THE NEW SUIT OF CLOTHES. 45

“Why, you are quite a little business fellow,” ex:
claimed the man, appearing from behind a post. ‘If
-you do not take the corn, Tom, I will.”

“Oh! I'll take it,” said Tom; “I would take all
Robert’s corn, whether I took anybody’s else or not.”
And his good-natured mouth widened into a pleasant
smile. é

By-and-bye the corn was duly measured out: a part
to the miller for grinding, a part to me for carrying,
which was added to the miller’s heap, and the rest was
poured into the hopper. Then I went away to look
about the pleasant precincts of thé mill. There was the
water dashing over the craggy rocks, here the white
foam, there the whirling eddy; and further on, the dark
glassy surface. I threw dry leaves into the stream and
" watched their motion till:they were swallowed up in the
miniature vortex. I leaped from rock to rock, and
bathed my bare feet in the little pools warmed by the
clear sunshine. Then I wound my way up a narrow
path among the pines on the hill-side, and sat down on

the smooth underbrush to eat my bread and cheese.