The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05
Il don't know as he cam said Jack,

II don't know as ne can, Salu Jack,
slowly.
aHe's got to--some way. Here, get
these traps out of the way, Jack. don't
want to see them.'
'sWell, you beat me-" returned Jack.
"Do you know what his going means =
! sYes, sir,'' Burr promptly returned,
as he swept the old flies into drawer.
sit means for you and me to broil in that
little mill Office in dog days, look after
hands, smell grease and tar, and walk
home to get an outside Whit Of fresh air,
as he has been doing for ten years with
out stopping"
ssThat's just it, but"
''No butts. We'd have to if there was
no father, and I'm going to begin right
now so that won't happen. Wen get
rich and then go to the woods. Clear
out of here!"
| The excited boy pushed Jack out of
the room, locked the door, and, as he
afterward declared, threw away the
| key.
1t took some time for their father to
realize that the boys meant what they
said when they informed him that they
were not going on the trip, but were to
send him instead. Then it took some
time to gain his consent, but every OBJ
| lection was coolly overruled.
every ten years, a Summer off, l
guess" said Jack, while Burr declared
two boys were equal to one man and
piece over.
They knew enough about the business
to keep things straight for month
at least, with the aid of the confidential
clerk, and so they were just going to run
things. Mrs Parker added her entreat-
les when she saw the boys had determin-
ed upon it, and finally he agreed to
go.
Then there was little private talk
which opened her eyes somewhat, and
the result was that father, mother, and
babies decided to go to the old home
stead in Deerfield in place of the sea-
shore, and see his old mother-a trip she
found he had longed for.
cit will not cost more than hundred
for us all, and shall not have to take
out cent from the business, thanks to
you, boys, so I'll do as you say and leave
business behind he announced to them
in such a relieved tone that they ex-
changed chances, and Burr tossed up his
cap in satisfaction.
| The days were warm and dull, the work
combining and trying, but the two kept at
it-now in the Office. now in the mill !:
''for there's no use of half doing it, Jack
insisted; and it was SO well done that the
month extended into six weeks under the
clerks private report. Nobody but Mr.
and Mrs Parker knew just what bless
ed vacation it had been. though the boys
had guessed pretty closely, but as they
took the car that night, to the depot, to
meet them, they learned what might
have been.
$50 Parker took vacation?" said
one gentleman by them to another at his
side.
"Yes," returned the other, land in the
nick of time. DIR Max tells me he was
on the point of breaking down. 1t was
all that saved him.
$50 l hear, but was afraid his bust
ness would 60 under. Morse has failed.
Is Parker solid?"
Tides through straight. His clerk
tells me it hasn't cost him cent, and
those two boys of his-why, sir, do you
know those two young fellows gave up
their Summer, sent him off, paid his way,
and stayed at home to look after things
in his place. They've done it, too, like
men. All, sir, if there were more such
/ failures, the gentleman concluded, as
the boys left the car unrecogniZed.
Is it to be wondered at that Jack and
Burr saw through misty eyes as they en-
tered the depot, or that the mist grew
thicker as, after mother and ba bies, they
turned to greet Il tanned, ruddy-faced
man whom they could hardly believe to
be their father? But they wrung his
hand with a glad heart as he beamed up
on them with a fervent .God bless you,
my boys
/ .sAnd that was better than the biggest
salmon ever hooked Burr exclaimed
that night, dashing away il shining drop
that blurred his vision as he recalled
it.
''Or bringing down a moose" return
ed Jack, heartily; adding, sSay, Burr,
| never enjoyed vacation so much IN
my life before. IL Congregational
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