The Young Lord, and Other Tales to which is added Victorine Durocher

The Young Lord, and Other Tales; to which is added Victorine Durocher

How can we reward the little boy who has so honestly brought me the bracelet I lost at church yesterday? said Mrs. Sidney to her only son Charles, who was now passing the Midsummer vacation with his widowed mother, at a pretty cottage in Devonshire, which had been the home of his early years. I do not think people should be rewarded p. 6for common honesty, said Charles; and the clasp contained such an excellent likeness of papa, whom every one in the village knew, that it would have been unsafe as well as dishonest for him not to have delivered it up. I am sorry to find, Charles, said Mrs. Sidney, that school has not weakened those selfish feelings which have so often caused me pain. You seem to me to think that every trifling gift I bestow upon another is robbing you; and, worse than all, I find you constantly wresting phrases from their real meaning to answer your own purposes. Thus, I agree with you that people should not look upon common honesty as anything beyond a simple duty which they would be culpable not to perform. But I am as well assured that honesty, even in this world, meets with its reward, as I am that it is our duty, when we find the poor and uneducated distinguished by this quality, to show our sense of it, and so make ourselves the instruments of this earthly reward, by every means in our power. I addressed you, Charles, on the subject, because I fondly hoped it would give you pleasure to offer some assistance in the matter; besides which, I thought that you might be more likely to hit upon something which in p. 7a pleasing manner would be of service to a boy of your own agealthough only a cottagers childthan I could be. I am disappointed in this expectation, however, and can think of no other plan than giving him a small present in money, with some of your old clothes; he is, if anything, less than you, so there is very little doubt of the latter being of use to him. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 24403
Author: Crosland, Newton
Release Date: Jan 22, 2008
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Sherwood, Mary Martha, 1775-1851

Illustrator: Mason, Walter George, 1820-1866 , Weir, Harrison, 1824-1906