The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-01

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able TO make both ends meet, and ny
boy looks like ragamuftln half the time.
"Doy you see that house over theIe-thI
largest and handSomest In the place ?
said Wheaton.
"Yes."
"Who owns itT
Jimmie Mcbride"
allow much did you pay toward build
ing it%
Eyes, you'll How much did you pa,
toward building it|.
"Why, nothing. Why should | hell
pay TOR his house I"
eBure enoughl Why shonld your hard
Earnings 90 70 build and fdrnish al Gle.
CANT house for q man who would sell
liquor, and 80 ruin his neighbors, body
and Aopl, than support himself In 0 useful
calling, asyou and I are trying TO do pa
n don't see what you are driving att
said the journeyman. -.
allow much week do5you spend Il
McBride's saloonr"
The man stood still, with a blank look
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"a dollar week :" asked Wheaton.
Eyes"
"Ssy q dollar and a hail."
sWell, say Is. much"
DO you know what that amounts 10 In
Q year,"
"NeVer counted II up"
"seventy'eight dollars,"
ayes, 10 dollar. So In i've years, al
that rate, you have contributed nearly
four hundred dollars toward McBrideis
handsome house, without getting anything
but harm In return, and haven't shihple
over your head that you can call your
own. Now, it's my advice, in q friendly
way, that you stop helping McBrides and
begin to help yourself. Hes comfortable
enough and can do without your dollar
and half a week. Take a baby If Won
will, Tor good luck. You'll find one over
at the poor.house, Il won't cost Sou half
as much as helping Mcbride, and / don't
think he needs your help any longer. But
here we are at home, and I see my wife
and children waiting for mo. Come in,
WOHGyOuEi 81 4".. : D..
EMO thank you. l will go home and
talk with Ellen about taking q baby Tor
good luck" And he tried 10 smile, but
Il was in anything but cheerful way.
BE passed onward, but called back after
going lew steps, II you see anything of
my Jack about your place, Just send him
home, will youP III NIKE
Jack was there, meanly dressed and
dirty. and IN striking contrast with
iWheatons three adopted children, who,
with the only mother they knew, gave
the happy man joyful welcome.
eve turned over q new leaf" said the
journeyman, Whenshe camesto- work on
tho next morning.
Indeed I'm glad to hear it." returned
.sSEllea and i talked it, oyer listsnleht.
I'm done helping saloon keepers build fihe
houses. Glad you put It to me lust In
that way. Never looked at 1t SO before.
But It's just the hard truth. What fools
we arefs - sGE
] as.a!loing totake a BsbyS" SAID Wheaton,
smiling. " q
WSuJ Ho uafSut JubI Setueu tuAt,i
Ellen heard yesterday Of a poor little
thing that'll have to go on the county III
some one don't take It, and l shouldn't
wonder, now, Il she opened her heart, for
she's q motherly BODY. '''
"WheFe isitlp asked Mr.. Wheaton.
l"Down at Woodbury. Mills"
Wheaton reflected few moments, and
then SAID:
"Look here. Frank, take my advice, and
put this baby between you and McBride's
-betWeen you and lost days-between
you and idle thrlftlessnes, and my word
for Il, In less than two years you'll have
your own roof over your head"
"0nly for o little while did this man
hesitate, then, with an emphatic manner,
he exclaimed-Srll do it, 5&,S
"Do 1t at once, then" said. Wheaton.
"Put on your coat and go over TO the Mills
and get the baby. 1t will be an angel in
your house, that will help and bless you
In every hour Of temptation. 90 at once,
God has opened for you this Nay Of safety,
and If you walk therein all will be we'll"
He did walk therein, and all was well.
Wheaton's prophecy was fulfilled. In less
than two years the journeyman had his !
own ROOT over his head, and It covered o
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