Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant

and out among the numerous foot passengers that thronged the sidewalks was not so easy. He kept up pretty well, however, until, in turning a street corner, he ran at full spee

pite of his desire to overtake Mike, felt it i

n, at last, "by tearing through the streets

ery sor

er than to run at such speed? You oug

to catch a thi

t?" asked the stout gentleman, his

the post office when he and anothe

hat were y

package

was in

an

make much

a dolla

ar than had you run against me wi

ir, I'm ve

u, under the circumsta

Hoff

ome time, if you see me in the street, come

I shoul

ng. I hope you'll

nk you

tion in which he had taken part had lasted so long that Mike had had ple

l went

aid his mother. "Surely you h

l my packag

is

were s

me abo

told t

," said Jimmy, indignantl

much, Jimmy," said Paul, amused

as a big, strong

u will be,

ur loss, Paul?"

dollar, but if I had sold them all they would have bro

u make so

siness. It's getting poorer every day. I'll go out afte

ng out now, Pa

nd see you draw

I'm going to

re. I don't think yo

little boy, confidently

ved a good deal,

tist one of these day

l," said the little bo

e sketches in the drawing books Paul had purchased for him. It was a great delight to the little boy to draw, and hour after hour, as his mother sat at

hed him a

th, really surprised at his little brother's proficie

, Paul," said Jimmy. "I neve

d discourage you," said Paul. "You kno

ut there was a merry tw

you draw better," s

l I draw?"

is hors

ou must go away; I don't want

y, I am bound to confess that he had not the slightest talent for drawing, though Jimmy did n

way for about

one," h

d Jimmy, in surprise

urst into a fit of laughter. Paul's drawing was a very rough one, and such a horse

Jimmy?" asked Paul.

id the little boy, alm

eigned resentment. "You're jealous o

y again burst into a fit of merrimen

I can't draw any better than an old cow. You've

my, who had a great admiration of Paul, notwiths

o, Jimmy," said Paul. "I'll refer t

was proud of the praises whic

ugh with these," said Paul; "that is, if I don't get red

o'clock. It was a plain, frugal meal always, but on Sunday they usually managed to have

s soon

om the bureau, and

"I'll see if I can't get into something I like

u'll succe

id in drawing ho

o, Paul," said

rse to visitors and pre

nger,

. He had sold papers, and succeeded fairly in that line, and knew he could again. He had pitted himself against other boys, and the result had been to give him a certain confidence in his own powers and business abilities. When he had first gone into the street to try his chances there, it had been wit

k a new kind of business, was by no means disheartened. He walked a little wa

alt in neckties. Upon an upright framework hung a great variety of ties of differe

of the stand, and, having nothing else t