Our young folks [serial] . Pipkin, coming for-ward. Its an old half-dollar Jack found in the woods ; Phin snatched itand run off with t. Jack was arter him to git it back ; he lit on him Lke ahawk on a June-bug ; but he ha nt begun to give him the chokin he de-sarves ! Give me the money ! said the deacon. No more fooling, Phineas ! Plere s the rusty old thing ! T aint worth making a fuss about, anyway, said Phin, contemptuously. Ho ! Jack ! you dont know how totake a joke ! 8 A Chance for Himself. [January, You do know how to take what dont belong to you, replied Jack. Isit a good one, Mr. Cha
Our young folks [serial] . Pipkin, coming for-ward. Its an old half-dollar Jack found in the woods ; Phin snatched itand run off with t. Jack was arter him to git it back ; he lit on him Lke ahawk on a June-bug ; but he ha nt begun to give him the chokin he de-sarves ! Give me the money ! said the deacon. No more fooling, Phineas ! Plere s the rusty old thing ! T aint worth making a fuss about, anyway, said Phin, contemptuously. Ho ! Jack ! you dont know how totake a joke ! 8 A Chance for Himself. [January, You do know how to take what dont belong to you, replied Jack. Isit a good one, Mr. Chatford ? Thats what I want to know. Yes, I guess so, — I don know, — looks a little suspicious. Cant tellabout that, though ; any silver money will tarnish, exposed to the 11 ring it. Sounds a little mite peculiar. Who s got a half-dollar ? I have ! cried Phins little sister Kate. In a minute her piece was brought, and Jacks was sounded beside it onthe door-stone ; Jack listening with an anxious and excited No, it dont ring like the other, observed the deacon. Jacks heartsank. Has a more leaden sound. His heart went down into his maybe good, though, after all. It began to rise again. We canttell how much the rust has to do with it. Shouldnt wonder if any half-dollar would ring a little dull, after it had been lying out in the woods aslong as this has. And Jacks spirits mounted again hopefully. I m goingover to the Basin to-night, concluded the deacon. I 11 take it the watch-maker, and have him test it, if you say so. I wish you would, said Jack. And—I d like to know who it be-longs to. Thats right ; of course you dont want it if its a bad one, or if youcan find the real owner to it. I meant, faltered Jack, — of course I would nt think of passing coun- 1872.] A Chance Jor Himself. 9 terfeit money, and I dont want another mans money any how, — but — Ifound it on somebodys land. Now I d like to know if— that somebody —has any claim to it, on t
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