The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-07-28
Poor Little Saudie.

Poor Little sandie.
Away Of, believe, in Edinburgh, twc
gentlemen we're standing at the door of ,
hotel one very cold day, when poor
thin, blue face, his feet tare and red will
the cold, and with nothing to cover hin
but bundle Of rags, came and said
"Please, sir, buy some matches.
."No; don't want any" the gen ntlem IN
said. / -.
u but they are only penny box ~ the
little fellow pleaded -.
"les; but. you see, We do not want ,
box the gentleman said again.
Then | will gle ye two boxes for 9
penny the boy said at last.
"And so, to get rid Of him." the gen.
tleman who tells the story in an English
paper, says, 81 bought n box. But then
found had no change, so said; 81
will buy box n. morrow"
"oh. do buy them the nicht, If ye
please the boy pleaded again, II will
rim and get yc the change; for l am yerra
hungry"
SO gave him the shilling, and he
started away; aud waited for him, but
no boy came. Then thought I had lost
my shillinpj but still there was that in
The boys face trusted, and | did not
like to think bad Of him Well late in
the evening, little boy wsntcd to see
me. When be was brought in, | saw it
was smaller brother Of the boy that got
my shilling; but, if possible, stil more
ragged, and poor and thin. lie stood a
moment dlyius iuto his rags, as if he was
seeking something, and then said, care
ye the gentleman that bought the match.
cs frae Sandie?"
eyes,
"Weel, then, hete's foarpence cot o yer
shlI!'n'. Sandie eauna come; he's no
wccl "A cart ran over him, ana knock
ed him doom, and he lost his bonnet and
his matches and your seveppcnce; and
both his legs are brocken; and he's no
we'll at a, and tho doctor says hc'll dee.
And that's a he can gle the noo," put
ting fourpence down on tho table; and
then the poor child broke down into great
sobs.
So l fed the little man, the gentleman
| goes on to say, and then went with him
to see Sandie. I found that the two lit.
tie things lived with wretched, drunken
step.mother; their own father and moth
er were both dead. l found POOR Sandic
lying on bundle of sharings; he knew
me as soon as | came In, and said, II got
the change, sir, and was coming back;
and then the horse knocked me doom. and
both my legs are brocken. And o Reu-
By, little Reuby! am sure l am decin.
aud who vi Il take care e yc, Reuby, when
am game! What will ye do, Keuby?"
Then took the poor little suiforer's hand
and told him l would always take care of
Reuby. lie understood me, and bad ius.
strength to look at mo as if he would
thank me; then the light went out Of his
blue eyes; and in mor,en.
''He lay within the light Of Goa, "1".1
Ikea babe upon the breast;
Where the wicked cease from troubling
And the weary are at rest"
Come children, listen to me, and will
teach you there is but one way, it is to be
tender and trusty, and true. Whenever
you are tempted to tell who is not true,
or to be hard on other little boys or girls,
or take what mother has said vou must
not take, want you to remem Der little
saudie. This poor little man, lying on
bundle of shavings, dying and starving,
was tender, and trusty, and true; and so
God told the gentleman to take poor lis.
tie friendless Reuby, and be friend to
him. And Sandie heard him say he
would do it-just the last thing be ever
did hear; and then, before can tell YOU,
the dark room, the bad step mother, the
bundle of shavines, the weary broken
little limbs, all faded away, and Sandie
Was among the angels. And | think the
angels would take him and hold him un,
til one came with the sweetest, kindest
face you ever saw; and that was Jesus.
And he said, "Suffer the little child to
come unto me- and he took him in his
arms and blessed him. And then San
dies own father and mother would come
and bear him away to their own nome;
for in cur Fathers house there are MANY |
mansions; and there Sandie lives now. -
And think. that the angels who have
never known any palr, who never wore
rags or so!i matches, or we're hungry or
cold, came to look at Sandie in his new
home, and wonder, and say one to anoth- |
er, "Tbat is the little mau that kept his
word, and sent back fourpence and was |
tender, and trusty, and true, when he
was hungry and faint, and both his legs
were broken, and he lay lying" And
Sandie would only find out what grand
good thing he had doue when he was right
at home there in heaven But tell YOU
to day, little children, because, whether
it be hard, or whetherit it be easy, I want
you to be as tender, and trusty, and true
as Sandie every time.-Ro6ers CoNyer
IN the NoahHy Journal
Owing to the frauds committed by I
persons removing the marks from old !
postage stamps, the Post Office Depart
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