The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1855-08-17
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he Iiffie Boy
Who did Mere than he thought he Gould

Az last he saId to himself, = wish | were
man, forsthen might do something to
serve God, or to help others. I might save
some body's life,or might help The poor, or
| might cure the sick, might teach others to
be good. / do not see what little child
can do. But will try to be good child,
and to please my Father in heaven; and |
he knows that wish to serve him.
SO, as he had still little time before
breakfast, he began to study his lesson, in |
which he took great delight. He was very
busy at this when he heard his mother call |
to him, Come quickly. my son, and run af-
ter your little brother, lest he should get hurt
70 DEAR thought he, g wish l could fin
ish this page. But no, must obey quick
ly. Yes, mama,' he said, in pleasant
voice, am coming :; and he Fastened af-
ter his little brother. He went out and
looked here and there after the dear little
fellow, and ran fast on the way where he
thought him most likely to have wandered,
calling his name often in a lound clear voice.
AT last when he was far from the house,
and began to feel very anxious, he saw
his brother running toward him as fast
as his little tired feet could tottle
| Now, our little boy did not know that the
dear baby was just on the edge of rocky
precipice, and at another step would have
fallen over, when his voice made him stop
| and turn about and that so he had saved
the life Of his little brother. He only knew
that he tried to be an obedient child.
After breakfast his mother told him that
he might work in his flower garden. This
was one of his greatest pleaures His beds
Were kept in very nice order and his plants
| grew fast and finely. From day to day, it
was his delight to see new buds opening in
to full and beautiful bloom. He had one
very rare, plant, the seeds of which were
given him by a very poor woman, from a
far country across the sea. This morning,
for the first time, e,one of its buds had opened !,
and he called his mother to share his de-
light in seeing beautiful flower After she
had left him, and he was still admiring its
delicate color and sweet fragrance. little
boy passing by lingering to look at the pref
ty flower garden. When his eye rested on
the flower just opened, he exclaimed 'Othat
is one Oft the flowers of our own country How
my dear sick mother would like to see tp And
still he fingered and looked at it longingly
At first our little boy thought, Il should
love to send it to her. Then he thought
But cannot part with it. have been
waiting for weeks to have that bud open.'
Then he looked again at the stranger boy
and saw that his face was pale and his eyes
full of tears. 49,
He asked him Of his mother and of his
own country, and told him that the woman
who gave him the seeds come from that
same land. Then he looked at his flower,
and thought, shall soon have another bud
open. l will give him this for his sick
| h. l. ~ a,
The little boy did not know that the sick
woman was the daughter of the woman
| who gave him the fower-seeds, Of whom she
\ had heard nothing for many years, and that
by that flower they were restored to each other
again. lie only knew that he tried to be a
kind little boy.
Some honrs latter, he was sent by his
mother on an errand to q neighbor's house
AS he walked along he saw something shin
1 ing in the road. He picked it up, and saw
with delight that it was beautiful silver
box. Nobody was near, he could claim it
as his own, and he felt as if his fortune was
made. AS he walked on, turning it over
and over to admire the rich casting, and
tossing it up to feelsits weight, he thought
that, beautiful as it was, he would sell it,
and with the money it brought he would
buy nice warm shawl for his mother, and
cloak for the dear baby. He would say
nothing about it but some day he would ask
permission to go to town, and he would re-
turn at night, and surprise his mother with
the new possessions. He could not help
jumping up and down at the thought.
just at that moment he saw man on
horseback coming toward him. He hasti-
ly hid his box, as if afraid of being robbed
of his treasure. AS they came nearer to
gether, he saw that the man was looking
intensely around on the ground, as if in
search of something.
Little boy said he, as he came near
Have you seen box in the road have
lost one, not far from here.
Our little boy felt sadly to think that he
must give up the,,box, and the shawl, and
] the cloak, and all the joy that he had heen
/ thinking about. But he did not hesitate.
Is this the box, sir he asked drawing it
from his pocket.
/ Yes, yes, that is it. Give it to me-
So the boy gave up the box, and the man
turned back, and rode away hastily, while
the boy walked slowly after hiln--It was a
sad trial to him, not for his owp sake so
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