The Penn's Grove record., 1883-10-20
Good Luck.
BY ADA CARLTON.

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Good Luck.
BY ADA CARLTON.
II wish l could help you, mother"
"You do help me, Rick"
Earn a lot of money, for you, ]
mean, to pay off that wretched old
mortgage. l do try to, mother, but
somehow folks that have me once don't
want me again. hate to hoe corr and
/, dig potatoes so, and maybe that's the
reason. I'd a good deal rather be dig.
ging amongst the rocks at the foot Of
old Mount Cain.n
That was exactly what the people of
Garland were saying about Rick Da-
wilson.
"He's a COED boy" Squire Ballard
declared to his wife, land he don't
seem to be actu'lly lazy, but he don't
hev no kind o. heart in his work"
And SO Squire Ballard had gently
limited to Rick, when his days work
was done, that his services in the corn
field would not be further required.
And Rick carried his sore heart and
the hard-earned half-dollar home to his
mother ; and the next morning he got
up and stood out at the low door under
the swinging hop vines. with his hands
behind him and his dreamy gaze wan
A
dering across the country to rest on old
Mount Cain, outlined against the deep
blue of the sky ; and then he said
81 want to help you, mother, and l
will. There must be something for me
somewhere
Mrs. Davidson smiled I; she was very
proud and fond of her boy.
''Lf it wasn't for the mortgage"
continued Rick, wed manage well
enough ; but 500 with IL per cent. in
terest is a big sum for us-for you to
pay, mother"
Yes" said Mrs. Davidson, with a
sigh which she could not repress but
we Can sell the COW if bad comes to
worst, Rick" 4
Mo, we WON'T" said Rick, deter
minedly. THAT old Captain Ridley
is-n
''I'm going to sew for Mrs. Ridley
to-day" interposed Kicks mother,
with a quiet smile. s'You might weed
the garden, Rick, and then you'll have
time to dig among the rocks a little"
Rick kissed her. SYou'Ie the best
mother a boy ever had,' said he and
he weeded their small garden with great
care before he betook himself across the
fields and fences to old Mount Cain.
1t was 80 pleasant there to search
among the powders and Lodges for new
stones to add to his collection of curl
osities. How they talked to him, those
fragments of rock, and how hard he
tried to understand their language !
He studied and poured over his bits of
pudding-stone and feld-spar and granite
as he never pored over his books at
school.
So he passed the day just as he had
passed a great many other days. 1t
was when the lengthening shadows
told him it was quite time to return
home that a streak of good fortune
found Rick. In a cleft he discovered a
beautiful prism, green, and ending in
a three-sided pyramid.
II never saw anything like that" he
cried sit is lovely I"
Then he began to look for others; and
very o % he had found nearly a dozen,
some red and some green. one or two
black, and one of a clear shining pink,
very large and perfectly shaped, and ex-
ceedingly beautiful. There were no
more, though he scrutinized the ledge
long and carefully.
Going home across lots he came upon
Algy Werner, who was helping drive the
COWS from the pasture; he was Judge
Verner's son.
When he Jaw Rick he called out to
him and made room for MIN ON the
grassy knoll where he was sitting.
Jonas has gone to hunt up old Brin-
die" said he. "Where have you been,
Rick ?"
"Over on old CAIN" answered Rick ;
and without more ado he tumbled the
wonderful prisms out of his pockets.
.'See !" said he.
Algy caught up the pink one with a
cry of admiration. what a splendid
touTmaline p he said. Il wish my
Uncle Henry could see it. | believe
he'd almost go crazy. You see, he's
great on such things, and this beats any
thing he's got in his cabinet. 1 say,
Rick, / know he'd give you fifty dollars
for it. and maybe more"
Fifty dollars Kicks heart bounded.
"Would he 2n he cried eagerly !; "do
you think he wouldY 1t can't be worth
50 much"
"You'd best let him say whether it
is or not" laughed Algernon. SIN
bet he'd buy the whole of 'em if you'd
sell 'em. They're the prettiest ones I've
ever seen, and I've seen scores of tour
malines."
fare these called tourmalines 2"
Eyes, (" said Algernon' and then Jonas
came up with the brinl.ed cow and
the two boys arose and said goodnight
to each other.
snow you'd better send those things