The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-01-04

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when ones book is interesting, the fact |
that it i5 cold outside and that other s
people are suffering does not seem TO
affect one as il should. SO when sne
said that Cplestine wanted to speak 10
me. | looked cross, | felt !rrItatel, ana
/ got up with no outward show Of anna
pility. for there was no inward teehng
,f that sort. And | never was good
actress Ce estlne is our laundresS. She
Is large Indeed, she seems 70 be ore
huge smile that weighs nearly 200
hounds. In describing herself she IN
yarilhlv SAYS that She is buff. ana
though that may be the color Of Celes-
tines skin. She has the whitest heart
that was never made. When she saw
me, Size put up her hands and said, Its
Jo'' | looked annoyed, and C@lestlne
looked Apologize, and then. after a mo-
ments silence, during which | got back
10 my normal good nature, she said IL
l,-es seem a. If there weren't no place
for him. Then | felt q pain right II
my heart. Christmas week ana no
place for i boy fourteen years Old; q
city full OF millionaiIfs and not hu-
tI:.n Icing but 4 poor colored laundress
to care for this boy.
JUST BORN UNLUCKY.
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If lie ever had another name, it has
lppn forgotten He was 4 boy who al
vays seemed ali corners; who never
looked comfortable In winter time
bis hands were chapped, and his feet
we're frost bitten. In the summer
rime he had the chlIs, and he had the
hives. Originally 10 came from the
poorest part Of North Carolina lie was
the son Of d colored preacher who was
great On telling his congregation ABOUT
love, charity, peace, and good VIII anu
who beat 10 so dreadfully that when ne
was seven years old the elders Of the
1nurch complained to the Justice or tee
Peace. 10 was put on a baggage tram
and stole his way to New 1ork. and
rhen some society took care OF HIM.
and finding that he had more aches ana
pains Nand afNlabie than the
| average boy the society bearded him ont,
| paying the munificent sum of 81 per
| week for his keep. Dollars being
/ scarce Celestine took him, and through
| my acquaintance with her | met him.
/ For several years, IN the intervals Of his
| various lis he ran our errands and was
| recommended by us to anybody who
| wished 4 handy boy. But, alas. for
! poor Jo Whenever he got what might
| be called a permanent situation, his
| frosthites overcame him, or his hives
| cot the better Of him. according to the
season. and he would return to Celes-
| tine as an undesirable piece Of goods
! Then. through another society, a farmer
| took him, and for once in his life J6
| was happy He not only had enough te
| eat, but he absolutely had time to play
He grew to know every bird and every
flower in that county, and he sent me {
| snake skin for a present, while Celes
| tines little boy had a box Of fresh egg
| come to him. lad especially to order by
| a small black hen that the farmers wife
had given 10 for his very own. Ru
| Celestine and | felt that this couldn'
| last It was too good. SO after ter
months Of absolute happiness 10 was re
| turned to US. He had trod on a rust-
nail, and it had gone into his bare foot
, | and the farmer was afraid that lOckjav
would result Then 10 got into hospi
tai. He liked it pretty well there, bu
having tasted the delights of countr,
life you cannot blame him for not want
ing to stay in bed with one foot tied VI
( could you? He was declared better an
l put out.
USE FOR CHURCH MONEY.
: Poor 10 was not strong enough t
work. The farmer refused to take hi
back, still fearing lockjaw. and up t
tine. and my church moneE has gone tc
> ward supporting him. My church money
: by the bye. is fiction-that is, SO ia
, as church is concerned. At the Friends
meeting they do not take up colle(
ton, and so / keep my church money 10
:, | whoever may need it. And you WouI
: | be surprised TO know the number of dt
+ | mands there are for it, little as 1t L
: Now. Celestine had come to tell me tha
4 | it seemed as if JOS foot was gettln
). | bad again, and still they would nc
). | take him at the hospital. The churc
money was got out. and Ceiestlne wa
given a note to the most fashionabl
and most cynical man | know. lie II
sponded to it by bank note and SON
other things, and today | went to Sc
Jo.- 10 is not buff He is distinct
black, and when he laughs, and, for a
his troubles. he does laugh once
awhile. he shows the whiteSt teeth 20
- ever saw in your life After L ha
passed the compliments OF the day vii
him he said: missy, that there GENT
man sent me the most comfy nlghtgoW
you ever seed l looked at him the
and | saw that 10 was rObed IN a so
flannel gown. with the collars and cuf
embroidered in pale blue. and | reallzt
that my Fashionable and cynical frlel
:. had responded in more than one way
4 Ely request.
= 4) PLACE .SnR HIN. -
k. Then - went On 10 talk, for ":
erev ana lis brain adt
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