The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-26
TALES OF YANKEE EvcHANrMENr.
81 CHARLEs pATTNLL LooMIs.

had had an experience with escapel
wolves, was in the habit of taking long
walks by himself in oder to acquaint
himself with his native city New York
| Country boys generally know all the
points of interest for miles around their
| homes, but city children often grow up
without knowing much about their town
| beyond the few books that lie in their
| neighborhool. This is certa My to he re-
| gretted in. a city ike New York. which
Is fun of the most interesting localities.
| But Harry, thanks to the protection Of
| the lion who so often accompanied him.
knew New York from the Battery up to
| the Harlem river.
| one day he was out walking on Fifth
| avenue, which as you all know is the
most famous street of residences in Ameri-
| ca. There are few shops on upper Fifth
| avenue, and so when Harry passed a
| bakery at the corner Of Sixty-hfth street,
! he was much surprised and turned back.
| He had passed The spot hundreds Of times
| before but had never noticed 1t. He hap
| pened 10 have some spending money in
! his pocket, and he went into the store.
! w nat sort of cake have you, if you
! pleaseP' Those of you who have read the
| other stories viii remember that Harry
was extremely courteous. He always took
! of his cap when he met an acquaintance
| in the street. and he often took il off in
| the house without being asked to by his
! mother-and if you have any younger
! brothers you will appreciate that state
| meut
There was a very tall, thin, young wo-
man behind the counter. She had faxen
| hair and pink cheeks and blue eyes, and
| Harry thought she looked like a doh
| come to life. The counter was heaped
with all sorts of strange looking cakes Of
! pretty shapes and co ors, and all of them
| were covered with frosting. Cake with
out frostiDg is much worse than an egg
without salt, and this young woman knew
it.
Il have charity cake, malice cake, good
| nature tarts, and so forth"
! Harry bought the names very amusing
and he bought two Of each kind Of cake
| mentioned.
Are they wholesome" said he, which
was funny question for a live boy TO
ask.
very answered the girl. as she
wrapped them UP in a sheet of pink pa
per with a beautiful fairy story on one
side of it. IF you're stingy the charity
cake will make YOU generous If you're
| cross the good nature cake viii make you
| pleasant, but The malice cake is not good
| for children, and If you like III, buy il
! back. III give you five cents a cake for
! it."
As Harry had paid but five cents ap zee
| for the cakes, he was only too glad to
! sell the malice cake at a profit of four
cents. Boys, sometimes develop the
! trading instinct very early.
After he had sold the cake he bought
! five more malice cakes at a cent apiece,
and then she bought them back at five
cents apiece. so that ne received a quar-
| ter for them.
"Iow do you expect to make any mon
/ ey if you sell your cakes at so much less
than you pay for them.
Il don't wish to make money on the
/ malice cakes
Then why do you bake them?'
Il don't bake them. My baker bakes
them
But why does he bake them if you
don't wish to sell them?"
Because Re hopes ! wiz sen them"
! "And why don't YOU sell them?
because 1 don't think they ought 10
| be eaten"
Harry was just going to ask her why
| she baked them then when he realized
| that they would go on talking all day
/ long if he did moi stop, so he walked
| out of the shop with his cakes, after bow
! ing graciously to the girl
He had read Alice in Wonderland
that treasure book for an bright chill
/ dren, and so he thought it was best not
| TO eat any of the cakes himself. He would
| try them on the animals in the park in
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| spoke in a low tone and the lion stopped
! his tail lashing long enough to look at him
/ ana xgirlr hui he vas enfferinor 100 much
! n oora n Sac hie nIevrello1c So Harry
! bondad hin, ,,,7e If the oo.D1 nai11re cs1,es
| and ne uop ate and in a moment he bad
! foreotten his tootbache and was chasing
! bis tai1 around The cage
T4arr1, was nIaased ~ see how the cake
r,orIred ana xIent into the elephant house
! ,,baro he found enc of Tho eIenhants cat
inc IN a whole peanut without Offering
| o,13, ~ Tho ntber elements ne smoke ~
~, ard Tho aIanbant lacked ashamed brt
rlant ON cr,,nchino the neanuf So Harry
800 H., a nie9e ~ he cborifv colra ana
erotber neanut which he ha1 niolxed off
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