St. Landry democrat., 1885-05-23
And then Che poor, shiyering lad

broke into a III OF weeping
Mr. Gliding looked compasslonately
upon the boy. He knew the boy, was
leading a hard, degrading life. Left an
orphan, and ''bound out to John
Weeks, rough, Incorporate fellow;
Fun was, indeed, trayersing thorny
road. But, however much our kind
hearted editor pitied the boy, he him.
self was too poor to add another burden
to his now heavy load.
He had but recently purchased the
c. Democrat, and, against much OPP
position, was endeavoring to make q
living from it. He had not as yet
moved his family to c., but drove
down with his little black horse
'.DaVe" hitched TO the funny old pug
gy, every day, from H.
..Welf, well, Fun; don't cry, SAID
Mr.. Gliding, gently, as he stepped, INTO
the buggy and took the reins. 'Ill see
what can be done. Be good boy, and
NAV be we can see what we can see.
And he drove briskly away.
oval, what n thunder you bawlln
about. now?n And old John Weeks
came lounging up to the stable. ..Haln t
We cot them horses fed yit? I'll give
| We ten minutes to clean up the stalls
! in, and if ye amt through agln GIT
back-wal, g. bnoa0."
| Fun watched his tyrant disappear
through the door of the nearest saloon
He picked up the bay-fork mechanical
Iy-then let it drop as if it burned his
freezing hands.
When Weeks returned from the sa-
loon his victim was gone. Fun hao
broken for liberty.
sDave'' was a good horse-and he
knew it. 1t required little urging on
the masters part to keep him trotting
brisklv along over the frozen road.
Thus had they gone on their journey
some miles. when Mr. Gliding heard a
| faint s.Hello!" in the distance. tie
checked up, and waited for another
call. 1t came. =,
"M-r. Gliding, w-a-i-t for mel
l And then, presently out OF the ad'
iacent timber came Fun, little
bundle of clothes in his hand, and al
most exhausted from hard running.
stWeI, / declare, is that you, Fun!
And you've run away. Where are you
going?" said Mr.. Gliding, with tlnge
OF anger IN MS VOICE.
30 sir! couldn't stay there any
longer. He would have killed me this
morning. Mr. Gliding, please take me
with YOU. shall die here if you dc
not.
This passionate appeal was too muct
for our editor; and, besides, he hat
about concluded to take Fun into thu
office, after all.
So our hero accompanied his bene
factor to c., and was duly installed
in the office; and found home at MIR
Olding's.
And this is he who is showing
: "the establishment to the visitors. 1
< more faithful, intelligent lad could no
be found. Mr.. Gliding has never re
;. GREETED his action in befriending thl
: Tad, who has now grown to be his RICH
hand man.
Our visitors have gone. They ap
n peared to be much pleased with VIVA
!. they saw, and Miss Efje smiled yer.
sweetly when she came to say good
bye. And she left q dainty white car
(: for Fun: "Efie Worth, - street, 81
Z: Louis. -
"You must call upon me if you eve
]: come to St. Louis she said. Fur
d stammered out some reply, but she ha
J gone.
: Mr.. Gliding was meeting with mucl
!. opposition. Another paper had bee
- started and found considerable encoul
9 agement. Then the Democrats sui
scribers, who were not numerous, Wer
y not altogether of the cash-paying elias:
e When they did pay in advance it wa
!. generally with ''cord wood and onions.
e So Mr.. Gliding struggled along unit
n one day he fell very iii. And here cam
h the grand opportunity for. Fun to n
IS pay his debt of gratitude. How faitf
fully he worked, night and day, to tgt
d the paper out 1t was killing him b
d inches. but he stood to the test bravel,
y One night when he and the small o
d fee boy had just finished printing th
e last paper. Fun discovered to his hoI
ror that they were completely withol
d print paper. He knew that Mr.. Oldin
= could not raise money enough to pu
+ chase even one more bundle, an
s'credit'' was out of the question.
le He laid thiss.state of affairs before Mr.
9, Gliding, who had the peculiar habit I
Is trusting in the Lord. Fun hoped |
= trusted in the Lord, too; but he though
q this was case of dire necessity, an
" thought it best to help the Lord in Il
o matter somewhat. Hence he made tn
le startling proposition: He should go
D. st. Louis the next day and endeavor
a. procure several bundles of paper fro
Ell the firm they had been dealing with {
a few weeks time.
il s.They can not doanore than refus
9, I can go down on the boat free, as Y
is have a pass. Oh! | think it will