The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-28
STORY OF "SWEET.'!

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1t was a proud day for Sweet"
when he FIRST put on the uniform OF
the news company he represented,
with the brass buttons down the
front and on the sleeves, and the
natty cap that Just fitted when set
back a trife from his forehead.
Sweet" had peddled papers on the
street when he was too small TO
reach up to the check window CT the
circulating department He sold
papers al the depot later and was the
especial butt OF the trainmen and the
depot policeman. Then one day when
the boy at the news stand was sick,
"Sweet was asked to take his place,
and he filled it so well that when the
regular boy returned he found his
place permanently filled.
So Sweet" went on from promo
tion to promotion until at last ne
put on a uniform and became regu-
lar train boy on a thorough vestibule
train between an inland city and the
great metropolis.
When Sweet" wrote his name he
wrote 1t, samuel S Sweetland.
The newsboys nick-named himl
Sweet" and the name clung to
him.
Here comes Sweet" the 4-year-
old sister would announce TO her
mother from the window, where she
had been watching for him ever since
his train was as far away as Dams
vile.
Here comes Sweet" as the
trainmen would say as they stood to-
gether mornings waiting for the engi-
beer to shut down.
Everything went wonderfully well
for Sweet after his promotion. The
accidents OF which his mother was al
ways expecting TO hear never came.
The evening local, which brought
the city papers to Mount Morris for
distribution on Sweets" train was
never behind time. Sales Of "litera-
ture" were good. Everybody who
has travelled on a through train
knows how refreshing oranges and
bananas are, so at the end Of the run
"Sweet's" stock was always low and
his pockets heavy.
"Sweet" had been on the road
long time One morning as they left
the city for the day run west num-
Der of foreigners crowded into the
forward car on their way TO different
destinations in the West, some to
Join friends there, others to find
homes. Among them. but not be-
longing to them, was little Swede,
a boy OF about 10 On card which
he held with his ticket was written
the information that he was an or
phaD going to Minneapolis to live
with his uncle, Jan Ireson.
A DRIFTING ORPHAN.
Little Tens father had died re-
Gently and IL was his last wish that
his child should be sent TO his brother
in America With the infinite trust
the Swedish nature has in human kind
little Tens friends had packed up his
bundle, written the card, procured
his passage, and sent him westward.
There were other Swedish people on
shipboard, and they saw that he got
his train all right at New York, but
on the train there was not soul who
could speak a word Of his mother
tongue, and he could not speak a
word Of English.
His head ached badly, and he laid
down on the seat and went To sleep,
still holding his ticket and the card
10 his hand. Sweet" noticed the
boy as he lay there, his white hair
falling straight over his forehead and
his face so red in striking contrast
Sweets" books we're piled in that
corner of the car, and every time he
went up TO that corner he had TO pass
the sleeping boy.
Along about noon the boy sat up,
looked wildly about, raised his hands
TO his head as IL ia terrible pain, then
sank back with his head on the arm
of the seat. Sweet" touched him
and asked him IL he was sick, but the
boy did not notice him in any way.
Sweet" called the conductor, who
came and said he guessed the boy had
fever.
Better not go too near him." he
said. He may have something con.
tagious i will have the baggageman
see that he Is taken TO the hospital
when we get in"
Sweet" got his extra coat and put
IL under the boys head for a pillow,
and as he did so saw that the restless
hands OF the child had torn his ticket
into bits and the card with the ad-
dress Of the uncle also.
DILEMMA.
What will they do now?" the train.
boy said TO himself. They won't
know where tosend him when he gets
out OF the hospital" He picked up
the hts Of paper and tried TO put them