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and slender feet drawn up under him, and his work on the table by his side. Then he was a very beautiful boy too. His face was delicate and pale, but there was such a kind and gentle expression in his mild blue eye, and so much sweetness in the tone of his voice, that they loved very much to go and see him. In fact, all the boys were very fond of Georgie. GEORGIE'S MONEY. Georgie, at length, earned, in this way, quite a little sum of money. It was nearly all in cents; but then there was one fourpence which a lady gave him for a four-wheeled wagon that he made. He kept this money in a corner of his drawer, and, at last, there was quite a handful of it. One summer evening, when Georgie's father came home from his work, he hung up his hat, and came and sat down in Georgie's corner, by the side of his little boy. Georgie looked up to him with a smile. "Well, father," said he, "are you tired to-night?" "You are the one to be tired, Georgie," said he, "sitting here alone all day." "Hold up your hand, father," said Georgie, reaching out his own at the same time, which was shut up, and appeared to have something in it. "Why, what have you got for me?" said his father. "Hold fast all I give you," replied he; and he dropped the money all into his father's hand, and shut up his father's fingers over it. "What is all this?" said his father. "It is my money," said he, "for you. It is 'most all cents, but then there is _one_ fourpence." "I am sure, I am much obliged to you, Georgie, for this." "O no," said Georgie, "it's only a _little_ of what you have to spend for me." Georgie's father took the money, and put it in his pocket, and the next day he went to Jonas, and told him about it, and asked Jonas to spend it in buying such things as he thought would be useful to Georgie; either playthings, or tools, or materials to work with. Jonas said he should be very glad to do it, for he thought he could buy him some things that would help him very much in his work. Jonas carried the money into the city the next time he went, and bought him a small hone to sharpen his knife, a fine-toothed saw, and a bottle of black varnish, with a little brush, to put it on with. He brought these things home, and gave them to Georgie's father; and he carried them into the house, and put them in a drawer. That evening, when Georgie was at supper, his father slyly put the things that Jonas had bought on his table, s
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