The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-02

but surely. Harry sometimes CATCHING
up. put oftener not, and hardly realiz.
ing how surely, till one morning Bob,
with very sober face, handed over a
dirty slip of paper
II can't read writing" said Harry.
uneasily. What is itP',
Its your bill, boy. High time you
How much is itp'' asked Harry.
family.
Twenty-eight cents, and YOU d bet
ter pay to-day, because want all the
money l can get in.''
"Well, I'll pay you pretty soon, y
Harry said slowly, but his heart sank
within him as he turned away and
walked down the road.
He's plucky one,n said old Bob to
himself. He hain't a cent. but he
wouldn't let on if he was floeged to
make him. I wonder what hen do
about it?'
Harry walked on till he came to the
wood-path, into which he turned. and
went on till he came to an old log near
a spring. over which grew clump of
alders. He sat down here and began
to think. Twenty EIGHT cents! What
would his mother say, and grandfather
too! How long would it take to paw
at three cents week? Harry thought
it out slowly. Nine weeks and a little
bit of another! Would old Bob wait.
and what would Amy think if he
stopped treatingP The school-bell was
ringing, but he could not go there.
How was he to learn spelling lesson
or a table when over and over in his
head. seeming to say itself. he heard:
"Iwenty-eight cents! Twenty-eight
cents!s ~ ~ ~ Sls<zR ~
II hate an allowance! 1 hate itr'
Harry said. passionately, throwing
himself on the ground and bepinn,no
tocry. II wish hadn't ever had one?
What shall l doP o dear, what shall
l dop''
Down the wood-path came a tall fig
ure, with hands clasped behind and
bent head. 1t was Mr.. Osgood. the
village minister, who very often walked
here, and who stopped now in surprise
as the sound of sobs fell on his ear. He
looked for a moment, then went on
softly, sat down on the log and said:
marry
marry sprang up with cry. Then,
seeing who it was, ran right into the
kind arms he had known ever since his
babyhood, and sobbed as if his heart
would break. Mr.. Osgood waited till
he was quieter, then said, gently:
"Now, Harry, boy. What Is II all
aboutP''
81 hate my allowance! 1 don't want
to have an income.n began Harry in.
coherently.. ..Pm in debt awfullv I
never can pay it, not till nine weeks
and day, and Bob'll put me in prison.
maybe. What shall / dop''
Little by little tn. privately mucb.
astonished Mr.. Osgood heard the whole
story. and, smiling in spite of himself.
rs Harry looked up pitifullv. said.
There are two things to be done. II
seems. First, to tell mamma: then to
think of some way of earning money to
pay the debt"
"Then YOU don't believe Bob will
want to put me in prisonP'' Harry said.
"Not at all. But YOU must nav him
Just as soon as possible. and think I
know way. We will 90 now and see
what mamma thinks Of it. On the
whole, Harry, Pm rather clad Won have
had this trouble
"Gladp' repeated Harry. "How
could you be?"
:. Because I thisi ..,";-:J a; ......,J
w. wan. ~ :. :. run 't in uep. 70 an{pouy again.
~ uo,e WIEN you uon Know OF any
way oi paying Is almost as oae as steai-
nv 'noueh l Aho" very ie" people
'l'ink I 80. - -,
nal an nour !a.er' MIS- MoIlili m
iooAeu ~ "P ~ SUI Piieo as ono saw WI.
Xsgoou anu marry coming up !he steps.
nary 1oiu nls s'ory III avery iow VOICE
anu WIN very reu iace' Wni'e MI.
ossoou s., walheu arouno Ihe garaen WIN
gla,iuia.lei' snna: eolning pach "heh 'ne
CONCESSION nao ended: ),
am very glSu !! IS no worse,
l mamma salu. Earning 'ne money 70
pay your oepS m win oe '1G only Punlsn-
lncn' sou ~ WI neeu' anu ! sns'ii De very
Ia" - MI OsSoou SHOWS you way; {
- Ha,u work' marry. Dacs,
ns preah,nS worA' iol NY 1ach, s.. aI ieas',
Mr; OsgUou saiu; wy HUE onion,
neu ls y, inll ol weeus' ,, anu 4 you can pun
.heni al oue you VIII earn twehSy -S,ShI
Genus very ,:.., nohes.iy: arg you wing .:,' Z
" count I'd ii'''e wnlie every oay tli IL
iS .1ne ..y I, H.
. gugss ! ani; arly saiu, gra1e,
ltuily. IN giao We got cne cnance.
90, ioI ioul aays yy harry Went aowh ",
49, a1oolnou" "1o ioN e"In
h,t ba nersevered &c u and fn;sheS ,hs %
four iono rows one a dav heinz all that
NJ Osaeod th,nah+ = waII ~ fn,. 80 smoiI
= I hoa ~e Is 10 Sayan Cents % -, raw ~ and
sonrrows 6 ny Nv so f;xed fonr t;mes seven % onna ~
for M al, IN I Harru,s n,;nd ond % tha aftar nu
MON NO whom ha walkad home with twan.
tv,o;rht I I hr;nht nnnn;as % lin ;;n,r,;n% tben,
~ ~ ,vov naI ono of tba 1rngSdasf of
81, ~, NE Ms ,;fa 80 olo = ~ pao'''o'' !. ' =
- nYon " have aarrod . oreat dea, moro