The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-09

" care for. Both are evils, but the worst
! evil Of al y picking up no one knows
whom, ID those far-off lands, and then and
| ing, when You come home, and take your
place amongst your family and friends,
that though your wife might do very well
IN The bush, or at small country stations,
she II neither an ornament to your father
halls nor your mothers drawing-room.--
So, young men, bewarel The old woman
has had her say.-Cnambers' Journal
Poor LITTLE SANDIE.-Away of. 1 be-
lieve, in Edinburgh, two gentlemen were
standing at the door of hotel one very
cold day, when a poor, thin, blue face, his
feet bare and red with the cold, and with
nothing to cover him but a bundle Of rags.
came and said, please, sir, buy some
Matches M
said. - - q
But they are only = penny box, y the
little fellow pleaded. '~
eyes; but, you. zee, re do not want =
@ eie ye I Two i pcae: for
ny" the boy said at last, S,eass ~
And so, to get rid of him." the gentle
man who tells the story In an English pa
per, says, II bought box. But then !
buy box tomorrow" aaat34
.Oh!do buy them the NIGHT, ~ re please, =
the boy pleaded again, II win rim and get
So gave him the shilling, and ne start
ed away; and waited for him. but NO boy
came. Then thought had lost my shn-
ling: but still there was that in the boys
face trusted, and / did not like to think
bad OF him. Well, late In the evening, 4
little boy wanted to see me. When he was
brought in, l saw it was smaller brother
hot
sible, still more ragged, and poor and thin.
He stood a moment diving into his rags, as
If he was seeking something. and then
sad, fare We the gentleman that bought
the matches frae Sander"
sYes." --~------
"Weel, then, here's fourpence DOT oyer
shillin'. Sandie Gamma come; he's no weel.
doom, and. he lost his bonnet and his
matches and your sevenpence; and both
his legs are broken; and he's no well 1t T..
and the doctor says he'll dee. And that's
a. he can gle the no0," putting fouspence
down on the table; and then the poor child
broke down into great sobs. fa.ss
So ted the little man, the gentleman
to gee Sandie. found that the two little
things lived with q wretched, drunken
step-mother; their own father and mother
were both dead. ! found poor 6andie ly-
ing on bundle Of shavings; he knew me
% s0on as I came in, and said. II got the
change, sir. ana was coming back; and
then the horse knocked me doom, and both
Reubyl aim sure am deein'i aud who
will take care o ye, Reuby, when am
game? What will ye do, Reubyf" Then I
took the poor little sufferers hand, and
told him 1 would always take care of Reu-
BY. He understood me, and had Just
strength to look at me as if he would thank
me; then the light went out Of his blue
eyes; and in moment
80 "He lay within the light Of God, tsset.5
Il K Like a babe upon the breast;
And the weary are at rest" s
Come children, listen to me, and will
teach you there h but one way; It h to be
tender and trusty, and true. Whenever
you are tempted to tell what is not true, or
to take what mother has said you must not
take, want you TO remember little Sandie.
This poor little man, lying ON q bundle OF
Sshavings, dying and starving, was tender,
and trosty, and true; and 50 God told the
gentleman to take poor little friendless
Reuby, and be . freud to him. And San.
last nr h d ds a and sn
f6fe can tell you, the dark room, the bad
step mother, the bundle Of .shavings, the
weary, broken little limbs, all faded away,
and 6andie was among the angels. And
think the angels would take him and hold
him until one came with the sweetest, kind
a. Had 6 sSS szsE s% sp& es Hai
unto mef' and he rook himjn his arms and
blessed him Andth6p Sandle . o6n father
and mother would come and bear him
away to their own hose; s3Dfr h our Ta-
Tiers house thep0 are 0ay M1n1iones and