The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-25
KEEP THE SOUL ON TOP,

Little BERTHE Blynn had last finished
his dinner. BE was 10 CT " library.
keeping still for lew minutes after
eating. according to his mothers rule.
she gotlt from the family doctor. and
- good rule 1t is. Berthe vas sitting
III ms own rocking chair be'ors the
ples ISN'T erate fire. He had in his
hand two fine spples-s rIch red and
green. HIS father sat at q window
reading newspaper. Presently he
heard the child say,
Thank you, little master" Drop
ping his paper, ne said,
thought We were alone, Berthe
Who was here just noW?"
Nobody, papa. only you and I"
Dldn't you say just now, Thank
you hitle mstter?' The child did not
answer at fret. but laughed q shy
laugh Soon ne said,
Pm AFRAID you'll laugh at me, If
| tell you, paps.
"Well, you bave just laughed: and
why mayn't I?''
But | mean you'li N AXE ius of
me-"
mo, wont make fun of you; but
rernaps I'll have fun with you. That
will help u3 digest our roast beef"
I'll T. Il you about it, papa. had
eaten my red apple, and wanted to
at the green one too. Jus. then |
remembered something I'd learned
IN senoOl about eating, and thought
that one big apple was enough, My
stomach Will be glad if don't give
1t the green one to grind 1t seemed
to me for minute just as if it said to
me, thank you, little master; tut
know | said 1t myself"
'Bertie, what lie it that Miss Nc
Laren has been teaching you about
esting?"
'She told as to be careful not to
give our stomachs too much food to
grind. II we do, she says, 1t will
make bad blood, that will run up into
our brains. and make them dull and
stupid, SO that We can't get cur les
sons well, and perhaps give as head
aches, too. II We give our stomachs
Just enough work to do, they will
give us purs, lively blood, that will
make us feel bright and cheerful in
school. Miss McLaren says that
sometimes, when she eatsstoo much
Of something that she likes very much
1t seems almost as if her stomach
moaned and complained; but when
she denies herself, and don't eat too
much, it seems az If it was thankful
and glad"
That's as good preaching as the
minister's, BERTHE. What more did
Miss McLaren tell you about this
mstterP"
"She taught Us verse one day
| about keeping the soul on top That
wasn't just the word, but it's what II
meant"
at this, papa's paper went suddenly
right up before his face, When, 10
a minute it dropped down, there
wasn't shy laugh on his face a. ne
said:
"Weren't Il g g the words; 'Ikeep
my body WndeT2' "
"Oh yes! that was it; but it means
just the came. If keep my body
under, OF course my soul is on top"
"Of course it is, my boy. Keep
your soul on top and you'll belong to
the grandest style of man that walks
the earth"
BERTHE put on his coat and cap and
vent away to school. His father
took up the apple be had lett behind
him On the table, and put it in his
pocket. On his way nome late in the
afternoon, he called at Miss Nc
LsreG's boarding house. He gave
her the apple aud told her ali that
Berthe had said.
She could not eat the apple. She
wrapped it in rose. oolored tissue
paper and laid it in the drawer where
she kept her dainty lsces and incest
things. She had worked hard IN
school that day and was very tired.
At night; when her head was resting
on its pill.w, the moon lGOked in
through the window and saw tears
of JOY dropping on it from sweet
face.