196 May's Present.

she could tell, and feeling very glad
that she had kept her pennies, and
not bought sweeties with them.

As for Johnny, in his ecstasy, he
quite forgot, at first, to wonder how
his May May got all the money to
make this great purchase.

He thought of that at last, though,
as he did of most things; and when
his sister told him all about it—that
this horse had cost twelve pennies,
he

 

and how she had got each one
innocently said—
‘If Johnny had a penny, he’d buy
a nice cakey ; he wouldn’t save it.’
‘But if May had done so, Johnny
couldn’t have had his horsey,’ re-
turned May.