The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09

hadn't been such donkey Wisht had all the money
that Teller has'-as he passed wel-dressed boy
scowled at him under his hat-brim Then he tried
count up how much it would to buy the
himself. 1t would not be possible ng-cherished
quarter had been spent for peanuts and gum for
his share of the gold paper, another
he have to spend, with selling the next days
papers; for the of family Che was eleven
old), he always turned in what help
That sad evening the court The bad
news spread quickly but tho they talked and talked,
they could find no way to buy the longed for luxury
for they had spent their ALL they went to bed with
the dreary feeling that after ALL the celebration would
be almost spoiled
Poor Jim! He burned with red-hot rebellion to
think that his sster-the Queen. his idol-could
have the grand surprise In school the next day he
missed all of his lessons and nattentive that
his teacher asked if he sick Jim shook head
and tried to study but all the letters the
jumbed together and he could not make himself think
AS school out he started off in the oppo-
site direction from home with particular
cept to get as far possible from the celebration
He sauntered along, then occurred look
for job, but he could find for There
was no snow to shovel horse to hold all the stores
were full of busy clerksar everybody rich cept met!
he murmured For short time he sat in Stuyvesant
Square watching the children; but that troubled him,
for they all seemed so happy He by the sky that
it growing late and that it time for him to
for his stock of evening off he trudged down
to his usual stand for them and then went the
Madison his business district;
his sales not brisk usual-he did not seem
to shove the other boys aside forciby,
as loud they did
Getting of a down side street to
follow up a possible customer and as he walked past
the side fence inclosng the garden of large Madison
avenue house he stopped minute to peer thru
up and the man. with Hi there kid
road" jumped down and passed thru the gate carry
ing what made Jinls large, his mouth water
and his fingers ache to clutch-a pail of ice
It too much for flesh and blood to stand Those
people didn't need it; they probably had it every day.
There it left the stone, right outside the
door, There was not person in sight the street,
in the house, far Jim could and
had the idea flashed into his mind than he
side the gate and before he really knew that he had
thought of it, he found himself running down the
nue., carrying the pail heavy it was his remain
ing papers.
No one noticed Jim as he hurried along.
His eyes sparkled, he flushed with excitement.
Queen should have her birthday wish. It all be
beautiful, just they had planned The court would
be glad and his mother-wel at the thought of his
mother uneasy feeling. He felt if she
looking at him. Oh, dear he wished he had not
thought of her, he dreadfully uncomfortable.
While his impulse hot within him he had not
thought at all-he had simply acted. He was cool
now, and voice saying loudly him, Thief!
thief"
voice must in his mind, for there
not a person him when he turned look.
remembered once, when he borrowed a marble from
scornfully Queen had said
'stealers can't be in court. Go give it back"
And he had given it back.
Perhaps she would refuse to eat the Per-
haps the court would punish him Dreadful thought!