Jerry's Reward

Jefferson Square was a short street in Gaminsville, occupying just one block. It took only two things on one side of it to fill up the space from corner to corner. One was the Convent of the Good Shepherd, built on a large lot surrounded by a high brick wall; the other, a common where all the people around dumped cinders, rags, tin cans-in fact, anything on earth they wished to throw away. On the other side were dwelling-houses, and these were filled with children-lots of them. There surely were never so many children on one square before!