Show t TS A SNAKES AND JT bow unfit helped of n llred habit t was the parlor lire just cain to the most at tt how book j george said sho 4 iff imf you to put on your cap aau run avor to arb ifal adf if h Is with iny pat tarn C J dolefully t it Z jaby like your cap and and iiii along rm kind of afraid ot jack 1 enok m chained he wont hurt you 1 bit como get your cap iio chained yesterday I 1 saw igini running tho yard mv self mr cromby wis with him allun along and dont talk any more about it im bial elainr I 1 down yesterday lame a boy alio ans out playing football foot ball an leour agol dont think up any more excuses acl ready and run right over there I 1 must go down and to cake now george sal still after his mother had gone ho looked injured undo ezra alio diw georges granduncle grand uncle ami nn old man looked shadily at libin over ids newspaper three lie remarked in a meditative tone they aint sunken returned george quickly his round face turning red ohl well I 1 thought they were gcorge at a little while longer then lie rose slowly and left alio room doon iiii cap bobbed alio window uncle eri laughed lie gw raid ft lady alio was t awin on the other sido of tho awni lou started him pretty quick how very clever children ino in conjuring up bugbears bug bears george always buim when I 1 say arilie d ehni wo leave a little bargain about it I 1 told libin a snake story the other day and ho lia lias s done a good deal belter sinco then What wis it ezra laii glied and aca well ill tell you it int very much of a story years ngo there wast n bwy whom I 1 knew wlm hail thi s iino habit which george inisi every uno f ais trifko and dibic to bo for liim by a vigilant scarecrow of acme kind he had a brother who ww lust the reverse nu braver more willing and cheerful hoy ever lived than this brother whom we will call aliu other was tom one when tom WM about fourteen and illic twelve n friend of their fathers camo to pay them n little visit ho cimo on friday and remained over sunday monday ho waa ti luava for new 1 ork and tuesday ho enato take the steamer for europe ho was a very wealthy man and had planned quite nn extensive pleasure trip on saturday the day after hi arrival abo mother of boys asked them to take somo pain and go up in the pasture and pick some wilfid readily enough but tom li ail n thousand objections ho was tired hii head ached tho sun wa too liot there was a vicious cow in one of fields ho had to cross however 30 went finally but ho lagged behind and scolded all tho way alio visitor namo waa anio mr oliver amu was present when he boys were sent for berries and attentively to all thiet parsed ho WM arc benl enl too when tom re fumed in about half an hour with the bottom of his pail scarcely covered with berrier when hit mother him what ho iras homo so toon for he faid bo had can an awful blak nako under the basli where ho m picking and ho daro to ta there another minute ilia mother asked him why allio come too hardly anuw what to reply bu bo mumbled something to tho affect that it atlin wanted to stay and nick barrica la pa aturo lull of snakes ho could tom thought there was something queer about his mothers manner and the unit of the week he found out tha reason who had como homo on saturday with his pail heaped with the most beautiful went to new york with sir amas and the next day sailed with him for europe lie had no family of his own and had kindly to take one of his friends sons to europe with him on his llast arrival and ano question which ft should bo had been a hard ono to do cida finally mr amas who was a shrewd man had hit upon this clauc cintli hoya toino work to do 1 ho it according to mr mind 7 gohd went to europe gilr Amna who a quizzical though tom a little lecture jec there be ap tax i mybon said bo if w wanted to en to minster aboc yon might ikc and jf wo C wanted 7 th 0 aly how wo for yon iT bo ary ooma u acroca il blacksin blac ksil the road and back lo 10 RO th n boy anything than when willio had como homo on that saturday and alicy asked him what lefiad can in tho berry pasture he y had stared and then aided aid hd seen anything but perfect ot netar saw 0 o many tones together ho said f 0 o mr ames i willie tom thaw f any ho sal r went right over and looked in tho bush and tharo wysnt a sign of any I 1 filled mj pan Tom waa terribly disappointed and but hoaas not cured no be a man and an old man but ho found many a adako under hn which kept him away froni good chinca willies journey to Jaro pc with mr acca proved to bogli e key to fortuna i or bis iiii hopeful willing disposition won tha old i more and moret h did a creat deal for him whilo 18 bcd aina loft him bis fortune ailes darath ulolo the story ina pru pitO wa nov ha spoke out baidie Bai dhe ith mk diirr iny wb ollif by ahta habit of seeing obstacles 1 ti kueht tob to savo georgo from it J could tell you of failure on failure and disappointment on disappointment which I 1 could directly to it im boing poing to help george to kill the snakes under his bushes it I 1 can I 1 bought him a little ho kills and take one out whenever h is scared awny from anything ho ought to do you saw how quickly he went when I 1 said there acro three snakes ho know that meant losing three dollars and when are dollars enough bo is going to have a pony has abot liis heart on a pony but hell leavo to work pretty hard for it somo of tho dollars have gone out poor little chap but bo has done a good deal better on tho whole hero ho is now came in all rosy and panting he biad been running well said undo ezra cara croxen george george laughed and blushed but ho turned his handsome cyca frankly toward liis uncle no air get very badly bitten by th dangerous dog ao 50 sir got over your lameness yes sir uncle ezra counted some allver out from his pocketbook pocket book well heres the bounty money for tin three snakes ho said and george took it and thanked him and jingled it proudly into bis bank mary E in |