money. Joe can get his any time he wants it, for Mr. Warren knows that
he will make every cent of it count."

Then, aloud, Tom said:

"Well, Bob, seeing that we've got to get up in the morning, we had
better be going home. Come over bright and early, Joe, and we will take
your things back to your cabin."

"And I will send up another supply of provisions," said Mr. Warren.

Joe thanked his employer, bade him good-night, and led the way out of
the yard.

For a time he and his party walked along in silence, and then Silas, who
began to have a vague idea that he had been imposed upon in some way,
broke out, fiercely:

"What did old man Warren mean by saying that if I didn't get all my
money by the time spring comes, he would advance enough to set me up in
business?" Silas almost shouted. "Looks to me like he'd 'p'inted himself
my guardeen, and that he means to keep a tight grip on them twenty-five
hundred, so't I can't spend it to suit myself. That's what I think he
means to do, dog-gone the luck!"

Joe thought so, too, and he was glad of it. If that was Mr. Warren's
intention, Joe's mother would be likely to reap some benefit from the
reward; otherwise, she would not.

[TO BE CONTINUED.]

EIGHT GOOD RIDDLES.

Feet have they, but they walk not--stoves.

Eyes have they, but they see not--potatoes.

Teeth have they, but they chew not--saws.

Noses have they, but they smell not--teapots.

Mouths have they, but they taste not--rivers.

Hands have they, but they handle not--Clocks.

Ears have they, but they hear not--cornstalks.

Tongues have they, but they talk not--wagons.

[Illustration:

_Teacher_--"I am sorry, William, to have to whip a big boy like you.
It grieves me terribly."

_William_--"It don't grieve you half as much as it does me."]

CREAM OF THE COMICS.

"Brisk as a bee."
--_Boswell's Life of Johnson_.

--In the drama of life the clerk plays a counter-part.

--Why is a whisper forbidden in polite society? Because it isn't
aloud.

[Illustration: AN ILLUSTRATED TALE.]

--A tinsmith in the country has a sign which reads:
"Quart measures of all shapes and sizes sold here."

--Customer: "Is your bread nice and light?"
Baker's boy: "Yessum; it only weighs nine ounces to the pound!"

--"Home, Sweet Home"--a bee-hive.

--The egotist lives on an I-land.

--The Bank of England--a fog-bank.

--"April showers bring forth May flowers."
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