The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-20
Billys iiOoincraBgs.

hilly Stapleton was undcniably a queer
bos-the ONLY queer bog So the class. Miss
iolllngsworth might teach as she would
billy never took Acr teaching as the other
boys took it, They sat ana listened re-
apectiuliy and attentveiy as well brought
up boys should. but Billy just kept one
eye ON hcr, and with the other eye and
an me rest OF h.m seemed 10 be thinking
the lesson out 10 himself
The other boys IL must be owned rocu-
larry forgot from sunday 10 Sunday what
Miss Holhngsworth told them. bar Biliv-
Billy remembered always, and always he
applied the lesson 10 his own lie .n such
way as suited himself
billy was NOT well brought-uD boy
How could he DE when he had ao father
no mother no brother no sister. ana de-
pended mainly on Tie cNcrtiOnS Of gillv
, s.apicton for his LIVELIHOOD lie Was
thirteen, and the other boys ranged in age
az high as sixteen.
When lac was nine years old he had
been left am orphan with very small
sum Of money, the income OF which bare
IS paid mis- board and lodging at the Wid-
OW GrimDys.
lie had been put to board there by the
town, because Widow Grimby needed
money that the county must otherwise
supply His fare. then. was not sumY-
4 tuOus. ana his coarse garments We're such
as nc had been able % earn for himself
! by doing little odd jobs before and after
| school during the school year. and any
4
worked Billy practccd what he learned
from Miss Holinssworths teaching
The sunday school opened. There sat
| Billy In his place. for Billy was never late.
Ills straight. biistly hair apparently gave
him 40 trouble. for. accOr ling 70 its cts
| tom IL had arranged Itself ana was stand
| ing cheeriully on end all over MS mead
his bright blue eyes spanked and every
frcckie on his little nose looked alert. The
| Otfer boys all sat nearer 10 Miss HOliin4s-
| worth than Billy. He always sat IN the
/ oulermOst chair In The row somehow the
| outermost Of everything seemed 10 be
| Billy's special province.
What application viii he make of this
lesson" thought Miss Holingsworth.
She was q very Good young lady, put she
did not understand boys; ana particularly
she did not understand Billy. Ana yet
| the bows liked her. and Billy never dream
, cd that he was a constant puzzle TO her.
That day she had hit upon particular
" happy Illustration OF point IN the les
SON But il was not till the hour was al
most up that she began to describe TO her
bows the bOOmerang-that wonderful cur
we'd club which returns 10 the neighbour
hood Of the sender, and not only 10 his
neghborhood but sometimes upon his
"Boys." she said. Il want you 10 re-
member that every act Of your lives Is
boomerang Every unkindness you do TO
another. every hateful word you speak
TO or Of another, Will come back to in
lure you 1t may be a long time coming;
but IL will come"
And then the lesson was done and Miss
Hollingsworth flushing under the intent
ness OF BDlNs eye turned her face to-
ward the superintendent.
II was a long walk from the church TO
Widow Grimbys. and Billy had plenty of
time TO talk the lesson over with himself
on the way. That was another queer
trait he had-he talked 10 himself But
then he had hardly any one else 10 talk
with: for the Widow Grimby was I'M
social pa he had few acquslntances
"lli lakc me some Of them things"
he was saying "BoOmeranes she called
'em. Just make 'em out or deeds But
I'll make the kind that hit soft and easy
and not whacll Ike an ice SNOWFALL J can
do H. II what she said Is so: Stands 10
reason II badness comes back 10 whack
you. goodness must come 10 hit you
easy"
On their way home. and their way led
In direction opposite 10 Bsllys. the