The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-06-29
JONES'.

| A class of boys was called to recite.
Five were handsomely dressed, and
carried gold watches; the sixth wore
patched clothes, and when he wanted
| to know the time, he had to glance at
Mr.. Graham's clock in the corner.
WHO'S he 2" asked a visitor of Mr..
Graham, when the class had passed
| from thu room.
(Which oneg"
"Thk one. the poor one"
"Ahl Why Judge, he is Jones
Brown, the son of laboring man; as
honest and preserving a boy as ever the
/ the sun sbone on"
g thought SO. His address, if you
please.n
Mr. Graham gave it. Mr.. and Mrs.
Brown and six children were surprised
at the teil-table that night by IL call
| from the stranger. Jones remembered
him as the visitor to the school-room
In five minutes he had told his Grand
He was Judge Rood, Of Acton he had
taken a fancy toJones; would Mr.. and
Mrs. Brown give the boy to him, to be
educated as q lawyer in his Office
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown were speechless
with delight. Jones clasped his hands
| gratefully. Arrangements were speed
| lily made. Jones had hnt a month lon
ger to stay at Mr.. Graham's school.
Then! ALI, the glorious thenl
| Jones was Christian lad, anxious
every day to serve Christ with his
whole mind, soul and body. Just now
his heart was fairly dancing with joy
| that God had seemed to open before
HIM such a bright future.
Already his little trunk stood pack
ed in the loft chamber. Brothers and
sisters gathered about him daily, with
little scraps of talk about what they
should do without him. The five
handsomely dressed boys at Mr.. Ora
hams no longer sneered at his patched
/ clothes or hard hands; it was possible
that he might be judge himself some
day. In view of this, they could con-
descend to treat him civilly. Jones
cared little for all this.
/ Just week before lie was to go to
Judge Rood's, fire happened in the
neighborhood. Mr.. Brown, while help
ing some one to escape, was himself
i l.ii.ca, and Jones; on the Gay ne was
to have gone to Judge Rood's, stood
midst his family, the only protector o
mother, brothers and sisters. What
was his duty? He looked into thu
eyes of each of his helpless ones, and
with q trembling step, went up to hi
little loft chamber. The children coult
hear him walk to and fro; then came
silence. Jimmy peeped through cracl
/ in the door; Jones was on his knees
Presently he came down, wrote q let
: ter. and took it to the office thel
walked down the street straight to Mr.
: Jordan's machine-shop.
"Will you hire me, Mr.. Jordan ~
"Why, thought you were to be th
f young judge?a
"That is past; my family need me.
d "Why bless you, brave boy, T.
make work if hadn't it; but here
d lies plenty, and I'll give you royal wa
ges."
y THANK you, sir. Can I come to
day p 49,, >,
boy ? Yes, in two hours"
q ain two hours, then; good-by ii
! that time,n said Jones, not muscle {
his face showing the sad heart within
e, '"God will bless that boy" though
o Mr.. Jordan, wiping his eyes.
d God did bless him, even in this lit'
J For years, withouta murmur, he worl
ii ed in that machineshop, till the young
70 est child in his fathers family was alb
II to care for herself; then, every diff
I Guilty pushed out of the way, Jone
went back to study. Helping hant
~ were held out all around, and to-da
~ Jones Brown stands II monument
~ the blessedness of obedience to tn;
j. command. ''IIonor thy father and I'll
y mother.-[S. S. Visitor.