The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-10-23
played auctioncer with such advanta

p1aEeu duCtlauct;r Will SUCH dUVauta
geou> skill that he realized tvcr Two dol
lars by the SHE, "Tetl'' began to think he
had, indeed, found bonanza. At this
moment the door opened timidly, and an
anxious pair of bright eyes lighted from
out closely mufaed face upon "Ted,"
"Teddy, Teddy, what in the world arc
you dong here? Come home this min
ute! Ted" rushed toward the door
shouting: "Don't scold, Nell; found a
herring, and it's turned to he regular
bonanza" Poor "Ted!" his excited %give
away" of the ''blind" created roar of
lauy liter, and he was sharp enough to see
his blundcr and joined in the fun at his
own eApense, while his sister peered into
halt open door in perpleped anxiety.
The gentleman, a handsome fellow, who
first interested himself in the brother, ad:
vanced now to the sister, and, while
placing the results Of the herring auction
in "Ted's" hand, explained briefly how
''Ted" came to be detained. The girl
blushingly scolded the boy for his
wicked trick'' and added:
II have had such fright! waited
for him until they closed the theatre and
then hurried home, fearing something
had happened to him. OF course, when
I did not find him there, l started out to
look for him, for he had never failed to
meet me at the theatre before. l called
and made inquiries everywhere. At last
policeman told me a little boy was in
here. Dear me, how scared I was! Come,
Teddy" she said, taxing him by the
hand in motherly fashion; ''and don't
you ever be such bad boy again or I'll
do something awful to you!"
'May walk home with you:':
The girl drew back and her face
flushed, but as she met the gentleman's
admiring chances with sly reproach in her
own large dark eyes, she replied:
"Thank you; l need no company but
Ted's."
A short walk brought the two orphans
to their neat little apartments, and then
"Nell' sat demurely and listened to the
story of ''Ted's" herring. A silence of
deep thought followed, 'Nell' the seven
teen year old judge, sitting with her
hands crossed over her face the picture Of
bad perplexity, while "Ted" somewhat
shame-faced, gazed upon her with a
dawning consciousness of having done
something wrong.
"Teddy," at last his sister said with a
sigh. II don't know what mother would
have said to such conduct on your part,
but I know it is only another way of
playing the beggar, and I am right down
ashamed OF you. The money has got to
go back! Come on; I'll wait outside the
door, and you go in and put it on the
counter. Come, we are not beggars
YETI
"Ted' began to cry quietly, but he
knew there was no use protesting; they
started on their Grand. The girl waited
in the shadow of the adjoining hall door
as |'Ted," deeply Inundated, opened the
restaurant door and found the same
crowd gathered there.
my sister is much obliged, but She
-"Ted's" throat filed and obstructed
further utterances. Laying the money
down, he rushed out and joined his sis
ter again. They gained their home with
out discovering that they had been fol-
lowed.
The following day a large package
was left for *'Ted" and his sister. A let
ter accompanied it, which read:
II trust this suit Of clothes will fit
you nicely, and that you will wear it
with credit to your sister, who takes such
admirable pains to make fine man of
you. The Enclosure she must accept from
sincere friend to all of her sex who
strive honestly to surmount the difficult
ties besetting their pathway while unaid-
ed and alone they battle for place and
bread. IT'S not the offering Of charity.
It is rendered in the spirit of brother
to sister. Be brave, studious boy,
Teddy, and hurry up into the growth Of
a protector"
Ten ten-do.lar bills constituted tho
Enclosure" The letter was signed ''True
Friend.''
"Poor little Nell! If the government
had opened It's treasury to her, she could
not have felt richer. She knew what it
was to make the most of a dollar. The
burden of living had fallen upon her
early, and the hundred dollars in her lap
seemed to lift world Of care from her
mind-coal, rent, victuals and those not
considered trifles in household which
consume so many shillings; and Nell
bowed her head in her little, womanly
! hands, and cited as if her relieved heart
could not give vent to its gratitude in
any other way.
''Ted" had got into his new clothes.
They fitted HIM splendidly. But when
he saw his sister weep, he went and laid
his head on her shoulder and began to
force drop or two from his beaming eye,
just for sympathy, and said:.
"What's the use Of crying, Sis? When
all these "spots'' is gone, I'll be big
enough to earn money"
Nell only Rugged his head ana CRED
the more, saying:
"Ain't it awful nice, Teddy? wonder