, 1875-09-05
THE CITY.

HONESTY THE BEST POLICY
rr TIE F1zt1-7HE YOUTHFUL A1aIaAaA~
Two boys sat ut adjkcent stA1a,
Al on = market day
The MANS Of one was E3poals@s
Tns others name Was Jay.
And market truck xnd garden &0
within their bAtketa lsy.
~. bov that WIS called Eupha1s*,
Ho xxs model child.
a. hstr was etraight and his nose wM Nubs
His eTs Was calm and Etld;
Hik vo3ce was low and serious snd
10 very rzyeiy Hnaied.
Tbs ether lad, that Jay was hight,
All be was khfexd and sharp:
He drove keen baFgatns, II the Enlfo
And nc ' .s for OF Truth, In delicate phrase,
Was thuudet-smiltan harp.
FxrrE TIE sEcoEp-TEE EA1E OF 7Hx A11oa.
Tho boys sat at their market stalls,
And sudden did espy.
Approaching, an old gentleman,
With true1ul. be.utpG eye
AHo. children, rrot your tns1ons out.
For unelou would buy
How. each youth had o.e melon LEFT,
Right goodly to tho v,ew.
But iLe.T appearance did decei1c,
A. appearances will do,
Thal vas rotten through Ind through.
And "sonny, be them melous Rood3"
Thu. did the old Esxn say:
To whom the child, EiphAlet,
Mado truthful answer, Nay,
For ciose inspection will reveal
Tue fact Of ita decay"
4aood boy, good boy. !" slid the kind old 1aaa,
patting his sandy head,
r-Arr, IT hsf ~ Prr8fdANt r.
These were the words he eatd
Then unto Jay he spoke: II guesa
III take this oEe l1steAd.
Th.t Is, If It is sound" Then up
And spate the guileful lay:
ATuat melon. &ir. Is sound Ewe4r,
Ecu By this b1eseed d2y."
30 TIC old man TOT the melon paids
And took the ssrc AWAY.
xI11E THE 1H1nD-uoEEs11 REWARDED.
&Fool thou hat lost \ customer"
To Euphalet quoth Jay:
Not 60, not &C" cried Elphalcts
ssDeceution does nc. pAyt
And Uonesty's the best policy
As the Decaloguu doth say-"
Home ut the setting Of the sun
Wen, the child Ehphaist-
To whom. LIS stern old father: "H41nA
u sold that melon yet7
Would that had sop like Jay!
He'd have worked i: Oh, you bet."
aFathe.." replied the Kullelusa child
al caunot tell = lie.
&c. When IN innocent old man
Would fain that melon buy,
pointed out its rottenneaa,
Firmly and tru,hfuuS-"
AyA did ;" the Spartan parent cItsd.
"t;omo forth to tho woodahed."
For weeks EHpbaiet .lept ike muls
Ton al fou-S) in bia bed
Ard. ste his meals from the nAntal-pecds
Not caring to sit, he eaid-
Two boys 81: In the marketplsos
Next day, with they weru AWx16
Al Of mad old gentleman
Fast pY1cking down the square.
Lord how ,h4t mad old gentleman
Did tear, ind tear. and swear!
aThere Is tic hoy" )" be cried- "of whom
Tuat melon did get7"
Theu auswtred Lin, the gullsfu1 lay,
Pointing to Ehpha!et,
~ aPardie. 1t WAS from this bad child,
uickel will bet-"
Then did that naad old gentleman
Upifft hts bamboo Gaze,
And t,lace it Oh E1phaltt
Where It would caufe most pain,
Geuarking in Nick Bottoms words:
"Aye, 'Let him roar aga1n-'"
FIFTH THE FounTH-AYTEr 3Adx 1IA1zs
The child Enphales Rrc1 up.
Honest, bat lacking sous.
30 ut last tie Saerlf sold him out,
And, rouz as \ church mouse,
They bore hin away, oos wintry dAy,
"O'er tae bills to poos-house."
But the good old gentleman used to buy
His garden t3fA OF Jay.
And. ~ he grew older, nlade of him
Afavored pzotege~
And gave him berth IN his dry goods store
With NJ work and nu-h pay.
and he gave hin to wife his dsughter fair,
AL With IN ample dover;
So that Jay did prosper till. At last,
His werr huch weE1th and poTsr
That be 60: himself young eslsin1,
And Gkea1:e = tau tower.
And ho Was grateful. His fathsr-i7-lsv
Asked hum for 's 3 point or two,"
And Jaw responded e. Put Ill you oNnr
Or c4p borrow, in ". C.,
And President Orion aud myself
VIII put the old Lad through
60 his father-in-law put Al be owned
On coull borrow In y. o.;
And ". q. went from rs
Ciear down to 81
And that was the way his Son-in-1ay Jay,
Did "put the old nan through"
1z1u TIE FIFTH AxD LAsr-xoRAI.