OCR Text |
Show j AIDING A HELPLESS BOY. H A woman, kind of heart, with a mother's sympathy for a home- M less boy of misfortune, having read in this paper the sad story of M a young fellow, eighteen years old, who lbst both his legs and is now M confined to tho Dee hospital owing to his inability to purchase arti- H ficial limbs, has started out to raise funds for this good cause. "Writ- H ing to tho Standard, she says: fl "Since reading in your paper the account of the young man H who lost both his limbs, though life is before him, he being only 18 M years of age, my mind has been much troubled over his condition. H The very fact of the accident happening in the city appeals to me ; H also the fact that the friends of the boy are far away, and have not H the means to do for him. Hl "I feel sure, if the people, who in their happy homes, surround- H ed by their well and able-bodied sons, had an opportunity to assist M tho boy they would gladly do so. R "The Pingree Bank will accept in trust for that purpose any H sum left at the cashier's desk. H "I want to say to our kind-hearted citizens (and citizenesses, I HP know they will all enjoy their Christmas more if the' follow the H principle of 'Him who made Christmas possible for us all, and so H receive the reward of which Christ spoke when he said. Hr " 'Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these, ye did K it unto me.' g The foregoing is a commendable Christmas suggestion. "While V we all are looking around for an opportunity to do good, let us not V overlook this deserving case. |