. Little helpers . hnny for soap and water, when the gardening was done, andcame to his lessons with hands as clean as vigorous scrubbingcould make them. When he had covered both sides of his new slate with 98 LITTLE HELPERS. tt strokes, which Johnny assured him were quite as good as thefirst ones he had made, they both decided that the lesson hadbeen long enough for that time, and parted with cordial good-nights. I didnt know it was so easy to teach people, mamma !said Johnny, exultingly, as soon as his pupil was out of hearing, why, its no trouble at all! Mrs. Leslie smiled. uJim seems to be
. Little helpers . hnny for soap and water, when the gardening was done, andcame to his lessons with hands as clean as vigorous scrubbingcould make them. When he had covered both sides of his new slate with 98 LITTLE HELPERS. tt strokes, which Johnny assured him were quite as good as thefirst ones he had made, they both decided that the lesson hadbeen long enough for that time, and parted with cordial good-nights. I didnt know it was so easy to teach people, mamma !said Johnny, exultingly, as soon as his pupil was out of hearing, why, its no trouble at all! Mrs. Leslie smiled. uJim seems to be a bright boy, she said, but you mustremember that his mind is like your garden; things must beplanted in it, and you must wait a while for them to come dont wish to discourage you, dear, but learning is a new busi-ness to him, as teaching is to you, and I think this would be agood text for both of you to start with —i Let not him thatgirdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth itoff. CHAPTER A CONTRACT. THREE days rain which set in the morn-ing after Johnnys first appearance as aschoolmaster, put a stop to gardening,and Jim decided for himself that he wasnot entitled to anv more lessons until he t> had done some more work. This had not been Tinys and Johnnysidea of the contract at all; they expected Jim to help themwhenever they needed help, and intended to keep on regularlywith their teaching, unless some very special engagement shouldprevent them. But, as they remembered when they came totalk it over, they had not made this plain to Jim, and theydecided to draw up a contract, and have it ready for his signa-ture. or rather his mark, if, as Johnny said rather mournfully,; it should ever clear up again. They lamented very, much nothaving planted anything before the rain. It would be soaking and swelling all the time, mournedJohnny, and come bouncing up the minute the sun comesout ! They tried shooting some radish seed at the beds withJohnnys pea-shoo
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