Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-30

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or .bssoS ( all tep you aboatJohns:1 I
ue Rad long wanted 2 Bible, OF lhs h1sA 8;
I owl; VA g and Tor thispurpose had, sasedt i
all The money he had earned N one one g
wi way or aAnAothet, Saandl It came to five y
sbiilinas, 6 He was a,little fello%s and q
4 his mother 81 was as a poor, woman.
7 ohel day hs took hi bis money aha
won't to the shop Of an old man who]
ksold.books. E: l<Esat ato5 5bpyIa ba0'e'
S'ps nhe man handed down several
i kinds, but they did not snit; John
# rr;shsd for d Better one; indeed, no
o fi2ods his eyos eg qp& Win 5Sa Ss . e11sI that
/ and gilt edges "I TS%in nave 'na''
s sir" said John. ~
vi aIt costs five shillings," said the
4e man.
ds The boy handed out the money
& Hut the man, having dealttwlth some
adj rrettv bad boys. suspected al was not :
sszlright. saWhsGe aid you; get a'i th'e
cer % oney2 Does your mother Know y
om ,,nn have it p asked the shop-keeper
r. looking stern and shsrp at his ntsl'
err ers'i ragged customer { i 81 ! -:
lit The boys heart swollcd with grie
ing la onper. He tried to speak, bu
.a.; - conld not,say q word, and at last burr
". out crying.
ght, sAh5'-thought the man, . here
aesd proof Of gpiltt!lff33 He spdt the none
and in his drawer, and laid the, Bible
With ~ 4.n shelf and said, AGO home a'
'srty tell your mother TO come. ana :
astie me-" .,.-.-.
7 has John dartcd out Of the shop q
,nded In home as fast as his legs CO..
er to .arrv HIM He threw himself II
cough b;s mothers arms in such an age
love that he could not speak, Ills mot
your was frightened.
ban "My child, my child, whast. Is
), and matter 2n"}she cried. < = : - -
e and aHe thinks L stole the mone
1er to that / am u thief" sobbed the no
d with little fellow. - -.
- T. was some. time before he
It took quiet enough to tell it al. Never
, by the had his feelings moro hurt:
I'd him thought a thief" he sa'o %
when atresh. .--,ae,-a r.
hile he His mother soothed ara fepfht
Doctor. hin, and then she went to BE
1.-The shopkeoper, and told him how n
9untainaa loved books, and especially the
at. little Of books, and had been sayln
st state small earnings for 2 : many 3 ?! q day
slong: 1eas to cRsi Tbe eIptle1nan Da fsit very,
ID when sorry for the pain he bad give
wn, sud asked the mother to send h
and the back to him. i When Johnny 81
with The kissed him tender4y, gave n,
,,singihg, FED. cSoEsfsd Bible, and put : Z
b in the shilhngs inl his)hapd,g TO give
;he music mother. =, al shall mot lose .
sly airs airs YOU" he said' kindly: 81 Shal
: lady. of See you, someiilpsss."; -
m At the The shopkeeper became
and said fiepd., Indeed, thls tI1a.' !
changed Johuny to- 10, On honest, 9
Ger I am boy. caused him r t. g. kno
went 'oqt loYssdh By many n e who o!heF0n q
T return never have heard Of bin; :. !
i'd for that It is a great thing TO be. u
Amen.-Es- not found. wanting-IcAse
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