East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-11-03
REWARD OF HONESTY,
BEAUTIFUL AND TOUCHING INCIDENT.

We find the following in the st. Louis
Republican of the 4th instant:
Johnny Moore is the name Of bright
eyed, jolly-faced lad, twelve or fourteen
years of age, whose invalid widowed
mother, living on Morgan street, he help
ed to support by the sale of newspapers
and by such errands and small jobs as he
may chance to fall in with. Johnny, who
is the hero of the pleasant and truthful
incident we are about to record, is ex.
tremely neat in his attire, though his
clothes have not always been of the best,
and may have shown, in sundry patches
and mended rents, the results of both
poverty and frugal care. In short, Johnny
is just such boy as we used to "read
about" in Sundy School books.
Yesterday morning, bright and early,
he was trudging along Broadway, be-
tween Franklin avenue and Washington
street, when he Glanced to stumble
against large pocket book, which he
picked up, and found to contain large
number of bank notes and papers,
While he was meditating on the suden
riches he had amassed, and which he had
slid into capacious pocket, or perhaps
racking his youthful mind whether to
seek for the owner or conceal his good
fortune, gentleman rushed by him in
an anxious, hurried, nervous manner,
which convinced the boy that he was
looking for something, and he thought
he knew what.
"Have you lost anything?" asked
Johnny. "Yes-my pocket book" was
the gentleman's answer; shave you seen
it?" s3
The little fellow expected" he had
he didn't know, though. What kind Of
pocket book was it?
This led to an adjournment to a neigh
boring store, where the flushed and al
most breathless individual "of the first
part" proceeded to say that the pocket
book was large one, containing $1,000
in bank bills and some accounts, strip
Of red morocco binding underneath the
tapping inscribed "Robert Thomas, Gov
ington, KY" Thedescription tailed, and
Johnny's eyes snapped with cheerfulness
as he placed the treasure, just as he had
found it, into the strangers hands; and
we opine there was greater JOY in that
one act than ten thousand dollars could
have purchased at the expense of q
guilty conscience.
Mr. Thomas hardly seemed to know
which to feel most-relief on the recov-
cry of his money and papers, or graft
tude to the lad and admiration OF his homes
ty. Taking Johnny by the hand, whose
bounding heart Che knew not why) had
by this time "splashed tears into his eyes, v
the gentleman took him to clothing
store and dressed him out, from top to
toe, in bran new suit. Then proceed
ing to jewelry store he purchased a
good silver watch, upon which he direct
ed to be engraved these words: "Robert
Thomas to Little Johnny Moore. st,
Louis, Sept. 3, 1859. Honesty is the
best policy" Not even content with
this, the generous stranger placed in a
neat bead purse five twenty dollar gold
pieces, which he directed the lad to give
to his mother.
We shall not attempt to portray the
emotions of the boy. II his quivering
lips, and choked utterance, and the smile
that strove so hard to get through the
great watery globes that trembled in hi,
eyes. failed to tell what was going on in
his heart, how shall we tell?