OCR Text |
Show "J THOUGHT COAT SURELY L03T. 8mall Boy's Natural Alarm at tha Teachers' Information. A Troll-known Reading, Pa., merchant mer-chant wa3 in tho habit ot paying weekly week-ly visits to n form which ha had purchased. pur-chased. To thoso living along tho routo he was wont to drive he wits at first tho object of much speculation, but in duo tirao tho causo of his frequent fre-quent visits bpcnmo known, as did also tho fact that ho was a man of considerable Influence nnd wealth. As ho was driving along ono Sunday morning last summer ho saw plodding ahead of him a Bmall hoy of tho country coun-try thereabout, carefully carrying on his arm a coat, which, on account of tho heat, ho had icmoved; nnd, acting on a chnrltnblo Impulse, invited the thoroughly nbnshed lad to ildo as far as the "Sunday school," hnvlng gleaned that to bo his destination They were soon there, hut tlio boy, Id his perturbed Mate, did not realise until ho had taken his placo In his class that ho hud left his coat In the carriage. Tho well-known parablo of Lazarus and tho rich man having been assigned as-signed its tho lesson tor that day, tho toachcr, addressing the newcomer, Inquired: In-quired: "What becamo of tho rich man?" "Ho drove on down tho road to his farm," pnmptly answered the youth, still thinking of tho coat. "For his misdeeds," nfTlrmed tho teacher. Ignoring tho answer, "ho wont to an awful placo of tormont, from which he can never return." "Holy Moses!" broko in tho youth. "He's got my "coat with him." |