Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1893 — Not What He Prayed For. [ARTICLE]

Not What He Prayed For.

Boston Bu cat. Small Robert had one desire that transcended all others, namely, a bicycle. Now, Robert’s family are of a religious turn, and here was an opportunity to inculcate devotion in the boy. So they told Robert that if he prayed regularly perhaps God would send him a bicycle. Robert prayed. After he had been praying regularly for a month or more the anniversary of his birth arrived, and the family decided that it was about time to reward bis devotion. But thinking that a bicycle might endanger the boy’s life they bought him a tricycle. Small Robert came down on the morning of his birthday and was told that there was something out in the yard for him to look at. He went out to see, and there was the tricycle. But a tricycle was not what Robert wanted, and he looked up to heaven in disgust. “O Lord,” he said reproachfully. “O Lord, don’t you know the differ ence between a bicycle and a tri cycle?”