`` Will Mr. Bhaer let you do it ? '' `` He thought it was a first-rate plan , and said that some of the best men he knew preferred to do good with their money instead of laying it up to be squabbled over when they died . '' `` Your father is rich ; does he do that way ? '' `` I 'm not sure ; he gives me all I want ; I know that much . I 'm going to talk to him about it when I go home . Anyhow , I shall set him a good example ; '' and Tommy was so serious , that Nat did not dare to laugh , but said , respectfully , `` You will be able to do ever so much with your money , wo n't you ? '' `` So Mr. Bhaer said , and he promised to advise me about useful ways of spending it . I 'm going to begin with Dan ; and next time I get a dollar or so , I shall do something for Dick , he 's such a good little chap , and only has a cent a week for pocket-money . He ca n't earn much , you know ; so I 'm going to kind of see to him ; '' and good-hearted Tommy quite longed to begin . `` I think that 's a beautiful plan , and I 'm not going to try to buy a fiddle any more ; I 'm going to get Dan his net all myself , and if there is any money left , I 'll do something to please poor Billy . He 's fond of me , and though he is n't poor , he 'd like some little thing from me , because I can make out what he wants better than the rest of you . '' And Nat fell to wondering how much happiness could be got out of his precious three dollars . `` So I would . Now come and ask Mr. Bhaer if you ca n't go in town with me on Monday afternoon , so you can get the net , while I get the microscope . Franz and Emil are going too , and we 'll have a jolly time larking round among the shops . '' The lads walked away arm-in-arm , discussing the new plans with droll importance , yet beginning already to feel the sweet satisfaction which comes to those who try , no matter how humbly , to be earthly providences to the poor and helpless , and gild their mite with the gold of charity before it is laid up where thieves can not break through and steal . `` Come up and rest while we sort the leaves ; it 's so cool and pleasant here , '' said Demi , as he and Dan came sauntering home from a long walk in the woods . `` All right ! '' answered Dan , who was a boy of few words , and up they went . `` What makes birch leaves shake so much more than the others ? ''
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