Show S BENEVOLENCE CE I The Th Experience of or n a ot l Mother ler In n l abID ln a Philanthropist S Alberts Albert's mother has hag to count her pennies carefully for tor sho is a conscientious con coo little little- housewife and her husbands husband's salary is 1 far fl from m magnil- magnil cent cent Her ideal virtue la is I benevolence benevolence however how ver and she Bho tries to t instill it into her boy both by precept and ex ox- ample amplo Ono One day day an nn uncle ga gave e Albert Albert his hs first frt quarter of a dollar to spend on any thing he ho liked lie went out outto outto outto to squander el it it and Ind in the tho evening evening hIs bis mother who had b been en wondering for lor hours if i the tho habit babit she sho had boon been trying to cultivate in her boy had bogun be bo- gun to to bear boar fruit yet yet said to him Albert Albeit 3 OU On need not tell tol mo sue unless you like liko what you did with vh all al that money but I should like liko to know my boy if U i you do not mind Did Dd any part of 01 it go to lessen tho the sorrows or 01 lighten the tho burden of some poor per per- pOl- pOl oa less les fortunate than yourself I Iam Iam Iam am almost almott sure sura it did did Albert hung his hla head hend n a minute and his mothers mother's heart sank sank but presently ho he said in a 8 low voice voice voice as asH if ashamed to toll tol of his own good conduct Mother 1 gave ovo it i all al to a lame woman wo we- wo man who site sita sis all al day dY long on the tho sidewalk near our school school t tAlbert Albert Albert my darling I know kOv it it I know knew it i It exclaimed the delighted mother mother You ou will wl grow up to be a great philanthropist and all al the world will wi know that humble little I cultivated cul- cul the habit of benevolence in your heart when it was tender and ad young wont won't you yot you my DaY boy boy boy- Yes Yes Yea m ins ma said the dutiful Albert Albert Penn Penne 03 and nickols nichols came much mOl more plentifully in Alberts Albert's path after this than they had ever come como before belore and ard most of them found their theil way to tho the lagg ragged d doman woman oman who sat sat on the curbstone near neal tho school house Albert Albert Al Al- bert seemed to take a deep interest in inI inthe inthe the the welfare welna of this this woman and his I mother moter determined after R to toI I tea teach h Albert another lessors lesson in i benevolence benevolence olence olence that it i is tho the duty of a phi philanthropist philan an to find out whether the object of his hi charity be bo a worthy one Albert Al AI bert this idea Ho lie opposed le leva was va sure she was as poor and lame and she looked sick sick That was enough The Tho thought that she might be a drunkard or an impostor seemed to tO shock him so that his mother el deci decided e to investigate the the b had many cal calls upon her time and several several sev rev i eral oral months elp elapsed ed before belore she sho found I an opportunity to do so She gave Albert five cents and he declared his intention of giving three three of ot them them to tO the to-the the the old woman woman Then she sho followed ved folo him to school at a distance distance and as she approached the building she saw v a little knot of children surrounding sur rounding some ob which se sie soon found to be bo a ra ragged ed woman sitting on oa the curb with a tray of candies and gum chewing-gum in her hel lap As sho she shoed ed edged ed her ber way into the the crowd sho she heard the sweet tones of her dear AlI Albert Albert Al Al- I bert driving a hard bargain with the lame vender and heard him complain I. I I Im the best customer youve you've got in this school Skinny Biggs and if i you try to put up the prices on me meIl Ill I'll see Il seeP get et all al the the boys to boycott yet yer yer |