 don't LnsaS1r r. n
nd then feeling of pique will lead 7
hem to take as.many as they can carry. h
Il short, your orchard is kind of glass f
ouse, and the more roughness you use n
} keep people away from it, the more +
able you are to have it broken. You NJ
now the nature of boys as we'll as do : | II
nd you know that harsh language and nj
lows will make many, who are by no Fl
leans wickedly inclined, do some very p
lngerous things. Now no one troubles Of
e. If any one wants few of my ap- or
les to. eat, [ give them some for I hC
ave plenty to spare while they are Al
owing and dropping from the trees. 1 do
ke great deal of real pleasure, too, in io,
'lng so, for love to see peor1 happy sar
my bounty"
" But some of them plzened my dog"
" cent say that 1 wonder at that,
her"
" Well, I must say you have some sl- slI
'ange notions of right and wrong" IoN
id Green, in bitter tone. i iaV
= didn't say that l thought it was la la
5ht. On the contrary, think it was IN IN
~ wrong. But then you must re- m ool
,mber for what purpose youpurchased wa
, dog, and IN what manner you trained a: aU
II. l don't wonder that he was killed. InS
he has bitten q number of people s;y S;e
ce you had him." mn
Mr.. Green would have made some "a'
ther remark, but at that moment his .
ention was arrested by the sound of :,
ces from the path that ran along bv :,
brook, and thinking that he heard
own name mentioned, he listened. !us'
Did you know that some of the @uon @
IS broke one of old Green's trees low
night p asked one of the unseen y
lers. ing
No; did they?" ne
Yes, and walked off with more than @he
1shel of his best apples besides" ana
Egad, I'm glad of 1.-THE stingy ole ansN
He wouldn't give anybody Jour Ji
lpple to save their life" tne otne
4 Green '0-O0' An"'' the
IN tell Won n circurostonoo ,, oo,, spoB
ed Grey.to his companion, both of .,
m had stopped upon the little bridge man
spanped the brook back of tie your
prshed. "You remember my brother oeT, n,
* ?" In
Yes" smil'
And don't you remember ten years nVur'
when he was boy, how he saved
ms life? GIeen had got into the
pond, and had already sunk in up WI
Is chin, and every movement he bps;r
) t5 free himself only sank him of ~
er lie had zone Out 11non n 1oc, 10 c +