A Boy Knight

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NEW YORK P. J. KENEDY & SONS

COPYRIGHT, 1921 P. J. KENEDY & SONS PRINTED IN U.S.A.

TO MR. AND MRS. NICHOLAS F. BRADY WHOSE SOCIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES HAVE BROUGHT THE SPIRIT OF KNIGHTHOOD INTO MANY HOMES THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED


IT was late November and a little snow had fallen. Three boys were on their way down Park Avenue to school—the Regal High. One of the boys, Frank Mulvy, carried his lunch in his pocket. He did not live far away, but his mother was to be out for the day and had put up a lunch for him. As the boys came down the avenue, an old man whom they had never seen before, met them. He asked them for a few cents to get something to eat. It happened that none of the boys had any money. They told him so, and passed on. The man gave them a searching look and groaned.
When the boys had gone a block and turned the corner at Gody's drug store, Frank Mulvy made an excuse to loiter a moment, and then turning quickly, ran up the avenue. He overtook the poor man and handing him the lunch which he had in his pocket, said:
I'm sorry I have no money, sir, but here is something to eat.