How Patsey Prospered

MrB. lloolaliau, whoso iiitlii;rcolfi-]i sou l'.il.sey went out West :i ïew inoiilhs afo i) scek lus foi'iune, reenwed ii'i'jai news trom liim yesterday. 'Did l'atsey writo to your" wc Lu - quiieil. "Ño, bü jibor-i,hu lias iiivor i lino since hu litï, but ono ot' tlicConncr b'ys wlio wout to Dinver a fortnight no promisoü to luiiit up Piitsoy and let me know wiuit hu is doiit'. 'i got a littei" to-day, and Counor til i s me tliat Ptt-ey lias a jivat Bituatlou as snpcnniciidont ota froc-luucb romo, winuli ext'iitU pretty niuuh over the wliole city." ' That must bo a pretty nice thinjf," wc sugcsicd. "Well, Í shouldsayso. l'iitsey is a nice boy, anil 1 knew lie'd do well if he liad a chance," relurned tlio confiding old wonian, hor innocent, motlicrly old iace brijfhteiiing at the tlioughts of her way waivl boy 's snecess, and showing 110 ti-acc of suspicion tliat "the Couuer b'y" was trying to be fuiuiy by perpotiatiiig' aj c on a loving and Unsuspecting old woni.ui.