MISC ELLA N Y.

THE MAN OF LEISURE.
{"newspaper_name": "The Columbian fountain.", "edition": "01", "page": "p4", "byline": ""}
{"character_count": 2115, "word_count": 398, "ccnet_language_score": [0.9829999804496765], "ccnet_perplexity": [1255.4000244140625], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}
- = fA~~SS n.y. ~ III bctl W oeh tnc
place Tor nqe, sir,' said pale, blued-eyed
boy, az be brushed the coat Of a rich man
Of leisure at his lodgings.
"Certalnly not," said Mr.. Inklin; 81
will be going that way in day or two"


"Did you ask at that place for me yes
terday I" asked the boy on the following
day, with quivering lip as he performed the
same Office.


"No," was the answer; 81 was busy,
but ] will to-day"


ssHeaven help my poor mother,'' mur-
mered the boy, and he gazed listlessly on
the cent Mr.. Inkin laid in his hand.


The boy went home. He ran to tine
hungry children with loaf Of bread he
had just earned by brushing the gentle
mems coats at the hotel, They shouted
with JOY, and hts mother held ont her hand
for a portion, while smile fitted across
her face.


smother, dear,'' said the boy, oMr. Ink
lin thinks that he can get me that place,
and shall have three meals day only
think, mother, three meals, and it won't
take me three minutes to run home and
share i with you.''


The morning came, and the pale boys
voice trembled with eagerness as he asked
Mr.. Inklin if he had obtained the place.


9sNot yet,o said the man of leisure, "but
there is time enougb'


The cent that morning was wet with
tears.


Another morning arrived.
5 "It is very thoughtless for the boy to be
here so Iate," said Mr.. Inklin. ''Not soul
TO brush my coat"


The childcam at length, his face swollen
with weeping


81 am sorryto disappoint you," said the
man Of leisure, "but the place in Mr. C.'s
store was taken up yesterday"


The boy stopped brushing, and burst
alresh into tears. 81 don't care now," said
ne sobhing, sswe may all starve, mother is
dead.o


The man of leisure was shocked, and he
gave the pale boy dollar.


Mr.. Inklin was taken i'll. He said often
that he thought religion might be a good
thing, and meant to look into it. An anxious
friend brought clergyman with him. He
spoke tenderly, but seriously, to the suffer
er of eternal truth.


Call morrow" said the man of lei
sure, sand we will talk about these mat
ters"


That night the man of leisure died =
JIorris National Press.