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JOHNNY’S CHRISTMAS PRESENTS 99
said Johnny apologetically, "but I had such a
scratchy, bad pen."
"I like it very much just as it is," replied
Uncle Isaac.
There came a little pause. Johnny felt
somewhat abashed and scarcely knew what to talk
about.
" Jeremias the wood-cutter is ill in bed, too,"
he said suddenly.
"Is that one of your acquaintances?"
"Yes. I know him very well. I go in to see
him almost every day."
"Tell me a little about him."
"He has pains in his back — right there —
tearing his back to pieces, he says; and he lies
there alone all day except when Maria Kopp
or I go to see to him. His house is never locked;
any one can go right in. I’ve just been there
with a Christmas present for him."
"What did you give him, little John?"
"A Bible text in a frame and with a cord to
hang it by. This was the text, ’ God will never,
never forsake thee.’"
"And was he pleased?"
"Yes, he said it was balm."
"Did he say that?" And the wonderful,
far-seeing expression that Johnny Blossom could
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