Then after a pause he burst forth again, "Or, I might pick berries—if there were any berries!"
"It's not so very easy for little boys to earn money; is it, dear?" said Aunt Vi, putting her arm around her young nephew and drawing him toward her. "But when they've done wrong—you still think you did wrong, don't you, Jimmy?"
"He knows he did," broke in Lucy. "My papa lent me the watch."
"She wasn't talking to you," remonstrated Jimmy. "Yes, auntie, I did wrong; but Lucy needn't twit me of it! I won't be characteristic any more as long as I live."
Aunt Vi smiled and patted his head lovingly.
"No, dear, I think you'll be more thoughtful in future. But now let us try to think what can be done to pay for the watch."
"I'll let him have some of the money I get for teaching. I always meant to," said Kyzie.
"Very kind of you," returned Aunt Vi; "but we'll not take it if we can help it, will we, Jimmy? I've been thinking it over for some days, children; and a little plan has occurred to me. Would you like to know what it is?"
They all looked interested. If Aunt Vi had a plan, it was sure to be worth hearing.
"It is this: mightn't we get up some entertainments,—good ones that would be worth paying for?"