e are so many temptations to spend money that they feared,
if they had it in their pockets, they should part with it foolishly.

One of the news-boys has been recently run over by a stage. I inquired
about him, and learned that he is the very boy whom I met in a
friend's office, and my interest in whom led me first to visit the
lodging-house. This is the third time he has narrowly escaped death.
The omnibus passed directly over his body. When he was taken up, his
companions thought him dying. He was conveyed immediately to the
hospital.

The boys at the lodging-house were saddened by Patrick's troubles.
They expected he would die. They recounted his excellencies of
character. His cheerfulness and ready wit were not forgotten. Patrick
is not a boy of many words, but when he speaks, it is to the purpose.
The boys called at the hospital to see him. The door-keeper said he
never knew a boy who had so many cousins!

The next day Patrick was better. It was found that he was not so much
injured as was at first supposed. There was great rejoicing in the
evening at the lodging-house. A heavy load had been lifted from their
hearts. Patrick would soon be among them again. They were cheerful and
full of life and spirits. "Patrick must be half made of India-rubber!"
they exclaimed, gleefully.

This sympathy with each other is one of the most beautiful traits of
their character, and shows a nature that may be nobly developed. They
cannot but learn much that is good in the hours spent in their
reading-room, as they listen to the instruction of those interested in
their welfare. Many of them have already found good situations, and
give promise of becoming useful men. They appreciate kindness and
civility. "Mr. ---- spoke to me in the street, when he was walking
with another gentleman and _he shook hands with me too_," said one of
them triumphantly, as if he had risen in the scale of being, and was
more worthy of respect, in consequence of the respect with which he
had been treated. Few can estimate the power of sympathy.

"Speak gently, kindly, to the poor;
Let no harsh term be heard;
They have enough they must endure,
Without an unkind word."

"I have never forgotten your words of kindness, when I was poor and
almost discouraged," wrote one lady to another, and no more will any
child of want forget the utterance of a warm, generous heart.

I should have told you, that besides the money the boys put in the