The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-22
Copyright. 1900. by Kate Epson Clark
CHAPTER ".


AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
VT was a long walk to that part OF
Parker's woods where the ginseng
grew. The boys did not talk much
on the way They were both OF
Ia them thinking. At last Mark said,
slowly. s'if you won't peach, You
little jabberwock, you, In tell you some
thing"
Arthur was hotiy indignant. but hts
curiosity gave him self control.
course 1 won't TELL he affirmed cross
Is. Fire away
well" continued Mark. with great de-
liberation, II believe that II the whole
lot of us should club together and not use
our money for ourselves. we could get
several hundred dollars for anything we
liked"
how'd we get itY'' There was an &C.
cent Of lneredulity in Arthurs voice,
why here's ginseng, for one thing,
And as you were saying to-day, the only
other thing In the town Of Farielgh that
any money can be made on 10 berries
so,ne raspberries- strawberries arc
about gcne-~but mostly hiackherries- II
costs the town OF Farlelgh 500 TO keep rs
paupers new TO keep them on the town
farm would cost thousand, II we could
raise that other s@a. we might give IL 70
the town. and then the poor old folks
could live with their dear Mr. and Mrs
stickneN ard be happy,
II thought you'd see how selfish you
were when you came 20 think OF H.
triumphed Arthur,
"oh. | should have TO give up all Idea
Of any outside iuxuries. OF course, said
Mark. with "a vigtu0us alEh. hut there
one thsng. | ahan't have 90 practice stch
sslf.controi as you will, 60 Keep fTeA
amending an my money on sarsanafiuA
and other stun 60 put In my mouth.
can 40 for an hour or two AZ 9 time WIN
ont auv4nfng IN my mouth ana not suffer.
some folks can't Now II YOU 80 into
this eomelnc. you must sAye up Hike all
the rest OF Us II VIII be a hard tUS, tae
heat we can dove can't AFFORD 20 waaSs
n cent-~ana Sou won't be let N unlesa
,n,, ptpant~e 10 DO your tcvel oast -
Arthur laughed lie understood peyfcct-
ly Marks way OF making pnegle tank II
!, xrs.sst favor 20 be allowed TO work hard
IN asalatiug him, but hS only mutterc3 a
few warls about Marks delight u he
could only gas him. Arthur into that
'Nsambane' oa 0uy terms The tao"e
IN eurrg.i TO him % lNsog Aunt Fotiy ANA
IN. widow OsrsAem established 10 the
haven Tor ~hlch tAoy tongvd, and tAis
made him Tolerant % aks bivthcr's trying
pir be, even SC W. pu, In every cent
ve earn We can't sss enough" he aaEar L.
81 after a htila4
'sltm Got auyo myself OF esf@fFcs R@tA4' "
ted Mark ju3lcially ''nat Il won't ao any
harm h try. I'm sure THAI Percy and
xis wtli 20 IN Tor h. and then % Roger
,sauy ieea come. there Will DC one more
Harold wiR DO hese pretty soon, ana
there's Madeline Wyman~bdt she can
a, rat.eh Of course. SiTes oniy rl.'
s.Mayba the boys won't he SO Keen FOR
helping YOU thsHh
We'll. II they aren't, all We should have
90 do. would he &c take them w 10 the
Is,sexy< and lssg them hear Aunt Poly
say Oh. susr That would fotch every
mothers son OF emf
Rsth the boys dropped their knives ana
fel TO laughing immoderatciy.
And n that don't settle EN-" 'oDtin-
ued Mark. the stories about the 'Widaah
G~r<asau' as they call her vii do II.