. Rollo at work ... e it bear rosy-boys. Icall the red ones my rosy-boys. Grafted ? said Rollo; how did hegraft it ? O, said Georgie, I do not knowexactly. He cut off a little branch from arosy-boy tree, and stuck it on somehow,and it grew, and bears rosy-boys still. Rollo thought this was very curious;Georgie told him he would give him anapple, and that he might have his choice—a pippin or a rosy-boy. Rollo hesitated, and looked at them,first at one, and then at another; but hecould not decide. The rosy-boys had thebrightest and most beautiful color, butthen the pippins looked so rich and mel
. Rollo at work ... e it bear rosy-boys. Icall the red ones my rosy-boys. Grafted ? said Rollo; how did hegraft it ? O, said Georgie, I do not knowexactly. He cut off a little branch from arosy-boy tree, and stuck it on somehow,and it grew, and bears rosy-boys still. Rollo thought this was very curious;Georgie told him he would give him anapple, and that he might have his choice—a pippin or a rosy-boy. Rollo hesitated, and looked at them,first at one, and then at another; but hecould not decide. The rosy-boys had thebrightest and most beautiful color, butthen the pippins looked so rich and mellow,that he could not choose very easily;and so Georgie laughed, and told him he GEOKGIE. 173 would settle the difficulty by giving himone of each. So come here, said he, Rollo, andlet me lean on you, while I knock themdown. So Rollo came and stood near him,wrhile Georgie leaned on him, and withhis crutch gave a gentle tap to one ofeach of his kinds of apples, and they felldown upon the soft grass, safe and 174 GEORGIE. They then went into the house, andGeorgie gave Rollo his money, wrappedup in a. small piece of paper; and thenRollo, bidding him good by, went out ofthe little white gate, and walked alonghome. The next morning, soon after breakfast,Jonas drove the carryall up to the frontdoor, and Rollo and his mother walkedout to it. Rollos mother took the backseat, and Rollo and Jonas sat in front, andthey drove along. They called at the house where Jameslived, and found him waiting for them onthe front steps, with his half dollar in hishand. He ran into the house to .tell his motherthat the carryall had come, and to bid hergood morning, and then he came out tothe gate. James, said Rollo, you may sit onthe front seat with Jonas, if you wantto. James said he should like to very much;and so Rollo stepped over behind, and satwith his mother. This was kind and polite;for boys all like the front seat when they GEORGIE. 175 are riding, and Rollb therefore did right tooffe
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