The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1883-10-20

"Then I'll go and ask mother if | can
go. Just hold on minute"
"All right"
Having obtained permission Johnny
rejoined his companion, and proceeded
at once to the swamp. The fruit was
abundant, for the crop this year was
unusually good and Johnny found that
he could pick quite rapidly. When
noon came he found he had picked
twenty qnarts.
"Can you come again this afternoonP"
asked the squire.
"Yes, SIR" said Johnny, promptly.
81 shall be very glad to have you, for
hands are scarce"
Johnny had already earned forty cents,
and hoped to earn as much more in the
afternoon. He was so excited by his
success that he hurried through his din
ner with great rapidity, and was off once
more to the swamp. He worked till late,
and found at the end Of the day that he
had gathered fifty quarts. He felt very
rich when the Squire handed him a one
dollar greeDback in return for his SER
vices. He felt pretty tired in conse-
quence of STOPPING SO much, but the
thought that he had earned whole dol
lar in one day fully repaid him.
Mother" said Johnny, when he
got home, ''if you are willing, will
keep this money There is something
very particular l want it for"
"Certainly," said his mother. "You
shall keep this and all you earn. l am
very sure you will not wish to spend it
unwisely."
"No, mother, you may be sure of
that"
On Monday, it so happened that the
teacher was sick, and school was sus-
pended. Johnny found no difficulty in
obtaining a chance to pick crsnberries
for another neighbor. He was deter
mined to do little better than on Sat
urday. When evening came he was
| pau lOl hlby-bhlCo 4uai Io-oio uOii"h
and six cents.
81 wish there were cranberries to be
picked all the year round" thought
Johnny. 'I should soon get hundred
dollars"
But this was about the last of his
picking. School kept the next day,
and though he got little time after
school, he could only pick few quarts.
When the cranberry season was over,
Johnny found himself the possesser of
four dollars. After that his gains were
small. Occasionally he ran on an errand
for neighbor. Once he turned the
grindstone for about half an hour, and
received the small compensation of one
cent from rather observation-disclosures.
Johnny was about to throw it away,
when the thought came to him that,
small as it was, it would help little.
So the autumn slipped away, and
winter came and went. In the spring
Johnny found more to do. On the first
day of June he counted his money and
found he had fifteen dollars.
''It'll take long time to get hun.
dred dollars" sighed Johnny. "Ii
mother would only let me go to work
in shoe-shop But she thinks had
better go to school. But by-and-by
there'll be chance to pick cranberries
again. 1 wish there'd be a vacation
then."
One morning Johnny had occasion Il
cross the fields near small pond about
half a mile from his mothers house
He was busily thinking about his little
fund, and what he could do to increas,
it, when his attention was all at once
attracted by sharp cry of distress
Looking up, he saw gentleman in {
rowboat on the pond, who appeared t.
= be in the greatest trouble.
BOY" he called out, ''can youswim2'
"Yes, SIR" said Johnny.
Q "Then save my little daughter, /
you can. She has just fallen out Of tn
~ boat. There she is"
The little girl just appeared above tn
d surface of the water. Luckily it wa
very near the shore, yet too deep fo
5. any one to venture who was unabl
g to swim. Our young hero had plent
of courage. Moreover, he was an expeI
to swimmer, having been taught by hi
( father before he went to the wal
[e Without a minutes hesitation h
Id stripped off his jacket and plunged il
at A few vigorous strokes brought him
is the little girl. He seized her, just {
n size was sinking for the third tim
10 He held her till her father could r.
Is ceive her from his arms into the boat.
to "Let me lift you in, too," he said.
ed 'No, sir I'll swim to Shore" sal
&C. Johnny.
"Come up to the hotel this afternoo
cd want to see you"
to The father applied himself to the re
l toration of his daughter, and john
,ol vent home and changed his wet clotht
If He had recognized the gentleman as
ng merchant from the city who had be
lat boarding at the hotel for week or tw
He felt glow of satisfaction in t
Ool thought that he had been instrument
of in saving human life for it was We
my evident that, her father being unable
ted swim, the little girl would but for h
ipe have been drowned.
,es- In the afternoon he went to the no
nee and inquired for Mr.. Barclay, for
,st, had heard the genteman's name.