. St. Nicholas [serial] . e, dont ye grieve anymore, Said the lad, aisy-like an polite,It s I will be havin the crayther ashore, If it s maybe the spalpeen will he fastened a grasshopper onto his let it float down to the pool in thebrook. How can I reward ye for all ye have done? It is gold ye 11 be needin, maybe?But the gossoon made answer: Of gold I 11have was a pleasure to serve ye, says if it may be I have gained your regard,What more could one ask in the way ofreward ? Wid a splash an a swirl, the fish sthruck atthe bait. An he settled the hook in his
. St. Nicholas [serial] . e, dont ye grieve anymore, Said the lad, aisy-like an polite,It s I will be havin the crayther ashore, If it s maybe the spalpeen will he fastened a grasshopper onto his let it float down to the pool in thebrook. How can I reward ye for all ye have done? It is gold ye 11 be needin, maybe?But the gossoon made answer: Of gold I 11have was a pleasure to serve ye, says if it may be I have gained your regard,What more could one ask in the way ofreward ? Wid a splash an a swirl, the fish sthruck atthe bait. An he settled the hook in his brought him to shore at a terrible rate— The finest trout ever ye saw!He opened him up with his jack-knife, andown In the maw of the crayther he found the losht She put out her hand as she would to a lord, An the gossoon he fell to his knee,An did her his homage. Ye 11 get yourreward; Dont doubt it, me laddie, said s luck ye shall have all the davs of yourlife. An its nought ye 11 be knowin of ihruubic THE HAPPY VENTURE By EDITH BALLINGER PRICE By the author of Blue Magic. SYNOPSIS OF THE TWO PREVIOUS INSTALMENTS Sixteen- and fifteen-year-old Kenelm and Felicia Sturgis, and their small brother Kirk, who is blind, areleft suddenly in the position of shifting entirely for themselves while their mother recuperates in a sanato-rium from the nervous breakdown following the loss of almost all her money. The young people, withoutconsulting their mothers attorney, who has helped them so far, engage, from an advertisement, a fine oldfarm-house near a small bayside village. After the last desolate days in the dismantled town house, theyoung Sturgises move, with part of their furniture, to Asquam. Their first glimpse of the farm-house ismost discouraging, but they hide their anxiety and disappointment from Kirk, and try to make the best of abad bargain. Owing to poor management of the electric freight-line, none of their furniture has spend their first da
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