The Van Buren press., 1869-08-24
MISCELLANY.
Little Sandie.


were standing st the door Of hotel, enc
cold day, when little boy, with poor
thin, blue face, his feet bare and red with
the cold, and with nsthing over him but
a bundle of rags came and said;
Please, sir, buy some matches"
No. don't want any the gentleman
said.
But they are only penny box
the little fellow pleaded.
Yes, but you see don't want box
the gentleman replied.
"Then | will give you tao boxes for
a 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, fought box But then
l found l had no change, SO | said:
"'I will buy box to morrow
"'Oh, do buy them to-nichgt if We
please the boy pleaded again. Il will
rim and get the change, for / am vera
hvngry''
$50 gave him tie shilling and he
started away and | waited for him, bat
no boy appeared, Then ! thought | had
lost my shilling but still there was that
in the boys face | trusted, and did not
like to think i'll Of him. Well, late in
the evening, a servant came and said q
little boy wanted to see me. When he
was brought in l saw it was smaller
brother of the boy that got my shilling
but, ifpOssiblc, still more ragged and
poor and thin. He stood a moment di
wing into his rags as if he was seeking
something, and then said:
" Are ye the gentleman that bought
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your shillin'. Sandie Gamma come he's
no weel. A cart ran over him and knock
ed him doom, and he lost his bonnet, and
his matches, and your seven pence; and
both his legs are brocken; and he's nc
weel at a., and the doctor says he'll dee
And that's all he can gie. .ye the moo,
putting four pence down on the table, and
then the poor child broke down in great
sobs.
$50 fed the little man. the gentle.
man went on to say, land then l went
to see Sandie. found that the two lit
tie things lived with wretched, drunken
stepmother. their own father and mother
being dead found poor Sande lying
on bundle Of shavings. He knew me
rs s'soon as ] came in, and said:
~ got the change, sir, and was com
ing back, and then the horse knocked
me doom, and both my legs are brocken
And, 0, Rcuby, little Reuby | am sure
| am daen' and who'll take care o ye
Reuhy, when I'm game? What will yC
do, Rcuby?'
Then took the peor little sufferer
hand, and told him would always take
care of Reuby. lie understood me; anc
then the light went out of his blue eyes
and in moment
"IIc lay within the light Of God,
Like babe upon the breast
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the wctry are at rest
Children, listen This poor little man
living on bundle Of shavngs, dying ant
starving, was tender and trusty and true
and so God told the gentleman to tax
poor little friendless Reuby and be
| friend to him for life. And Sandc hear,
him say lie would do it--just the las
thing he ever did hear; and then, befor
can tell you, the dark room, the bat
stepmether, the bundle Of shavings, th
weary broken limbs, all faded away, ant
Sandie was among the angels. And
think the angels would take him and hol'
him until ono came with the sweetest
kindest face you ever saw and that wa
Sesus. And he said -" Suffer little chill
dren to come unto me-" and he too
him in his arms and blessed him. An
Saneie's own father and mother woul
come and and bear him away to their ow
homc-tor in our fathers house there al
many mansions-and there Sandio live
now. And think the angils who hav
never known any pain, who never wor
rags, or sold matches, or we're hungry o
cold, came to look ut Sandic in his net
home, and wonder, and say one to ar
other, THAT is the little man that kck
hi. word, and sent back fourpence, an
was tender and trusty and true, when h
was hungry and faint, and both his leg
were broken, and he was dying An
Sandie would only find out what a goo
thing he had done when he was rigl
home there in heaven. But ] tell yo,
children, to-day, because, whether it b
hard or whether it be easy, want you
be as tender and trusty and true rs Sar
die every time.
EE- Persons the most anxious to ad
to their wealth are generally thos
who don't know how to make any goo
use Of what they have already.
Eg- Brigham Young is still more ma
i'll III now hriln i. Nigs Eolau,