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The Man Of Leisure

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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
August
Year
1842
Copyright
Public Domain
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- "You'll píéase hot totorget to ask (tic place for me,' sir," said n pnlc. blue-eyed boy. as he. bruglicd thé coat of the Man ol Leisure, at his lodging. "Certainly not." said Mr. Inklin; "I shall be poing that wny in a day or iwo." "Did yon ask íor the place forme yesterday?" said the pale boy, on the following dny, with a quiverinp lip, ns he performed the saino office. "No," was the answcr. "I was busy, büt I wiü to-day." uC5od hcfp my. poor mother," murnmrcd the oy. and gazed listlessly on the cent Mr. Inklin aid in his hand. The boy went home. He ratfi&o the hungry chüdren with the loaf of breau hèTgHa earned"by )rushing the geritlemens' coals .wie Hotels. riiey sliouie.i with joy. and liis motlier held out icr ëmncinied hand for a portion,vhle a sickly smilc fiitted across her face Jt "Mother, doar," snid the b, "Mr Inklin hinks he can get me the plnce.and I shall have hree meáis a day! and it wofPt take me three hihul(s to run an-' share wiüi you." Thenhorning came. andWhe pnlc boy's voice retnbled with eagerness as he usked, Mr. Inklin i he had applied for the place. 'Not yet," s;üd the Man of Leisure, but therc s time enough." The cent that morning was v et with tears.- noihcr morning brrivcd. "It is very thoughtless in the boy to bc so ate.' said Mr. Inklin. "Not a soul here to brush my coat." The child came at length. his face swoüen with weeping.- - - ■ ■ I - - "I am sorry to disnppoint you," saíd the Man of Leisure, "but the place in Mr. C's atore was taken up yesterday." The bpy stopped brushing, and burst afresh into tears. "1 don't caro now." said he, sob,& may ns wel1 starve- Mother isdead." J he man of Leisure was shocked; he eavo the boy a dollar. 6 Mr. Inklin was taken ill. He had said often tnat he thoughi religión wns a good thing. and he meant to look into it. An anxious friend 'bróucht a clergyman to him. He spoke tenderly, but senously. to the suflerer, of eternal trutha. "Cal! to-morrow," said the Man of Leisure, "and we wijl talk about these matters." That night the Man of Leisure died.

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Signal of Liberty
Old News