MOTHER TOPKNOT AND HER FAMILY.
REACHING OUT.
(A Further Account of Nettie Decker and Her Friends.)
By Pansy.
CHAPTER III.
NEXT thing we want to do is to earn some money."
This, Jerry said, as he sat on the side step with Nettie, after sunset. They had been having a long talk, planning the campaign against the enemy, which they had made up their minds should be carried on with vigor. At least, they had been trying to plan; but that obstacle which seems to delight to step into the midst of so many plans and overturn them, viz. money, met them at every point. So when Jerry made that emphatic announcement, Nettie was prepared to agree with him fully; but none the less did she turn anxious eyes on him as she said:
"How can we?"