The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-08-16
Young Folks.
Truthful sam.

A boy went to live with man who
was accountoda ~ hard muster. He mover
kept his boys; they ran away, or gave
notice that they meant to quit, SO he
was half the time without and in search
of boy. The work was not very hard
opening aud sweeping out tho shop,
chopping wood, going crrands, and
helping around. AT last Sam Fisher
went to live with him.
"Sam's good boy" said his moth
er."
"I should like to see II boy, now.a'
days, that has spark of goodness in
him." growled the master.
It is always bad to begin with man
who has no confidence in you because,
do your best, you are likely to have
little credit for it. However, Sam
thought he would try. The wages were
good, and his mother wanted him to 60.
Sam had been there but three days, be-
fore, in saving a cross grained stick OF
wood, he broke the saw. lie was lit
tie frightened. He knew he was care
| full, and he knew he was pretty good
| sawyer, too, for boy of his age. New
ertheless, the saw broke in his hands.
"And Mr.. Jones will thrash you for
t." said another boy, who was in the
wood house with him.
"Why, of course 1 didn't mean it.and
accidents will happen to the best folks,
said Sam, looking with very sorrow
| ful air on the broken saw.
| "Mr. Jones never makes allowances,
said the iother boy ~ never saw any
thing like him. That Bill might have
stayed, only that he jumped into
a hens nest and broke her eggs. He
daren't tell it; but Mr.. Jones kept sus-
pecting and suspecting, and laid every
| thing out of the way to Bill, whether
Bill was to blame or not, till Bill
couldn't stand it, and wouldn't"
"Did he tell Mr.. Jones about the
eggs ?" asked Sam.
mo-" said the boy, she was afraid ;
Mr.. Jones has got such temper"
81 think he'd better own'd up at
once" said Sam.
"I suspect you'll find it better to
preach than to practice" said the boy,
"I'd run away before I'd tell him -
and soon he turned on his heel and left
poor Sam alone with his broken saw.
The poor boy did not feel very COM
Portable or happy. He shut up the
wood.house, walked out into the gar
den, and then went up to hislittle cham
ber under the ewes. He wished he could
tell Mrs. Jones butsh wasn't sociable,
and he had rather not.
"Oh, my God, y" said Sam falling upon
his knees, "help me do the thing that
is right"
I don't know what time it was; but
when Mr.. Jones came into the house,
the boy heard him. He got up, crept
down stairs and met Mr.. Jones in the
kitchen.
"Sir," said Sam, 81 broke your saw,
and I thought I'd come and tell you
before you saw it in the morning"
"I should think morning soon enough
to tell of your carelessness. Why do you
come to.night?"
because" said Sam, 81 was afraid,
ifI pnt it off. might be tempted to
tell lie about it. I'm sorry broke it
but I tried to be CAREFUL
Mr.. Jones looked at the boy from
head to foot; then, stretching out his
hand, "There Sam. That's right, that's
right. Go to bed, boy. Never fear. Pm
glad the saw broke; it shows the met
ties in you. Go to bed"
Mr.. Jones was fairly won. Never
were better friends, after that, than
Sam and he. Sam thinks justice has not
been done to Mr.. Jones. Ifthe boys had
treated him honestly and "above board"
he would have been good man to live
with. 1t was their conduct that soured
and made him suspicious. / do not
know how this is; only know that
Sam Fisher finds in Mr.. Jones q kind
and faithful master.