tton. After
paying for the thread and cotton, I have left the sum of one dollar.--
PHEBE."

"Rosie," who brought in $1.66, says nothing about her penny, but tells
how she earned money, as: "Hitching up horse for grandpa, 10 cents;
topping carrots, 12 cents; keeping the fowls off the wheat, 25 cents;
sweeping, 17 cents," etc., all showing honest, hard work. But the penny
started it all, perhaps.

Here is "Nellie's," with an idea in it:

"With my penny I bought a pen and holder, and sold it for 10 cents. I
dug a pailful of potatoes for 3 cents, and mended a hole in grandpa's
sock for one cent. I then bought a little chicken for 5 cents, and let
it grow into a big chicken, and sold it for 36 cents, making a total of
50 cents."

Well done for Nellie!

Only one more of these charming little papers can we give in full,
though we should love to have our little readers see every one of them.

"The first thing I did with my penny, I made some edging which I sold
for 10 cents; then I sewed it on for 5 cents, which made 15. Then mamma
said if I killed 15 flies she would give me a penny, and so I earned 14
cents in that way. Then I had 29 cents. I then took away 25 cents and
bought some ice-cream, and sold it for 8 cents a dish, and received 48
cents for it. Now I had 52 cents. Then I took 8 cents away from it for
some linen, and 4 cents for some braid, with which I made some lace and
sold it for 70 cents, which leaves me $1.11. Then I sold some flowers
for 14 cents, making $1.25. This is what I did with my penny.--LIBBIE."

"Freddie" and "Tusie," little brother and sister of Libbie, did well
with their pennies. Tusie increased hers to 35 cents, while Freddie's
grew to 48 cents. Each of these little people gathered all the string
they could find and made it up into balls, which they sold.

"Meda" made a ruche for grandma, crocheted lace, and speculated in
butter, gaining in all 66 cents.

"Davie," Meda's brother, found a generous customer in grandpa, who
bought a pen-holder and then gave it back to be sold over again. Davie
also speculated in tallow, and increased his penny to 50 cents.

"Helen" invested in a penny tablet, sold it for 3 cents, and crept up by
degrees to the place where she could buy material for an apron which she
sold for 35 cents. She made another apron and a tidy, and cleared 55
cents.

"Lulu" bought a penny rubber and sold it for 2 cents, bought darning
cotton, pins, cloth for apron, etc., and inc