The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-06-03

| -, potu SICK aOeu, and thel
TOOK my help without further suspicio,
OF resentment. Poor people soon fra
tefnize, and aid each other oftener tha,
'he rich, SO that what was doino I lar,
say seemed to him quite natural. ;
- pushed the truck Indifferent,
ABOUT half mile till we got to the sonali1
nome where the child lived; helped hin
10 hand down its contents to a sbrill
voiced woman, and then went whistlino
away thinking no more about it.
can even tell you the air whistled
II was that of street song called The
hing OF the Cannibal Islands, whicL
was popular at the time, and 7 think
shared public favor with another lvrjc
known as Jim Crow
l had not gone far, however, and
was thinking of investing in a saveloy
and loaf of bread, which would Jointly
cost my entire fortune of twopence ster-
ing, when crabbed-iooking old man.
lhull.eo up IN cloak, thrust sometime
hurrledly into my right hand.
IL was piece of gold-a SOVEREIGN
,and stood staring at it in state of
bewilderment . Y = q -
" GU have just doae good action. ,
groWled the old man, harshly. sIwalked
Deside you all the way from st. Georges
Hospital, and saw you help the child
with the truck So saying, he twirled
suddenly about, and made off as though
impatient of thanks.
81 did not do it for money. sir, r
suffered, uneonsciously standing in
DIS way, and reddening to the tips Of nv
ears in surprise and excitement.
hat is the very reason why YOU
are rewarded replied the old man.
WITH an lmpetuous snort, and, brushing
me out OF his path, he trotted backwards
towards Piccadilly, as though he had
done nothing unusual. In truth, that
was the case. My unknown benefactor
was MI Simon Coldpepper, who went
ABOUT doing good and running away
from 1t. Twenty years after we became
intimate friends. He and | built a block
OF aimshouses together, and was sole
executor to his will.
Wen, that was my acorn. I BOUGHT
some decent clothes with part of it. and
got more for my messages. owing to
my improved appearance. Then be-
gan 10 save money, and had the good
luck, together with the quickness Of eve
and hand required, to save Alderman
Jumping from being run over by fast
trottlng butcher ON a dividend dav at
the bank. He only gave me haif-a-
crown In money, but l got much more |
IN TACT, for found that l had acquired |
the passive goodwill of a man who.
thought slowly, indeed, but to some
purpose.
"About six months after he engaged
me to sweep out his shop, and told me
10 learn to read and write. When he
found | could do so satisfactorily. he
made me his warehouse clerk; and at
he end of two years he said: Il have
1een looking into your figures, John
,winton, and find you have not made a
ingle mistake since you came into the
business. L want to send good man
'ut as our agent to Australia; would
Tou like to goH f.f4- %tssaka 1T
:" did like to go, as you may sup
'ose, and fell just into the cream of the
,old discoveries. / put all the money
could rake together into land lots, and
am afraid to tell you how much Lmade
y them. became partner in the great
olonial firm of Dumping, Swinton. +.
ioldfleece & Co, You~know the rest.
am now the head of it, my worthys T,
hief having settled his last account all ]
uiet and correct before | was forty.''
Are you coming to teapn here in
uired majestic voice. 1t was that of
'ady Marian Swinton, and before its
choes had returned to silence, we were
lvaded and utterly overwhelmed by f
osy, obstreperous rabble of boys and !
iris, who startled me out of quiet :
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