The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-04
Jimmie the Kid
BY NJ QUAD
Copyright 1909. by Associated Lit
erary Press
By NJ QUAD

Miss Alice Denton, stenographer was
reformer IN very quiet way. In
the village she had left behind her
there was no show to carry out her
ideas, but she had not been "a the citv
q month when she had Jimmie the
Kid on her hands She picked him %
on the street one evening. he WINS
Sighting with a bigger boy and getting
the worst Of II, though doing his best
when Miss Denton rushed to the res.
cue and the bigger boy ned. By that
net she made Jimmie her friend.
Jimmie was taken into the boarding
house and the blood washed off hls
face and his hair combed. and then he
was questioned. His name was Jim.
mie Skate--so named because he was
an orphan skating around for a llv-
ing, no home, no relatives. the cop
pers bounding him from morning until
night because he would not steal pea-
nuts and divide with them. When
his story was finished be had the girl
In tears. At the end OF another half
hour BY talking to Jimmie Of his dead
mother Ia heaven. Sunday school. the
ways Of goodness. and so on, she had
him in tears. A partnership was
formed. She was TO be a guardian
nigel to Jimmie. and he was to mend
bis ways Five dollars was handed
him to set suit Of clothes. and his
PROFITS selling newspapers would ront
him a cheap room and buy his daily
bread At frequent intervals he was
T. call on Miss Denton and report and
receive further advice and encourage
ment He was not to swear, fight.
smoke or do aught else to initiate
against the career mapped out for him.
Two evenings later Jimmie called,
wearing his new suit He had had
bis hair cut also. he quite looked the
orphan whose motto was excelsior.
THANK you. he didn't need any more
money; be was getting along famous
~ As ho said this he winked Ia an
expressive way at Miss Denton She
didn't understand Il, and she didn't
quite like T. but she didn't want TO
push. a poor orphan 10 the wall all al
once. TWO hours were spent IN trying |
20 teach the boy the first four letters
OF the alphabet, and then be took his /
departure Later on the girl found the /
sum Of $3.50 on the stand She knew
1t was not her money. and she racked 4
her brains IN vain to solve the prob I
lem. Next morning the iandladg solv- I
ed It In a moment she said it was 4
money sent BY Providence TO one who T
had been good to an orphan.
Two or three evenings later Jimmie I
called again. The collar had been rip
ped or the new coat, and be was about
TO be charged with fighting when he
explained that he had Jumped of a
ferrvboat to save a would be suicide 4
and the would be had torn the collar
from its fastenings He was kissed
instead Of seoIded. and he felt SO good
over it that he went right at It and
learned 10 distinguish the letter ~"
from the letter 20" Ills daily profits
allowed him lobster salad once e day.
and he was feeling that he had some
thing to live for He wInked the same
wink as before II would have been
understood BY a man 70 mean that the
pair understood each other, but the
girl failed to make It out and was a
bit piqued. An hour after Jimmie's
departure she found q new silver purse
with 81 in it under a chair Here was
a new mystery for the landlady to