The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-20
I'll Never Cease to Do Ny
Bit for Uncle Sam.
Ey Julia r. Eurr.

the street. You could tell by the
way he was dressed that he was
poor. He wore very much
patched waist and a very ragged
pair of trousers. But there was
one thing about the boy that any
one could see. He was clean.
His father had died when he was
two years old and his mother was
taken when he was about seven.
Ever since he had had to shift for
himself His mother had taught
MIN to keep himself neat and clean.
she had also taught him the teach
lngs OF God and whenever he was
tempted to do wrong he always re.
membered the teachings of his
mother.
Almost every window he CHANGED
TO see had a sign which read, BUY
war and Thrift Stamps" He would
often mutter, oh! | wish | could
lend Uncle Sam some money. but
l haven't cent"
Finally a happy thought struck
nm. Why not sell papers? He
seemed almost another boy at the
thought. He jumped up from the
curbstone and made short cut
down an alley to the newspaper
office. When he got there he found
mat he would have to pay for the
papers before he could sell them,
he LETT the office the front way this
ume feeling very miserable.
just as he got square from the
Office he fell fiat on the sidewalk
making his nose bleed and causing
a lew bumps to rise on his fore
mead. He looked to see what he
mad stumbled over. 1t was a ladv's
purse. Then he was tempted. Why
not buy War Savings Stamps with
the money in the purse? There
was more than thirty dollars in it.
IL see ned that all of his mothers
teachl gs would be forgotten this
time.. But he was saved, for Just
then an old preacher started
preaching on the street corner. As
the boy was still thinking about
keeping the money, the preachers
words same to him. The words
were Thou shalt not steal"
Then he said to himself. what
Ounce I've been Now | know
what III do" He ran to the news
paper ONCE and said to the man
aser, Put an ad in the paper tou
hight saying that this pocket book
Will De restored to the owner if
they Will describe it. The owner
VIII have to pay for the ad. She
must leave her address with Won.
VIII be in again in the morning"
Inc next morning he was down
10 the office just as they were
opening. He found that the owner
mad LETT her name and address. He
started for the place. The number
was 244 Reechwood Ave, and was
in wealthy part of town.
He Knocked at the door and was
ADMITTED to an elegantly furnished
parlor. Presently the owner of the
purse came in and said, Good
morning" He replied the some.
Then she continued, so you found
my pocket book did you? never
expected to see it again. What is
your name and weren't you tempt
ed to keep it,"
MY name is Albert Hoile," he
replied, land was tempted to
keep it." She gave him five dol
lars and told him that she would
always be his friend
Albert bought some papers and
soon sold all of them. He con-
tinued to do this every day until
he had twelve War Savings Stamps
and twelve Thrift Stamps.
One day as he was walking
through the park he noticed a little
child about three years old patting
a huge bulldog. The dog did not
like it and started to bite the child
Albert picked her up and started to
run The dog followed him. AL
bert ran up to his friends house
and went in
He set the little girl down and
asked mis- friend if she knew the
child. She told him that the girl
lived about three doors from there
She had a servant shoot the dog.
Albert took the child home and
told her mother about it. The
mother said, I'll have to discharge
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