On a railway train running on a branch road from a great city to
the suburb, a little incident in complete contrast was noted by
eyes quick to see what happened on the road. A woman, evidently
a foreigner and very poor, was encumbered by a baby in her
arms, while two older children tugged at her skirt. In addition
she had several nondescript bundles. When the brakeman announced
her station she was bewildered and greatly impeded in her
efforts to leave the car. She was not quite sure of the place,
and she could not easily manage the babies and the bundles.
A tall young fellow, conspicuously well drest, had been sitting
near, apparently lost in a book which he was studying. He
tossed the book aside, seized the heavy bundles and gave a
hand to one little brown-faced child, assisted the whole party
out of the car, first ascertaining that they were at the right
point of their journey, lifted his hat to the mother as if
she had been his own, and resumed his place and book as if he
had done nothing uncommon. This incident was chronicled in
the memory of one whom it made happier for a whole long day.
(Text.)--_Herald and Presbyter._
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=Burdens for Others=--See HARDSHIP VICARIOUSLY BORNE.
=Burglar Punished=--See UNLOADING THE USELESS.