The sun., 1893-04-02
Len to the Lord.s

Did you ever own q vag7 II not. you have
been both lucky and unfortupate-lucky in q
financial sense and unfortunate in not having
the opportunity to study human nature below
its nor NAL level
My vag was man whose age was hard to
estimate. but think he had turned As when
fell in with him. He came into the office to
ask for aims. He had a sad story to tell.
but It was not fine story. He knew II
wasn't true. and he knew didn't believe It.
He wasn't vicious man. On the contrary.
he was meek and humble. I sized him
up for q shiftess, good natured man. whose
sole ambition was to live the day out He
was unkempt. unwashed. and ragged. but
that's the way a vag should be- Before he had
spoken twenty words gave him a dino. He
realized at once that he had stumbled on o
gold mine and at the same time realized my
helplessness. No vag has ever struck mo in
vain. / simply can't help it This particular
vag planned that he would drop in often. and
the best could do was to demand fair un-
derstandinG.
xors sns hsts tsinr said h0w do you propose to
Aondays. Wednesdays. and Saturdays.
And Tor how muchf"
- "vsry well H.. Now we understand In You n are
at first think 1t hurt his feelings to come
pusnsss @ % way He nSsufaIis wsn!sd tom to relate Ia
how the great Chicago confiagration reduced
sH IN shed q hs ss
but In time he adapted himself to circum.
stances In about three months he began to
look upon me as his owner. Other vags used
to stray In occasionally: but after q few months
II he happened In when / had callers he hid
as much OF his old hat and ragged knees and
sSST as to h ssp sspd The AND he sG Ss
ahead Of him as he went out
During the first year think he expected an
prepared to have me jump on him about his
lack q ambition And general laziness and ad-
Tssrs him mus Sc S w4s Rs sAa wssS
squeeze into the vacant place. During the
spHearaRes. hut M I was silent: yags should
years and a half did not hold ten words Q.
conversation with my ,yag. He always found
lying on the corner Of the desk. At the end oi
the third year he struck on me and demanded
about fifteen minutes on that occasion. and he
went away satisfied. l CONVINCED him that l
my horse stalls with.
One Monday, a few weeks ago my .vag failed
felt a BIT troubied. but iinaiiy dscided that it
was on account OF the storm. There We're two
dimes for him on Wednesday. but he did not
come. l waited 10 minutes over time that
evening. bat nothing was heard Of him. On
he I to Sas shew up
They had not made prisoner OF him. Three
days later boy brought me a scrswl ona
Gum and zee me-" 1t was signed "Yure yaG."
l ,ound him in wretched room. and wretch;
edly cared for He had grown terrthly old and
thin. and realized that he was dying man.
only thai he might die with decent surround
ipgs. l saw that he was worried. and when
asked him to speak out he said:
ITS lest this. boss. Are you goln' TO give
me the bounce fur some other yagY
assured him that such an idea had not en-
tered my head. but that as soon as ne had re-
That made him feel easier in his mind. and for
a day or two hs seemed to be better. Atanother
time as l sat beside his cot he remarked:
that time you've never preached to me, I'm
much obleeged. Vags have souls. suppose.
but what's the COED Of jpmping on ihI ,em aS9It
tho Lord. He knows all about vags. but peo-
They sent for me when he had bu. two. hours
away as the sun goes down. A minister came
IN and prayed with him. and after the good
Ssf t %s sana HaT but
the best way Is to leave II with the iord. ne
reads the hearts OF yags as well as those q
s got any tS; soul lei, but il thar IS one I'm wiiin
10 leave it to the Lord to ,ShGs bour hs,ors
a window that he might see the stars. When
the last moment came. he stretched out his
poor old arms toward the window, and glad
he was shroudet and confined. He had left it
to the Lord and We whispered to zach other
that His mercy endureth forever