124 A Perfect Gentleman.

been a shame to separate him from his
mother—he only wanted honest work, and,
like the boy in our picture, the gentleman
at the Home found him Just WHAT HE
WANTED.

Had he been quite homeless and friendless
they would have found him a home, but as
it was, they only found him work as a useful
colporteur, taking his attractive literature
from door to door.

Soon a happy home was provided by the
money he earned, and many a nice little
thing did he buy his mother till he was
taken notice of by a shopkeeper, who first
became a good customer of his books, and
then found him a situation in his own shop,
where Walter has since greatly distinguished
himself, rismg to a fair position at good
wages,

The Perfect Gentleman “honours his
Father and Mother,” and God honours
him.

“ They are idols of hearts and of households,
They are angels of God in disguise ;
His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,
His glory still beams in their eyes.