Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1892 — A Child's Influence. [ARTICLE]

A Child's Influence.

At a certain livery stable in this city the men were so loud aud profane iu their conversation that they were frequently compTaiuod of t> the “boss.” who threatened to discharge them one and all, if they did not reform. They listened to him respectfully, but went on swearing right aud left, quareiliug and wrangling among themselves all the time they werd grooming customers' horses, or harnessing teams within earshot of the public. i Hut of a sudden all this stopped. The man who find been tbe loudest aud most profane swearer went about bis work as still as a mouse. All tho men spoke pleasantly toeacb other, and not a loud or violent Word disturbed the serene air. it was as if a miracle had happened. “You men have turned over a new leaf," said tbe proprietor of tin stable, “what has caused tbe change? You used to swear by tbe—" “H-u-s-b, boss," said the nearest to him, “we don t want her to' know.” He looked up and saw a little face at a window—tbe face of a delicate child, whom he now remembered to have seen playing lately about the stable. “It's Jim’s kid. Her mother is dead, and we'ye taken her to help fetch up for Jim. She's a right nice little thing, aud she thinks her pap is just hanky, we don’t 'low her to get wind of any wrong doin’, und if enny man uses a swear word before her we\l break his—gosh, I nearly done it. Well, we’re a.l just a bustin' with meanness, but it's got to stay there, ’cause, you see, Nelly’s a real little lady.” “I see,” said the jiveryman, goodhumoredly, “that Nellie is going to bo a missionary round here, and keep all you follow, straight."