Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1917 — Had Been Young Himself. [ARTICLE]

Had Been Young Himself.

Jones was a kind-hearted butcher. One day he was going home with a Dlock of ice in his cart, but being called to dinner he left it in his shop. On coming into the shop after dinner he was surprised to see a small boy sitting on the ice. "Get off! You will be frozen,” roared Jones. The boy did not get off, so Jones shouted at him a second time. "Have you ever been a boy?" was the pitiful'answer. "Why, yes,” said Jones. "Did you ever have a father?" "Yes," returned Jones. "Did four father have a strap?" asked the boy. then the‘light of understanding came to Jones, so he replied, softly: "Stay there, my lad, stay there."