The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-05-15
A Short Fire-sfde Story.

One evening poor man and his son, a little
boy, sat by the way side, near the gate of an old
town in Germany. The father took loaf Of
bread, which he had bought in the town, and
| Their" SAID the boy, 81 shall not eat till after
you.-Y GU have been working hard all day for
small wages, to support me, and you must be We
ry hungry; | shall wait till you are DONE "You
speak kindly, my son" replied the pleased faith
! er; "your love to me does Inc more good than
my food, and those eyes of yours remind me Of
your dear mother, who left us, and told you to
love me as she used to do; and indeed, my boy,
you have been great strength and comfort to
me; but now that have eat the first morsel to
please you, it's your turn now to eat "Thank
you, father; but break this piece in two, and take
a little more; for you see the loaf is not large,
and you require much more than do" 81 shall
divide the loaf for you, my boy, but eat it l shall
not; have abundance, and let US thank God
for His great goodness in giving food, and
giving what is better still, cheerful and content
ed hearts. He who gave us the living bread
from heaven, to nourish our immortal souls, how
shall He not give us all other food that is neces-
sary to support our mortal bodies!" The father
and son thanked God, and then began to cut the
loafin pieces, to begin together their frugal meal
But they cut portion of the loaf, there fell
out several large pieces of gold, of great value.
The little boy gave shout Of joy, and springing
to grasp the unexpected treasure, when he was
pulled back by his father. "My son! my SON."
he cried edo not touch that money; it is not
ours! know not, as yet, to whom it belongs;
but probably it was put there by the baker thro
some mistake. We must inquire. Run" ssBut
father interrupted the boy, "you are poor and
needy, and you have bought the loaf, and then
the baker may tell lie, and I'll will not listen
to you, my boy, bought the loaf, but did not
buy the gold in it. If the baker sold it to me in
ignorance, shall not be so dishonest as to take
advantage of him. Remember Him who told
us to do to others as we would have others do to
US. The baker may possibly cheat us, but that
is no reason why we should cheat him. | am
poor indeed, but that is no sin. If we share the
poverty of Jesus, Gods own Son, oh! let US
share His goodness and His trust in God. We
may never be rich, but we may always be honest.
We may die of starvation, but Gods will be
done, should we die in doing it, Yes, my boy,
trust in God, and walk in His ways, and you
shall never be put to shame. Now run for the
baker, and will stay and watch the gold till he
comes So the boy run for the old man. BRO
| Their workman said the old man, "you have
made some mistake, and almost lost your mo
ney;" and he then showed the baker the gold
and told him how it had been found. ais il
thine?' asked the father 'sif it is, take it away
"My father, Mr. baker, is very poor and
"silence, my child; put me not to shame by thy
complaints. am glad that we have saved this
man from losing his money" The baker hae
been looking alternately upon the honest father
and his eager boy, and upon the gold that lay
glittering upon the green turf. '.Thou art, in
deed, an honest fellow" said the baker, ''and
our neighbor David spoke but the truth, when
he said thou vert the honestest man in our town
Now, | shall tell thee about the gold: A stran-
ger came to my shop the other day, and gave
me that loaf, and he told me to sell it cheaply,
or give it away, to the honestest poor man
knew in the city ! told David to send thee to
me, as customer, this morning; and as thou
wouldest not take the loaf for nothing, l sold il
to thee for the last pence in thy purse; and the
loaf, with all its treasure land certain it is moi
small-is thine; and God grant thee blessing
with it, The poor father bent his head to the
ground, while tears fell from his eyes. His boy
ran and put his hand round his neck and said
81 shall always, like you, my father, trust God
and do what is right; for am sure it will never
put us to shame. n '"& E#
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