PATSY'S POND LILIES 



"POND LILIES, Sir? Fresh pond lilies? Only 

 a nickel for the bunch." 



Dr. Crompton was in a hurry, but the wist- 

 fulness of the little face and the emphatic ear- 

 nestness of the eager hand which thrust the 

 fragrant lilies expectantly toward him were not 

 easily slighted, and tossing a dime to the child 

 he stepped into his carriage and was driving 

 away. 



"Surely I have seen those eyes before," said 

 the doctor to his coachman, glancing back at 

 the little one already far down the street in 

 haste to share with Bob, her "Dandy Bob", the 

 treasured dime. 



"My ! won't Bob be glad though when I 

 show him what I've got ! I guess he won't scokl 

 me for most drownding when I pulled them 

 up ! Dear Dandy Bob, he shall have it all. One, 

 two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten 

 cents, don't seem as if there could be so much 

 money in one little round bit like this"- --and 



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