Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-14
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health, or leg or your sght?' The had not in
tended to become personal to refer to his own
health; so he had hastily added the other words
The little fellow furtively glanced toward his left foot
and crossed his other it. The did notice.
At best he poor observer. Tonight only detail
here and there held his attention Now it the large
eyes of his fellow passenger full of sympathy.
81 didn't know-you was sick. 1t must be hard-to
be sick Sonny faltered as his mind CROPPED for some
idea that might help. Il amt been sick myself
But sick people often get well, you know.
Carroll saw the PRAYER in the soul of the little speaker
and it touched him. 1t was new thing to him that any
one should really care. And now child, whose name
even he did not know, was pulling" for him. Some
faint wish that he worthy of it took hold on him.
"There's whole lot in just thinkn you're goin to
get WELL you know, the boy went on joyously. 1--we
tried it with other things besides my health an it works
Gee! works all right! That sign up there he pointed
to attractive advertisement of breakfast food COW
cred with the most luscious OF red Strawberries,
you know that tastes heap better to the sight than it
does any other way It's bully how things work out
that away. If Gippy Smith had to taste EN- in his
salvation the kind the people sing about an pray
about the street an you get in the heart
He's got in the throat, he only think how good
things taste. Why look at that sign up there an
think about it till the juice just in my mouth an
feel like Sunday school picnic don't hold at
fractions for mel An if sick fellow just wants to get
well bad enough, an thinks about it that away, l bet
it'll do him lots o good. just bet on that'
The smiled in spite of himself. He forgetting
why he had set out on this ride into the country
The boys philosophy interested him. "You all
right my little man." he acknowledged @but the
worlds been easy on you. With sound body and good
parents to look after you-'
Sonny recoiled but Carroll did not understand. The
boy heard his last words There's cheerful philosophy
for who has lost his health and his possessions
When you've knocked up against the world in your
right you'll know"
These were big words for the little fellow but he
grasped their meaning EYES, I'm lucky that away an
try to be thankful I'm lucky. 1t must be hard to have
lots at first an then have nothin at last When
boy was born an lived in cabin till FIVE. An
now live in great big house with windows that go up
an down. an big grassy yard all round it with flowers
an apple blossom trees an a barn, an Chickens an
mowin machine to cut the grass in the big fields! Gee
but it's great! An help, an there's teachers to learn
mel"
The man really meant it when he said he hoped the
boy would always be SO fortunate
at must be great, though, Sonny rejoned ito grow
up to be an just keep shown your heels to
Misfortune. There's lots O fun in keepn ahead of the
game. I've watched pigs in the pen, an they just
lay down an stay there till it eatn time an then they
begin nosn around. They wouldn't ever get out. But
you put man in pen, an if he don't get out guess
the pen just about where he ought to be. Gppy Smith
said one day that he wished boys cows SO we could
just lay down an eat the things inside of us without
havin to go an get EN-. Glppys kind o lazy; but
he'll get it sometime.
Jimmy Carroll laughed. When he became conscious
that he was laughing he checked himself 1t was not
becoming in man who was headed for the dark out
lying prairie with gun in his pocket to laugh He re-
turned to the subject. Suppose you were man and
had lost your health and your money and there
nobody to take of you? wonder if you could keep
ahead of the gamer"
@Tfats borrowin',' the youngster quickly replied,
3an | amt goin to have anything to do with my
troubles till they have something to do with guess
nobody tell beforehand how he's gon to act. Only
know won't lay down an let troubles tramp me
der. Miss Currens Miss Currens is my teacher, an
bully one she is too) she teln about who
wrote stories He wrote about the an pirates an
chests money an Long John Silver an Treasure Island
He game one, all right, he was! When he was
boy he gon grow up to build lighthouses in the
ocean; but his health broke down. He got consumption
world we'll
An he awful SICK an his father wouldn't send him
any money cause he goin to get married. an he
dyin lots o times but he kept jolly all right
When his arm give out SOS he couldn't write any more