News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27

he knew very well that the boy wa
hiding his hunger,
"Do you cali that lle?" the SheL
| herd asked as s0on as the mInste
had gone.
~ little one! Cut in my opinion |
don't count" said Mr., Bloggs "Yo
were thinking of those who need FOO
more than You ana that turns It squar
around. | call II golden !e-,l do.
Tie minister had scarcely turne,
III" corner OF The street. when be me
| Hiram ElenklnsGp who was shiverini
along without an overcoat, the do;
| Christmas AZ his hec'S.
MIR. Singleton stopped him.
"Whv, n,an! Haven't you an over
'oat?" he asked.
| No SIR It's hanGin' on peg in 9
'awusNGp over in Hazemeud It AIM
loin' tie reg any good nor mt
lei;herw
Wei. SIR, you come with me-" said
he minister IT'S about dinner time
anyway, aud guess you need lining
rs well as covering"
The drunkarI looked into the face
Of the minister.
Say it ag'in," he muttered.
II wouldn't wonder if little food
would make you feel better" Mr.. Sin
gleton added.
"a little, did you sayT Blenkinsop
asked.
Make it lot--as much as you
can accommodates
And do you mean that ye want me
to go an eat in yer house,?
Eyes, at my table-why not?"
at wouldn't be respectable. I don't
want TO he too particular but tramp
must draw the Inc somewhere"
"l'll be on my best behavior. Come
on" said the minister.
The two men fastened up the street
followed by the detected little yellow
dog, Christmas.
Mrs. Singleton and her daughter
We're out with a committee of the
chidren's helpers and the minister
was dining alone that day and as
usual, at one o'clock, that being the
hour for dinner in tie village Of Bing-
vile.
Tell me about Yourself" said the
minister as they sat down at the ia
BILE.
"Myself-did you say?" Hiram Rlen-
kinsop asked as one of his feet erept
under his chair TO conceal it's disrepu-
table appearance. while his dog had
partly hidden himself under a serving
table where he seemed to be shivering
with apprehension as he peered out,
with raised hackles, at the stays head
over the mantel.
"YeS."
Il amt got any Self. sir; it's all
gone" said Rlenkinsop, as he took a
swallow Of water.
"a man without any Self Is a curl
Gus creature" the minister remarked.
"lm as empty as woodpeckers
hole in the winter time. The bird has
flown. belong to this ere dog. He's
a poor dog. I'm all he's got. If he
had to pay a license on me I'd have
to be killed. He's kind to me- He's
the only friend I've got"
Hiram Blsnkinsop riveted his atten-
tion upon an old warming-pan that
hung by the fireplace. He hardly looked
at the face of the minister.
"How did you come to lose your
Self" the latter asked.
Married a bad woman and took to
drink. A mans Self can stand cold
an hunger an shipwreck an loss O.
friends an money an any quantity
o. bad luck, take it as it comes. but a
bad woman breaks the works in him
an stops his clock dead. Leastways,
it done that to mel"
"She is like an arrow in his liver"
the minister quoted mfr. Blenkinsop,
where do you stay nights"
i've a shake-down in the little loft |
over the OF blacksmith shop on Water
street. ere are cracks in the ga
Bile, an the snow an the wind blows |
in, an the place is dark an smells |
D coal gas an horses feet, but Christ
mas an l snug up together an manage |
to live through the winter. In hot
weather we sleep under a tree in the |
d. graveyard an study astronomy. |
l wish l was there for
good"
wouldn't you like a bed in a CON-
portable house?"
mo, l couldn't take the dog there
an I'd have to git up like other folks"
Would you think that hardship"
"Well, We see, sir, if ye're layin'
lown We amt hungry. Then, too, l
likes to dilly-dally in bed" |
What may that mean?" the min
ster asked.
Il likes to lay an think an build
lir castles"
What kind of castles?"
well sir. I'm thinkin' often O. a
line when I'll have grand suit o.
clothes, and a shiny silk tile on my
lead, an roll o. bills in my pocket,
big enough to choke dog, an I'll be :
goin' back to the town where l was
brought up an I'll hire a team an
a 10 NV Nl CO ~ |