Don't you know him ?" "Oh, yes, I forgot.

So he's a schoolmate of Jack ?" "Yes, and he's a first-rate boy," said Ida, with whom the young apple merchant was evidently a favorite.

"He's good to his mother.

You see, his mother is sick most of the time, and can't work much; and he's got a little sister--she ain't more than four or five years old--and Charlie supports them by selling things.

He's only sixteen years old; isn't he a smart boy ?" "Yes," said the nurse, indifferently.
"Sometime," continued Ida, "I hope I shall be able to earn something for father and mother, so they won't be obliged to work so hard." "What could you do ?" asked the nurse, curiously.
"I don't know as I can do much yet," answered Ida, modestly; "but perhaps when I am older I can draw pictures that people will buy." "Have you got any of your drawings with you ?" "No, I didn't bring any." "I wish you had.