Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-10

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sshv beoan TO cry for food. Some mlik ~
,vas ,yiven to him, and then those VINO ha1
s,rn3 the treasure wondered what should
be done with him. -, 81,
..There is only one thing to DO sam
the father of the family. we cannot
Leen the little stranger, for we are 100
moor He must 90 to the workhuose.
AZ that moment policeman was pass
;ng and they called him in and told MN
ali abont it. He carefully examined the
cIo,hino of the child TO see if there were
onv marks by which the pareuts might oe
| discovered; but there were none' anu IL
soon became evident that the poor httie
how had been left there by those who cared :
no;hino for him, and never meant 10 CLAIM
him. E, >, .,;5 tho
no,;caman. =" and we will give him into
the care of the workhouse authorities.
Th;s was done, and the little cast-oh (
child found A home But he had not been
,haro Iong when a new difficulty arose.
III. how must have name, but since his
parents were unknown, what cou!u tleS
call him? This was u puzzle. But aiter
a time somebody suggested that since ne
had no name, he should be called Charlie
Noname; and so he was, ,c
am afraid 1t is not very happy lie
which little children live in warehouses;
and Charley Noname was no happier thah
the rcst. He would almost certainly,
have been glad to change places with any
of The little readers of this story, II that
mad been possible; but there was nothing
for him to do but to stay there for several
wears. going to school as soon as he was ola
enough and being as good as he could under
the circumstances After Il few years Char
lie was old enough to 60 to sea, ana II was
drcided that to sea he should be sent. lie
WAS not sorry TO leave the only home he fiu
known, for it had not been like the COM
Portable homes which so many OF you en-
, iov: and he had boy love OF adventure,
and thought it would be a really splendid
thing to make voyage, though he found
afterward that it was not by any means us
. pleasant as he imagined. lie went WIN
. number of other boys to Hull, from Whlch
, town he was to be sent out 10 the fisheries.
A very happy thing occurred to him as
he arrived at Hull, for lad spoke to MN
Il and gave him an invitation.
;. Come to our Bethel tonight" he SAD
u &" We have Il school there. and our teach
II ers are tirst-rate men. There IS Sooa
e fire, and plenty of games, and you can
. WrIlG Il lpuLer Ot TO IilHs5 "" l'NN'
! sides getting cheap tea and II ped ,
Il Charlie went with this new friend and
D. spent a very happy evening. The teacher
ID smoke to him more kindly than be had ever
le been spoken to before in his life, and his
Is heart was quite touched by the interest
Id which they evidently felt in him. And the
a. other lads were exceedingly friendly, and
ie told him many things, among the rest that
| .-..z, IS ,bo how. bu1 some money in the
~ savings bank, and that some of them WERE
y ambitious enough 10 believe that they
rs would one day become shippers or cap
Xt tains; and Charlie felt his own heart free
I'LL bv the desire to grow into respectable
re and useful man. But, perhaps, wha
Oh pleased him most of all was the singing
a, Some of the boys sang well. and they ha'
III II song book from which they selected thel
ne f;lvorites. Tie last thing before the teach
lis er left a hymn Was sung, and then
lIo gentleman prayed for the lads, asking 90
les TO bless them and protect them on the sea
as and bring them all home again. Charll
III thought the hymn was the most beautiful
Io thing to which he had ever listened, an
7e, MANY a time did it come back to hlr
hu when he was on the sea. 1t began
" "Rockea in the cradle of the Deep
during his first voyage. He found tn
weather very cold and the work Difficult
Forsome time he suffered from sea-sick
ness, and very little sympathy or nursin
ler fell to his share. But when he was bette
ov- and the sun shone out, he began to lik
III the seafaring life very much, and to fe
go that he would be sorry to be always q
II L land And then there was much excite
ex- ment connected with fishing, and Charl
ace was as glad rs anybody when there was
good haul.
Wo Whenever he went ashore he alwal
'lth visited the Bethel and no doubt it is chic
nre " owing to this fact that he has been e
the tirelv SO successful. At the return OF h
DER first voyage, though he had only lit
,ots money, he put some of it away into tt
hes savings bank; and this he did alwa,
III whenever he took his wages. And no
Z OF the result is that he has n good sum In
mat by; and what is, perhaps, better still,
,ils' has been several times promoted. and is
low a fair way of becoming skipper
OF There was one night when Charlie qui
red cave himself up for lost There was
nu- terrible storm, and the fishing smack w
it is driven on the rocks But the lad tboug
or of the hymn he had heard at the Betht
on and knew that even if he went down
ln- would be
al Rocked in the cradle of the deep"
ton 10 s,oo,, md th,t tine sIepn would be We
lred :" Cbari;e loved and trusted t
mus i.ord Jesus Christ and knew that He W
DIST yith him even on the stormy sea. "
Is n,ay be sure that he prayed very earnest
anu and his prayer was heard, for the III
nes vessel got off the rocks and weathered t
SEQ storm.
{, a Boys and girls, are You thankful
lne your calm, happy homes? Then show yo
our gratitude by praying for the poor fishe
'he lads who are exposed to the dangers
the sen.=Ma1innne Enrn1inqhdnl.