The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-11-04

Hee& ~ ~ mled away from Muscatine =. 80
q theu - Sss sa ship they called brigantine,
zee II frfed with gay marine
mi they reached tn Republic Argentine, q
~ Where thsy.Eere married BY the Dean .
Q Iha& -sc''o"ers Br'c-a-brac'
reewa2
i'd 40 WeRKNG FeRsHOfHlEas - ss'g
We s'a ~ shall not be able to hire you after
llsA r his week, George, ~ said apale. sdeh-s
al u ate-looking woman to boy about four
Oh ss ,pau wears cid who had been in the hab-
Daf h Of getting her wood and water for
|. RI her. II find l cannot spare the money
Hes and shall have to try and do the work
e ~ n,' mysslfs'3ssl e. SsTS We )
1t m She said this ins avery sad tone of
b. oh5 voice. so sad that almost any One would
air & have noticed it. But George Burch did
II tbS not notice it, or the sad look in her face
sadh9 when she said it. The only thought in
ed N his mind was that he should lose the
lad n twenty five cents a week he had been
. n earning. s9sss3 RSdB "a vs@afES wGags ~
mocH ."Whyp Don't suit! L work as cheap,
ot n anybody, guess @~a' ~AsA 2saA sss =
80, yes, you don't ask any toe much
take5 md YOU do your work well.t But the
called rel "a is only that cannot spare the
aid \ my, as small as the sum is. I hope
Is YOU. can find something else to do to
. in sks Che place Of this, i am ss,re. i
Obi wish could keep I am afraid
eac1 drawing the water is going to be al
whe4 most too much for me. Here is your
wa3 money, George ''ss ssass~s y ssSsssRaE
'aile& As he took the money! and turned to
aws} 20, Mrs. Noble called to HIM:
dre1 George, Iguess I shall have to get
II M 10 hr,p of
helN may feel too tired to get sit myself IN
q thenorning. Here are three cents ex-,
o a ira for it" - - I
own George took the three cents as a mat
car ter Of course and listened with satisfac-
I, ton to hear them drop down into his
81 pantaloons pocketWith the other money
LON be had Just received. * ssssfsk
'tae After he had gone Mrs. Noble seated
slsl herself before her fire with a heavy
,ssgt ,san -. EaS ESys%Rss Sf5sr- f1-
snf al She felt sick, too, and she won-
deredheW, with her falling strength, she
lows should be able to bring Waterfront the
nes1 well, split ndhngs and do the other
p00& work which sGeoEge had been doinetor
8. her. She wished that She had spared a
i ~ few cents more and got him to cut few
e = more kindlings, forit seemed to her she
'sa ~ needed a day or two to get up courage
~ enough 70 do it herself. es~sxsssv~s.z
~ Perhaps it seems strange to most of
q. you that it should seem such a aburden
saJ 70 her work that to you would seem 50
au% light. But Mrs. Noble had never drawn
- apail of water or split stick of wood.
Shsbsa aetiL recently bad plsntyxypf
- money and servants to hefp her. But
: within q short time death took from
Il her her husbapdsand only child. Mis-
~ fortune of various Kinds, which boys
.hH and girls would not care to stop and
MI read sbsstfdauSNd zher ssrgS ppperty
" y ahsf 6ne Is an income 90 90 small IAN
/ aste hardly supports her eomfortably. !.
81 After the death sof her husband she re-
moved to the little village of --. and
~ occupied alone the cottage of which
nave spoken. Tears filed her eyes as
she thought of the past, of the dear ones
aowgone, of the faradistant home of
Der youth and of her present condition
q lonelness Ald RDyerty.s She h4d a
Drother,, she supposed, somewhere in
Al The world but she knew not where He
81 lad LEFT home many years hefoToaanl
nj ing some family trouble and had never
"A made known his Whereabouts, He was
n probably dead. SO, because she had
n no relatives, no special friend to whom
q she could 60 for help and no money to1
o5 spare for hiring her work done, she
n must try, sick or well, to do it herself.
Il little did George Burch think what q |
II sorrowing bearthe was leaving, although /
n @ars were in her eyes when she bade |
mmg goodbye. Perhaps we ought not |
Il Wexpect boy of his age to feel or show
Il sympathy for spch ene.s SiN, can
50 easily cali to mind one of. his age,
Il now gone from earth, who would have
q Oeel melted to tears by her tears, and
I syu,a have exclaimed, eagerly: ge.ssxd
Il. Never mind the money. Mrs. No
ole. will get the wood and water for
aotning.5 SaGlA IAH "a
r3 theFe 81 has, been such boy, and ID +
nov there are more. But George
purch was of another sort and it nau1td
aos be wondered at. From his earliestl
sandhood he had been taught to get all
ae could and to keep it. q Make every
GENT you can, Georgie," his father
you'd say, and there's nothing to
,nender ye from being "a rich as ANY of
en-, That had been his motto, though
9yeth he had otsmade himsSH verH
hs h,ea oy it, He had, however. good
aouse and all that he needed. George
sesns6a to- be- born MitAa as slnvNsfr
money He would never lose chance
make cent if he could help it. He
vas willing toworkan6 - swork hard,
hoe because he loFsd to.Work although
Nc really did love work better than
ssadys bat because he loved the mbfey
ns work would bring. He WAS, always
ssa2y t9 lose half days school for a
wcensss @ands Il Was g6deraly sfes
%afxed- by his schoolmates when he
ssn. sas absent: 4. GsaFes is OUT making
., George was never known to
% 10Th ior nothing p" No pay, n6iwork,"
4 uen way of repeating athe' mottQ'
&a@ neighbor wanted him to do al r
an I'D he had no hesitation in asking:
rrHv1l Al ~ = L .