The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-08-07
The Little Boot-ulack.

one of the .arge cities in the state OF
I OHIO. We shall call him Joe. Joe was
a very honest boy, although very poor
and was only boot-black.
AS | have described the boy shall &c
on with my story.
There was once a very nicely dressed
gentleman walking along the streets;
something dropped out Of his pocket,
what could it be!
! BY chance little Joe saw it and ran and
picked it up. What was it? It was a
pocket book with five hundred dollars
and some valuable papers in it. Now,
thought little Joe, what shall do, give
1t back to him, or keep it and be rich
man? .saa1 IT, 10
This was the discussion that arose in
little Joe's mind; but the wrong was
overthrown, and little Joe was seen run
ming after the gentleman. He stepped
up to him and said, "Sr, you dropped
your pocket book, I have brought it to
you" " q
"Thank you sir, you seem to be very
honest little boy, have you any parents?'
NO sir, have not"
"Well, If you will, you may come and
"''a INV HdFC III CullulcL, duu I
live IN the country. Do you want to
go?" ~ . ~' H".s i. .
"Yes sir, will go'' ... 5.~
The man, whom shall call Mr.. Smith,
took little Joe to clothing store, and
gave him full suit of clothes, and in a.
short time they were rafting along over
the country. Little Joe enjoyed himself
very much, when all of sudden thun-
dering crash was heard and the car
which little Joe was in broke loose ana
went tumbling down an embankmcnt.
1t was thought that every person in
the car was killed, but not SO, for who
should they see but little Joe, crawling
from under the ruined car with few
bruises. 0.a ...: @a4 e..
Among the wounded was Mr.. Smith,
with broken leg. He was carried to the
Car that was still on the track, and they
were soon on the way again; soon they
came to small station called Greenville,
where they stopped. But how should
they get home? Mr. Smith could not walk,
SO little Joe was directed to Mr.. Smiths
house. When he reached it, he intro
duced himself, and told the sad news:
as soon as possible, there was a convey
ance taken to the depot tor MI Smith.
Little Joe was kindly received when
he told ali about it, and was soon made,
at home .s..,. ri -.
The carriage came back with Mr..
Smith, and there was great deal of ex-
element; the doctor was sent for and Mr..
Smith was soon made comfortable s
Joe was soon told what there was for
hi +c d.. lo 4o
back, and could milk the COWS. One day,
after his benefactor had recovered and
they were going out riding, little Joe was
lett at home, he entertained himself by
making ships and taking them to the
pond to sail; this was very entertaining,
and he got another little boy to come and
play with him. The pond was quite
large, and it was muddy and slippery
The little boy that came over fell in the
pond; little Joe did not know what to do;
he screamed with all his might, but all of
no avail; he happened to think that there
was a boat tied a little farther up the
pond. He jumped in the boat and took
up the oars and seemed to be possessed
with superhuman. power. The skiff
seemed to fly over the water; he reached
hinlj just in time, for the boy was sinking
the last time; he took him in the boat and
was soon on the. shore. Little Joe car
ried him home and told him how he came
to fall in. a'..... ~. .-..5.L.. .,.s....-.:z
One morning, when Joe was about
twelve years old, when the ground was
covered with snow, he was out on the hill
coasting; this was hill for all the bows
in the neighborhood. sa,r -. MI.
Little Joe did not have quite so nice
s.ed as the rest of them, but he could
beat any Of them in a race; some Of the
bad boys, one day, thought they would fix
Joe's sled SO he could not go so fast, and
so they dld, when Joe was not looking,
they cut notches in the. runners of his
sled. This did not please little Joe at
all, and he determined to be even with
them. T. H. s..,r,....-.' .. ,..Es rs, .es.
The next day being warm, the snow
melted off, 50 there was no more sliding
down. hill. i. ...s....,.,as s.5.r "a
There is one more instance in little
Joe's life shall relate before my story
comes to close. .ss
Lii tie Joe came home from school one
day with the headache, and pains in his
chest, and the next morning he was so
weak that he. could not get up, The
doctor had TO be sent for, and be was
pronounced to be in very dangerous con-
dition; he had the lung fever, but he be-
gan to get better SO that he could sit up,
and had an enormous appetite. the doctor
would not let him eat anything but plain
food; he began to get tired Of this, and
thought he would get up in the night and
get something to eat,
And he did, he went to The cupboard
and ate pie and cake and other rich food
that was there. He went to bed but
could not sleep, he had overloaded his
stomach.
The next morning he was so mucn
worse, that the doctor had to be sent for.
Little Joe did not disobey his parents
that is, his adopted parents again.
Little Joe grew up to be a great man,
but he never forgot the lesson he learned
that night.
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