Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-12
Chester Finds
Great Riches
Ambitious Boy, Anxious to Provide
Comforts for His Mother and Sister,
Has Unexpected Good Fortune and
Makes Use of Opportunity to In
crease His Income

A ND SHE shall walk in silk attire
u and silver have to spend" This
"A refrain floated out the big white
house and started the ragged little
boy who stood with his face pressed
close to the pailinged fence to thinking
very hard.
II wish my mother could walk in
silk dresses and have money to spend!"
he sighed wistfully, as he strolled along
the dusty road. This road led to his
little cottage home, nesting in the
Pennsylvania hills. A very humble
little home it was, surrounded with
a bit of ground, in which Chester grew
few choice vegetables. He sold
what he could spare of them, but the
profits were not enough to keep his
mother and sister from working hard
at washing.
"Wish l could find a buried treas
ure!" he said aloud But it seems like
only boys in books can do that"
When lie reached home he seized the
ak and started vigorously chopping
wood. Near by a fine spring spouted
out of rocky bank and purled away
merrily to join the brook beyond. A
carriage drew up by the fence and
an old gentleman, looking tired and
dusty, asked for drink. The boy
sprang to the spring, bringing back q
shining dipperful.
VERY fine water that, my lad. Quite
a treasure trove to you if you were
enterprising. for, if I'm not mistaken
it has the properties of the finest min
eral water"
do you really think so, sir?" asked
Chester, his eyes sparkling
"Why, yes, ! do but to make sure
of 1t I'll take a bottle of it along with
me and analyze it if you like. Come to
the hotel tomorrow and ask for Dr.
Allison, and I'll tell you the result"
The kind doctor drove away, bear
ing the gratitude of the delighted boy.
IF it turns out to be as good water
as he thinks I'll bottle it and send it
to the city, and in time may come TO
earn enough to give my dear mother
the comforts she needs" he said glee-
fully This is a buried treasure for a
fact-coming right out of the rocks
and here l was wishing to find gold!
This is lots better. for it give me plenty
to do to bottle it up and sell it, instead
of just sitting down and spending
pile of coin. Don't l wish tomorrow
would comet"
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ried to the hotel as soon as he had
finished his morning work. The old
doctor was waiting for him and re-
ceived him with a hearty handshake.
81 congratulate you, my boy!' he
cried "This water is the finest sort for
curing rheumatism and such ailments.
Just keep quiet about it, though, until
/ return to town. Then I'll arrange for
it's sale there, and you can bottle
certain number each day and express
them to me-"
Chester tried hard to say how CRATE
full he was, and then hurried home tH
survey his treasure spring with new
eyes. The doctor was as good as his
word, and in a few months Chester
was doing a profitable business with
his spring water. receiving a nice little
sum each week for the supply he sent
away.
In good time people began to drop
by for a drink of the health-giving liq-
uid, and the little cottage took on a
prosperous appearance Now no long
er did his mother dress in calico and
take in washing, but was able to rest,
while he and his sister went regularly
to the village school.
Sometimes in the evenings Chester
would ask his sister to go to the fine
new piano and sing his favorite song
to him, the one he had heard so visit
fully that sunny day, and which made
him very glad to hear now, for his
mother did walk in silk attire and sill
yer have to spend" and all through
her little sons love and industry.
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