East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-03-21
EAST SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, MARCH q, 1861.
THE LIrrLE WHITE ANGEL.

LIE LII LIZ w III l. ANOEi
Some children stood in group befor
the door of the ilagr school house, on
lively summer evening.
They were all talking pleasantly to
gether, from Kline, the son of the ricl
aud proud llniimeister. TO little blue eye,
Carl, the only child Of the poor baker.
1t is very true that Kline w0rne q vel
vet jacket, richly embroidered, Will,
Carts coat was old, and his wooden shoe
were rough enough, in all conscience
But what of that? If they were goo,
friends, what difference did that make
should like to kn"w? Wait till children
bee, me people, for PHYS sake, before yot
expect them to measure each other,
worth by what they possess or wear.
"l'he new schonmaStcr, Meinheei
Friedrich, comes to morrow" >aid Otto
IL am so glad ] am weery uf old Master
Hoffman, With his crooked problems aud
hard lessons"
$50 wa> |, truely," said Kline, who,
although good, merry boy, hated his
books as lie did medicine. D
"Al! thou did>t always like play bet
ter than work, my Kline" said Max;
land so do l-Meinheer Friedrich will
he wise il he keeps thee aud me apart
during school hours. But, comc-see
which gets h"le lirst--uue two three.
and away they all scanlpcrcd, laughing
and shouting - uHly Ncitu9l hoyS can.
The following day, the boys were stand
a.. ... . o. L.,
door opened, aud Master Friedrich him.
self appeared, and cried in q CHEEKY,
hearty voice: ..
"W'lcome, my chi'lrenl"
"Welcome, masterl" cried they.
And now they entered and took their
seats, aud were quite still while the good
master read shout chapter in the Book
of Books; and then reveren,ly kneeiing,
prayed that the dear Savior would guide
them in his teachings, and bless them,
and send His holy spilit to watch oven
them all.
School began; the thumb worn books
were brought out; the lazy boys began To
sigh and irowu, aud wish impatcntly Cor
the RECESS, and wonder WHY Latin diction-
aries were ever invented; when, a. il 10y
magic, the, found themselves listening to
the lleaScnt voice oi Master Friedrich,
aud actually understanding their lessons
-so clear AMI simple were his explans
tions; and the time for recess came, To
their great establishment, long before
they lad expected. When ;ae studies
We're over, the master drew from his desk
a box, and whilst the children gathered
around he opened il, aud drew uut charm.
ing little white al d pink ,ra shell, pretty
pictures, aud many other beautiful things
which hr gave IL the clnldrcn, with love
ing wold-.
IInt the most lovely thing OF all was a
litGc prucrlaIn s,atuettc of al AL angel.
She stood 20 lair, - pure--wlih ier
small. white hands fpldrl over her breast,
and her eyes upiilted, aud tho children
gazed enchanted.
"Oh the dear angel. the beautiful an
gel" cried they all. "lNilt thou not vc
II to me, Master FriedrieaE"
But the good master smiled and said;
"rhe liitle angel is too lovely to he Civ
en- to any boy who is not good aud true
of heart. We shell presently see who
shall deserve her. lie who brings me to-
morrow the brightest thing on earth
shall have the angel"
At this the children looked at each
other, as il wonderig what the good mas.
t,r might moan.-But he said no more,
and they went home thoughtfully.
The next day, after the lessons (Which
had now hccome so pleasantly were finish
cd, the Children clustered AROUND the mas
ter, To show him what they hal brought.
Some of the smaller ones had picked |
np SPARKLING stones on the road, aud ~
they held them in the sanlight, were sure
they must be something brigh, aud pre-.
cious.
Some had polished up shilling, tillit
shown like a little crown; Que brought
watch crystal which his father hal given
him, aud which he considered wonder
of transparent Brightness and Kline, the
rich lInffmeister's son. had brought
paste buckle, made To initiate diamonds, !
Than which, IN his opinion, nothing could |
ne bllInlPT. All tiesc tllllHN were ltaSfV |
on the masters desk, side by side. The
shilling shown away famously, the peb-
bles and watch crystal did their best, but
Kline's buckle was the bravest of all.
"Ahl mines the brightest" shouted
Kline, clspping his hands.
"But where is little Carlfn said master
Friedrich; "he ran on, just now." 90
All eyes were ,urned to the door, when
presently in rushed Carl, bresthless IN
his hands, held up lovingly against his
neck, was a poor little snow white dove.
Some crimson drops upon the downy
breast showed that it was wounded.
ooh master" cried Carl, al was look
ing for something bright, when / came
upon this poor little white dove. Some
cruel bays were tormcnting it, and l
caught it quickly, aud ran here. "Oh !
fear it will die" r.---
Even as he spoke the doves soft eyes
grew flmy, it nest!d closer in Carl's neck
then gave a faint cry, dropped its little
head aud died
Carl sank on his knees beside the mas
ter's desk, and from his eyes there fell
upon tho white doves poor broken wing,
two tears large and bright.
The master took the dead dove from