The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-11-21
THE QuAKERs GIFT.

The following i copied ii IN English pa
per bY an American writer who tells the
stolg Of himseli:
When he was boy bis iather said to him
one day:
Lew, can you make up your mind to
live at home and be farmers"
81 would rather be tanner than far
mer." replied Levi.
VERY vel" responded the father, who
was willing to let Levi follow lis Own tastes.
Is he was now seventeen years old; Every
well. my son, WILL try and find place FIR
you."
Very shortly place was found fpf Master
Levi with a good Quaker. When the boy
presented himself al the taanery, the honest
Quaker said:
Lew, i thou wilt be good boy, will
do well BY thee; if not, | will send thee
home again. All the bargain | viii mike
with thee j., that hon shalt ID u nsil by
M Il III by thee
very vel. sir,' said Levi, !. ! will try
what can d.
Levi now went 70 work with hearty good
will. lie worked hard, read his Bible, was
steady, honest, and goo l,uatured. The
Quaker liked him. He liked TIE Quaker.
Hence, the Quaker was satisfied, Lew was
happy, aud the years in apprenticeship pass
ed pleasantly away.
Just beiere Levi became 81 age, his mas
ter said % him:
Levi. think 81 making thee nice pfe-
sent when thy time ID OUT
Lev smiled al this pleasant scrapof news,
and said, i" shall be very happy 10 receive
any gift Won mas please 10 make. SIR
Then the Quaker looked knowingly at Lee
Vi aud added, " cannot tell thee how what
the present is to be. but II shall Be worth
more than thousand dollars to thee"
More than a thousand dOiiafs !" aid Ls.
VI 70 himself. BIZ eyes sparkling Il The bare
thought VI such gift, M iii; can il h. .
! aon5er II he means 10 ofer bic DIS daUgn
ter for nv vile That cant b, because !
have head that a good Riie is better than ten
of twenty thDasapd dollars. No, Il can't be
bis daughter. But what can il be :.
That 1as the puLZ,ing question th4t buzz
zed about like bee 10 Lewis brain from that
time uoli the day before lie was ol age. On
that day tie Quaker said q him:
= Levi, tby time Is ont q morrow; bot
viii iske thee and thy present home to-day"
Leti bffathgd freely 10 hearing these
words. Dressing himself III Iii. btst suit.
re son iuineI ihe Quaker, ut e5uid ste
nothing that looked like a giii aersb over
Thousand dollars lie puzzled hlmseif about
il III tie say, snd sad % himself, i" Perhaps
the Qlakef Ia, forgotten IT,
Al lasi ihey reached Lewis home.
Altel be had been greeted bY hss irienjs,
the Quaker turned 90 Ism AID saJJ
Lew. VII give d! present u Thy a.
Tier"
- w plea.s sir,' said Lev, NV vi
the sefy tptOe y expectation.
Well,' said tie Quaker, speaking 10 L..
Wis fattsr. your son j. tie best bug have
ever had Thea tguiiag to l.esl. hs added,
+" this is tbs pre.en., Lew. good name -
Levi blasbed, aud pffhaps Be lelt little
disappointed because his golden asign. we're
thus 80 sud- nly spirited a"gt. Bat hi.
sensible father was delighted, sni sid q the
Quaker, Who was smiling little Naggishiy;
4 aaHlI rather hear Wv ~ ti,lt ii NY
son, III, Ian III tge YOU give bin Ill ite tnO.
ney YOg are worth. iOr /" goad name Is
rather . 8e chosen th8n great riches"
psabless Lewis father 49, right, aud the
81a8s naHs good h4mc 81 more Tor him IN
slteF yesfs than eOGd have beea accomplish.
d 81 aay sum u money, however large.