St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-26
for hr Children.
A True Story.
~ Mks. NJ. : unIIIsIIp

am not going I" give You Il ,iog-stnrv now but
VIII try l." tell y"m ;bont a boy named IIub,rt -,
'i"hr VIII" WAS at u boarding school near wb.r. I
hNed- IL" WAS quick wittrd and pleasing. but In.
hah never learned any srlf-c"ntrul If h,. wanted
any A'h. hr must haN" it directly he felt abused
"" II II" could not L" whrr" he chose. and lust the
"'"'h'h he was ready, hr did not I" 20 at all
he was rash too, IN selecting his playmarrs and
would ass"cirtc with bad bows if they suited his
fancy.
One day Ii" behaved very badly and his teacher
locked him in his room for the aft,rnnon In same.
way Sam Clark. one "f the village bnvs with whom
Hubert WAS most intimate found ont that n. wos g,
prisoner. and Ics"lvcd to lbrratc him and tk, him
I" shoot III the w""ds. Sam came under Hubert :
window, whistlIng softly and in a moment il was
opened ani til" tw" children were eagerly planning
h"" I" get together. Sam WIS a GOOD climber but
after many truitlrss attempts h, finally scaled the.
Sh"ih pillars of til" piazza, got upon the root and
bounded int" the room. 1t was easy Ia slide down
I'll" posts and the boys were soon ou the ground
At first Hubert intended Ia 80 with his friend only
~ lar A. the woods because =unnin. was for hidden
hN til" Principal unless some responsible person
went with the pupils. But one false step leads +"
another 1t was wr"n. Ia leave his ronnI-a httl,.
more dis"hrdirncr Hubert thought would not much
matter. The gladnr~- "f the sunshine b,.witchrtl
hiin. and sam begged hard they ran into the
w"nds
All that sunlight, Will, Ii, lasts Hubert will
never forget how it played among the trees that
| aitrIn""n.
sam fired al several birds aud missed them. At
last III som" nna"""uutn'" manner, Hubert got i'll
the way. and his friend shot him dir,ctI, in the
face scream nf a."nN from "n,. "t horror from
the other, drew w"od chopper t" them Together
they bore the poor fellow I" Mr.. CIark'S house.
which was near by where he lay for weeks suffer
ine intensely. and totally blind. For IL great while
TINS punishment seemed harder than Hubert could
bear; then a. his poor signifies, EYES wrr,. closed
t" th" outside world he seemed the better abb, la
hook int" himself and mp t" ii"d, hn told him hr
must walk 10y faith not hy sight q"
Earnestly hr prayed To be lcd. Can any of vnu
realize hat that meant for him. Helpless hope.
less blindness. always needing hand To lead the
way. S""n true light came Hubert loved music
and after hr went HON" t" the city he resolved Ia
study it. Y"u will wonder how this IL pos~ihlr
when he cannot the notes: hut the power of his
memory f"r retaining sounds is ~trcns Ih-nr,i the
k"rmnrss "i his intensified lie, obtained the
us" "t an organ when hr advanced enough to
play and now he practices upon il hour after hnur
every day. hoping that when he j. -kiful ruou. II
h" may h" the "rganist "f some church and then hr
can support him-rlf S"Inr leads his uncertain
steps through TIA" thr"ng"d NOISY streets t" tn,
church where h" practices. When he "-iS there hr
Is happy and like blind Milton seated at th, "r
gan, seems lifted up int" a world tar above ours
and full "f heavenly music
Let us hope that Hubert viii before long get ia,
I'~it"n h, has Ion. Strivrm f"r here and by and
hN takr place III a choir whrr, disrnr,I- break
IN upon th" celestial harm"mr- C"nqr.0 0at""diist