Show me the road and I will try to make it out myself."
Gerhardt then offered the contents of his bag to the hungry man, who,
coarse as it was, ate it gladly. Presently his attendants came up, and
then Gerhardt, to his surprise, found that the hunter was the grand
duke, who owned all the country round.
The duke was so pleased with the boy's honesty, that he sent for him
shortly after that, and had him educated.
In after years Gerhardt became a great and powerful man, but he
remained honest and true to his dying day.
[Illustration: "_Presently his attendants came up."_]
[Illustration]
DICK HARRIS; OR, THE BOY-MAN
Dick Harris was called a clever boy, and no one believed this more
firmly than he. He was only fourteen years of age, and yet he dearly
loved to be thought a man.
As he was about to leave school, his friends often asked him what he
intended to be. Dick could not tell; only, that it must be something
great. Now while Dick had learned some good thing in school, he had also
learned many evil habits--among them the practice of smoking.
Dick's father smoked. He saw men smoking in the streets, and so he
thought it would be manly to smoke. Along with some of his schoolmates,
he used to hide himself and take his turn of the one pipe or cigar which
they had among them.
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