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"Hush! here comes Tony. Not a word to him about it if you please." "Heaven bless you, boys!" said the poor woman as she put the money in her pocket. Frank and Charles talked a few moments with Tony about the "glorious Fourth," and then took leave of the family. HUSH HERE COMES TONY NOT A WORD TO HIM ABOUT IT IF YOU PLEASE HEAVEN BLESS YOU BOYS SAID THE POOR WOMAN AS SHE PUT THE MONEY IN HER POCKET FRANK AND CHARLES TALKED A FEW MOMENTS WITH TONY ABOUT THE GLORIOUS FOURTH AND THEN TOOK LEAVE OF THE FAMILY
eed, Master Frank, you are always very good to me; and your father and mother too," replied the widow. "Here are seven dollars. Charles and I wish to give you this sum." "Seven dollars!" exclaimed the widow; for to a poor woman like her this was a very large sum. "Charles and I had saved it for the Fourth of July; but we thought how much good it would do you, who have to work so hard, and we determined to make you a present of it." "May God bless you both!" exclaimed the widow, wiping a tear of gratitude from her eye; "but I cannot think of taking your money." "But, Mrs. Weston, you _must_ take it." "And you give up your pleasure for a poor body like me?" "We give the money to you because it will afford us a greater pleasure than to spend it for fire-crackers and gingerbread." "How noble and generous! but you wrong yourselves." "Oh, no, we don't," said Charles; and at that moment he felt happier than if all the gingerbread and fire-crackers in the world had been showered down upon him. WESTON CONTINUED FRANK I HOPE YOU WILL ACCEPT IT INDEED MASTER FRANK YOU ARE ALWAYS VERY GOOD TO ME AND YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER TOO REPLIED THE WIDOW HERE ARE SEVEN DOLLARS CHARLES AND I WISH TO GIVE YOU THIS SUM SEVEN DOLLARS EXCLAIMED THE WIDOW FOR TO A POOR WOMAN LIKE HER THIS WAS A VERY LARGE SUM CHARLES AND I HAD SAVED IT FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY BUT WE THOUGHT HOW MUCH GOOD IT WOULD DO YOU WHO HAVE TO WORK SO HARD AND WE DETERMINED TO MAKE YOU A PRESENT OF IT MAY GOD BLESS YOU BOTH EXCLAIMED THE WIDOW WIPING A TEAR OF GRATITUDE FROM HER EYES BUT I CANNOT THINK OF TAKING YOUR MONEY BUT MISSUS WESTON YOU MUST TAKE IT AND YOU GIVE UP YOUR PLEASURE FOR A POOR BODY LIKE ME WE GIVE THE MONEY TO YOU BECAUSE IT WILL AFFORD US A GREATER PLEASURE THAN TO SPEND IT FOR FIRECRACKERS AND GINGERBREAD HOW NOBLE AND GENEROUS BUT YOU WRONG YOURSELVES OH NO WE DON'T SAID CHARLES AND AT THAT MOMENT HE FELT HAPPIER THAN IF ALL THE GINGERBREAD AND FIRECRACKERS IN THE WORLD HAD BEEN SHOWERED DOWN UPON HIM
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