The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-10-18

per. Whot's de matter wild your
"But there's no account of any prizey
fight heret Lookl"
The man handed back the paper. and
the boy glanced at il hurriedly. Then
he whistled. while bewildering look
crept over his face. Seeing another boy
running by with papers, he called out.
'Say, Sam, femme see your pileP,. A
hasty examination revealed the remark
able fact that all the copies of The
News were silent on the prizefght.
''Here; give me another paper, one
with the prizefight account shouted
the customer. He received it and walk
ed off, while the two boys remained
comparing notes and lost in wonder at
the event. "Somp'n slipped a cog in
The Newsy sure, said first boy, but
he couldn't tell why and rushed over to
The News Office TO find out
There were several other boys at the
delivery room, and they were all ex-
cited and Disguised The amount Of
slangy circumstances hurled at the clerk
back Of the long counter would have
driven any one else to despair He was
used TO more or less of it all the time
and consequently hardened to it,
MIR. Norman was just coming down
stairs on his way home. and he paused
as he went by the door of the delivery
room and looked in.
"What's the matter here, George ?"
he asked the clerk as he noted the I'M
usual confusion.
1.-THE boys say they can't sell any
copies of The News tonight because the
prizefight is not in it, - replied George,
looking curiously at the editor, as so
many of the employees had done during
the day.
Mr.. Norman hesitated q moment,
then walked into the room and con-
fronted the boys.
''How many papers are there here,
boys? Count them out, and I'll buy
them tonight. Z"
There was wild stare and a wild
counting of papers on the part OF the
boys.
"Give them their money, George,
and if any of the other boys come in
with the same complaint buy their I'M
sold copies Is that fair?" he asked the
boys who were smitten into unusual
silence by the unheard Of action on the
part of the editor.
Fair Well, l should But will
you keep dis upY Will dis be con-
tinual performance for de benefit of de
fraternity"
Mr.. Norman smiled slightly, but he
did not think it was necessary to an
swer the question. He walked out of
the office and went home. On the way
he could not avoid that constant query,
would Jesus have done itS" 1t was
not so much with reference to this last
transaction as to the entire motive that
had urged him on since he had made
the promise. The newsboys were neces-
sarily sufferers through the action he
had taken. Why should they lose money
by it? They were not to blame. He was
a rich man and could afford to put a
little brightness into their lives If he
chose to do it. He believed as he went
on his way home that Jesus would have
done either what he did or something
similar in order to be free from any
possible feeling of injustice He was
not deciding these questions for any
one else but for his own conduct. He
was not in position to dogmatize, and
he felt that he could answer only with
his own judgment and conscience as to
his Interpretation of Jesus probable
action. The falling off in sales of the
paper he had in a certain measure fore
seen, but be was yet to realize the full
extent of the loss to the paper if such a
policy should be continued.
CONTINUED next week