Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1856-06-14

sAnd didn't he get mad All the boys
pointed at him, and called him april
Fool;' and the men laughed. Oh! 1t twas
such fun
The mother of the boys did not smile
at this, but looked very serious.
i am sorry said she, that you did
this, my boys. 1t was wrong
ooh, but it was only for fun, mother
To-day is the first of April you know,
and he needn't have got so angry about
it. 1t only made the people laugh at him
the more. But, he is such a cross old fell
low
MY Children said the mother, 'let me
tell you something that happened to-day
The little boys became serious, and
came up close to their mother and listen
ed.
You know said she, shat Mrs. Jud-
kin has been sick all WinterP
Yes, MAN, YVES ansRered.
And that she is poor?'
yes, ma'am.t
well, her Andrew, who is no older
than you, Henry, had to be taken from
school and put to work in a printing Off
&C, where he has been receiving a dollar
and a quarter a week. Yesterday the lit
tie fellow heard that Mr.. Bender wanted
an Office lad, and that he would pay one
that suited him two dollars a week. The
situation would, besides yielding more
money, be much easier, and he would
have time and opportunity to improve his
mind.
so Andrew told his mother about it,
and she agreed with him that it was best
to call upon Mr.. Bender, who had known
his father, and befriended him while liv-
ing on more than one occasion.
I'm sure he will take me, said the
eager boy, as he left home, and oh, how
glad ! shall be to get away from the print
ing ofice!'
"A little while before nine o'clock, An
drew stepped around othe Office of Mr..
Bender, which was not far fron where he
worked. He opened the door and went
in with a hopeful yet trembling heart
Mr.. Bender sat in his great arm chair,
with Q newspaper in his hand. Looking
up as the door turned on its hinges, he
fixed an angry look upon the boy, and
SdAu IA ShaEPs quick VOICE
sNhat do you want, ha!
Poor Andrews hopes were dashed to
the ground by this reception. He stam-
mered OUT
DO you want boy, sir2s
mo! Clear out, you little ~rascal!s re-
piled the old man, in a rough, excited
voice.
The lad turned away, without a word
more, and went back to the printing Off
&c. But, bis heart was almost broken by
the rude Fepulse and disappointment.-
Now, my boys, can you tell why Mr..
Bender, who is, in the main, a kind heart.
ed man, repulsed Andrew Judkin SO
harshly r
lie was angry about something, / sup
pose said Thomas.
Can you guess what that something
VAST
Was it because we made him an APP
Ri fooi3s
Most probably returned the mother.
You say he wa very angry?'
% yes. He was as mad as he could be.
and shook his fist at u.s.
You had your fun, as you call it, said
the mother of the boys, but poor Andrew
Judkin has, in all probability, LOST a good
place in consequence. He viii hardly
venture back again to the Office Of MI.
Bender
Il don't think remarked one of the
lads, that it was very manly in Mr.. Ben
der to get into d passion Just because we
made him an AuriI fool, We nIaved
tricks on other men; but they only laugh
ed at us, and SO we had fun all around.t
AL men are not alike was replied 10
this.
Tome are sensitive on one point, and
some on another. Few persons can bear
ridicule, though sorne have the " to
conceal It's effects, while others have not.
MT. Bender has, naturally, a quick, irrita-
bic temper, and is, besides, sensitive to
ridlcule. Such being the case, it was
scarcely possible for him not to ret angry
when Two little boys were so rude as 10
make sport CT hiua III the street. No
eoubs be felt mortified, afterwards. for
nasAng thus lost his ~seIrcontroI. hnt are
aaaa been time enough for this
Slange m his feelings 10 gccur. poor An.
crew came with bis petit I, and received
% angry repulse.s
n sorry, said Harry ,near
alea thatl made fan ofN Benaas IT,,
w0algn't have dot SO, Il i Id
81 he was going to att "a verr
~ = we did wrong, | don't think