The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-24

-ia. They told me yos eesia be iFisi
HE sallsa eyes ssss raised
-Mho takes any la.sEesi ~ reli hks
.MaIs people ihaA yoa imayias. 10
douti. uns II theta aas soed ~oh4h
aha sac 300 and talked 9Th 100 IA
pF.soa. She lsii llllls mensy Nth me
IL ,i.s 10 yea, shs told nc 10 s4y that
he ho,4sl Il apall l.rln 10 .iAn loa %
'hs ItsAi Eaih-cn she sssh, path, Rod
SfsS paths arr eI@a To me-" sreslTi
the NaE4issaiii.
iisi Is pAs affected foe al bic assumed
hardness.
II Heanl 10 sad this money 10 yoa in
lins. neinsy. bat ihsy lri yoa out seoh
90 than l expected. sill md the god
soinan's letter Pne-enily. = fortunate
that your STEPS were infnei thus Nays,
llls Nunis AeTu kiad, hls voice ssssle,
The yasabeni looked uP, lie mouth
iwilehei, he case dfopIsl. These see
ID. hFst Lind wafds be had heard slnrs
he passed ihroush the prison gates, And
ihry rame FUN the man nho burned
him with that hNe,y-AF sentence,
III yen'll lci me have What you say ls
intended for me. III So" he hearssly
mutier-d,
No, yet. Rodney. You am In no bur
~, Have you any iradeF
Il know somcihin' about locksmii hin
But what's the u-e' II ] ST a Job ~
lose Il again soon a. they found out ]
was a jailbiri. Al somsboiys .ure 10
come along an know me-
The lndsr drow a quick brraih,
Its a small world, Rodney" he said,
and the people who know things Ca our
disefrsili recm 10 h. grai travellers, Do
you understand anything about garden
Siyhen wa. a boy va. two Year, a,
a reform farm an they did garienin'
there
The tall man leaned forward.
How would YOU BIKE 20 stay here and
look after this place." be asked.
The vagabond siarcd.
do you mean it!' he hoarsely demand
ed.
Yes"
"Du, you know me-"
You know my rcoori!'
YES"
Then how-how can you trust me!'
The Judge slowly smiled.
Il know there Is something good in
you," he slowly said. There's something
in you i. nearer the surface. A better
Judge than ] am found u out, mean
he child" He paused and smiled,
When ] saw you romping with Davie j
-calizcd that here was q man who was
worth whatever help ! could give him.
When I saw that the boy had no fear OF
'ou. that he liked you and treated you as
companion. | felt that | could trust
you and help you,
The vagabond sat and twirled his bat
cred hat. His eyes were hidden. u was
ONE little time before he looked up,
The judge was standing with his hand
The vagabond hesitated. He looked
bout him as ii he thought OF running
way. Then he took step forward and
lasped his grimy hand about the firm
white one.
God bless you!" he murmured.
A childish laugh rang out from the hall
ray.
Here I am, Mister Wolf" cried the
oy. Tan 90 see me-!
So the vagabond. decenily clad and ;
leanly shaved. found employment. The
'ork was not difficult and he did il well.
lie was the boys faithful guardian. The
idge trusted him implicitly and he new.
r was tempted TO take advantage OF his q
iany opportunities Gradually he lost {
he prison air His face frightened. His
yes were no longer shiity. n
Then one morning he called his EN-.
loyer away from the porch.
Judge" he said, when they were at
tile distance from the house, I'm IN !,
-ouble."
well, Rodney
I've been found out" y
Yes" l
"An old pal saw me here" "
"Well?" a
"He thinks I'm lying low for a pur !
,se" II
Go on" g
There was no use telling him it wasn't u
J. He wouldn't believe me. He knew j