The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-06-11

Children, guard them. love them dearly;
Learn yourselves from birdie to sing.
Like the angels 20 their kingl
BETTER THAN OTHERS.
Look at those boys! Harry, stop min
What capital game they are having"
Perhaps they are, but do not want to
them"
why not 7"
Oh, they are beneath u.s."
Beneath ms Z What do you mean Z"
ID You might know what mean. They
poorer boys than we are. Cannot you
d that from their patched clothes 2"
70 Oh, Harry how foolish You are Why,
;sy are quite as good as you are, and
eir patched clothes makes no difference to
bm."
/. Well, you know, Charlie, you are not
&ich mans son."
e If were, Harry, should be no better
||aI don't know think rich people are
btter than otbers."
This htsls conversation took place on q
&turday.
The next day4 the two boys went to
Snday school together % usual.
Harry thought rather more of himself on
nday than he did during the week. OF
arse he had on his best clothes, and be-
1 ed that he looked very elegant.
4 Charlie, how do you think look in
Jacket"
You look very well, Harry. Every body
Ks well ON Sandays.n
4 That's all you know about it. Some of
> boys in our class are not At to be seen.
10 not think we ought to be put in the
be class with boys in rags"
4 Oh, Harry; there arc no such boys in
school. Ours is not a ragged school,
i You speak - IL is were."
Look at that boy whom we saw yester-
W
Yes, saw him. He looks happy"
I But you cannot say that he looks re-
bctahle,
why mott / thinks he looks very re-
Actable indeed"
Bnt not SO nice as some people,"
Oh, Harry, do not be so foolish. They
are better than others whose actions
better"
or course, but then, those boys who
dressed the best behave the best"
Do they, Harryf Not always, think"
sfore the day was over, Harry saw him.
as be really was. And it was a very
pd thing for him. Perhaps twas pride
D made him stupid. Whatever it was,
was unusually nervous and forgetful.
could not remember the lesson he had
INT, when it was time to repeat it, but
I'd looking very much confused and
3Dg very much ashamed. What made
OTse TO Harry wac that enc of the boys
patched jacket repeated quite cor
r y. As they were going home from
ol something else happened. A little
"a ventured too near the eide Of the
and fell in.
2 Oh, whst pity! He will be drowned.
and call somebody" said Harry.
n lat l.
of the way a moment" said the boy in
tched jacket.
hey made room for a moment, and the
81 thing they knew was the splash. The
ched jacket lay on the side of the river,
me boy was struggling with the little
that but for him might have been
the rest stood looking on in an awe
% way. What if he should be lost
cried Harry.
He is not as good as some others you
y >" said Charlie, bitterly.
Don't bring that against me now.
rlie," said Harry.
fesently there was shout among the
be boy of the patched jacket had come
'she aarface bringing the other with him
en- they gave q loud "Hurrah I" that
beard a long way off.
hen the child had been taken home,
the patched jacket had gone home too,
flie said, {" Which of you two boys is
er than the other, Harry z"
Why the noble boy in the patched
et certainly" said Harry, aud hope
Fl never forget what l have learned to-
You we're right after all, Charlie. 1t
not matter what we wear, it only
tiers what we are."
That 10 it, Harry and now think you
perhBps be really q gentleman. At
you are more likely to be 80 than you
when you thought all the world of
rself, }" said Charlie.
noticeable feature of the steamship de-
oEes from New York is the large num-