Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-28
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When restless ycu mo aas-~
~ with longer bags aud .sefteE, aast,
( ioo,,., better boy I'll ba.. ~ = Il
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seD0 * WilkindswasAn O6ly 1da1 11Iia parents
had so many houses and vessels that all
rspf r she world called them very rich. The
tax.gatherer always stayed a great while
at their house, for il took them some
time to tell him oil that they were worth.
MOT2 They rode about inn tarRcFTTiAge, and
II was said that the greatest Injuries Of
aaAa4 the season we're to be fppHd on their ta-
There we're but three personA, howev.
.aA .sergio sit atthg table and ride about ia
their carriage. As have seen them so
i g9s y @ often together frequently Wished that
aolssln as there we're others to enjoy their poWaea
80 l2 ~ aionH. might have told them any day
the names Of fifty poor children who
'oaaamqi would have clapped their hands for joy
a. If they had only been able to eat chs
~ sital crusta that we're brushed or their beauti-
'si'tfafa full marble table. But will not say
that these PERSONS, the parents Of Viii
81 > kind, were unkind to the poor They
did give away great deal, and the SO
quel of my story will show that they
knew how to train up their son t0-fgiigw
in their footsteps.
Wilkind had great many playthings
They were not like those Of most chill
- GE dreTE EThe IitflB aold iaraw we're not made
OF lead, nor the houses Of wood. Hehad
~ IA tW0reRimente al D troopsa aid hey were
carved out OF ivory. Every officer and
private had weapons and uniform auit-
ed 10 his rank. They red military
AA0v .oaps on shsir heads, swith feather shak
ing Rt thetop Teach. When these regi~
menta were drawn up in line theygloek
sos aslae ed Ikea great army TfBn Wnkind
Y r. had many other rlaythings What do
sa you suppose he kept IN tina large chest
in the corner of the pantry? IL was a
,a. city, though that was 4 very queer place
sssiSsl In which TO keep It. On rainy days, and
sometimes on other days, when his
friends came TO see him. he wond oman
his chest aud take out his little housas,
and stores, and markets, and butcher
600 RSsg9eS end sTsygs Apd elhse1Pinrs tina,
a great while 70 aErApeethem but when
he had once placed them in proper or
der on the floor, it of the pref
test sights ever
- fiq mania SSSW ,. sS g. e. lag, ,l
he was about fourteen years old. His
father called him ono day inso his office
and said TO him: az
svqs.n-s"" My son, am gettipG old, and itmay
not be many Years before you come into
possession of all my property But you
have had no experience in businessi and
,as xaA you would not know how 10 manage your
r ore affairs IL were 10 die nov. II is an
old custom of eur family, and has haen
ssoT for many generations for the son who il
90 inherit the property TO leave home for
s a few years, work shis own living, and
~ n be subjected to oil the trials and endur,
.--u---Ancea- which it, Ia necessary to pass
through, in orsarsto know how 10 trsls.
act his business with Judgment / con.
formed to this eustomsesI. consider that
- 4 is the duty Of every parent to do oil
ss@s@@ No can Go taas~ his sou strength Let
him not pass through too severe an or
,s.,,s deal for then y might prove his ruin
but let him be tried hS gentle and then
M by harsher means, until be is able to en-.
sss-atal .dure any hesettinR sim But before any
"--o of these trials are made, the parents
must always instruct their children 10
the best way to act, Now, Wilkind, you
,,aatAre tbiieage HON MAXI week to see what
~ You can do for yourself II you endure
hardshipand temptation, AKG come back
safe and pure, shalt deem yon worthy
to inherit my POSSESSIONS But It you
Idol not, Lshail not make you my heir, but
viii leave all my property TO some wor
thier persons. In three years you can
return; and shall be aptto know when
you come into the house whether you
saIo ! have ,dOae right eus are worthy to be
,'''a d II was hard sttuggfs for wiIkind .c
leave home and seek his own means OF
a-ite4aa support He was compelled to do it he
vaT'r had been well taught in the principles
and truths of the Bhle-now he was "a
-,,,,. be tested as to whether he would keer
them OF not he was embraced by his
mother, who wept very bitterly to think
Of the hard trials now before her son.
50 saess aWilkiad wandered here and there
scarcely knowing where to go In .
a,s f.ss.s couple Of wesks he found himself in
large city. Eie would soon be out o
money and he must engage in som,
business very soon.s He went FROM on.
3@1es store to another and from one manafac
-----tory TO another, seeking employment
He was taken by rope manufacture
at last, who consented to give him ANAL
wages for his work. BE was ATTENTIVE
- to business, respectful towards his shop
s-sai mates, end honest and upright in hi
od ia s. conduct A year passed by, and on
.aoa night the proprietor of the factory LEI
his key in his money-safe. Wllkind wa
t'.ali'iS detained longer than any one else, an
ass eai X 1T was his business to see that thu ofic
ts4i ii5saa ard the whole building was properl
xaa5A . locked And boised for the. night H
saw that bis employer had forgotten t.