"If I am I'll come home. But you know I am very healthy, mother,
and if I am away from home I shall be very careful."

"But you would not be sure of getting anything to do."

"I'll risk that, mother," said Harry, in a confident tone.

"Did you think of this before you read that book?"

"Yes, I've been thinking of it for about a month; but the book put
it into my head to-night. I seem to see my way clearer than I did.
I want most of all, to earn money enough to pay for the cow in six
months. You know yourself, mother, there isn't any chance of father
doing it himself, and I can't earn anything if I stay at home."

"Have you mentioned the matter to your father yet, Harry?"

"No, I haven't. I wish you would speak about it tonight, mother.
You can tell him first what makes me want to go."

"I'll tell him that you want to go; but I won't promise to say I
think it a good plan."

"Just mention it, mother, and then I'll talk with him about it
to-morrow."

To this Mrs. Walton agreed, and Harry, after reading a few pages
more in the "Life of Franklin," went up to bed; but it was some
time before he slept. His mind was full of the new scheme on which