The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-02-08
THE BOY WHO TOOK THE PRIESTS
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THE BOY WHO TOOK THE PRIESTS
ADVICE.
A Priest going along one Sunday, on the
road, saw boy in very ragged dress. sit
ting dangling his feet in Tho water Of a
brook that ran by il.
"Well. my boy" said The good father
what makes you Sit there to-day, and why
don't you 90 TO the chapel?"
ut is because I'm no, jus, fit to be seen
there, because Of tho rsggcdness Of my
clothes" said the boy.
"And who may your parents be, and
Whist are they doing, that they don't see
you better clad, and going to the chapel on
. SundayY''
IL can't exactly say" replied the boy,
"what they may DO doing just now, because
they have been dead some years, and get
along % we'll 40 can without them"
"fus you should not neglect going to
chapel," said the Priest; "and il you are
ashamed Of your clothes, why, ! would
have you get up betimes in the morning
and step into the chapel, when nobody is
there, and say your prayers, and. depend
upon il, God will be dropping something in
your way"
So the boy thanked bis reverence for his
sdvicc, and promised to follow 1t. Some
time after, as the Priest was going the
came way, he saw the same hoy, but now
very much altered in appearance; and bo-
ing very well dressed.
.WelI, my boy, did you follow nv advice,
and do you now 60 10 the chapel?"
"Ah! bless vonr reverence" replied the
lad: "that | did, indeed, and ! wish TINT !
had seen you yenrs befnrc-for il WINS the
best day Of my lfc when did see you."
allow was that p asked the Priest.
'.Why, God bless your reverence! r.,
up enrly ia the morning, A. you advised
me, and went away 10 the chapel. and ne
did M. wan, to be seen, | slipped in quietly
aud pot behind the door, aud began to 50,
my prayers, and, sure enough, il was just
% your reverence sail il would be-Prov.
idcnce was after dropping something in my
way directly. When frs, went in, there
wss nnirdv there; but presently there
came q blind man. aud he put his head in
to the chapel aud said, 'is any body herev
and when nobody answered, for ] KEEP,
quite s,iIl, Tor | would SEQ what Providence
would be after; the blind man entered, and
made bis way 10 seat, and began sayin.
his prayers. And PRESENT. another blind
man came and put ia his bend, and said, ia
any body here!' And the first blind man
answered and said: There is no body bn,
me and nm blind Aud with that the
second blind man entered, and made his
way to the first blind man, and sat down
BY his side, and began to talk. And the
Que blind man asked the other how long he
had been blind? and no said Eighteen
years.
".Eiphteen wears! that is a very long
time, why, you must have saved q power Of
money 10 oil that time
"'Nay,' replied the first man, mot so
much as you would thnk--bad has been
nv best luck. ! hive only saved fl0,
and have j, stitched into my cap, here,
that nobody nav steal H.
"And With that. ,mr reverence" snid
the bog, ", saw tha, al ."uF reverence
had saii WIS lie truth: aud t3s, ts9> i'eece
had dropped something ~ ry Wv ane.
dia.ely. - | " I'D went -oliis Up p The
tnen, aud took eaeh ais cap away -, nt
MS hand. All tnaoe "a ihe door. But, n.
tho tn blind mea-hut they were aston
ished, aud the, seized eacl other hy the
throat, and Que snd: On! " thief Of the
world. III, We hive stolen INV cap and my
moncy from me. and the other said: Nay.
&c thief Of The the world! but We hive stolen
my cap and mn MONEY! Aud 10 II the,
wen, like iarics, and when the people came
into the chapel they found them rolling an
the floor together. md screaming that the
one Ind robbed the other, and the other had
robbed the one--but no caps nor none.
were there To lie scen--and then both the
men were more asionishcd than ever. Bot
] was by that time Tar across the fields. hes
sing your reverence Tor the true words We
had said to me. for, true enough, Providence
had dropped something in my way at once.
And now your reverence sees TINT dress
decently a. any boy of them all, aud 90 TO
the chapel every Sunday and often bless
the day that met your reverence % ]
did,"
ALTMAN NArUR."--Names and local.
ties have not been given us. but wc have
q u IL 1t.