The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-02
NUMBER j ~ ].

son OF the Providence that HIDE
helps" and the others scattered to
several employments; save Emil
followed the bob-tail brood from p
place, and saw the old ones feed u
day long.
Fred, in the course of the M
made his way to the kitchen
handsome pair Of boots he was in1
to anoint with some waterproof
tion for an excursion to hcrol
swamp some three miles away.
sat by the fire, rubbing the stuff
the leather, he dwelt pleasantly
excellence of the boots. Such e
At, such royal good leather; wo
last three pairs of common one
economy to buy the best, moths1a 81
"Up.t0 certain limit, my SOM
"Well, now, see, mother, thrG1eG
pairs would have lasted as long e
this kind, and / have the ples
wearing handsome boots all the N /
more sccstn And he laid tA4J4 M
tSqood ootssd44eyt1Se t0d.
a&rtly his m6thes came near.
rule, said she, no{to put leAth
you cannotl6G your 49, Fffd sG8i1
up the boot, ~ 900 i1se saW q ~
and warp teilre his cyes. OnfS T.
weeks since he bought them, G.
they were useless. This was = e
To visit the heronry without boz
out Of the question. He mus
another pair. He decided to spec
to his father at the breakfast tat1 n
there would be time sufficient ~ ~
chasing them before the excursi0nsatt III
started at nine. Accordingly he 7
When the meal had well proG
T" Father" sSid he, had mis-
yesterday"
"Nothing, l hope, that will take1l y
to repair. am rather short to-daY
why, no-not exactly" said (
hesitatingly; that is, can hs1 n
charged at Kendall's; it's pair o ~
/ need"
1T seems only yesterday that y
that expensive pair that was to
months; and really, now, think 0S
will have to be the order of the DIR n
q WHILE" and he smiled pleasant 4
him. 4:
Fred, quite Disconnected At his q
unwonted tone, withdrew hastily = u
room to cogitate upon the matter. Nh
does father mean! Can he not see ~
Imust dress like other young gentle1Aef
His meditations, though unusually -
threw no light upon the subject. Hk
excursion went without him, and hespo1
the forenoon pacing up and dovD =
street, and he came In at noon ~ n
lunch frowning.
When he had borne It as long y =
could he said confidentially to his otI
er that "he didn't see what ai3e1 Al
father" s8sfiy
Why, my son, because he has l1p
you once, are you surprisedf Thin1 ~
ON all these eighteen years; why stqnl
you not be more surprised 1t the Ananl
many times he has gratiAed your Thl
was new and somewhat soothing Ne,
of the case nevertheless he falt as ~ h
had been pushed a bit out Of the neat. 3
ease and plenty where he had grown Il
and saucy.
= well" said he to himssif after e
going the depression of seeing'the hero
party return gay and tired We'll, fNiI
have some boots, if earn them myDe1fl
AS he turned, there were workmen pasl
ing, jingling their weeks wages in thef
pockets. The sound struck him pleas
antly. II cannot earn in their way, bu
there are other ways in which l might;
and Immediately Morris discarded one
flashed into his mind "I'll do it,n "a,
he. With Fred to think was to act. II,
fastened down the street, found the plne1
was still open to him, accepted it, andwa
in time to tell his mother before tes
=" That's right, my boy" and the low
look that accompanied the word ~
precious to him. s
Father smiled when told of Fred
prompt action, and smiled again when n
thought of the lesson of the wrens.-
Christian Union.