. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . dollarson that imposing-stone. Gentlemen, I do not ask your with the money, every man of a fortnight, every man in that shop waited upon himon board the ship with his sister. Two years afterwards,they gladly welcomed him as he brought her back with sightrestored, like one coming from the pool of Siloam. Some years ago, in Marseilles, there lived an old man, knownto every urchin in the streets as a niggard in his dealings, andwith habits of the utmost penury. From his boyhood, hehad lived in the city, and though the peo
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . dollarson that imposing-stone. Gentlemen, I do not ask your with the money, every man of a fortnight, every man in that shop waited upon himon board the ship with his sister. Two years afterwards,they gladly welcomed him as he brought her back with sightrestored, like one coming from the pool of Siloam. Some years ago, in Marseilles, there lived an old man, knownto every urchin in the streets as a niggard in his dealings, andwith habits of the utmost penury. From his boyhood, hehad lived in the city, and though the people treated him withscorn and disgust, hooted at him in the streets, insultedhim in every way, and though he was without one friend togive him a kind word, he could not be driven out of the last he died, and left an ample fortune. On opening his A SCORNED AND HOOTED MISER. 301 will, they found these words: Having observed from mychildhood that the poor of Marseilles are ill supplied withwater, which can only be procured at a great price, I have. cheerfully labored thewhole of my life to givethem this great blessing,and I direct that thewhole of my property beexpended in building anaqueduct for their one of our sleep-ing-cars a child was crying, and annoying the passengers, inspite of the attempts of the father to quiet it. One surlyman — they said he was an old bachelor and hated children— pushed aside the curtain, and said : ,k Why is not that child19 THE MISEB OF MARSEILLES 302 AN OLD BACHELORS TENDER --POT. kept quiet? Where is the mother of thai child? Why does slic in it try to stop its crying. Why does she not attend to The father said: The mother of this child is in thebaggage-car, in her coffin. 1 Lave been travelling with thebaby for two nights and days, and the little creature is rest-less for its mother. I am very sorry if it has disturbed anypersons rest. Bless my soul, my friend; wait a minute till I dress my-self, said the grumbler. And th
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