The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-17

cents To get there. half fare; twenty
five cents To get in.
And this is an awful place to get
anything To do in"
Awful
The two boys resigned themselves 20
u least "A half minutes reflection on
the gloomy outlook. Both were kept
Mt school. had comfortable home.
with enough Of wholesome food, and
clothes which wee warm although
not fine But n cent to spend. when
was not of their own earning. neither
of them ever thought of having.
And over in the next town was to oe
held the county fair, with delights and
wonders in the way of fine horses and
cattle. big pumpkins. splendid fowls.
merry -go-rounds, trotting. crowds,
band music and . balloon ascension
Does anyone know medium'sized boy
whose heart would not be heavy with
despair at thought of missing il?
IL could get job pickin' up taters
1t Farmer Capron's." said Bill; but
it's too much work for the money"
How much?" asked Johnny.
Cant make moren five cents day
Workin' all the time out of school"
And it's . week to the fair.
Wouldn't Farmer Capron let you have
enough to go on. and make it up after
wards?"
II s'pose he would. but didn't ask
him. It's too hard work why
Bill Strengthened himself up and spoke
with enthusiasm. ''once there was a
man who got me. TO carry valise to
the station for him, cause he was fraid
he'd lose his train. and we had to run
like sixty And he paid me fifty cents
for it. Fifty cents in less'n half an
hour
Yes" said Johnny. who had often
before heard the fifty-cent story. but
what we want to know now is what
we can do now. IL lived TO your end
OF town and could get so easy out to
Capron's I'd pick the taters."
Il won't" said Bill. stoutly. Come
on. I'm goin' down street to watch
for some kind of job. II we take all
this Saturday afternoon to it it's a
pity II we cant find something"
The boys hung around for a while.
20 become at length discouraged at
finding how few things seemed wait
ing for boy to do for which anybody
cared to pay any loose change.
They came at length to where ma II
was laying a brick sidewalk.
Want any help" asked Johnny.
"Well. yes. do" said the man. II
expected To have my 10y to wheel
sand and brick TO me. But when got
home 10 dinner found he'd gone fish,
ing. SO I'm getting along the best ]
can without him"
"What'll you pay?" asked Bill
eagerly
We'll. | can't pay much. Ten cents
apiece from now till teatime."
TO wheel brick and sand all that
time? Why, one day a man gave me
fifty cents"
"Oh, 60 long with your fifty cents. '
said Johnny, with . good-humored
laugh.
You wouldn't find such chance
more'n once in year, II you did then. '
We'll, shan't work all the after
noon for ten cents" said Bill. I'll
look round for something else. I'll dc
a errand or something that'll make
me twice as much and won't take hal
SO long"
Johnny before long was obliged Il
confess to himself that he. too. woulc
far prefer to earn money little more
easily. The afternoon was hot, tho
bricks and sand heavy, and the way
over which he had to wheel then
rough. He grew tired, and his bacl
ached long before it was time to stop
But he worked away with sturdy
checrfulncss. feeling glad Of his goot
luck in getting anything At all. ane
settling within himself that a saying
he had once heard: IF you cant ge
what you want you'd better take wha'
you can GET was very wise one, ans
one which boys would do well to heed
From brick pile to sidewalk M
wheeled. occasionally getting few
moments In which TO sit on handle
81 The barrow while he took breath
and chatted with the man. Of Li
hopes OF making. within the mex
week, enough money to take him u
She fair.
We'll, you're . linton worker" .