am made no reply; but he
immediately bought the uniform for Hal, and desired that it should be
sent to Lady Diana Sweepstakes' sons' tailor to be made up. The measure
of Hal's happiness was now complete.

'And how am I to lay out the three guineas for you, Ben?' said Mr.
Gresham. 'Speak; what do you wish for first?'

'A greatcoat, uncle, if you please.'

Mr. Gresham bought the coat, and after it was paid for five-and-twenty
shillings of Ben's three guineas remained.

'What next, my boy?' said his uncle.

'Arrows, uncle, if you please--three arrows.'

'My dear, I promised you a bow and arrows.'

'No, uncle, you only said a bow.'

'Well, I meant a bow and arrows. I'm glad you are so exact, however. It
is better to claim less than more than what is promised. The three
arrows you shall have. But go on. How shall I dispose of these
five-and-twenty shillings for you?'

'In clothes, if you will be so good, uncle, for that poor boy who has
the great black patch on his eye.'

'I always believed,' said Mr. Gresham, shaking hands with Ben, 'that
economy and generosity were the best friends, instead of being enemies,
as some silly, extravagant people would have us think them. Choose the
poor, blind boy's coat, my dear nephew, and pay for it. There's no
occasion for my praising you about the matter. Your best reward is in
your own mind, child; and you want no other, or I'm mistaken. Now jump
into the coach, boys, and let's be off. We shall be late, I'm afraid,'
continued he, as the coach drove on; 'but I must let you stop, Ben, with
your goods, at the poor boy's door.'

When they came to the house, Mr. Gresham opened the coach door, and Ben
jumped out with his parcel under his arm.

'Stay, stay! you must take me with you,' said his pleased uncle; 'I like
to see people made happy as well as you do.'

'And so do I, too,' said Hal. 'Let me come with you. I almost wish my
uniform was not gone to the tailor's, so I do.' And when he saw the look
of delight and gratitude with which the poor boy received the clothes
which Ben gave him, and when he heard the mother and children thank him,
Hal sighed, and said: 'Well, I hope mother will give me some more
pocket-money soon.'

Upon his return home, however, the sight of the _famous_ bow and arrow,
which Lady Diana Sweepstakes had sent him, recalled to his imagination
all the joys of his green-and-white uniform, and he no longer wished
that it had not been sent to the tailor's.