The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-01-07
JOHNNY, THE NEwssoY'
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pleasantly. The other Sunday he talked about the recent fire, which broke out at three o'clock in the morn ing, and destroyed property worth a hundred thousand dollars. He att tempted to show the children that they should always be ready to help their neighbors, and added:
 '.I was sitting talking with friend, when suddenly the fire bells pealed forth, and before we knew it the street was full of firemen and engines, and pandemonium seemed to have broken loose. But we were not dis mayed. We rushed out in the street, and, looking up to the top of the tall building, we saw the fire creeping out through the windows, and anon 1t burst into flame, and then the black smoke rolled up in clonds, and the building and its contents were doomed. While the firemen were cutting the telephone wires and getting reA,.y t squirt, l saw that there was chance to save property, and joined the in surance patrol and carried goods fror the doomed building to place of safety. did not know who owned the goods. It did not make any diff ference. They would be destroyed if not removed. The owner might never know who saved his goods. It was enough that they were saved And so we toiled on until day light. I men, ton this to show you that whatever our hands find to do, we should do 1t with all our might. Do to others as ye would that they should do unto you Whatever the hands find to do, do it with all thy might, and darned be he who first cries hold on, enough. You see, children, what l am driving at. Is there any one in the class who does not seem to catch the connecticut"
 "Ah, Johnny" said the teacher, as the newsboy who had been recently in- duced to enter the Sunday school raised his hand. ''What Is it you would ask2"
 "Oh, nothin'," said the boy, fright ened at himself, "only er-what was you doing down there at three o'clock in the morning2"
 "Oh, yes, ha ha" said t.e teacher, little embarrassed at the question. "Well, er-you see, had been making call and was delayed, and on the way home,-I-er-"
 "Yes,-er-I know" said Johnny. "But what did you stay so late tor? Wuz you calling on yer girl? Cause if yer wuz, she must have set on yer coat. If it wuz pa he would have yelled down stairs and told you to get the mornin' paper when the car rier boy came along. He did that once when my sister Martha's beau stayed till after twelve. It tires & girl all out to stay till three o'clock in the morning, and if she clerks in a store she can't stand up all day without getting faint. If she had as much sand as my sister Jane she would have fired you out at 10:30, and, err"
 "I beg pardon" said the teacher, his face covered with blushes, "but-er- you are mistaken. had been sitting up with sick friend, and-er-"
 "What was her name?" said Johnny. who had got confidence in his voice. "And what ailed her? Let's have the whole particulars about this fire"
 "Well-er-you see, it was a gen. tleman friend, who had his hand hurt and-er-you see"
 "Stop 'er," said Johnny, in triumph. "He had his hand hurt by another man who had bigger hand, eh. The sick man with the bad hand drew two cards to pair of aces, and held up a side card, and didn't fill, and the other man went in on pair and got a full. Pa says he used to set up with sick friends that way"
 "You astonish me, Johnny, by your knowledge of cards," said the teacher. who was beginning to be sorry that he had started the fire, and who was wishing for fire-escape to get out. "But to return to the subject under discussion. On the way home met a friend, and we went in and sat down for moment, er-"
 "Hold Ger right where she is," said Johnny. "Now let me take the wit ness. Tell me, where had your friend been, and who had he been sitting up with, and was she sick, too? And where did you go in and sit down for moment at three o'clock a. m. Don't criminate yourself, as judge Mallory says. Where was you a-settiBgf The class wants to hear the particulars"
 "Johnny," said the teacher, with a solemn face, "I am satisfied that you are very bad boy. As the apostle said to the Philistines, you are too fly, and am tempted not to tell you any more stories about doing to others as ye would have them do unto you. might, were I inclined to be cross, tell you that it is none of your business where we went in and sat down, but on the contrary I will tell you. We saw light, and my friend, who is