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Show A PASSING INCIDENT. As ; nun of g'nuiuus Itnirt, from the country, wus" jjuidir g, it few dnj since.' hM load ofhny to'tlu tuurki-t, hi miw ful-lowiug ful-lowiug him and fathering the wisps uT liny which fell from the load, a poor wonUn and" two boys, the latter of, perhaps, fceven and nine years. Our iitteution wus especiutly drawn to them, by observing that the man frequently took pains to throw whole liamll'ills of hay down the side of the road, in order, ns apparent, to-convey, to-convey, in us ipiiet tt maimer a possible, sentiments of comfort to the hearts of the suffering poor.. As Our walk lay in the direction of the market, Wo determined to witness the con-clithion con-clithion of this exhibition of sympathy and gencrohity. IJy-and by the gleaning became be-came so abundant, that tho poor woman could refrain Irom her expressions of gratitude grati-tude no longer, and, bursting into tears, she beckoned tiic man to stop, add then, in n manner that indicated both intelli-gci.cj intelli-gci.cj und a delicate sense of her wretched condition, bcought him to permit her n single word of thankfulness for his kindness kind-ness "Miuliun,'' wid tho man, "I, too, have been in the vale of poverty, nml scim tho time when n loek of hay would have been considered n treasure A friend, by an act of kindness of less value of itself than the one I have dune to you, saved me from despair and made me hopeful for better days. Years have passed now, and kind Providence has blessed me with a good farm nltd a hnppy home. For years, as I waked each morning, I have seemed to hear a sweet voieo whispering, 'this tlay remember the jwor."1 As he said this, he raised the fork and threw into the woman's anus an great a quantity as she and the lads could carry, and then drove onward, with n countenance counten-ance expressins of tho truth, "11 is better bet-ter to gbc than receive." Wo turned from the scene to rend again, and with greater profit then ever, the story of Hutli gleaning in the fields of the generous gener-ous IJoaz, and of the kindness of the reup-crs reup-crs to tho destitute and unsuccessful gleaner. |
