The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-25

he let Joe's wages go on last winter,
when he was sick, besides sending his
own doctor to attend himp And when
little Mary died, who cent us the flow
ers that made her look so sweet In her
coffin, and spoke such comforting words
to usYn
Arthur had been tenderly attached to
his baby sister, and his face looked sober
as he said:
~ don't think meant exactly what 1
said about his being so cross. But all
this rest was true"
Let us see again. You were little
late. Now, when you went to work for
Mr.. Belnap, you agreed to be at the store
at eight o'clock every morning. 1t was
twenty minutes past eight when you
left here. 1t would not take less than
ten minutes to reach the store so you
must have been half an hour late"
Half an hour isn't a great while
mother"
But supposing all the people in Mr..
Belnap's employ were half an hour lateY
1t would amount TO all of day, if not
more. And then this half hour was not
yours; it belonged to your employer.
He paid you for it and it was his. If
you had risen when had called you,
you would have got there in time, and
Mr.. Belnap would have no occasion
you"
| There was pause of some moments,
which was broken by A rthur.
I" Have got to go back there again
motherY"
" Not unless you choose. You are
now old enough to reason, and, in some
respects, to decide for yourself. But
If you don't go to school, you will
have to work for some one, and don It
believe that you will find anybody to do
better by you than Mr.. Belnap."
81 hate to; told Will Guernsey and
John Dill that wasn't going back there
any more"
eff you think that was a wise thing
for you to say, of course you won't go
back there any more. But if you think
it hasty and foolish speech, it will
make you more careful what you say
another time"
Don't you care, mother ?"
1 care to have my boy do what is
right. care more for that than any
thing in the wide world; but don't
like to compel him, now that he is old
enough to compel himself.n
AS well as A rthur liked his own way,
he did not care to assume the response.
bility that went with it..
"But wish you would tell me what
I'm to do ?"
81 will tell you what would do, if j
were in your place. / would go to the
store tomorrow at halfpast seven.
When Mr.. Belnap comes in 1 would
say Mr.. Belnap, came half an hour
earlier this morning to make up for be.
ing so late yester day, and mean to be
more punctual in the future This is
the course would like to have you to
take my son and don't believe you
will be sorry for it, either. But you
must do it freely, and of your own ac.
cord"
Here the mother and son were inter.
rupted.
The next noon Arthur came home
quite as excited as he was the day be-
fore, but with very different look upon
his face.
"Oh mother, 1 did as you advised
me, and what do you think Mr.. Belnap
said? He said that was good honest
boy, and that he would raise my pay,
next month, a dollar week. L was
ashamed enough, and told him that il
wasn't my idea at all; it was yours.
Then he said, "a good, amiable mother,
like yours, is the very best thing boy
can have.' And oh do think that
I've got just the best and dearest mother
in the world"