HE GIVE HIS LAST CENT. 



MOSES THOMPSON, JR. 

 English Exactly as she is writ. 



In Olden days several centnres ago when 

 only trafic could only be had by horse back 

 and Stage's, in those days such as little 

 town's and Village's some of them was a 

 far distance apart, and some times a trav- 

 eler would be one and two days reaching 

 some town or village to stop and rest. In 

 a very large place in France, living a large 

 settlement of people, nothing but wealthy 

 Royalty's. In those days a man having a 

 Son and when that Son become of age it 

 was always custom for the Father to give 

 his Son a start when he became twenty one 

 years of age. Such as money and stoc 

 k to start him off to make a living 

 then for him self. So fortunately it wa 

 s that a Son of a Royal family become of 

 age. of twenty one. On that day his father 

 had been to town and drawn out of his bank 

 whom he did banking business with One 

 Thousand dollars, and on the last day of 

 his aged son whom become twenty one 

 years of age. His father taken the young 

 man to his room and sit. himself down and 

 also commanded his son also, and began to 

 explain his will and offer to his Only Son. 

 His father then began to talk, the boys 

 fomer name was Johny, Johny his father 

 said?. On this day my lad you are twenty 

 one years of age and consider that you are 

 your own Man and do as you like. So my 

 son i have here for you One Thousand dol- 

 lars and in the Stable your choice, of any 

 Pony in the lot. This is your twenty first 

 birth day and i had promised you when you 

 become of age and had live with your father 

 and mother and behaved your self as a son 

 should i would give you one thousand dol- 

 lars and a horse and saddle. To do as you 

 like leave home and go off and try to make 

 your self of a man or stay here at home 

 with your father and mother, But as Johny 

 had been home every since his boyhood he 

 desided to leave home and g© away and 

 see what the outcome might be for his 

 future life. So he Says. Father as i have 

 been here all my childhood days and have 

 obayed you. And i feel that i might go 

 away and try and make my self what i can 

 out of the share you have given me. I 

 should go now and try to make myself a 

 rich man. So father if its you will i will 

 go away and leave you and mother, and 

 some day you will hear of your Son being 

 a rich man or a poor one some day. Father? 

 I will take my choice of the horses in the 

 stable and the best one i am ask to choose 

 which ever i like the best. I will do this 

 at once father I bid you and mother good 

 bye and i will let you hear from me often 

 where ever i may be. but remember father 



i have a home as long as i live whether 

 not i may success or not am I ?. Yes my 

 Son you are welcome home at any time 

 Rich or poor you are my Son. So Johny 

 and his father left the room and Johny went 

 at once and picked his Pony, and then 

 went into the house and prepared for trav- 

 ling, after bading his mother and father 

 fare well and good bye for some day he 

 may return as a rich man or a beger, So at 

 noon he ate his harty dinner and well fed 

 his choiced Pony and with him he taken 

 some extra feed and food for him self to 

 last about two days. So at Noon he left 

 his father and mother crying in the door 

 as he left the house So little Johny started 

 on his jurney to the open World, He and 

 his Pony Traveled all that half of day and 

 when night had fallen upon them it was 

 their luck to find loging for the remainder 

 of the Night. After having a good nights 

 rest and his horse properly fed the next 

 morning he resumed his Jurney. It was a 

 large City that Johny was making for. As 

 it was about fifteen hundred miles away 

 from his home. So early the next morning 

 he had a good heart of trr.vling and had 

 made a good start. So when he left the 

 place where he had spent the night he 

 bided all good bye. And onward he went. 

 So when noon come he had traveled a long 

 distance as the Pony he had was a fast 

 traveler. He stoped and feed his horse to 

 wha feed he had and rested his Pony about 

 an hour and after resumed his journey, 

 So when night had fallend upon him he 

 was again lucky to find lodging for him 

 and his Pony, after having a successfully 

 nights rest there and geting a fresh start 

 the next morning. So at this time his food 

 and feed for his Pony had given out. and 

 he had hopes of finding lodging at every 

 place along his jurney close as the first two 

 stops over night. So he went untill noon 

 and seem not to get hungry and as his Pony 

 had a fast gate he decided to keep on the 

 go untill night come, but he traveled all 

 day and when night come he found no place 

 to stop so he camped on the side of the 

 road. So by this time the young Lad had 

 traveled a long ways from home, after 

 spening the night on the side of the road 

 although it was in the summer time when 

 such camping could be had with pleasure, 

 after spending the night there success fully 

 but was a little hungry the next morning. 

 He resumed his jurney hoping to find some 

 stoping place where he could find some- 

 thing to eat for both. He and his Horse, 

 without Water his Pony for over one night 

 and a day traveled well. Noon come again 



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