The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-05-11

tne DeneNOlenJ physician lay III the
death-throes of hydrophobia, he called
his weeping friends about him, and
said:
Beware of the books. They tell
but half of the story. Whenever poor
wretch asks you for help, and you feel
doubt as to what result may flow
from your benevolence, give yourself
the benefit of the doubt and kill the ap-
plicant."
And so saying he turned his face to
the wall and gave up the ghost.
THE BENEVOLENT AUTHOR.
A poor and young literary beginner
had tried in vain to get his manuscripts
accepted. At last, when the horrors of
starvation were staring him in the face,
he laid his sad case before a celebrated
author, beseeching his counsel and as
sistance. This generous man immedi-
ately put aside his own matters and
proceeded to peruse one of the despised
manuscripts. Having completed his
kindly task, he shook the poor young
man cordially by the hand, saying: 81
perceive merit in this; come again to me
on Monday" At the time specified the
celebrated author, with a sweet smile,
but saying nothing, spread open amag-
azine which was damp from the press.
What was the poor young mans aston
ishment to discover upon the printed
page his own article. Chow can /
ever" said he, falling upon his knees
and bursting into tears, "testify my
gratitude for this noble conduct" The
celebrated author was the renowned
Snodgrass; the poor young beginner
thus rescued from obscurity and starva-
ton was the afterward equally re-
nowned Snagsby. Let this pleasing in
cident admonish us to turn charitable
ear to all beginners that need help.
Sequel
The next week Snagsby was back
with five rejected manuscripts. The
celebrated author was little surprised,
because in the books the young strug-
gler had needed but one lift, apparent
ly. However, he plowed through these
papers, removing unnecessary flowers
and digging up some acres of adiec-
tive-stumps, and then succeeded in get
ting two of the articles accepted.
A week or so drifted by, and the
grateful Snagsby arrived with another
cargo. The celebrated author had felt
a mighty glow of satisfaction within
himself the first time he had successful
ly befriended the poor young struggler,
and had compared himself with the gen.
erous people in the books with high
qualification; but he was beginning to
suspect now that he had struck upon
something fresh in the noble-episode
line. His enthusiasm took chill.
Still, he could not bear to repulse this
struggling young author, who clung to
him with such pretty simplicity and
truthfulness.
Well, the upshot of it all was that the
celebrated author presently found HIM
selfpermanently freighted with the poor
young beginner All his mild efforts
to unload his cargo went for nothing.
He had to give daily counsel, daily en-
enlargement; he had to keep on procur-
ing magazine acceptances, and then re-
vamping the manuscripts to make them
presentable. When the young aspirant
got start at last, he rode into sudden
fame by describing the celebrated au-
thor's private life with such caustic
humor and such minuteness of blister
ing detail that the book sold a prodig-
ious edition, and broke the celebrated
authors heart with modification. With
his latest gasp he said: "Alas! the
books deceived me; they do not tell the
whole story. Beware of the struggling
young author, my friends. Whom God
sees fit to starve, let not man presumptu-
ously rescue to his own undoingn
THE GRATEFUL HUSBAND.
One day lady was driving through
the principal street of a great city with
her little boy, when the horse took
fright and dashed madly away, hurting
the coachman from his box and leaving
the occupants of the carriage paralyzed
with terror. But brave youth who
was driving a grocery wagon threw
himself before the plunging animals,
and succeeded in arresting their flight
at the peril of his own life. The CRATE
full lady took his number, and upon ar
irving at her home she related the he
roic act to her husband (who had read the
books, who listened with streaming
eyes to the moving recital, and who,
after returning thanks, in conjunction
with his restored loved ones, to Him
who sutfereth not even a sparrow to
fall to the ground unnoticed, sent for
the brave young person, and, placing
check for $500 in his hand, said: Take
this as reward for your noble act,
William Ferguson, and, if ever you shall
need a friend, remember that Thomp-
son McSpadden has a grateful heart
Let us learn from this that good deed
cannot fail to benefit the doer, however
humble he may be.
Sequel.
William Ferguson called the next
week and ask Mr.. McSpadden to use
his influence to get him higher en-
ployment, he feeling capable of better
things than driving a grocer's wagon.
Mr.. McSpadden got him an under-clerk-
ship at good salary.
Presently William Ferguson's mother
fell sick, and William Well. to cut
the story short, Mr.. McSpadden con-
sented to take her into his house. Be-
fore long she yearned for the society of
her younger children; so Mary and Julia
were admitted also, and little Jimmy,
their brother Jimmy had a pocket
knife, and he wandered into the draw
ing-room with it one day, alone, and
reduced $4,000 worth of furniture to
an Understandable value in rather less
than three-quarters of an hour. A day