JANUARY 16, 1925
THE LEXHIPEP
PAGE SEVEN
SARAH BENSON
Once there lived in the city of New
York a very beautiful girl, about 14
years old, whose name was Sarah
Benson. Sarah was a very poor little
Sirl and her mother and father were
both dead, so she lived in this large
city with her aunt, who was poor and
blind.
Every morning Sarah had to roll
ber aunt around over the city in a
rolling chair—begging. Sarah did not
'vant to do this, she wanted to work
So her aunt would not have to beg,
but her aunt was a very cruel woman
ond she would not let her.
After a scanty dinner, or some--
times none at all, Sarah would have
^ little time to do what ever she wish
ed. She usually spent her time with
a young man who lived across the
ball from where she and her aunt
lived. This young man was named
dim Johnson, and he was a violinist,
but he was very poor and could not
biay well enough to go on the stage.
Sarah would go over to see him, and
'vbile he played she would sing. A
hiutual fondness was the result.
One day when Sarah was going
down to the little store on the corner
get a loaf of bread, she passed a
Scoup of boys and girls. When she
Passed them, she heard them say.
There goes that old blind woman’s
Sul,” and all began to laugh and make
of her. Although her aunt was
'■ccy cruel to her, she did not like to
bear the boys and girls speak unkind-
’y of her, so, knowing she could not
do much with such a crowd, she be-
San to cry and ran home. As she
^as going up the steps she met Jim,
cc faithful friend.
He stopped and asked, "What’s the
"Gutter, little Pal?” This was a nice
Pame he had given her,
®be told him all about the boys and
S'Gs and everything they had said.
He took her in his arms like a big
Mother would do his little sister and
sai(]^ "There now, don’t cry any more
u*ah. Those little children did not
*P®an to hurt your feelings.”
Several days after this, Sarah had
Sreat sorrow to come into her lift,
c came home one afternoon from
Visit to .Urn, and when she went
o the room, she found her aunt
on the floor, dead. She had
sitting in her rolling chair and
u fallen foward on her face. Sa
rah gave a scream, and* Jim came
running to her. She began to cry
like her little heart was broken, .and
again Jim comforted her. This made
Sarah love him more than ever.
After the funeral of Sarah’s aunt
the people of the neighborhood tried
to put her in an orphanage home, but
Jim would not let them. He adopted
her as his child, and they were able
to practice their music more often
than before.
Sarah was sent to school, and she
learned very fast. It was not long
before she was leading her class in
all of her studies, because Jim was
a very Intelligent person, and he help
ed her with her lessons.
Late one afternoon, as Jim and Sa
rah were getting supper, a big limou
sine drove up in front of the apart
ment house. Jim and Sarah wonder
ed who would be stopping in front of
the shabby apartment. They went
on with the work, but when some
one knocked, Sarah, thinking it the
landlady, went to the door. She was
very much surprised to find two men
standing there.
One of them asked, “Does Jim
Johnson live here?”
Sarah said, “Yes, won’t you come
in?”
The two men went in, and Sarah
went to get Jim. Jim came in and
the two men told him they were get
ting people with talent to start a show.
Jim could hardly believe what he
was hearing when the men asked
him to play. Jim said he would be
glad to do so, and told them about
Sarah. He then took his violin and
played for them, while Sarah sang.
The men were delighted with their
work. They signed a contract to be
gin work the next week, starting with
a salary of two hundred dollars a
month, which would be raised very
soon.
That night when Sarah went to bed
she said her prayers, and thanked God
for giving her such a dear friend as
Jim Johnson.
Miss Criddlebaugh—“Where was
the Declaration of Independence
signed?”
Elmer Crouse—“At the bottom.”
• • *
Miss Mann—“Thompson Low is go
ing to be a page in the’Senate.”
Clifton Tesh—“What!—is he going
to have a page in the Twin Sentinel”
Miss Mann—“Boys and girls, you
make a bad mistake, by saying sum-
pum.”
Miss Mann—ten minutes later—
“Oh, I’m through on time, sumpum
going to happen.”
Life is not so short but that there
is always time enough for courtesy.
—Emerson.
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