The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-06-08
bnlng Star and Catholic Messenger.
= JUVENILE COLUMN.
rT A BOY WHO DID NOT TRY TO BEHAVE
ug WELL. -r
" ORLEANS. SUNDAY. JUNE g. 1873.

f>rr BOY WHO DID NOT TRY TO BEHAVE
|3s WELL.
Arry, how doyour new boots fit q, ooh,
well, mamma; but Isn't that queer
rho brought them Inever saw such
bler before he made low bow when
eae in, and said Comment vous portez-
mon petit Monsieurf and then he
Fe liking about triaDgles and Shake
and the ancient classics, and I don't
what all. IG was such fun TO hear him
:. 90 Y bis shirt sleeves, Leather apron.
-, viii you pleas, tell me story sa ~
1k& HnfeEf the sameseveRiDg, as he was
lt&l0Eh n footstool beside her in front of
ho m 23aco.J bca-T Il ~ sd-Lut} dgia ....t
q gust thipking,v. his mamma an
Re& of a boy who did not try to be-
|BFo 6Belf, and I Will tell you about him.
nuite . aanneriy boy, and 8 very
Oy, but his -paEents were dead,
n @as very poor. Now. there was q
G41Neman and his5 wife. who had heard
- boy, saw him, liked him, and, as
&E HI no children Of their own, made
+ 4e[ minds to take him into tfiefr house
Mp him as their son, and go they did.
had nice clothes, Q pony to ride in
oons, lots Of books and pictures,
echer coming, in every dag to teach
I'D ht3s3essoEs, and all wenEon beautifully.
ana gentleman gave q large party,
~ aftek dinner they were all walking and
liking p the park, and nobody looked after
kp lit&S boy. The lady and gentleman
heu&hshe ought to know by this time how
3 behaxe himself, and they were right
|nb The boy did not try at all, and that
he wTong. Do you know what he did
tken &e found that nobody was looking
3 him && He went into the dining room
I'd dr&k all the wine that the guests had
b1e in lair glasses, and that was not little.
|fter &Hhile the gentleman called him
q waHFsd to show him to ais guests, to
y the1 see what the boy had learned and
ow vel he knew how to behave himself.
Yell, 10 not want to tell you much about
be stE19dn which he was found, and what
plfowe& The gentleman was SO angry
nd th6 lady SO ashamed at what her dear
|Et1e pct had done, that sha turned around
nd aid to her husband, my dear, such q
Nv IL not fit to be eur child take him
ray ent Of our hoase, aud do with him
|hat they do with other poor children who
kve n0boay to take care of them, till he
eeo what q bad boy he has been, and
kanast AJAX our pardon.' And SO the gem
|nmaA took him and gave him to shoe
Iakez TO learn his trade !. and now listen,
1B &nt Of one bad thing there came an
EztHE ind again Others. He was ashamed
NA&t he had dono,d brs no was too OBJ
P51afg and proad to &c and tell the lady
IA ns& her pardon, and so instead of be-
nairg . great scholar and professor at
|1sso Nniversity, as. the lady expected, he
|AEe1 with his boots and shoes all his life
|n8 ;beeides, he never could control the
% inclisation which he had shown that
Esornoon, and AZ iDtelnPeranee never lets
znnu prosper, even az shoemaker he
rs npt worth much and to-day people
I've hm sornsthing to do more for charity,sJ
|l1e Than because they want the, work
bAe. This hoy Harry, was your friend the
pbbi$r, who as child did not try to be-
i've himself, and SO Loaf the chance of he
blning o rich, honorable and honored mas"
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