Now or Never; Or, The Adventures of Bobby Bright: A Story for Young Folks

h the gentleman by his side, and hearing the noise

Mr. Timmins. "I threatened to turn him out if he didn't; and I m

he wished to have his case judged on its own merits; so he t

s," added Bobby, picking up the one he h

Timmins. "He is an imp

he meant to st

d him I wanted to buy it," adde

m; and he said i

twenty-five c

mmins?" asked Mr.

im fourpence," rep

y by this monstrous lie. "He said twenty-five cents; and I told him I could

e!" protes

. Bayard. "Are you f

ll look on your memorandum boo

med Mr. Bayard, as he grasped the hand of Bobby, much to t

Bright

and the bookseller shook the hand he held with hearty g

onished Mr. Timmins, who did not know what to make of the cord

this is not the first time he has, been ca

g his head with sham

" he began, but pride o

if you please," said Bobby.

who stood by his side, and a smile

le! Butler, this is th

giant!" replied Mr. Butl

Perhaps, too, he thought of that Scripture wisdom about entertaining angels unawares. He was very much abashed

liar about me,"

me mistake," sug

pable of a falsehood. Besides, I got a letter from my friend Squire Lee by

lected the squire's from among them. Opening it, he read a

er be whipped than tell a lie. He is noted through the place for his love of truth.'-That is pretty str

when he was praised, and Mr. Tim

ho is the liar now?" said Mr.

n me off now, I cannot get another plac

have thought o

sir, so that I want

turn him off, if you please, sir," said Bobby, who even now wished no harm t

from such a source, was compelled to reply in the affirmative; and Mr. Bayar

to my house and dine with me. Ell

ly, "I have been to dinner",-referring t

go to the ho

but I came on business. I will stay he

nd how stylish the people were, and he had some misgivings about venturin

e. Ellen would never forgive

, still willing to escape the fine house and the fine fol

ed Mr. Bayard. "H

s that 'a penny saved is a penny earned,' and I thought I

th me. Timmins, go

inished asking Bobby how all the people in

ine for a poor boy like him. Mr. Bayard and Mr. Butler (whom the former had invited to dine with him) seated them

with wonder at the drapery curtains, at the tall mirrors, the elegant chandeliers, and the fantastically shaped chairs an

nto the parlor like a hoiden school girl, grasped both his hands, kissed both his rosy

cherish towards those immaculate young men who have saved them from drowning in a horse pond, pulled them back just as they were tumbling over a precipice two thousand five hundred feet high, or rescued them from a hous

n away with her, in case her papa was unneccessarily obstinate. She was very glad to see him, and I have no doubt

tice to the viands set before him. It is true the silver forks, the napkins, the finger bowls, and other articles of luxury and show, to which he had been entirely unaccustomed, bothered him not a little; but he kept perfectly cool, and carefully

unfolded his plan for the future. To make his story intel

. "But, Robert, you must let me advanc

ough in that way. I have g

said Mr.

soon earn eno

ourage and energy, and you will suc

ce," continued Bobby, who had now grown quite bold, and felt as much at home in the

ve all the bo

an to be independent. I didn't want to take that thirty-five dollars, th

ave given you a hundred,

t. Too much money ma

k; though, big as it was, it meant something. When he proposed to go to

rt out to-morrow, and I

till the next day; you wi

any thing to do, now is always the best time to do it. Dr. Frank

would adopt some of Dr. Franklin's wise saws. I should be a