The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-11
A Banker's story.

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napkin. He was poor boy, and one
day found large pin used by girls to
fasten ribbons at the neck. Soon he
met girl who was in trouble, because
she had lost just such pin. The sequel
follows:
"There is another for you," said the
boy, good naturedly, giving her the one
he had found. She seized 1t hastily.
and with great delight.
''Now shall not be beaten," she ex-
claimed.
She now remarked how the boy was
| gnawing at his crust, and said, 81 have
got an apple in my pocket, will you
have it ?" 1t is very good one,
have bitten it already"
Instead of making any reply, the
beggar-boy soon put his teeth into the
apple which she handed to him, and
went his way. A few weeks after he
returned to that village, as it was then
fair-time. He met the little girl again,
who at once recognized her benefactor.
She perceived directly how hungry he
was; she put her hand into her pocket,
but to-day there were no apples there,
and she wanted very much to give him
something.
Fortunately she had received few
packets of needles and pins as a present
from her grandmother, who kept
little stall at the fair. She gave the boy
one of these packets, and said, "Sell
these needles; you can buy apples and
cakes for the money"
A bright idea came now into the boys
head; he returned with the needles to
his own village, and sold them there to
the peasant women. But he did not
go and spend foolishly the money
which he received, but went and bought
some fresh needles, and soon set up as q
regular hawker, carrying about little
tin box on his back, in which were
buckles, thimbles, buttons, thread and
needles of all kinds.
| Through wind and weather, through
shower and heat, he wandered from
village TO village, journeying thus
through the whole of France and when
he was twenty, he opened little shop
in one of the suburbs of Paris. He
traded in everything which could bring
him any profit, and his speculative
head always hit upon the right sort of
article.
AT thirty years of age he possessed
one hundred thousand francs; the half
of this he invested at the Exchange.
He was fortunate in his calculations,
and in "a few years time he became very
rich.
Now he thought of the pin which he
had found when he was little vaga-
bond, and of the little black-eyed girl
whom, by means of this pin, he had
saved from beating. He Travelled to
the village where he then had begged:
he was curious to know what had be-
come of the girl who by her gift of the
packet of needles, had first aroused in
him the spirit of commerce.
She had grown into good, fine-look-
ing woman-not very young, perhaps
for she already reckoned thirty sum-
mers. But as yet she had no suitor,
because she was poor. The Partisan
banker sought for her, and said, in a
short manner,-
"Young woman, have million of
francs property, will you marry me :"
The girl turned pale and red, and
suffered out at last, "Sir, l think you
have come to make fun of me-"
But he now said, seriously, "Do you
not remember the beggar boy with
the pin ?"
80 certainly" she said, eagerly, 81
see him before me now; how ravenous-
ly he bit the apple which had already
bitten, with his white teeth.
The stranger replied, smilingly, 81
was that beggar-boy out of the heart
of that apple grew up my good fortune.
VIII you share it, and be my wife 7"
The answer was ajoyful " Yes" The
wedding took place in the village.
The banker was silent and looked af-
fectionately at his wife, who blushed
very deeply. Eyes, gentleman" he ex-
claimed, g the beggar-boy not only be
came rich, but happy. God has reward
ed him greatly for that one little kind
action. And, gentlemen, am the for
mer vagabond, and my good wife op-
posite is the little girl found weeping
and this is the pin / found upon the
ground"
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