The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-02
/" DO Unto Others as You Would Have
Them Do Unto YOu.o

Do Unto Others as You Would Have
Them Do Unto YOU"
Johnnie sat perched up on the barn
yard fence, his hands thrust deep down
in his pockets, his blue eyes wide awake
with wonder. A novel position for John
ME; ordinarily, his brisk little body
bobbed to and fro like q windmill; and
no wonder Aunt Martha regarded him,
amazed, from the kitchen window.
The fact is Johnnie was thinking
only boys can think when some great
surprise is upon them. His sobernesss
dated back to the early morning.
eCome down to the meadow" Uncle
Job had said, "when the clock strikes
3. l aim going to make you present. !"
Such future to an Swear old boy /
Johnnie's joints stiffened instantly; he
could not eat his dinner, much less exc
out the interval with his usual sports;
his life seemed lost in that speck of after
noon. So up on the fence-post he
perched, his blue eyes wide open with
wonder, his fingers hammering great
holes in his trowsers pocket.
! Clang, clang, clang-the town-clock
struck 3 The fence that had known
Johnnie suddenly knew him no more;
! straight westward he trotted his brisk
little body, till, GREATNESS, he stood In
the meadow, where Uncle Job was dill.
gently stacking hay.
Johnnie approached the hay-rifts with
kind of awe.
s Please, Uncle job"
That gentleman looked up with
smile; it seemed like dinner to john
ME, when he was impatient for dessert.
Son time, eh, my boy 2" said Uncle
Job, cheerily; and then throwing down
his rake he drew Johnnie toward him,
and continued:
s. I was to make you present, be-
lieve, Johnnie. And so I will-the
grandest one you ever had in your life.
You mayn't like it at first. 1t amt
top, nor iack-knife, nor anything like
that; but it is so beautiful, that it shines
all over; and, though its easy broken,
you can break it ten times day, and
yet use it again whenever you like. It's
meant for use, too; it thrives by wear
and tear; the only trouble is to keep it,
Johnnie.
Here Uucle Job paused, but Johnnie
was too absorbed to notice it. A pres
ent he mightn't like, perhaps, though
it was so beautiful it shone all over: a
present he could break at will, and yet
use it whenever he pleased; present
it was hard to keep-neither top nor
a jack knife
"What can it be?" he exclaimed at
last aloud.
"It's rule" broke in Uncle Job,
softly. GA golden rule
Johnnie stared straight down into
Uncle Jobs eyes. No mischief there;
rather an earnestness deap and solemn.
The boy seemed bewildered. He was
familiar with rules masculine, feminine
and neuter, but golden ones were strange
to his experience. For, you see, John
ME was little waif that Uncle Job had
recently adopted, and his native atmos-
phere had not favored these extra buds
and blossoms. Still Johnnie knew what
gold was, and after minute he turned
his blue eyes trimming with curiosity.
'1Show it to me, Uncle Job, please"
Uncle Job made no movement toward
his pocket, though Johnnie eyed it close
~. He said simply:
81" Do unto others as you would have
them do unto YOU"
| Johnnie's lip quivered. There was no
beauty to him In the unfamiliar words.
He seemed lost in the belief that great
| disappointment was In store fOr him.
'tBut the present, he gasped.
| A big tear rose In Uncle Jobs eye.
He frightened his arm around Johnnie,
and kissed his sad little face.
| my boy" he said, "will you say
4 those words with me?"
t. j..
out upon the summer hoated like q
hymn
"Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you"
/ Then continued Uncle Job softly
esJohnnie, this is all I have for you
| to-day-these dozen words. No gift at
all, you think it, now but if you re-
solve to keep it, it'll make you so rich
and happy that you won't wonder Uncle
Job thought it worth half-mile trip to
! the meadow. And, Johnnie-you know
one gift don't hinder another-there are
hosts of tops and jack-knives yet to get,
and hosts of days to get them in,'' and
Uncle Jobs eyes twinkled SO mystic.
riously that Johnnie was moved to a
merry laugh.
| Johnnie had great faith In Uncle Job.
He could not understand it, yet he be-
leved implicitly all he had heard, and
that, if he kept the golden rule, he could
be the richest and happiest boy in the
world. So he listened eagerly to Uncle
Jobs explanations, and resolved to try
always to act toward others just as he
/ would like to have them act toward him.
I wish I could tell you all the won
drous trials he made, and how bravely
he strove to reap the promised good.
For it was not always smooth walking in
Johnnie's path he had his trips and
tumbles he turned sometimes to the
right and left. But by effort he grew
strong, and his reward was rich indeed.
No boy was loved liked Johnnie none
had so many friends. And, to manhood
/ GROWN no orift does he reward mora