Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-08-10
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# Old Betty; Burn lived far away from
church and could not often get there.
what with rheumatism and other uil1,
and aches, but she knew the golden gnle
and Ten Commandments and pract1eeds
them, too, Us well !as the clergyman.
Steal! rspr Il she were town the world
by it. ie!sNo Of to save ner. life. Afnr.
der! The possibility was not In her. and;
she did unto others as she would have
them do unto her always Il rs I
IN So when she found BY the river side
one night a poor, deserted babe, she,
dreading that it might be i'll used BY cold
charity, took 1t to her own 6yeside and
fed and warmed it. 4 PA ,it Il y y, q&-55 " !.
/. It was "a boy. He grew sturdy. end
strong. After awhile he was poor old
Betty blessing and JOY. She taught him
TO pray first, then to read. She brought
him up on Bible truth. For food she could
only give him potatoes and oatmeal por.
ridge, but no child ever longed for better
than it has tasted. and little Hugh was
happy. 3 g. s.@.. ( n. :s9 HI Il. 4
:, So he grew up a tall boy Of IL and
worked in the fields and ran errands, and
so he earned at least his own bread.
4. But one evening he came home with
something on his mind. and at last he
spoke. s5s< = a+3sif bit
Granny" said he, II want to do some
thing besides wedding and soaring the
crows. want to earn money enough to
keep you comfortable in your old age.
They say London is the place, and there
I'm going to find work; I'll send you all
get and, come back when my fortune Is
made" T. a. ..,N.' t3: :T*,@s
q Betty cried awhile. but soon she said,
: Maybe the boy. is right" and tied his:
clothes in a bundle and put In, besides,
oatcakes and cheese and gave him her
blessing. and at daylight little Hugh was
on his way to seek his fortune. .Ss:}s. .$s, 1.
!. It was long, long, time, three days and
more, before he saw the lights Of Lon.
don as the night set in. He was footsore
and weary, but he found an old church
porch to sleep in. <5S a. 81 f,,S IN
&s "No harm can come to me In that holy
place." thought Hugh. And no harm did.
i. He awoke at dawn, said his prayers,
ate some of the little he had left and set
out to find work. d, BIZ t3s A.. ifg.y$i
q Alas, there were plenty Of smart Lon,
don boys at hand n Nobody wanted the
chubby country boy, with his bundle on;
his shoulder, huffed here, scolded there
and warned to leave with an oath In an
other place. sr.ts ~ S'.,.t *'s = -, -
Tormented by, bad boys, weary and
alarmed, Hugh spent that day and an.
other and still another sleeping In the
street, nibbling bits Of oatcake to make
It last. and In the end found work no
nearer and all his food gone. 85@#' ,s5lf
He never thought Of Decentralization
people seemed 50 cruel-and he had been
taught to be ashamed Of 1t, poor as Betty
was. 49,, - -, I,s.5r,s ~ 80
So he suffered such hunger as you:
know nothing of-desperate = hunger,
gnawing, burning hunger. He was giddy
and weak, and. waking in the morning,
found a policeman shaking him by the
shoulder and promising to send him to
prison as vagrant IT he slept again In
the street: Il, ,-.'' az ..,y >>>', p 3
Alas, where should he sleep? ss%~s3s, !
He arose and wandered on. 1t was
very early. and only one cart rumbled
over the, stones of the street. +:'' g.
Hugh plodded after it, scarcely caring
whittier he went, and, looking at it, saw
within baskets Of great loaves, white and
brown, the sight of which made him
weep for hunger And as he looked
great white loaf, fragrant with freshness,
was shaken by a jolt from the basket
and fell at lis feet. -. g''rE% -. I
Hugh seized it, had it half way to his
lips and then shut them tight, ~ =
He seemed to hear old Betty reading
from her Bible: a.sE;4EA
'"Thou shalt not steal" 1T .,,,>~
+ It was the bakers bread-not his. ~ r. -,
L Can you believe It? Hugh ran after
the cart. calling as loudly as he could:
& Master, you've lost loaf!'' .x,tf.
~ i.sThank re. lad" be said, and took it,
Then. seeing the boys vet cheeks, he
kindly said: VI ,.G} ~ s,5 t1t, w.. Fl
.tWhat ais yep - ...%
n II came ont: Hugh couldn't help It. '.'s :.
ss,rhe smell Of bread. master. I'm bit
hurry. I've ate r,auRht this two days
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