Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1885 — A Story of Two Boys. [ARTICLE]

A Story of Two Boys.

A poor boy, plainly but cleanly dressed, was engaged in sweeping out a store when he beheld a bright, new pin shining upon the floor. He paused and picked it up and can;fully placed it in the lap el of his coat. ‘I f i, egi n by sa vi ng pi ns, he said. ‘‘ may become a wealthy man.’ His employer observed him, however, an d remarked to himself: ‘Tliat pin belongs to the establishment. A boy who will steal a pin, will steal greater things,’ and lie immediately presented the lad with a discharge. ' Another boy, arrayed in tailor’s clothes, was employed in sweeping out another store, when he also came upon a pin. Instead of laying it away to rest, however, he exercised his ingenuity in bending it into various shapes Then he slyly deposited it on the bookkeeper’s stool, and industriously proceeded to sweep His employer enjoyed the scene from his office, and when the book-keeper had finished rubbing himself and swearing great oaths, the Proprietor ►•aid: That boy is full of sharp tricks,’ And lie straightway promoted! him to be second book -Keeper. In five years he owned the concern.

• ‘Husband,, said Mrs. Smith the other night, fixing her eyes significantly upon the seven-year-old pride of the family, ‘I am afraid you will have to correct Johnny; he has been a bad boy this afternoon.’ Husband, glancing over his np > . ‘•What has he been don-iz? ‘He took his Shawineck rooster over to Mrs. Jones’, and Tom Jones got out his black Spanish and they let the poor creatures fight for more than an hour.’ Husband, straightening up: ‘Which whipped^—Macon Telegraph. - 1 George Winfield Scott Hancock, Pattison Sullivan Yerks is a small boy in the interior of Pennsylvania. ,