Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-03-28
IEDlToR 8 FR oPRlEToR.
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THE BIsHoP 81 Nd TIE EsFR ps..
a bishop who had for sAis arms two
ieldfares. with the motto g are not two
sparrows sold for a farthing 2" thus sex
tplained the mater % An iptinate friend
Fifty or sixty years ago aaliltle boy re-
sided at village snears illsgagEns on the
banks ofSthes 4angbe, parents were
very poor. and alnlost as soon as he e9pld'
walk he was sent into the. woods pick
Enp some sticks for fael When be, grew
lolder. his father tau glt him 20 pick, bis
Juniper, berries, and lcarry them to
neigh hboring disti lleFs who Wantedl them
for making Hollands. s4 se:lil
(, Il Day by day the poor boy went To- his
task, and on hisfoad he passed the winr
doms Of apilliage sehool. who're he saw
the school master Icaehing a number of
boys about the same ags as himself, He
looked at 1hess boys with feelings Of enS
" $50 earnestly did he long 10 bs samoug
them. he was quite ware, that h was
in, vain "a. ask, his faFthefsto send him. 70
school. for he knew, that hisSPArents had
no money TO pay the school muster and
he often spent the whole deY blinking.
while he was gathering juniper. berries.
what he could, do TO please the school
maatst, IN The hope of getting some lssr
sons. ~ ,,ls5Ij;s, 49,, q. sam 81
One day, when lle was walking ssaadly
along, he saw; two. boys belonging 70 the
school trying Co set q bird trap, aud he
asked one what that, was Tor The boy
told him that, the school master was very
fond Of the fieldfRres. and that they we're
setting n trap to catch some. This de-
lighted the poor boy, for he recoilscted
that he had often seen a great numher of
these birds in the juniper wood where
they came to eat the juniper berries. and
he had no doubt but he could catch some.
The next day he borrowed an old basr
ket Of his mother, went TO the wood. aud
had the great delight to. catch two fields
fares, He then put them in a bRsket,
and tying, an, old handkerchief over Il, he
took them 10 the school mastcr's house.
Just as he arrived at the door he saw the
two little boys who had been 5, ting the
trap, and with some alarm he asked them
if they had caught any birds. Theyan-
swercd in the negative !; md the boy, his
heart beating with JOY. gained aslmittanee
into the presence OF the school master.=--
In few words he told how, he caught
Che birds to bring Them l94 81 as i present 70
the master.
A present, my good boy 2 cried th6
school master, Is you do not look aS II you
could afford such presents. Tell mo your
price and ! viii pay i 70 you, and win
thank you besides"
"I would rather give them 70 you, sir,
IL you please" said the boy.
The school master looked at tho boy
who stood before him, with bare head
and feet. and ragged trowsers that reach
ed only half way down his legs.
You are q very singular bov," said
he, but IL you win not take money You
must ten me what can do for you IS
cannot accept your present without doing
something for you in return. 1s there
anything that ! can do for you pc
O, yes, said the boy trembling with
delight you San do for me what should
like better than anything else"
/" What is that 2" asked the school
master, smiling.
81 Teach me 70 read" cried tho boy
falling upon his knees. o dear, kind
sir, teach me to read 7"
The school master complied. The boy
came 10 him at all leisure hours, and
learned 50 rapidly, that the teacher re-
lconamepdgd him 10 a nobletnan resulting
IN the netgh ghborhood. The gentlemah
who Was ab noble in mind as ia birfh pa
trcnized the poor boy, aud cent him 10
school d Ratisban. The poor boy proIt~
ed BY hfs 2opportunities and when ho
rose is Ne soon did, 70 wealth and hons
Eorst BE adopted two Geidfares as his arms.
What do, yen mean ?" cried tle
bishop friend.
- mean, " returned the bishop with
smile, that the poor boy was myself"
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