Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-12-28

into the distance, now becoming visible
with more frequent lights. Jacobs
heart was touched.
HAS thee great need Of money!"
what can fellow do without q
cent? How is he going to be good, even
on New Years day, without something
to eat and wear?"
"I have thought Of that. Tell me thy
wants without fear. / will try to aid
thee. I am but servant Of my Mas
ter"
HAS he got pile7 Can you handle
it7 Will there be q chance for me to get
any"
His thought was all OF this world.
: II am speaking Of my Heaven Master
and to His service commend thee
The prisoner sighed.
do you know a place where / can
hide over to-morrow-to-day, l mean p
Eyes" .s
A new energy possessed him. q
Take me there"
what will thee do the day after" (
II don't care" and he laughed sadly.
"But I care"
"You?" ft-a
81 care so much that shall devote
myself to helping thee to do right"
A gray cloud came over his face.
"You won't give me back-my time
was almost up-I swear it was. You
won't make me go back again?" ~
1--WE will not talk of that just now.
First, we are going to make sure that
thee has quiet place to spend the New
Year day. Is thee hungry? How long
is it since thee had something to eat ~
The man actually smiled. ,,
ooh, I can stand it for awhile yet il
I'm sure you're not fake and aren't
going to give me up" g.,
. II think I can convince thee at least
Of my good intent. Will thee come with
ime?" tf% 4
He sprang forward from his resting
place against the wall, touched the good
man with gentle finger, and said in q
half whisper:
DO you want to hear my story?"
NO." came the quick answer. "Thy
past is gone; what concerns me is thy
future. If thee please we will quicken
our pace" z..
But it was difficult to persuade the
poor laggard that an ambush was not
prepared for him, and he even shrank
from the open door of a comfortable
house, where Jacob had applied the key.
"Thee is not afraid ?" n r.
Something in the question struck a
chord in the culprit's heart; he walked
boldly after his host, and was soon seat
ed before the kitchen fire, goodly por-
ton of food beside him. Then he was
left alone. Ht
When Friend Cope returned he had in
his arms some well-worn garments, and
as he stood looking down at the empty
plate, he said kindly but firmly:
, "Thee is kindly to exchange thy out.
er clothing fur these, but l shall exact
three things of thee: first, that those
thee remove shall be left in my cellar
for such future use as may direct; sec.
ond, that thee will dine with my family
to-day at one o'clock p. M; third, that
thee will afterward comply with par
ticular request that shall make. Now
tell me what thee wishes to do"
II am afraid of you-most afraid. for
it seems too good to be true. I'll do it,
1t was no new experience for jacob
Cope's family to receive an unan-
nounced guest, and they were already
gathered in the dining-room when the
stranger was presented.
They spoke of much that interested
him, rarely appealing to him or permit
ting him to think they regarded him
otherwise than as one of themselves.
And a new impulse had already sprung
within his breast, when Jacob led the
conversation to the subject of trades,
and gradually there escaped certainty
that this wayfarer had once an excel
lent position. A cloud fell across his
face, only to be lifted by subsequent
suggestion that there were many va
cancies in the business world to be
filled by the trustworthy.
When they were alone the strange
guest asked: "Can a man be trusted
who has been in prison?'
Certainly, if he has there learned
the lesson such confinement is intended
to teach"
"Teachi What can il teach ?"
HAS thee so missed thy lesson? Let
me show thee how truly it is helpful
sometimes to separate a wrong-doeI
from the temptation to do wrong-to
give him chance alone to think over
his career, to choose better things, and
TO begin at once to gain the respect OF
his care-takers. / doubt not thee was
quiet and helpful to them"
'I was all of that. but they would not
let me off. I had TO come out for the
New Year. took big risk, What
would they do IL they caught me?"
"They must not catch thee. Thee