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Show . $t lectin. its. THE J1HATJ3 BOY. j I sriALL never forgets lesson which 1 I received when quito ft young lad t tho S Academy in 11. Among my schoolmates I wero Hartly. and J.emson, They wcro i somowliat older than mysolf, and to Jem-t Jem-t son I looked as a sort of leader in matters', mat-ters', of opinion as well as sport. He. was not at heart malicious, but be had a foolish fool-ish ambition of being thought witty, and : he uiada himself feared by tho bad habit of turning-things into ridicule andbeipg ever on the lookout for matter of derision. - .Hartly Was a new. scholar, and littlo was known ot him, among the boys. One thornng,as.wiw crq od tho vfAy-Wschool, ha was,, driving, cow along tho road toward n neighboring nehU. ,Agtpup,qf toys; hrdohg whom fas Jcnsbn, met1 him tts be1 was 'palstfig. This" oppo'rtrJn(tyas not to be lOsf by jTcmson, "Ilalldl" he xclnlmcd, -.'w,hat' tho price of milk? 1, sayi Jonathan, what' do you fodder On?! : What will you; take for' al( the gold on ! j her Itorhs?;, Boys, If you want' to ee the latest raris style, 'loofcrat' thesbodts?" ' i .Ha'rtly, wdving hlr.hand to rfsTvltli a j pleasant sniilCf nnd driving hhf eow; to the field, took tlowri- tho bars of" a rail Tence saw.hcr safelytlri. her incldsnreaud then putting :np the bars, camo ahd" entered tha';K!hpol with tha rcstof ns, Aftcr :scliool,.in,the,aftvlfnoon', he, let out;tho! cow and. drove Iteft ou,,;nonoi of us .knew; where;', AiuDeytry; day for. weeks ho went lhrntiyh tho Etirnri Liilr - . .'' i Tim boys,oOt AcadeMy were nearly ' all thesohs .of tvealthy pqrcnWrand some ; of thprn, niomr whom. was Jcmion,-weire dunces cnOughio:,lqokJdown;with,tlisdai : upon alschplar who. hod to riveVcbtr. . Tfiosncers nnd,. jeers of dctoson were ac-, c.ordingly pfteriryencwed, - lie once, onV plea AhnJio.qid pot liko .the odor ofa barti, re.fu.iciljtO;sTt with Hartiyi-. Oeca-8tgunily.hbiV''iooJd,inquire Oeca-8tgunily.hbiV''iooJd,inquire after, the .cow's 1 hcalthV. TprOiioui,eiig tho. w:ord V'keow,". after tlimatmcr ofuOme coentrypoople.'. ;Vi'tli ndmjrabte good-nature did . Hartly. bear alt these silly attempts to wound and annoy Jilm, , I do.'jot rcmcmbcrthab ho was .once.hetraycd Into a look or word of angry retaliation. "1. suppose, Harily,!' said; Jcmsou one day,: "youri daddy wans, to rnake ft milk-ra'an milk-ra'an of you?'V, .',. t '"WhyhotrnskediHartly". . -,-.."0 nothing,,lsa14t;msoii,T,!oiily don't leavi tooVucltwater.m tibo.-'jcaus afteir ybrl rluso them thatVaII.'t j t? .'-Ji'.' The boys laughed, and Hartly not In" tho least mortified, replied j-'.'JJercr fear: I if ever1 1 should' VisO'to'be 'milkmao,,!'!! give good rneasuro nnd good "milk.too." ... Thp day? aftfer' this 'conversation there wasia- public wAminattoti; "at; "whfch'a number of, Iddics 'acd gentlemen from' the neighboring towns ' were present. iria ,wcro'aw'artlcdTbytIlb, princlparof Our neademy, and- botli Hartly and Jcmsori received o creditttble'tiurober; TorSri,! res: pect to scholarship these two were about ioal; After the ccretnony of dlst'ribp-tidu dlst'ribp-tidu the priucipal remarked that there wa one prixe, consisting of ai gold medal, .which was rarely awarded, not so much on Account of Its cost, as because the Instances, In-stances, were rare whfelr rendered Its bcs: towat propcr. It'w'as the prize of ntao1-jf0"l'h ntao1-jf0"l'h last5 boy who received biie,' was young JIhnncrrf, who three years ago; rescued a1 blind girl from, drowuir.gr The principal then said that, with permission of tho company hoivould'.relatc a short story, '"." " ' ' '" i "Xot lbng'-siricc, soW'scholars'Verc flying a kite, tathe.strect; Just as a poor boyort'horsobaek rodij by 'On his way to tho mill. The horse took fright and threw; the 'b'oyy injuring;; 'him ' so sadly that he yvar carried ' home,'" and confined some weeks to 'his bed, "Of the scholars who had Unintentionally'-'caused "the diaster, noiio foltowcd to learn the fate of ' the wounded boy." There was" one scholar,4 however,-who-had wituesscd the aecldc'nt' from; a distance, who not only went -to make inquiries but; stayed to render Services, Ser-vices, "This scholar soon learned that the , woutidcd boy was the grandson of a poor 'widow, whose, solo Support consisted in selling the milk of n fine" tow, of which gho was thfr owner Ala?! what could She do? She was old and lame, and her grandson, On whom she depended to drive her cow to pasture, ras ou his back help-Jess. help-Jess. " 'Xcvcr mind, good woman,' said the scholar, I can drive your cow.' "With blessings and thanks the old woman accepted his offer. But his kindness kind-ness did not stop here. Money was wanted want-ed to get. articles from the apothecary. 'I have money that my mother sent me to buy me. a pair of bObts with, but I can do without them for a while " 'Oh, no,' said, the old woman, 'I can't , consent Jo that; but here is a pair of very heavy boots that 1 bought for Henry, 1 who cannot wear thctu. 1 you would Only buy these, giving us what they cost, ' we .should get along, nicely.' ''Thschdiar bought tho T)ootsclumsy as they jarcrtv andjho ' worn thcra to. this thus. "Well, when it was discovered by other hoys in the academy that Our scholar was iu tho habit of driving a cow, he waa, assailed as-sailed every .day with laughter and ridicule. ridi-cule. His. cowhide boots, m particular, were made a matter or mirth." But he kept on cheerfully and bravely, day by day, never Bhnnmng observation, driving the. widowja cow ud wearing, his thicK l)Oots,,contentcd in tho thought that he was doing right) paring not for al the jeers "and sneers that could be uttered, Uo.never .explained, why ho drove the cow,, for ho was not inclined to make a vaunt of his charitable motives, and furthermore, fur-thermore, n his. heart Jieliad no sympathy with the false-pride that could look down with ridiculo on any useful employment It was by more accident that his course of kindness and sclf-deulat was yesterday discovered .by Ids teacher. "And now, ladies and gentlemen, I appeal ap-peal to yon, was there not true heroism in this boy's conduct? Kay, Master Hartly, do not hide beyond the blackboard! You were not afraid of ridicule, you must not' tie afraid of praise. Come forth. Master Edward .Hartly, and let us see your honest hon-est facel" As Hartly, with blushing cheeks, made his npcarance, what a round of applause, .g1. j.-.7.:;.t" , r , wn-" "i;" t " ''j In whieH tHb4 VaOc'oWoy jbiuW,,spoke! the general arrobittoH. of hH-conductl The ladlcS stood ppo Vcnehesand wated their; handkerchief . Theofd merf wiped ihe"gfttbcri(igolstflrc from, their eyct.ond clapped their hands, Thdse clumsy boots bt llartty's ft ctracd - ft pl-orideorna-mint than a crofl" tvould -havo ,bjch,0n his Jiead,- The medal -was '.besfOwed.pn" him amid general acclamation' '" ' ' - Let mo toll you "ft. good tliing'ot Jcmson btforO I concjudcf He jvas heartily asham-ed.otJiis asham-ed.otJiis ijll-jwtnred raillery, And when wo were dismissed he w6at with tcars.of manly man-ly scir-rebuko ir,,'htft eyes,, and tendered his hand "to Hartly, making handsome apo-logy apo-logy for his past, ill-mauneri." 7"Think.no Juorelof'it, oldfcllbw,m saldHartly.'Ic us alt go andhavo ir ramhlet1n the woods before IjrcaklAg nj for',lhetacatjOn,f The boys,-onb and alf jfollowiSl Jcm'son's: bx-ample; bx-ample; and thenVb set, forth" wftthukas fnto.tbe.woods, "x "What !ahappy day It 'wasl- x. " ' -v -'"', -- |