discharge from the shoe shop. He put the four doll
" he said. "I don't know when I sha
concealing her solicitude under a cheerful exterior. "To-morrow i
in with her cheerful humor. "I am young and strong,
ert, and you will be mor
downhearted he became. He went to the village store, having heard that the boy employed there was about to leav
a boy?" asked the store-kee
Herman was goi
ut he has cha
ated Bert, d
or yourself?" inq
s,
were at work in
ut I have lo
iciously. "If Squire Marlowe has disc
out the cause of my discharge. H
n evident skepticism. "Boys don
o be angry, but he c
introduced a pegging machine, so
Well, I'm sorry for you
nge his mind again, w
are a good boy, and you
promise, though it was very doubtful
a bright idea came to Bert. Blueberries were just coming into the
arge tin pail, I'll go after some berries
use them ourselves,"
fifteen cents a quart. They won't stay long at that figure, so
tired of having nothing to do. Any sort of employment seemed desirable. Besides
at length the pail-which held four quarts-was full. He was tired enough and his back ached, but still he felt happy as he left the field and trudged toward the Lake House, which was the name of the
ndlord on the piazza, and to
ke to buy som
r. Holbrook, the good-natured landlord. "
?" exclaimed
l, from Philadelphia, has been teasing me f
ered Bert. "You know they hav
olbrook, who received a good income from her boarders, and
four quarts, but yo
, and Bert was made happy by r
shop," he reflected complacently. "And
uched six cents, and it was not so easy to sell the berries at all, fo
ly took very little notice of him. This did not trouble Bert, however, who fel
New York, who was boarding at the hotel, and with him he used to play pool, which he found rather an expensive game; and still worse, he played poker with him in his own room, locking the door carefully, as this game was not looked upon with favor in Lakeville. The young man from the c
ten dollars," he
mitted Percy, r
you going
now," answ
returned Reginald frowning. "I may go
said Percy; "but you know I have only
going to put me off that way?" demanded
g to get it," said Percy doggedly
father and
ive it to me! You
oney lying round?" asked
ean?" asked Pe
I was only suggesting a
not a
I shall have to take the
ou mean?" asked
how him this I O U of yours,
would be awful mad with me, and yo
ng. I can't afford
or two. I'll se
do somethi
with him, but the regret came too late. The mischief was done, and he saw from Ward's determined loo
when his eye caught sight of a twenty-dollar bill lying on the desk. Mr. Jones had gone to the other end of the store, and no one was looking. On the impulse of the moment he seized the bill, an