she said , as a sudden thought popped into her head . `` Go into town , and do the errands ? '' asked Dan , looking interested at once . `` Yes ; Franz is tired of it , Silas can not be spared just now , and Mr. Bhaer has no time . Old Andy is a safe horse , you are a good driver , and know your way about the city as well as a postman . Suppose you try it , and see if it wo n't do most as well to drive away two or three times a week as to run away once a month . '' `` I 'd like it ever so much , only I must go alone and do it all myself . I do n't want any of the other fellows bothering round , '' said Dan , taking to the new idea so kindly that he began to put on business airs already . `` If Mr. Bhaer does not object you shall have it all your own way . I suppose Emil will growl , but he can not be trusted with horses , and you can . By the way , to-morrow is market-day , and I must make out my list . You had better see that the wagon is in order , and tell Silas to have the fruit and vegetables ready for mother . You will have to be up early and get back in time for school , can you do that ? '' `` I 'm always an early bird , so I do n't mind , '' and Dan slung on his jacket with despatch . `` The early bird got the worm this time , I 'm sure , '' said Mrs. Jo , merrily . `` And a jolly good worm it is , '' answered Dan , as he went laughing away to put a new lash to the whip , wash the wagon , and order Silas about with all the importance of a young express-man . `` Before he is tired of this I will find something else and have it ready when the next restless fit comes on , '' said Mrs. Jo to herself , as she wrote her list with a deep sense of gratitude that all her boys were not Dans . Mr. Bhaer did not entirely approve of the new plan , but agreed to give it a trial , which put Dan on his mettle , and caused him to give up certain wild plans of his own , in which the new lash and the long hill were to have borne a part . He was up and away very early the next morning , heroically resisting the temptation to race with the milkmen going into town . Once there , he did his errands carefully , to Mr. Bhaer 's surprise and Mrs. Jo 's great satisfaction .
The Commodore did growl at Dan 's promotion , but was pacified by a superior padlock to his new boat-house , and the XXXXX that seamen were meant for higher honors than driving market-wagons and doing family errands .
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