A FRIEND IN NEED.
It was 'Tilda Jane, breathing like a race-horse.
"What's up with you, sissy?" he asked.
She could not speak for a few seconds, then she gasped with
difficulty, "Hank, dear old Hank, he's in there--the loveliest
man--he's always ready to do a turn for any one--go in--tell him your
business. I've said a little, mind what he tells you, an' you'll
get on. He's helped lots of people. He was in the midst of a dinner
party. He's so good--he jus' left it an' come. Go--" and she gave
him a gentle push and sent him into the parlour, where he blinked
his eyes alternately at the lamp on the table, and at a small, dark,
quiet man who sat with his hat on his knee.
The small man was breathing hard, as if he, too, had been walking
fast, but on seeing Hank, he rose and stood with outstretched hand.
"My name is Tracy," he said, kindly, "and I have come to this town
since you left it, but I know your family."
"I know you, too," said Hank, bluntly, "from her letters," and he
jerked his head backward, but 'Tilda Jane, after softly closing the
door, had disappeared.
Mr. Tracy sat down again, and Hank sat opposite him. A slight and
awkward pause ensued, broken speedily, however, by the minister.
"Young man, you are in trouble."
"Yes, I am that," said Hank, gruffly.
"State your trouble," said the minister, kindly.
Hank hesitated an instant, then his words came with a rush. "You've
visited creameries, sir?"
"I have."
"Well, there's good creameries and bad creameries. A few years ago,
when I was casting about in my mind for something to do, I got in
with a Chicago firm known as the White Elephant firm--owing to
so many States being spotted with their buildings, loaded on the
farmers, and costing too much to keep up. Being a Maine man, they
sent me to my own State. I was one of their most go-ahead sharks,
now they've fired me to fix themselves right with the farmers. Do you
know how they take in a community, sir?"
"No, I don't."
"Well, s'pose you're a shark. You navigate round among the farmers,
and make a smother of big talk about hauling in buckets full of
money. You get a committee to visit some creamery where the outfit
is salted to make an extra showing. You pay the farmers' expenses,
you offer 'em a block of stock, and up goes the creamery in their
district with machinery from the promoting company, costing two or
three times over what everything is worth. When the whole thing's up,
it'll usually dawn on the minds of your stockholders that a creamery
ain't much without cows, and their cows ain't got enough milk to pay
for the fuel they burn. 'Way back here fifty miles, I had whipped up
a creamery; I had a man to run the machinery, but he was a simpleton.
He ruined the separator, it had to be sent back to the shop, an' I
got mad with him.
"Then he blabbed, told everything he knew, an' a lot he didn't,
an' the farmers stopped counting their cows long enough to listen.
Hasty words flew round, about fraudulent subscriptions, vitiated
transactions, no contracts, ruined farms, going to law--an' I thought
it was time to skip. The firm had made me stop there up to this, an'
as soon as I ran, they bounced me--I'm all played out here, sir. My
native State bids me farewell!"
Hank suddenly ceased speaking, his head dropped on his breast, yet
before it did so, he shot one appealing, hopeful glance at his
listener. Despite his "don't-care" tone, and off-hand manner, it was
plainly to be seen that he felt himself in trouble, and knew that
there was one at hand who would help him.
"You've been in a poor business," observed Mr. Tracy, quietly. "You
want to quit it?"
"Yes, sir," said Hank, meekly.
"Listen then--" and his companion in his turn began to speak rapidly.
'Tilda Jane, flying about the house, sent many an anxious thought to
the closed parlour. What was the minister saying to Hank? Would Hank
talk to him freely?
"O Lord! Lord! Lord!" she cried, suddenly stopping and raising her
clasped hands to the ceiling, "do make his heart soft--soft as mush,
an' don't let him be sassy. The minister is smooth an' nice, an' he
would stand sass, but it's awful bad for Hank. He's got to sober
down. O Lord, make him solemn--jus' like an owl!"
She dashed a tear from the corner of her eye, and went on with her
occupation of wrapping various articles in a red handkerchief.
When the parlour door opened, she ran to the front hall, and as Mr.
Tracy passed her, she caught his hand and pressed it fervently.
He said nothing, but smiling with the more than earthly sweetness of
one who truly loved his fellow men, he hurried back to his deserted
guests.
Hank followed close at his heels, and as he stood in the hall
doorway, looking already straighter and taller, he smiled
patronisingly down at 'Tilda Jane.
"You're a mighty fine girl, sissy, how old are you now?"
"Thirteen o'clock las' week--struck fourteen this--oh, what did the
minister say?"
Hank thumped his chest. "He's got me a situation, sissy,--a situation
that means bread and butter for you and father, and maybe cake and
jam."
The little girl locked her hands in intense excitement. "Where, Hank,
oh, where?"
"Here, sissy."
"In Ciscasset?"
"Yes."
'Tilda Jane suppressed a scream. "An' you can live at home?"
"Well, I rather guess so."
'Tilda Jane's pleasure was too deep for words. She stood gaping
speechlessly at him.
Hank, in high good humour, beamed benevolently on the orphan girl as
she stood beside him. "What are you sticking your head up an down for
like a chicken taking a drink?" he said at last.
"Hank, I'm givin' thanks," she said, reverently, "givin' thanks that
you've got led out of that roguey business."
"I'll not get into anything of that kind again, sissy," he said,
with a shamefaced air. "You may just be sure of that. I've had a
great talk with that friend of yours--and sissy, I'm obliged to you."
There was a queer break in his voice. An end had suddenly come to his
troubles. He would now be in the way of earning an honest living. And
it would be a pleasure to live with his father and this young girl
who would look up to him and admire him.
"Sissy," he said, abruptly, "where do you think my new berth is?"
"I don't know--oh, tell me quick."
"In the Waysmith lumber mill. Mr. Waysmith offered a place to your
friend Tracy to-day for some young man, and I'm the young man."
"With the Waysmiths?" murmured 'Tilda Jane, "where your father used
to be?"
"The same, sissy."
'Tilda Jane could stand no more. "O Lord, I thank thee!" she cried,
with a burst of tears, and running into the kitchen, she buried her
face in the roller towel hanging on a door.
Hank sauntered after her, and on his way stumbled over a bundle done
up in a spotted red handkerchief. He stooped down, picked it up,
and opened it. It contained a few lumps of sugar, a Bible, a pair
of socks, two handkerchiefs, half a loaf of cake, and fifty cents
wrapped in a piece of newspaper.
"My travelling kit," he murmured; "well, if she ain't the best little
creature!"
"Hello, 'Tilda!" he called out; "stop that whimpering, and come and
tell grampa the news."
The little girl hastily dried her face on the towel, and ran into the
bedroom where grampa sat surveying them in bewilderment from the edge
of his bed. Some time ago he had come to his room with the intention
of undressing. His son's visit had upset him, and he had been sitting
confusedly listening to the scraps of conversation he caught from
different parts of the house.
"Grampa, grampa!" cried 'Tilda Jane, running in, and excitedly waving
her hands, "Hank's goin' to live at home with you, an' me, an' the
dogs. We'll be a real family. Oh, ain't it lovely, ain't it lovely?"
and catching hold of her skirts she began a sidling and peculiar
dance about the room.
Hank laughed till the tears came into his eyes. 'Tilda Jane was good,
but she was not graceful. Then his merriment over, he began to yawn,
and 'Tilda Jane, as keen of observation as ever, immediately espied
this sign of fatigue.
She caught up Gippie, who alone showed no pleasure at the prospect of
having another inmate of the house, and danced out to the kitchen.
"Come out, grampa dear," she called, "we'll all have a good supper,
'cause this is a most joyful 'casion."
As grampa started to limp out to the kitchen, Hank quietly placed
himself by his side.
The old man looked at him. "I'm not sorry you're going to stay," he
remarked, gruffly. "They say there's no place like home."
"You'd better believe that's true, father," said Hank, warmly; "a
fellow gets sick of hotels and boarding-houses. We'll have some more
funds now that I'm going to get at some decent kind of work. You
mustn't bother your head about expenses."
The old man sank into his chair with a sigh of relief. His face was
working strangely. Last year at this time he was alone and miserable
in a cheerless house. Now his son was with him, a brisk young girl
was flying about his kitchen, a bright fire burned in the stove, a
fire that was not unpleasantly warm to his aged limbs even on this
summer night. A white cloth covered his formerly bare and uninviting
table; he was going to have pie, and coffee, and toast and cake for
supper,--surely the coming of this orphan had been a fortunate thing
for him, and he slowly chafed his hands as he gazed at the glowing
bed of coals.
Hank was following 'Tilda Jane from kitchen to pantry, and from
pantry to kitchen.
"You're getting to be a great housekeeper," he said, admiringly; "but
we must not forget the schooling. It's a great thing to be educated.
You can't hold your own in this world unless you know something. You
wrote me Mrs. Tracy was teaching you some, didn't you?"
'Tilda Jane paused as she filled a sugar-bowl.
"Yes, three evenin's a week. She's a boss--I mean a good teacher. I
learned some at the 'sylum,--no, the asylum, when I warn't--no, when
I werent'--no, when I wasn't in the kitchen. And grampa talks to me
some. He's a fine scholar."
"That's good--get all you can; but three evenings a week ain't
enough. As soon as I can compass it, I'll have some one to take care
of father daytimes, and let you go to school."
"To school!" said the little girl, "to learn more--to know how to
speak proper! Oh, oh, I'm mos' too happy to live! Hank Dillson,
I think you're the mos' beautiful man that was ever made!" and,
dropping her sugar-bowl on the shelf, she seized a hand of the
ex-creamery shark, and warmly pressed it between her little lean
palms.
Hank, in some embarrassment, murmured, "Oh, fudge, I'm not as good as
the next one."
"You're a million times better!" exclaimed 'Tilda Jane. "Oh, what
a glad man Mr. Waysmith will be to have you in his mill! Come now,
let's have supper. Dear ole grampa mus' get to bed. You wouldn't like
to kill him with joy the first night you're home."
A few minutes later 'Tilda Jane was beaming behind the big
coffee-pot. At last she had become a member of a really happy
family. Her dogs were stretched luxuriously on their rag mat by the
stove, Grampa, calm and quiet, was sipping his coffee, and listening
to some of Hank's travelling adventures.
She could not contain her delight. Her heart was too full, and
presently she burst into low, irrepressible laughter.
Her companions stopped talking and stared at her.
"Oh, I can't help it!" she exclaimed, wildly, "I feel as if I'd
come through a big sea of troubles to reach the promised land! I'm
crazy--I'm crazy!" and too excited to keep still she pushed her chair
aside, and rocked back and forth on her feet.
She saw stretching before her a long vista of happy years--the sight
was almost too much for her, yet even in her ecstasy she thought of
other children less fortunate.
"Hank, brother Hank!" she called suddenly, "the Tracys say to pass
on blessings. All the world ain't joyful like us. When you make a
little money will you let me write to the lady-boards for another
orphan,--the ugliest little orphan they've got,--worse than me, if
it's not unpossible."
"You just write it down that I will," said Hank, gazing kindly and
benevolently at her flushed face.
"We'll do it," cried 'Tilda Jane. "We'll be good to that other
orphan. I know they'll have one, but how can I wait? What shall I do?
I mus' hug some one, I'm so happy!"
She flashed a glance at the dogs. They were sleepy and comfortable.
"Grampa, I guess it'll have to be you," she said, gaily, and, running
to the old man, she threw her arms around his wrinkled neck, kissed
his bald head, and fulfilled her promise of a hugging so vigorously
that at last he called for mercy.
"Now, I'll go take something," she said, demurely, and, with a last
caress, "you darlin' ole grampa--I could eat you--Lord, give me a
thankful heart for all these mercies," then, reverently bending her
head over her plate, she took up her knife and fork with a long and
happy sigh.
THE END.
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VOLUME III.
The Hero of the Hills
BY G. WALDO BROWNE
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The Woodranger
BY G. WALDO BROWNE
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The Young Gunbearer
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wholesome-minded boy.
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NEW JUVENILES
Prince Harold
A FAIRY STORY
BY L. F. BROWN
_With ninety full-page illustrations_
Large 12mo, cloth, $1.50
A delightful fairy tale for children, dealing with the life of a
charming young Prince, who, aided by the Moon Spirit, discovers,
after many adventures, a beautiful girl whom he makes his Princess.
He is so enamored that he dwells with his bride in complete seclusion
for a while, entrusting the conduct of his kingdom meantime to his
monkey servant, Longtail. The latter marries a monkey princess from
Amfalulu, and their joint reign is described with the drollest humor.
The real rulers finally return and upset the reign of the pretenders.
An original and fascinating story for young people.
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FOR
Boys and Girls
Each one volume, tall 12mo, cloth, Illustrated, $1.00
=The Little Colonel's House Party.= By ANNIE FELLOWS-JOHNSTON.
Author of "Little Colonel," etc. Illustrated by E. B. Barry.
Mrs. Johnston has endeared herself to the children by her
charming little books published in the Cosy Corner Series.
Accordingly, a longer story by her will be eagerly welcomed by
the little ones who have so much enjoyed each story from her pen.
=Chums.= By MARIA LOUISE POOL.
Author of "Little Bermuda," etc. Illustrated by L. J. Bridgman.
"Chums" is a girls' book, about girls and for girls. It relates
the adventures, in school, and during vacation, of two friends.
=Three Little Crackers.= FROM DOWN IN DIXIE. By WILL ALLEN
DROMGOOLE.
Author of "The Farrier's Dog." A fascinating story for boys and
girls, of the adventures of a family of Alabama children who move
to Florida and grow up in the South.
=Miss Gray's Girls:= OR, SUMMER DAYS IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS.
By JEANNETTE A. GRANT.
A delightfully told story of a summer trip through Scotland,
somewhat out of the beaten track. A teacher, starting at Glasgow,
takes a lively party of girls, her pupils, through the Trossachs
to Oban, through the Caledonian Canal to Inverness, and as far
north as Brora.
=King Pippin:= A STORY FOR CHILDREN. By MRS. GERARD FORD.
Author of "Pixie."
One of the most charming books for young folks which has been
issued for some time. The hero is a lovable little fellow, whose
frank and winning ways disarm even the crustiest of grandmothers,
and win for him the affection of all manner of unlikely people.
=Feats on the Fiord:= A TALE OF NORWEGIAN LIFE. By HARRIET
MARTINEAU.
This admirable book, read and enjoyed by so many young people,
deserves to be brought to the attention of parents in search of
wholesome reading for their children to-day. It is something more
than a juvenile book, being really one of the most instructive
books about Norway and Norwegian life and manners ever written.
=Songs and Rhymes for the Little Ones.= Compiled by MARY WHITNEY
MORRISON (Jenny Wallis).
New edition, with an introduction by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.
No better description of this admirable book can be given than
Mrs. Whitney's happy introduction:
"One might almost as well offer June roses with the assurance
of their sweetness, as to present this lovely little gathering
of verse, which announces itself, like them, by its own
deliciousness. Yet, as Mrs. Morrison's charming volume has long
been a delight to me, I am only too happy to declare that it
is to me--and to two families of my grandchildren--the most
bewitching book of songs for little people that we have ever
known."
=The Young Pearl Divers:= A STORY OF AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURE BY LAND
AND BY SEA. By LIEUT. H. PHELPS WHITMARSH.
This is a splendid story for boys, by an author who writes in
vigorous and interesting language, of scenes and adventures with
which he is personally acquainted.
=The Woodranger.= By G. WALDO BROWNE.
The first of a series of five volumes entitled "The Woodranger
Tales."
Although based strictly on historical facts the book is an
interesting and exciting tale of adventure, which will delight
all boys, and be by no means unwelcome to their elders.
=Three Children of Galilee:= A LIFE OF CHRIST FOR THE YOUNG. By
JOHN GORDON.
There has long been a need for a Life of Christ for the young,
and this book has been written in answer to this demand. That it
will meet with great favor is beyond question, for parents have
recognized that their boys and girls want something more than a
Bible story, a dry statement of facts, and that, in order to hold
the attention of the youthful readers, a book on this subject
should have life and movement as well as scrupulous accuracy and
religious sentiment.
=Little Bermuda.= By MARIA LOUISE POOL.
Author of "Dally," "A Redbridge Neighborhood," "In a Dike
Shanty," "Friendship and Folly," etc.
The adventures of "Little Bermuda" from her home in the tropics
to a fashionable American boarding-school. The resulting conflict
between the two elements in her nature, the one inherited from
her New England ancestry, and the other developed by her West
Indian surroundings, gave Miss Pool unusual opportunity for
creating an original and fascinating heroine.
=The Wild Ruthvens:= A HOME STORY. By CURTIS YORK.
A story illustrating the mistakes, failures, and successes of
a family of unruly but warm-hearted boys and girls. They are
ultimately softened and civilized by the influence of an invalid
cousin, Dick Trevanion, who comes to live with them.
=The Adventures of a Siberian Cub.= Translated from the Russian
of Slibitski by LEON GOLSCHMANN.
This is indeed a book which will be hailed with delight,
especially by children who love to read about animals. The
interesting and pathetic adventures of the orphan-bear, Mishook,
will appeal to old and young in much the same way as have "Black
Beauty" and "Beautiful Joe."
=Timothy Dole.= By JUNIATA SALSBURY.
The youthful hero, and a genuine hero he proves to be, starts
from home, loses his way, meets with startling adventures, finds
friends, kind and many, and grows to be a manly man. It is a
wholesome and vigorous book, that boys and girls, and parents as
well, will read and enjoy.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.
Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example:
writing-pad, writing pad; cocoanut; curtsey; beshawled.
Pg 38, 'Onct our washerwoman' replaced by 'Once our washerwoman'.
Pg 38, 'Onct I took' replaced by 'Once I took'.
Pg 42, 'Onct when cats come' replaced by 'Once when cats come'.
Pg 90, 'dare the undarable' replaced by 'dare the undareable'.
Pg 163, 'only onct a day?' replaced by 'only once a day?'.
Pg 180, 'onct have blue eyes' replaced by 'once have blue eyes'.
Pg 269, "You mus' he" replaced by "You mus' be".
Publisher's Book Catalog:
In the Cosy Corner Series, 'and announce four' replaced by 'and
announce three'.
A page from 'Gift Series for Boys and Girls' has been moved to its
proper position at the end of that section. This page described
'Three Children of Galilee' through 'Timothy Dole'.