The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-15

unds raj and what they saw 10 laugh az; ths
children would throw their great noisy pen.
nies into my pocket with q Jolly sasernesa
that was quite refreshing. bat must own
that | went away from their ews ofientimss
With very heavy heart aud feeling quite
cheap, Notwithstanding their plentiful do.
nations. and there was one family OF boys
the little rsscslsi--who used TO put loxsnges
tntomy pocket afterwards found out thst
thelf mother rave them ten cents sp,ec~
aud they used to bay candy with "a and fec -
ms on sweetmssta. But perhaps the young
tcsmps were not really No bad. after Ell.
Possibly they thought the little hestheA
ohiliren might like y little candy nov snd
then, NJ well a. thsmfalvea
have noticed that people liked % sit be-
nina the man who gave n dollar bill They
al OF them always gave somsthlng- or. al
least, appeared TO give somethil g--and I
have bean 30 unchsritable as TO think that
they wanted 10 have II seem 10 ths paws
baok OF them that 10 they who contribat
the dollar, sud not the little bad h, AIDED
man In the front seat Isupposo oua re.son
Why cot this idea into nay mead was be-
cause when The nrst pew nave Only small
piece of money wouldn't fccelv. another
cant In the whole aisle; ss though, 30 Tan.
oied, everybody was afraid 20 give himie
away, as they say nowadays
II used ~ smiie when the Deacon Who
carried me around would stand up before
The whole congregation ard throw y whole
handful OF ooin into my loket hyefyb ldy
Got the Impression that the good ID aeon was
a very bsneyoisnt gentleman, ana more
tbsn Dali believe ne thought 90 hims~lf Hls
fsoe looked like n norn of plenty. and hs
gave the monsv IA such an abstraoied nan.
nef Mat Tho - nobody could ial ~ see
Tue operation, every body NUT have
thought that be was quite OBJ
iiyious OF any ones presence. aut
between yon and me- On. DEACON never put
IN a1y money, tot "a cot / assure you.
Wnen ne went 10 oh area he always had .
lot oil tin disks on coutss they we're al ways
discovered when the money vas obuntsd.
but every body laid IL 10 the boys up IN IN.
gallery, However, ths Dssoon's oontribo-<
tion ala power of good not 80 much f0f It's
intrinsic worth a. from the beautiful er-
ample it afforded Others, II tho Deacon
could be 30 iio-rsi, others felt a. Though they
could Give generously also There's nothing
~ potent In this world. after all. ~ . good
example.
Il couldn't begin 10 tell you all the queer
thing. I've seen, continued the Contribu.
ton Box. some folks who knew hadn't
paid their butcher for six months would give
literally, and Others sno were worth no snd
VI money would hold out q ten-oent piece
aud let 20 VI 10 win great reluo uanos add
with sigh and shu idef hat were quite sad.
dening. Bat the meAr man ever knew
was we'll dressed rei whom | detected
more thaa once pulhag In dina aud TAX.
Ing out quarter. never passed him un-
noticed, and he was generally considered one
OF The main supports OF the church; bat 1
could have told . qni,e d fferent story
The Contribution Box stopped speaking.
Possibly. however, it might nave resumed .
and tod many more strange things; bat Just
1t that moment the sex ton came along asd
remarking, II guess you are good for nothink
now bat trewood crushed the Contribution
Box beneath his heavy heel aud knock ed ~t
into ktncllng wood. A moment later and
the poor old Contribution Box was but q
handful OF ashes NJ the bottom Of the furn.
ace.