Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1874 — Model Sons. [ARTICLE]

Model Sons.

I must tell you a little story of two little Swiss boys who showed uncommon devotion to their father. He was veryill, and too poor to buy the only medicine that could cure him; so these boys resolved to earn money enough to obtain it. They had heard that an English traveler had offered a large sum for two young eagles who were in an eyrie on the top of a rock, the ascent of which was so difficult and dangerous as to imperil life. Indeed it was considered almost impossible to reach it. Nevertheless these lads determined to try. They arose very early, and climbed the mountain very slowly and carefully, for not only their own lives but their father’s depended on their safety. After long hours of patient toil they succeeded in reaching the nest, and while the old eagles were away they took the young ones and returned joyfully to their village. The traveler paid them the sum he had promised, and their father was restored to health.— Hearth and Home.