Washington telegraph., 1856-04-02
The Fortunate Loaf.

One evening a poor man and his son
a little boy, sat by the wayside, near the
gate of an old town in Germany. The
father took loaf of bread which he had
bought In the town, and broke it, and
gave one half to his boy.
''Not 50, father said the boy II shall
not eat until after you. You have been
working hard all day, for small wages,
to support me; and YOU must be very
hungry; l shall waif till yoa are done :
'You speak kindly, my son. replied
the pleased father; ''your love to me does
me more good than my food and those
eyes of yours remind me of YOUR dear
mother who has left us, who told you to
love me as she used to; and, indeed,
my boy, you. have been great strength
and comfort to me /; bat now that | have
eaten the first morsel to please you, it is
your turn to eat"
''Thank you, father but break this
piece in two, and take you a little more;
for You see the loaf is not large, and you
require much more than / do"
s'I shall divide the loaf for YOU. my
boy, but eat it L shall not have abun-
dance, and let us thank God for his great
goodness in giving us food, and in Civ
ing us what Is better still, cheerful and
contented hearts. He who gave US the
living bread from heaven, to nourish our
immortal souls, now shall he not give us
all other food which is necessary to sup
port our mortal bodies .'
The father and son thanked God, and
then began to cut the loaf in pieces to
commence their frugal meal But as
they cut one portion of the loaf there
fell out several large pieces of gold of
great value The little boy gave a shout
of JOY, and was springing forward to
grasp the unexpected treasure, when he
was pulled back by his father
''My son. my son.'' he cried, ..do not
touch the money; it is not ours
but whose is it, father, if it is not
ours ~
"I know not, yet, to whom it belongs;
but, probably, it was put there by the
baker, through some mistake. We must
inquire. Run
But, father" interrupted the boy,
you are poor an1 needy, and YOU have
bought the loaf, and then the baker may
tell lie, and
81 viii 10: 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 take advantage
IF him remember Him who told us to
10 to others as We would have them do
to u.s. The baker may possibly cheat
us; [ am poor indeed, but that i; no
sin If VIC share the poverty of Jesus,
o, let us share, also, his goodness and
his trust iii God We may never be
rich, but we may always be honest
We may die of starvation, but Coils
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 to the baker, and
bring him here, and Will watch the gold
until he comes"
So the boy ran for the baker
"Brother Workman said the old man,
.-you have made some mistake, and al
most lost your money! and he showed
the baker the gold, and told him how it
had been found
as it thine :'' asked the father, elf it
is take it,
''My father, baker, is very poor, and
'.Silencc, my child; put me not to
shame by thy complaints. / am glad we
have saved this man from losing his mo-
new" The baker had been gazing al
ternately upon the honest father and his
eager boy, and upon the gold which lay
glittering on the green turf. ''ThOu art
indeed an honest fellow" said the baker,
and my neighbor, David, the flax dress
er, spoke but the truth when he said thou
vert the honestest man in the town.
Now, | viii tell thee about the gold a
stranger came to my shop three days ago,
and gave me loaf, and told me to sell it
OF give it away to the honestest
poor man whom | knew in the city.
told David to send thee to me, as a Gus
toner, this morning; as thou wouldst
not take the loaf for nothing, | sold it to
thee, as thou knowest, for the last pence
in thy purse; and the loaf with all its
treasure-and, certain, it is not small-is
thine and God grant thee a blessing with
it,"
The poor man bent his head to the
ground, while the tears fell from his eyes
His boy ran and put his hand about his
neck, and said
Il shall always do like you, my father,
trust in god, and do what is right: fer |
am sure it viii never put us to shame -
sSSHow ME a DEMOCRAT "A rather
green sort of well-dressed individual
walked into a Broadway saloon the other
day, and stretching himself up to his full
height. exclaimed, in loud voice:
sWhere are the Loces Show me {
Loco, gentlemen, and l will show you ;
liar
A large nprnber Of quiet gentlemer
were present, and in an instant one o
them stood before the noisy inquirer in ;
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