Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-05-15
Dawes PANTS.

DA ~ ~ u sAN
The other day 1 picked Up the repol
oil one OF our city charities, and anon
the list OF contributors and their contr
buttons read these words: Little Dave
SIX pairs of pants for poor boys" The
didn't read any further, at least nc
Tor long time, and sat and wonders
and wondered who Little Dave" was
and why he had given his six pairs @
pants 10 the poor little boys instead O
Keeping them for his o.n little legs
and putting my whole mind TO it, this
how studied it all out.
Dave father was broker. HI
bought and sold money and stocks, an,
he did it honestly, too. as many other
do, notwithstanding some foolish PEG
pie think that man can't deal in thes
things and keep himself free from dis
honesty. MIR. Faiconer, that YVES Dave
fathers name, had an Office in Wal
street. and home in Fifth avenue. az,
he had horses and carriages, and S,
many servants that they were always
getting in each others way and giving
Dave mother no end of trouble. Ant
Dawes father gave splendid dinners
and had great deal OF company, ant
spent money as freely as water, ant
was as happy as & man can be who ha:
no time to do good. He gave away s
good deal Of money, to be sure. and his
name figured on all the subscription
lists. and 10 beggar went away from hi
door empty handed; and yet this rich
man used 10 come home, and sit by his
library lire, and say when he read OF
want and misery:
"Oh dear me, wish l could do some.
thing for somebody; something that
could know and see made somebody
better and happier" Then he would
say to Dave: Don't ever get so busy.
Dave, that YOU can't have time to do
good. 1t is what we can do for 9TH
ers. my boy, that goes to make us
happy"
So it was that Dave got to long to
''do good, for somebody" He used to
give away his pennies and his dimes ,e
That's nothing-it isn't doing any
thing-because. you sec, l have so many
that don't want them. want to do
so.ne'iS 'oiae'ihis 'na' shaii ieei
This was when Dave was nine years
old. And wasn't he splendid fellow!
He was pretty big of his age, could
pitch ball with any boy of his size and
. uri.e q Seiocs'eae at 4 Tremendous
Pi,, va" u S'.onS anu
~ n.'i1us. ,io was i'n'',o,ne' 'oo' Win
t nis lea' ualh eses, anu MS "eaiily Gqt
,r"s g., . f.i,l MS wa" pio"m i HIT ne
mas :, In, nn. -, ~ '',u NJ, ,,, lo.iier was
n.i, piouu Vi iilii' anu 'olu me III con,
i'Snce liiat people USED 10 turn round
,h au I'm . sI 10. ,Ioh ~ pave "aen
p"':e 80 - IN INC I,iee''
ie" ',nics ha'e oio nav reai no
i,.a | . II, chance TO 40 good.
g., Ia re an no.t
III iieil'iiis ih oiu anu Hall o'ihu peanut
woman 10 gamer up her wares that
so, h s,le AZ, , Iii.t' i,''' h.ioeAeu over,
an M ne ~, Itiee'"os ioi
ABUSING MS iit',e SISTER ne came nome
.i-l' Inn, I'M, "itn us olo'iieS poln' anu MS
eSc p L;e IA, anu p.'iseu u s'ou oeal
uoou' MS ioa. anu sn"u.ici a anu MS
liio,iiei ".iiios' s0oisc" nIii'' pu' Dave
'''. ~ oo,,,,n.. ha,, :. Che woe , r.,,o
,h;ng If a Girl and bo was q
- ,i nn , nv rs
~, anu i M Ls %, u.n n :, anu % .ooh
ave !, 10 HIM and I'm Glad of !, ' and
IA do !, am.;n Mdn,5 Jo r;ah,
Wv ~ ""'n' 1n Wv i1sn''
=. Wi, - s.;d h;s mothor CIV.
,y,vs hoard that ,iohtin@ was wron%
hui nerb,ns in sncb ease !, ;sn.t 60
$50, p 49, Al ro,, ,.,,;,n..I -,
naE. sn IN ran.,n Ia ;.a bon, ma T.
viii do him Good And sho l;ssaJ har
,,a, ana -. h;r,
Wy TN ,au n io NJ .n,ab;s f.thor.hon,
!, and a'Eed. WIN ~ ~
/" Ara vou ashamed of nv fiobtino in
H., 80, f.,baro,,
'H And nayas father took him nm b;s
knae and s.iJ well If isn't hest tn
E nbt os Ionr aS oro can holm i, but On
Se whole i think I should have heen
more asb,med of my how if he hadn't |
lone -,
aud n,ro how &C be w,s oo,,dn,t
\ eln I I'm, ,n;nk ti,,t be had done some
,oaJ
c. n,ra,s .;,,o ,ros snont IN loo,;rr
90 Da'e tiiie vac sponS ~ i'oAi
od TOT dan ,h,p be ad o,,te , ho
!; aSt ideas ,hou, ,he matter hacan r s !.
I'm lucas a'ouo .nI na.e o,, "via"s ,s =,
81 aioi S ~ speI ,,, Gppor'dtI e. ;
We may uG LOU n "u " an ,ho, u. .h,u vi
-, ~, rhs ordinary onnorrnn;i;es are
rst ,s great II we look at them Alright
e the extraordinary opportunities.
jus. now come to the tenth birth
hat he will never forget, and one that
rs moihe ers Can hey Ind n Mh anr
s,Ha and s 4. WIS ~ iolIv marty as as
ave, anu n y h, IovIn~ p parsn, 90
,,'are W." ,rs,e as NAM as y hundred chill.
- ran invited ~ = and thew were given the
,,ado l~, Of the house, They had such