South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-09-12

time reached out his long, skinny hands
for the coveted package
i be awful hungry, schoolmarm,' he
saiA, and seem haint none or the chill.
drums roun' ter larf at me, III take IL
sure enough, an eat it now. | haint
never had slch er hunk er meat and
cheese afore in msr lite,' and he straight.
way fell TO dcvouring the food like n
starved dog. After il had all disap-
peared, even TO the last crumb. he gave
httle grunt Of satisfaction and looked
up ~ me as if his appetite hal only
been sharpenod and that further in
stallment OF food would not come a.
miss.
That night uade bargain with
Mra Rugg. Tom Strong was TO come to
her kitchen every noon for hearty.
wholesome, hot meat dinner, and I was
TO pay for it. was i'm s,raitened Cir
cumstances myself. besides | vas trying
to pay my way through Vassar, but |
deeply commiserated the lad, and then |
was curious TO see what good food, and
enough OF 1t, would do for his mental
elevation.
The boy begins TO show his keeping.
said Mrs. Rugg TO me Mt The cnd oil the
week but dear ne hasn't he on appe.
tito l. takes heap OF vicluals to ill
him upp
Indeed. tie me;amorplosis. both
physical and mental, that had taken
place in the boy by tho timo the
school year had closed, was something
wonderful. Although hc refused 10 take
bia ,rinrora a, lilo hotel f., 81. g.,
term at my expense, he continued TAX
Ing them there during thc year. pcying
for them by doing errands, pumping Wa
ter, etc. He grew plump and sleek.
learned TO read, SIP, Il and write. and af-
ter q short time had little or no difficult
" with tho four fundamental processes
of arithmetic. All his old-time nervous
ness. irritahility and frequent f.s Ct
apathy were gone. lie readily Tell into
stuiious WAYS and soon mastered what
over he undertook. His doggei persis-
loucc was remarkable. His department
Was also exemplary; lie never gave IL
the least trouble, and tried TO serve nc
every way in his power.
In due time entered Vassar, and
graduated. subsequently taught here
and there year or two, and then mar
riel my husband whom YOU have met
here. Having heard nothing whatever
Of Tom S'rOng, or from THIS village for
years, one day, just after had begun
housekeeping, ] vas surprised to get
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MAKsi'IoN' AprlI 49, Is.
Hrs Re-. n. AHdrcr RRoul.o,
DGAE MADAM II saw your marriage
N the newspapers the other day, and
HAT was the first and only intelligence
have bad Of YOU since you taught
school in this village. Are YOU really
dear Miss Dexter and do YOU remainder
poor, stgpid Tom Strong. Well, avn
he. Ia short, | want 10 thank you for
making man Of me. The frs, Tcoiiza~
ton ever had chat was human be-
ing Ike the other boy Of your school,
with capabilities Cor sclf-imVrovcmcut
an future usefulness, came through
your lthors in ms behalf in The school
room, and your charitable provision for
ny bodily wants at good Mrs. Ruggs's
huuG.jfal table. When you found no !
was nearly starved, BODY and soul. J
"e.l remember just how those dinners,
meal by meal built nc NJ, mentally As
we'll as physically. Those reading less
ons IN the New Testament too, built
me up I'm . spiritual way. IT. every
fcusc % the term was born again tLat
memorable year under your kiad care.
! kept on staying q, the hotel doing
chores FOX board Gna schooling. crept
I became PROPRIETOR og fhc hotel myself.
Our pleasant VILLAGE Lcrc lvtne sea- las
grown 20 be quite g suu-,er rc.uri. TO
Keep pace with the ru'fc demands
have greatly ENLARGED the hotel. ami
have added many m0ls-a turr'yemcn. e.
AIl now I Ic,, Iaayc Ca, invite -.su o..1