Iron County register., 1882-11-30

sage: Here's all there is worth keeping
in that old box; the rest of the nails are
rusty, and the hooks are bent, Or some
thing
Every well" said Mr. Peters. and
sent him to the post-office. What do
| you think? By the close of the next
| day, Charlie had been paid and dis.
charged. and the old sign hung in tho
window 80 935
"rve no kind of notion why I was
| discharged, grumbled Charlie to his
| mother: "he said he had no fault to
find, only he saw that / wouldn't suit
It's my opinion he doesn't want a boy
at all. and takes that way to cheat
Mean old fellowr'
1t was Crawford Mills who was hired
next He knew neither of the other
boys. and so did his errands in blissfu.
ignorance Of the ..long box'' until the
second morning of his stay. when in
leisure hour he was sent to put it ia
| order. The morning passed, dinner
time came, and still Crawford had not
appeared from the attic. At last Mr..
Peters called him. SCOT through?"
''No, sir; there is ever SO much moro
to do
"All right; it is dinner time now;
you may 60 back to it after dinner"
After dinner back he went; all the short
afternoon he was not heard from, but
just as Mr.. Peters was deciding to call
him again, he appeared.
"Pve done my best, SIR he said.
"and down at the very bottom of the
box found this.'' This was five
dollar gold piece.
"That's queer place for gold. 'said
Mr.. Peters. ats good you found it;
we'll. sir, suppose yoa will be on hand
tomorrow morning?' This he said as
he was putting the gold piece in his
pocket-book. . After Crawford had said
goodnight and gone, Mr.. Peters took
the lantern and went slowly up the attic
stairs. There was the long deep box in
which the rubbish of twenty-five years
had gathered Craw ord had evidently
been to the bottom of it; he had fitted in
pieces of shingle to make compartments.
and in these different rooms he had
placed the articles. with bits OF sh1ngle
laid on top and labeled thus: Good
screws" - PRETTY good nails.''. g Pict-
nrs nnn+ nails sma keys semewhat ;ness at
iron whose use l don't know" So on
through the long box. In perfect order
it was at last, and very little that could
really be called useful was to be found
within it. But Mr.. Peters. as he bent
over and read the labels, laughed glee-
fully and murmured to the mice: elf
we are not both mistaken, L have found
boy, and he has found fortune.
Sure enough; the sign disappeared
from the window and was seen no more.
Crawford became the well-known
errand-5ov of the firm of Feters Il Co.
He had a little room neatly fitted up,
next to the attic, where he spent his
evenings, and at the foot of the bed
hung motto which Mr.. Feters gave
him. cit tells your fortune for YOU,
don't forget it, he said when he hand
ed it to Crawford; and the boy laughed
and read it curiously: He that is faith
full in that which is least, is faithful also
in much.'' '.pll try to be, sir" he sa d;
and he never once thought of the long
box over which he had been faithful.
All this happened years ago. Craw-
ford Mills is errand- boy no more. but
the firm is Peters, Mills & Co. A young
man and rich man. ''He found his
fortune in long box full of rubbish"
Mr.. Peters said once laughing. ''Never
was a five dollar gold piece so success
full in business as that one of his had
been; it is good he found it, Then
after moment of silence he said
gravelv: s.No, he didn't; he found it in
his mother Bible. He that is faithful
in that which is least, is faithful also in
much 1t is true; Mills the boy was
taitttu7, and Mills the man we trust.
The Pansu.