Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-14
OF A T0Y BANK.
l. Tells Cc .. Mans Love for His
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BenofocGOr.
 Sitting i'll the office of ono of Boston's prosperous lumber merchants the other afternoon, enjoying a friendly chat, l noticed on tho desk small toy bank. My curiosity being excited, I remarked to the merchant:
 ..Kceping that little bank in the office to drop pennies in-for iH" "' n and heir, l sup pose!"
 '.Oh, mo- was the reply. That toy has quite history; and although It may be used in future for the purpose you speak of, it never has up to the present time, for it only came into my possession ycstcr- day"
 Still curious, l inquired as to the nature of the 'history'' alluded to, and finding tho merchant rather unwilling to tell it, l po- litely pressed him for particulars.
 Well, you seem to be determined to get it out of mo, anyway, so I'll tell you the whole story of how the little bank came into my possession. for it is so refreshing to be able to speak of a genuinely hon. orable man in this age of shams and i'm posters.
 ''Lt was in 1881, and was i'll the employ of large firm over the way as book-lleeper, occasionally trGnSactlng lumber sales in this city. 1 had been on n visit to East bOSJOu one dllcIIlOOIl, uldhluS d StiAG OA lumber, when, on returning to tho ferry, reached the landing just as the boat had departed 1 walked around the wharf, and noticed seated on ono of the benches. ;p young fellow, apparently in great pain, for he was moaning and holding his head be- tween his hands.
 A number of persons kept passing and repassng him while waiting for the next boat, but no one seemed to notice him. l, i however, thought there must be something the matter, and when 1 reached the spot again where he was seated l asked him the cause of his apparent pain.
 He told me that he had a short time be- fore met with what he had thought to be q trif1ing accident up in the railroad freight ! yard. He was brakeman, and during tho shifting of some cars had been slightly squeezed between them, but had uot taken much notice of it for while. Soon after, however,, he felt very bad, and was now on his way to his lodging, being unable to keep on with his work. He saIU he was u stranger n Boston, and hau no homo further than room ill a lodging house, 1 and not q friend who could do any thing for . him.
 1 "Feeling sure the poor fellow was hurt much moro than he thought himself to be, l 1 offered my help when the boat came into the slip, and walked with him to the cabin. | On arriving at the city side l found he had | grown much worse, but with my help he managed to walk to Hanover street.
 II now began to feel quite alarmed for 1 him, but by cheerful persuasion he man. aged to walk as far as tho police station, where we entered. and spoke to the Cap tain explaining under what circumstances 1 had found hlm, and suggested the ambu- 1 lance to convey him to the hospital
 'The Captain, however, thought that he had been able to get so far he could get on horse car, and by that means reach the hospital. 1 felt that 1 ought not to leave him, and finding that he had not q cent about him, placed him in a horse car and accompanied him to the hospital, where he was admitted in very weak condition
 "When 1 parted from him 1 gave him some money, and he promised to write or call upon me as soon as he was able, which he hoped would be before long, and as he thanked me for my kindness, with tears in his eyes, was indeed proud man, and felt well repaid for my trouble in looking after him.
 "Some three weeks after when the little incident had gone from my mind, received a letter from him stating that he should be able to leave the hospital in a few days, and that he would call upon me at my home |; and one evening shortly after he did so.
 
 again, he told me that he had been injured much more than he thought, his skull being somewhat crushed, besides injury to other portions of his body, and during our conver- sation I found that he was penniless. In as quiet a manner as possible I pressed upon him few dollars to help him along. He reluctantly accepted my offer, and on part ing told mo that I should hear from him again when he would repay what he insisted should be a loan and not gift
 "This occurred as I said, in 1881, and l had never seen or heard of him since that time until yesterday
 Ut appears from the story he has told me that after visiting mo he secured employ ment to take charge of carload of cattle tC the West, where he remained at work for some time. He afterward came to New York, remaining there year or two. While in that city business called him on two occa- sions to Boston, and each time while here he had tried hard to find me. He had gone tc my residence, but found had left the city as l had moved out into the country after my marriage, and I had not given him the address of the firm in whose employ I haC been at the time. So he had to return tc New York without seeing me.
 "Durlng the present year he removed from New York to Boston, and still kept III tho search for me, all his endeavors proving fruitless until the other day, while passing along this street, he was attracted by the name of the company with winch I was formerly associated. There, that is the sign, straight across the street.
 "The name of the firm came to his minC as that of the one had told him I worked for, and he at once entered the counting room, made inquiries, giving such a de scription of mo as he could best remember but was again unsuccessful, for no one O.
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