The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-01

think it's~likely..4eAnd faint no won.
der as knows on. East winter was .
!hs'g|sg one bigger eoves than they.
sssS They were always clever lccqrr,eeturs
md bury as the day was lonllRs; - a. ,s :
sE.ssss.Yesgs and the littlest newsboys on
the streat.'': sAs# Il, 4. sIS5t III
81 81 They Re agoin's taastart in The
mornin'; we must see EN- off, Bill I. ',a 81
VI In the morning more than twenty
newsboys and sweepers and bootblacks
went doWnftO the Erie to see the boys
start on their journey. IT, :.
Eve must take a collection for 'em.
Pass round the hat. boys
. n ''NO," answered Johnny and Sammy,
.'.we are going to sweet Michigan and
.s seIn, neff any money. Keep it your.
y. Z s!Youaaget there before 1 do remem.
bers me e ; m coming, too,'' sung Josh
Bates II
owe will
The boys got aboard western ex-
press, their friends waved their hats
and gave them a cheerful farewell !;
the train was off, Johnny and Sammy
had started on their new lives.
. ''Tickets, boys said the conductor.
B. eyes, SIR responded the children.
taking out 9 neatly-folded brown pa
per from each vest pocket and hand
ing it to the agent. The packages con.
tanned exactly so cents apiece. They
were the remnants of the earnings of
Johnny and Sammy. There were four
hSe-cent pieces, the rest was in pen
MES, two and three-cent coins. The
man looked down into those sun
burned, happy faces. He read no sto.
ry OF mlsgiving there, but a confidence
and hope that was pleasant to see.
''Where did you say your were go
ing?''
Sweet Michigan hsped the babies
together.
'Is this all The money you haveV'
Eyes, SIR
''Put it back in your pockets. You
are running away, aren t you?''.
eyes, sir.''
81 shall have to send you home.''
"We're agOin' home, sir.''
''Where are your father and moth
er?''
''Both dead, SIR
Then the boys told the conductor the
story OF the rose, and the desire to 90
into the country of that sweet flower :;
of the summers toll accomplished in
this hope; Of the hats, shoes, and
linen clothes, and lastly Of the money
saved SO anxiously and carefully. s'And
you had better take it, sir, for we
shan't need it where we're agoin'.''
The loneliness, innocence, and youth
OF the boys touched the heart Of the
agent.
''How do l know but Gods d calling
them there, said he to himself. Il
am not agoing to do anything contrary
to him, or go agin him in any way.;'
So he took two tickets and wrote on
them:
"ER1E: Pass these boys along the line to
Sweet Michigan and order Lake Shore to do
the same. SAM"
So Johnny and Sammy were passed
over the route, and their story was
borne along with them. Travellers gave
them food from their baskets. At
night motherly old lady folded shawls
to put under their heads, covered them
up, and made them go to sleep in seats
near her own. Sammy and Johnny
really had a glimpse of paradise as
they steamed along the Erie that dav.
An old farmer and his wife sat in the
seat in front of the boys. There was
small book;rack with one book in it
between two seats. The children had
wanted to take it down all day and
look at it, but they would not, for they
were afraid their kind friend the con-
ductor would not like to have them.
and might think they were meddle-
some. 50 along toward night Johnny
and Sammy touched the old farmers
coatsleeve.
"Wall, lads said the farmer kind
ly, 'twhat do you want?''
s'Will you please tell us what that
is g.
''Why, good Lord, boys, that's a BIZ
bic; didn't you know what it wasp
''No, sir.''
"Can't you read - ~: -
"No, SIR, !
Snow, Maria, call that q shame af-
ter all the school tax pay that them
air two babies can't read. Shall
read something to you out Of it?'' !;
'''Yes, sir, if you please 49,.
The old man took out his spectacles
wiped them on his red silk handker-
chief. took the bible from the rack and
read on the outside 80 --r G"2t' 81
The American Bible Society presents this
copy Of the holy scriptures to the Ere Rail-
road Company. -
mighty polite, I call: that Marian.
Who can say after this that corpora
lions don't have any souls p Then he
opened, and read the first verse on
which his eyes rested. - j. 1857. ',
In as much as ye have done it unto one of