A little boy, inmate of an orphan asylum, ran away. He fell in with an itinerant knife grinder. The boy had had no home life and when his companion suggested that they steal some chickens, he did not object. The farmer was alert, however, and although the knife grinder escaped, the boy was made a prisoner. The farmer had two little children, a boy and a girl. They had gone to bed, and came down to investigate. They were sorry for the tiny prisoner and when their father was out of the room, released him. The little girl lectured him and then assisted him to escape through a window. The little orphan came into good fortune. A wealthy real estate broker saw him and later adopted him. The boy, when he grew to manhood was taken into partnership by his benefactor. One day the firm engaged a new stenographer, and the junior partner did not know the youth was one of the children who had aided him years before. The stenographer squandered his money, and ran heavily into debt.
