<h2><SPAN name="A_FORTUNE" id="A_FORTUNE">A FORTUNE</SPAN></h2>
<p><span class="upper">One</span> day a man was walking
along the street, and he
was sad at heart. Business
was dull; he had
set his desire upon a
horse that cost a thousand
dollars, and he had only eight
hundred to buy it with. There were other
things, to be sure, that might be bought
with eight hundred dollars, but he did
not want those; so he was sorrowful, and
thought the world a bad place.</p>
<p>As he walked, he saw a child running
toward him; it was a strange child, but
when he looked at it, its face lightened
like sunshine, and broke into smiles. The
child held out its closed hand.</p>
<p>“Guess what I have!” it cried gleefully.</p>
<p>“Something fine, I am sure!” said the
man.</p>
<p>The child nodded and drew nearer; then
opened its hand.</p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</SPAN></span></p>
<p>“Look!” it said; and the street rang
with its happy laughter. The man looked,
and in the child’s hand lay a penny.</p>
<p>“Hurrah!” said the child.</p>
<p>“Hurrah!” said the man.</p>
<p>Then they parted, and the child went
and bought a stick of candy, and saw all
the world red and white in stripes.</p>
<p>The man went and put his eight hundred
dollars in the savings-bank, all but
fifty cents, and with the fifty cents he
bought a hobby-horse for his own little
boy, and the little boy saw all the world
brown, with white spots.</p>
<p>“Is this the horse you wanted so to
buy, father?” asked the little boy.</p>
<p>“It is the horse I have bought!” said
the man.</p>
<p>“Hurrah!” said the little boy.</p>
<p>“Hurrah!” said the man. And he saw
that the world was a good place after all.</p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</SPAN></span></p>
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