The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-12-30
A NEW YEARS SCHEME.


A NEW YEARS SCHEME.
How Three Warm Hearted Boys Stocked
Snow Fort Instead Of Storming It
and became Brothers to Poor Little
Girl.
"Bet I'd like to be . great, rich man,
and able to give lots o nice things to
awful poor folks that's starving; bet I'd
be o jolly fellow to be King. wouldn't
any my subec's suffer for bread"
And with this speech, Reuby Crane
shut up the book he had been read ng
and looked dreamily out Of the window.
sometimes quite small boys are very
much moro generous than Kings even, :"
said grandma, who sat knitting in the
room.
'.Don't see how they can be-" said
Reuben. whose boy friends called him
Ruby, or Rube. II never have dol
lars; and cents don't buy much"
There are other things besides dol
lars in this world to do good with. my
l tile boy. 1t often is great thing to
share what we have ith others; almost
any body can do that"
swell, I might share my next cents
worth o. peanuts with you. grandm,, !,
guess will; but here comes Frank and
Dicky, 90 must bc of.
Grandma knew Reuby well, and
smiled t0 herself at his roguish reply,
but she felt sure his heart was in the
right place, and although he often an
swered in q joking way little things she
said to him, yet Il often occurred after-
wards that he by some little deed would
show he had thought seriously of his
kind gran imother's words.
Christmas had just come and gone.
and Frank Payne and Dickey Miles had
eac., received so many presents they
declared they had hardly known what
to do with them, while Reuby Crane
still had hox partly filled with candy
at home. a number of toys also. to say
nothing Of bright new half dollar
Uncle John Crane had sent him to dc
just what he pleased with. And NAM
ma, partly to carry out Uncle Johns
wishes, and partly to see what judg.
ment the boy would show in using the
money, had agreed that he should
spend it in any way he chose. But
Christmas was still only four days past,
and such surfet of goodies had b on
enjoyed then, 1t was much too soon
to think of laying out money for e;the,
toys, games or candy. Even the be-
loved peanuts were not oraved at
present.
"Oh Rube," said Frank PAYNE
''don't You know those poor N bley's
way down the road; they're just as pool
as crows. Dicky and I asked them whal
they had for Christmas, and they kinder
flushed up and said: Well, times had
been hard, and their father hadn't beer
able to do much work lately, so they
didn't have much to speak OF at Christ
vuas, but they said they were 20 ng Il
have Jolly time New Years Day; they
were gon' to uild fort of snow, anC
play twas house. and make believe
they had company. Sis as they callet
her, was 60 n to play with them and
they expected great sport"
.'Oh. say!" began Dicky, his mis-
ohievous face d dmpling all over. ''what
fun 'twould be to creep around thu
n ght before New Years after the OLE
forts all built and pitch it over; knocl
the whole thing down. then if we c0ulC
only hear them when they saw the ruini
, in the mornin'. wouldn't it be s~ortv
Frank Payne didn't reply, but b,
looked amused. Reuby giggled, tber
said. half 'berly: Don't you thinl
'tw0uld be meanr'
.MeanP Why no." persisted Dicky
latter they got through their surprise
We could own up who did II, and helE
them build up again."
"Wcll. We might do that" sale
Frank.
All ct once Reuby thought Of Grand
ma Crane, and wondered what sht
would say to such sport as that He be
came SO very thoughtful that for severa
minutes he dn't speak word Will,
the others we're planning how to set Il
work; all at once he spoke up very
briskly;
'.Oh boys, know something that
think would be splendid! Oh ever 81
much nicer than pulling down poor Jet
and Phil's fort!
whats up now" inquired th'
others.
"Why, I think It would be just ole
giant. instead Ct pulling down the pool
fellows fort, to stun into It all the good
les We had left from Christmas we ooulC
spare. Id givesome 0fmy candy that
left and know mammal let me give 1
few OF my old books that I've read and
read. Then I've got some money my
uncle gave me. and with part Of that
could buy warm pair Of mittens fol
Jed. ! like Jed; he showed me how Il
do n sum once hat bothered me"
II tho boys were rogrish and came
nosI oS.n : vosy csuea sn'ng .or snell
houghtless than unkind, and now Franl
exclaimed:
Now that's something like. Rsuby
that 10 . hundred times better than t6l
other plan. TIL boy . whole q.sEt d
peanu1s. and another pair Of mittens tos
Phil Nihley. Ny mother'l give me soml
[ 0o0kAo0. II know and"