| HOW A BUOY SAVED THE BOYS. |
| ABOUT POISON-IVY. |
| TIM AND TIP; |
| CHATS ABOUT PHILATELY. |
| THE LITTLE DOG-CATCHER. |
| THE LITTLE GIRL AND THE BIRD. |
| PENELOPE. |
| OUR POST-OFFICE BOX. |
| A STRING TRICK. |
| MOTHER'S DEAR TREASURE. |
| Vol. II.—No. 94. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. | price four cents. |
| Tuesday, August 16, 1881. | Copyright, 1881, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per Year, in Advance. |
"UNHAPPY."—From a Painting by Greuse.HOW A BUOY SAVED THE BOYS.
BY MATTHEW WHITE, JUN.
It was one fine morning in early summer that Sam Finney rose a full hourearlier than usual, quickly disposed of his breakfast, hurried throughhis chores, and then hastened off down the main street of the village tothe steamboat dock.
Here he seated himself atop of a pile, and watched for the appearance ofthe Laura Pearl, the "favorite steamer" that formed the principalconnecting link between the quietness and oysters of Fair Farms and thebustle and markets of the city.
As a general thing, Sam did not take much interest in the arrival of theLaura, as she was familiarly called; but to-day she was to bring withher Tom Van Daunton and his new row-boat.
Now Tom was a city boy, and had only passed one summer at Fair Farms;still, that was long enough to allow of his becoming the most intimatefriend of Sam, who had lived in the little village all the twelve yearsof his life. Together the two had rowed, crabbed, fished, and fallenoverboard to their hearts' content, the only drawback to their completeha