The Penn's Grove record., 1883-10-20

"Then III go and ask mother if | cal
go. Just hold on a minute"
"All right"
Having obtained permission johnny
rejoined his companion, and proceeded
at nee to the swamp. The fruit wa
abundant, for the crop this year wal
unusually good and Johnny found thai
be could pick quite rapidly. Wher
room came he found he had picked
twenty qnarts.
Scan you come again this afternoon?''
asked the squire.
"Yes, sir" said Johnny, promptly.
II shall be very glad to have you, fol
hands are scarce.p r8
Johnny had already earned forty cents
and hoped to earn a. 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 be
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 a whole dol
lar in n day fully repaid him.
Mother" said Johnny, when he
got home, ''if you are willing, / will
keep this money There is something
very particular 1 want it for"
Certainly said his mother. "You
shall keep this and all you earn. ! am
very sure you will not wish to spend it
u~nwisely."
"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 cranberries
for another neighbor. He was deter
mined to do a little better than en- Sat
urday. When evening came he was
paid for fifty three quarts-one dollar
and six cents.
81 wish there were cranberries to be
picked all the year round,'' thought
Johnny. 81 should soon get a hundred
dollars.n
But this was about the last of his
picking. School kept the next day,
and though he got a little time after
school, he could only pick a few quarts.
When the cranberry season was over,
Johnny found himself the possesser of
four dollars. After that his gains were
Occasionally he ran on an errand
for a neighbor. Once he turned the
grindstone for about half an hour, and
received the small compensation of one
cent from a rather observation-disclosures.
Johnny was about to throw it away,
when the thought came to him that,
small as it was, it would help a little.
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So the autumn slipped away, and
winter came and went. In the spring
Johnny found more 0 do. On the first
day of Jun he counted his money and
found he had fifteen dollars.
eth take a long time to get a hun
dred dollars" sighed Johnny. "If
mother would only let me go to work
in a shoe-shopl But she thinks | had
better go to school. But by-and-by
there'll be a chance to pick cranberries
/ wish there'd be a vacation
One morning Johnny had occasion to
the fields heal a small pond about
half a mile from his mothers house.
He was busily thinking about his little
fund, and what he could do TO increase
it, wien his attention was all at once
attracted by a sharp cry of distress.
Looking up, he saw a gentleman in a
rowboat on the pond, who appeared to
be in the greatest trouble.
Boy" he called out, "can youswim?''
"Yes, sir" said Johnny.
"Then ave my little daughter, if
you can. She has just fallen out Of the
boat. There she is"
The little girl just appeared above the
surface of the water. Luckily it was
very near the shore, yet too deep for
any one to venture who was unable
to swim. Our young hero had plenty
Of courage. Moreover, he was an expert
swimmer, having been taught by his
father before he went to the var
Without a minutes hesitation he
stripped off his jacket and plunged in.
A few vigorous strokes brought him to
the little girl. He seized her, just as
size was sinking for the third time.
He held her till her father could re-
ceive her from his arms into the boat.
"Let me lift you in, too" he said.
mo, sir ; I'll swim to Shore" said
Johnny.
"Come up to the hotel this afternoon.
| want to see you"
The father applied himself to the res
toration of his daughter, and Johnny
vent home and changed his wet clothes
He had recognized the gentleman as a
merchant from the city who had been
boarding at the hotel for a week or two,
felt a glow of satisfaction in the
thought that he had been instrumental
in saving a human life for it was very
evident that, her father being unable to
swim, the little girl would but for him
have been drowned.
In the afternoon he went to the hotel
and inquired for Mr.. Barclay, for he
had head the gentleman's name. He
was conducted up stairs into a private
parlor.
Mr.. Barclay advanced toward him
with a smile of welcome. 81 am glad
to see yeu my brave boy, he said.
tsIs your little GIRL quite recovered n,