- He was only a newsboy, but in his small way deserved as great respect as the highest in the land. He was not merely self-supporting; he took care of his little brother, too, to whom he was father, mother and elder brother, all rolled into one. Business was not good with him and he had great difficulty in selling his papers, but he persevered and allowed no one to pass him unsolicited. One day, and trade had been particularly dull, he followed a wealthy gentleman to the front of his residence, begging of him to buy a paper. The gentleman told him that he couldn't purchase it, because he had nothing less than a one-dollar bill. The boy assured him he would get him the change for it at once, but the man only shook his head and turned to walk away. Seeing the chance for a sale slipping from his grasp, the lad pleaded earnestly with him, saying, "I'll bring you back your change. Mister, I give you my word I will!" Well, the gentleman gave him the bill, and looking doubtfully after the running lad, awaited his change. But he waited in vain, for the little newsboy did not return. Going into the house, the man told his wife he had been "stung" again. On his way back with the change, the boy had been run down and cruelly hurt by an automobile, picked up by some of his poor but kind-hearted neighbors and carried to his miserable little garret room. After they laid him on his bed he opened one of his tightly clenched hands, which still contained the change, and calling his little brother to him, he gave him the money and with careful directions bade him return it at once. The little fellow hastened away on his errand and was soon ushered into the rich man's library by the good-natured footman. The gentleman and his wife were just preparing to leave home to attend a social function, but after receiving the delayed change and learning the pitiful cause of the delay, they altered their plans and telephoning their own physician to take charge of the case, they hastened to the bedside of the injured boy, taking the little brother with them. Arriving with doctor, he soon advised them that the case was hopeless. After his examination by the physician, the stricken newsboy, raising himself in bed and smiling bravely at the gentleman and his wife, whispered weakly: "Mister, I kept my word!" and fell back dead. The little brother has a fine new home now in the rich man's family.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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