The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-07-18
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
THE FORTUNES OF A NEWSBOY.
/" However 1t DO, 1t seems to me
'Tis only noble to DO good;
Kind hearts are more than c0ronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood"
CHAPTER I.

Kind hearts
And simple faith than Norman blood
h CHAPTER
| Four little boys: two of them had soft fair
hair, and were dressed in the finest cloth the
other two had very bushy heads, and were
dressed in whatever they could get. 1t was
carly Christmas morning, and the two rich
boys were sitting by the window Of handsome
brown-stone house, and they each had stock
ing plump full of dainties the two poor boys
were calling the morning papers on the atone-
cold sidewalks, and if they had any stockings
at ALL you may be very sure they were plump
full Of holes.
"Ant he funny" remarked the smaller of
the two in the house, looking at the larger of
the two in the street; can't he too funny ~
Aud between laughing and eating, little Fred
came near choking himself. "see his old coat,
JOSIE it trails like Aunt Ellie's blue dress And
such queer old hat don't it make you laugh,
Josie 7"
81 have seen 80 many of 'em." explained
Josie.
"What are you laughing at, Fred" asked
their sister Mary, coming up to them.
"Those newsboys," he answered, and imi-
tated their Times, Erald, Tribune! Here's
the 'Erald, Times, Tribune!" SO perfectly that
their father thought it was a real newsboy
calling, and cried out to them FROM another
room to "hurry up and bring q Herald" at
which command the children rushed eagerly
into the hall, and tugged with their united
strength to open the doors, each anxious to be
the first to speak to the odd-looking newsboys,
and also to be the fortunate one to take the
paper to their father. In the meantime, the
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faces behind the plated glass.
al say, Jim," said the big boy, who was
about twelve or thirteen years old, "did you
ever see the beat of that young 'un there 7
Don't you choke yourself, Ffear you'd cheat q
friend from doing that came when you're
growed up -Ere's the 'Erald Tribune u Times!
-Georgei Jim, 1 wish to thunder thered some
new papers come up. Ant yer tired alters a
hollerin' ont them same old tunes '-Times
'Erald Tribune How dye s'pose feller'd
feel, to wake up some of these yere mornin's in
one O. them big houses Z"
"Heerd tell of stranger things IN that, Dick"
replied Jim, who read the weekly papers |
20 Turn again, Wilmington. Lord Mayor Of
London as the cat said Turned ont true,
too"
" You'd better get a cat Jim, you're such q
,tunnin' feller shouldn't wOnderif you'd turn
'ut Alderman some of these daysp At which,
or apparent reason, Dick laughed until
avery rag was futtering.
"They wants a paper better tend to yer
business" answered Jim, at which the other
,ewsboy instantly grew grave and, shuning
lis old shoes across the street, mount ted the
teps where the children were waiting and
Ealing for him. I
81 wanta New York Herald" said Fred very
randy. {
"Hau't got no Eralds," answered tho nsws.
oy.
+. ed rushed into the house saying, His {
Ieralds are all gone"
Tribune, then, and don't keep the door l
pen," instructed the rough voice from some j
visible spot. Mary shut the door all but h
tile crack. Papa wants a Herald" she said 5
you ought to have one when my papa wants t
l." I
"Thought had, but couldn't help it; 'ErAld's J
Ut a great speech to-day, and I've sold 'em $
H." a
Do you sell papers every day 7" Mary Il
,ked. 9
The bushy head made q sort,of bow, the d
DOT newsboy looked at the fair headed little ct
rl on the stoop, who condescended to ques- II
on him. a
Yes miss" he answered, "since ever l il
asn't bigger'n grasshOPPer." il
can't he funny ." said Fred. Il
Don't you get tired ." ssked Mary. h