The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-04

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He had another and q better name,
and IN good time 1t came to light, and
was entered In the Sunday school class
book, but '"ToodIes" was the name he
gave, and ToodIes was the name BY
which he had gone during the greater
part of his life; and Toodles Is the
only name by which he shall be known
to the readers Of this article
Where do you liver asked the
teacher.
Around the corner was bis reply.
It was the only residence given for rec
ord But what corner he lived around
is not yet known; he lived mostly
around corners and had picked up
miscellaneous fund Of information
there
Toodles liked the Sunday ecbooL To
some Of the boys with plenty Of home
privileges, Sunday school WAS COM
monplaee blessing. IL blessing at all
but Toodles counted 1t among the lux
uries OF his scant life. 1t IL cheering
to the heart Of a Sunday school teach
er to have an appreciative pupil 1t
more than compensates for some uncon-
rentionalIties In the matter of apparel
and speech.
There is no place for the recording Of
the deficiencies Of Toodles- Indeed.
they are forgotten His was a loyalty
and enthusiasm that would have hid
multitude Of infelicIties. IL there had
been a multitude to hide. There were
not many; 1t is hard now TO believe
that there were any
Toodles became diligent propagan-
dist He brought more boys into the
Sunday school than did any other mem
Der There was not even a teacher who
had so many to her credit And Too
dies recruits, brought in from bis own
stratum OF society, be regarded as IN
der his care, and they looked to him as
their leader and representative.
Then came the earthquake and the
fire
The churchof eight hundred members
seemed to have disappeared in a night
There was a hardly a member whose
home was not burned and whose bust
ness was not destroyed Scores OF them
left the city. and hundreds removed to
other portions OF the town or 10 the
suburbs, or camped In the parks and
slept between the graves in the ceme
teries The beautiful walls OF the church
stood cracked by the earthquake and
blackened by the fire.
In time temporary place of meeting
was found. and a Sunday service was
held. pathetic contrast TO the over
flowing services OF the days before the
disaster. The Sunday school was re-
organized on the same day. A pitiful
handful Of children appeared, and the
question was what TO do. Could the
boys and girls be found? Could enough
Of them be assembled TO make a Sun
day school in the heart Of the burned
district
Then entered Toodles. He had walked
thirty-nine blocks to get there, and was
late. But the school Informally re-
solved itself into a session with Too
dies. There was not g camp within or
about the city which he had not Wis
tied, and he knew just who were there
He was able 10 give lists from memory
OF more Of the church families than
even the minister knew. He knew where
the boys were.
The minister and the superintendent
and the teachers got out their note
books and sat at the feet OF ToodIeS
the most encouraging facts IN
the Reorganization OF that Sunday
school was the practical assistance
given by this wait And the minister
said. Brethren. it always pays to help
q boy; yOu never know how soon he
viii be able 10 help you. Who OF US
supposed when we took this little lad
OF the street. and gave him what We
could in the Masters name, that so
soon we should ind him one OF our
best helpers2-
They thanked God for Toodles, and |
took courage.-Youth's Companion