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A B 1 1 T) E I El DEI T Fill M NEW SPAPEK. WILLIAM D. COOKE. ) PR0P&1ET0B. ; TWO DQLlAaSIM 1IKC Botelr to all fyc 3n (crests of Zijt Smtti), thuTtit& (Stout atfoti, multure, Scfe0, tfje iHarfeets, &c. rot W,-NO. 46. RALEIGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, SAT' MAY, OCTOBER C, 1855. JOo202 TV-f- HI. li' . If - " -- X V r i -' , ', , M j ,-, , ' .1 I ; li i'h - .1 ... V ? J wnnlR I - SELECT iOETRY. HUES ON WOMAN. l0 be read alternately, or they are written, , it may suit the tatle or untmcyU qf the reader. - The bliss of him no tongue can tell - . ... Who in woman doth confide ; rt ; Who with a woman scorns to de Unnumbered evils will betide TheT fill each leisurable day - With joy and innocent delight; Wiih cheerless gloom and miser j Are none possessed while in their sight. : They make the daily path of life , A pleasant journey strewed with flower ; A dreary scene of painful strife They quickly change with matchless powers. ' Domestic jitya wil1 fa8t d6cay "''-' Where female influence is unknown j Where'er a woman holds heir sway, A man is in perfection shown. 1 , She's never failing to display .','"; Truth, in its native loveliness ; A heart inclined to treachery A woman never did possess. - That man true dignity will find Who tries the matrimonial state ; Who pours contempt on woman kind WiJl mourn his folly when too late. . SELECTED ARTICLES. PASSING THROUGH THE FIEE. C O N C L V DSD. -As Edward wa about leaving the counting- room at dinner time, Mr! Lee said to him : - "I have been thinking over what you told me this morning, and I have every disposition to meet your wishes. My business, as you know, is yet small, and the income from it limited. But I have just received some" better consignments, i with the promise of liberal shipments of goods, from a large manufactory. Yesterday, I do not think your application would have met with a favorable answer. Now I cau offer you a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars for the first ' year." ., . not restrain the impulse that prompted him to selzii the haod of Mr. Lee. ""; " Oh I am so glad !" he exclaimed, as a light broke over his face. "But that sum," added Mr. Lee will uot go far towards supporting yourself and mother." "Mother has a small income; and this will help very intkh. I think she cau make it do.'' Mr. Lee mused for some momenta " Tve been thinking since you spoke to me this moTiiing -" JJr. Lee paused, and seemed turning some thing bverm" his iniud, that was not altogether clear to. him, . " I've been thinking, perhaps, you might do something for yourself," he at length said. ' Edward's face -brightened, "There are some little articles in which you W'gl.t trade safely. In breaking bales of goods, for instance, pieces of rope, and bagging accu mulate. For these odds and .ende there is a sale. 1 know two or three stores where you can buy the article, and T know where you can sell .K at a small advance. It will take so small a portion of your time and attention that I can have no objection, and the matter is so simple and safe that you will run no risk." The light faded from the boy's face ; observ ing which, Mr. Lee said : "It does not strike you favorably." "I have no money to buy with," was the dis pirited answer. " Oh, as to that," came the cheerful sponse ; "no ver. large capital will be required. Ten or fifteen dollars will start you in the business, and I can supply" that." , "You are very kind, sir," was Edward's grate ful answer. A few moments he s!o.d with his eyes bent upon the floor then moving away he left the counting-room, and hurried home to communicate the good news to his mother" As he asceuded the stairs, leading to the apartments they occupied, he heard the voice of a man in his mother's room, and on opening the door, his eys fell upon the cold face of his uncle Brad ford. A brief and distant greeting took place, ' and then the visitor said to the widow of his brother : - ' ' ' : "The salary is a liberal one, and will make you very comfortable. I am gla . you were so "Luuiiie as io secure me aipoiniment iou may not know that you. are in a g od measure indebted to me for your success. I made inter est fur you in an influential quarter." " Mother is not going; there," said Edward, abruptly. He was unable to keep back the ords that leaped to his tongue. Mr. Bradford turned suddenly upon the boy, cd scowled darkly. ' ' ' - ot going where i" he asked. "Xot goiug to. be a Matron in an Orphan Asylum," answered Edward firmly. oue. isu i, na i Mr. Bradford's lip Had a weer upon it ; and he looked first at the boy and then at his mother. "No, sir, she Un't going." And Edward stood P and returned the gaze of his uncle with so dy a look, that Mr. Bradford felt irritated beyond measure. . j "Oh, very well," said he, in an offended voice" very well if you are master here I We nothing to say." An he' arose, and took two or three hurried steps across the room. At the door lie paused and glanced back towards Mrs. Bradford, who looked bewildered, and al- most frightened at the unexpected rencontre, so to epeak, between Edward and his uncle. u It's no use, I find," said he, speaking severe ly, for me to try to do anything for j&u. My adviee has not been taken in a single instance fiiacaaay, brother! death and oowjiallust -t let job go your own way. You wereilly eiough to refuse Air. Gardiner' excellent offer to take Edward.. There isn't a more advantageous place in the. city his fortune would have been made; I'm out of all patience with you 1 Bulging, y'r ain gait gang y'r ain gait-1 It will be all the same to me. - And just bear this in miud1 don't call on we to help you out of any of the troubles your -stupidity juay create." Abd Mr, Bradford went off in passion, K-av- ing the widow an Aears. "Don't cry, mother dear--don't cry." said Edward," tenderly, comiDgrto the side of his weeping parent, and laying bis face to hers. "You're pot going t the Asylum. Mr. Lee says he will pay me one hundred and- fifty dol lars for the firsts .year, and that-ii as much as Mr. Gardiner promised. He spoke very kindly to me, ai.d said he would show me how I could trade a little for myself, and make a tew dollars now and then. Ob, mother ! I feel such a Weight taken from my heart." Mrs. Bradford could not answer, in words, but she drew the boy's face tightly to her brea-f,atid kissed over and over again, fervently, his pure white forehead. ; . "Mr. Lee is a true man," she said, when, she could trust herself to speak. "He is nut rich, like Mr, Gardiner.; but be has. a larger heart, my son." - ' . Edward raised himself up, and looked earnest ly at his mother.. Her words seemed to have light in iheiu, and made things clear which were before in obscurixy. . v "A kind, true heart, Edward," the mother adiled, " is worth more than, gold ; and you can trust it better." ' Mr. Lee has a kind, true heart,', sard the lad, speaking as if to himself. " That I have known for years, -Edward,'' an swered his mother; " and he has not only a true heart, but just and honorable piiuciphs. It whs u rroi riki Mr ner ana in nistavor. l Knew it ouia ; uticr for you in the end to be under his care ; and, already,, this is becoming appareqt even in your eyes." Serious thought was now given by Mis. Brad ford to the subject of accrpiing or declining ti e appointment which she had just received. Wouid it be right fur her, under the circumstances, to refuse an offer of five hundred do lar a year ? Another such, opporamity vou!d hardly again occur. If she did refuse, the act would estrange certain friends who had interested themselves in her behalf; and in cttse of future extremity, no depend' nee could be placed on their kind offices. As these, and other considerations were revoivedv her mind came into a bewildered state ; and she was sorely oppressed by doubts. Edward oppo sed her a( ceptauce, an.d begged her not to take ftvm him his home, humble and obscure though it might be. I will live in a garret with yon mother," he said. "Anywhere I will be contented with poor food and plain clothing, until f grow older." If the thought of Mrs. Bradford had in any respect turned inwards ijpon heaself if, in thinking of a clear income of five hundred dol lars a year, her imagination had pictured a con dition of freedom from care and worldly anxie ties, every selfish impulse was stifled now. "What will be best for my boy?"' That was the earn esfcly iisked qeustion, and upon that turned a decision of the case. Clearly, now, she saw the dangers to which Edward wonrd be exposed, if removed from her loving care her watchful guardianship and she wondered within herself that this had not vividly presented itself before. 4 We will remain together my son," were her calmly spoken words, after all was decided in her mind ; " and if we can only get bread to eat and j water to drink, we will share them, and be thankful that the worse evil of separation is yet far from us. Both mother and ' son had passed through what to them was a fiery trial, but now they saw with a purer vision ; now they felt stronger to endure, and had a better hope for the future. When the purpose of Mrs. Bradford was made known to her friends, and they became aware of the slender support s e bad chosen, instead of the comfortable incotrie which had been offered for her acceptance, they were greatly displeased, and censured her strongly even going m far as to charge her with lack of energy, and insinua ting that both pride and indolence had conspired to effect her deviiou. She bore the storm meek ly, for she knew that the words of self jutitica- tin she could speak would not be understood. Estrangement from her husband's relations was' the consequence, and an almost total exclusion from the old social circles. - Patiently and hopefully she bore all this', for hr earnest, self-devoted love for Edward yr.ve clearness to her vision, and she saw that slie was mov.ng in the right way. Very poorly did they live on their slender income, but day after day was the widow's heart made glad by the knowl edge that her son was gradually learning to es timate truly the character of 'Mr. Lee, and to imbibe from him those higher principles of action 1 by which his own li fe was governed. True to his promise to1 Edward, the latter had hot only" ad- vanced him a small sum of money to purchase certain articles in which he might freely traffic, but had advised him where and how to buy, pud where to sell. From this source the lad was soon in receipt of light profits, that were never, from the beginning, less than five or six dollars a month ; all of which was given to his mother. One evening Edward said to his mother i "Henry Long told me something about Mr. Gardjneuaiih I'm sure Mr. Lee ' wouldn't have kne! such a thing." ' " What was it my son I" asked Mrs. Brad ford. ' S - ' enry, in looking over an account which a merchant from' the country had just settled, dis covered an error of a hundred dollars against the'merchant." He showed it to Mr. Gardiner, saying as he did to, Mr. ' told us that he wouldn't leave nntil six o'clock this afternoon. Shall I go round to the hotel and see him about it?" " ' fc'No!' was Mr. Gardiner's answer. 'Let him find it out himself, which he 'will do if he is barp enough ; and if he is not, he deserves toliseit'" ; 4 Tliat is dishonest," said Mrs. Bradford, with much gravity' of manner. ' - " So I told Henry ; but he laughed, and said Mr. Gardiner was keen, and knew how totake care of number one.'' ! "And did Henry' Long make so light of a wicked action ? I thought better of him than that, my son!" "He wouldn't have made light of. it, I am sure, when we went to school together. Then he was a very, honorable boy." " Evil communications corrupt good manners. There must, then, be something wrong in his associations." I'm afraid so," said Edward. " I)ies it not occur to you iii what direction this may lie ?" Edward looked thot'ghtfnl. ' 'If a .man in Mr. Gardiner's position makes :ijht of dfthonestv, is there not dsng.-r in com ing within the sphere f his influence? If the principal in a huge est tblishmt nt manifests na just regard for the rights of others, what is to lie -expected from his subordinates? Believe me, Edward, there is g'eat danger in being in the se rvice of such a man. And now, I am sure you can begin to see hoygra.va wvreaqons. cre. W)t permitting you to accept the offer he seemed so kindly to make." What -a glow uf pleasure warmed the bos m of Mis. Bradford as her son expressed strongly his abhorrence of Mr. Gardiner's principles, and said that he hoped ever to be thankful that he had a mother who was wise enough to save him frum the influences of such a man. Time passed on. Mr. Lee's business steadily increased, though not rapi-iiy. He was active, prompt, and honorable in dealing, thus secuiing a good reputation in business circhs. At the end of a year lie was aide to increase Edward's salary to three hundred dollars, and so intelli gent had the lad become in such matters of trade as were permitted to him on his own ac count, that he added two huudied dpllars to this income during the second year he was with the young "commision merchant. Emm this time, the widow andher son, though stiU in ob scurity, and overlooked by friends who should have stood by them in their hours of need, and encouraged them as they passed through the trials of adversity, had not only all things need ful for comfort, but enjoyed a measure of hap-, piness that is meted out to but few. The years now glided by with a fleeter mo tion. Mr. Lee's business steadily increased. His strictly honorable 'dealings -had become widely known ; and every season lie received new and moie valuable consignments. For Edward, he had from the beginning felt a true interest. Very careful was he to instil just principles into his itiiad, and to demon-trate the fallacy pf the bad maxim so widely prevalent, that no man can conduct business successfully at the prereut day, and be snictiy honest. Success, he always maintained, was d pendent on a thorough knowledge of the business in which a man en gaged, uniied with untiring industry. "This," he wou'd -ay, 41 is the only safe ruad in which to walk. All others are full of danger." Eve ry year he contiuued to increase the salary of Ed w aid ; for every year he became of more value to him. It was just seven years from tie day on which Mi s. Bradford declined the offer of the rich mer chant t-j take her son into bis service. Circum stances were considerably altered. Edward's salary was enabling her to live in more comfort, and some of her old friends were berinninr to approach again. Of these was the mother, of Henry Long, the boy who had taken the place at, Mr. Gardiner's. Henry had grown upagay, dashing young man ; and it was plain to all close oleryer, that in bis contact with, the world, he had soiled his garments. .-Mrs. Long, rather a worldly-minded woman .herself, did not seem clearly conscious of the change for the worse that was steadily progress ing. H-nry had a manly, confident way about him, that gratified her vanity ; and he adroitly deceived hsr in mauy.thrng-. that a true-hearted woman would have knowu by aa unerring in stinct .Mrs. Xong had called twice upon Mrs L Bradford; and the latter, who did not much cnre to tenew the acquaintance, hit that it was hadly kind not to-retain a visit. S,'on fine morning; she rang the belV at Mrs. Long's door. The servant who-admitted her had a frightened iookj and exclaimed as soon '. the ' door was closed "Oh ma'm ! go np quickly to Mrs. Long. I don't know what ails her !" " li she sick !" was Mrs.; Bladford's anxious inquiry. 44 Something's the matter, She's in a dread- ful way," answered the servarfv "A iuan left a letter for her just now ; andjaasoon as she be ffan to read it. she turned as Hte as death, and fell right down po the i fioorfj got her onthe crying, oti, so dreadfully I ' Do go u)p . and see her. I don't know what to do." , Mrs. Bradford went hastily up to the chamber of Mrs. Long. As she opened the door, the groans that fell ' upon her ears, were so full of anguish, that" every nerve thrilled with pain.. Crouched down upon the be4, with her face pressed into , and hidden on a pillow, , lay the friend she had called to visit,. shiverlog AS if in a strong ague-fit. Going quickly to the bedside, she placed her hand upon, Mr. Long, and repeat ed her name. . The suffering woman did not seem to feel the touch,, nor hear the voice. "Mrs. Long! Mrs. Long ??--The calhfwas repeated in a low, earnest, penetrating voice ; but the only resjxnse was a moan more full of anguish. . - - - ' 1 " My friend ! Mrs. Long !" ' It availed not. -Her ears seemed def her senses all indrawn. " What great trouble has come upon you so suddenly, my friend?" Very tenderly did Mrs. Bradford speak, bending her face low to tie ear of the wretched woman. There was a half smothered murmur of words. " It is Mrs. Bradford," said the visitor. --'Vf The hands of Mjs. Long were instantly waved backward with a repelling motion. Think of uie as a true friend as an earnest sympathiang friend." " Mother ! Mother I send for my mother," was the sufferer's answer. And again she waved her haod for Mrs. Bradford to leave her. Delicacy forbid further intrusion en the part of - Mrs. Bradford. Leaving the room, she made known the wish of Mrs. Long to' have her mother who lived near by, sent-for, and went back to he own home, deeply pained at the scene she had witnessed, and wondering what it could maam - - - When Edward came home that evening, he said to his -mother the moment be entered : ' A dilliiLLhing hJinrBLhy.oav.'' " What ?" was the quick inyfr " " u H nry Long sailed in the English steamer at twelve o'clock, after having robbed his em ployer of more than a hundred thousands dol lars." - " "Oh no, Edward ! Impossible!". , " It is too true." ' : 'But he could not abstract so much rnorioy at one time." "No, but the fraud on the house have eeii going on, as is alleged, fur years." Thi morn ing be was sent to collect some large "drafts, and make heavy deposits, the whole ath' unung to .OV' .r f o ty thousand dollars. Instead of making' the deposits, he bought bills cf exchange, and left for Europe in the steamer." "Dreadful.! Dreadful !'' "In consequence of this large abstraction of money,-Mr. Qardiner was unable to meet his iiayments to-day, and called a hurried meeting, of creditors. We had sold him some good, and -Mr. Lee was present at the meeting. And, what do you think he says ? Why that it is the sirong impression of nearly all his creditors, after hear mg his story, that he is a partner in the guilt of his clerk." "Oh. Edward! Edward!" '. A shade of fear went darkly over the moth er's face, as she retnembeivd how near slie had been to yielding to the strong pressure that was on her, and consenting that her son should take the place afterwards rilled by Henry Long. 'Thanks to my heavenly Father, for giviug me i he strength to eudure !'' was her fervent heart ejaculation. , ' The failure, that comes in consequence of Henry's crime, will be a veiy bad one. . False entries were exhibited, (too quickly' discovered some think,) showing the abstraction of over sixty thousand 1 dollars, besides the heavy sum takefi to-day. If the creditors get thirty cents in the dollar, it will be a large 'dividend" on the effects produced by-Mr. Gardiner." "Then he may be a worse man than his ab sconding clerk." " And ho doubt is, mother. He has not, for some time, borrie a good reputationf among hon- lable business meu. I have heard'the worst ei.i-' thets applied to him by merchants.' " "Olr, Edward 1" said Mrs. Bradford, sjoakm ' with so much feeling, that tears stood in her eyes, ''how thankful I am that yon did not en ter his service instead of Henry Long." , " JSot more thankful than I am,"' was the' repl y of Edward " For years I have seehdiow wisely you acted in choosing a place for, me with a true, good man, Instead 6f one whose only rec oru mendatioh was the worldly advantage he hadito offer. How far I might nave been corrupteclln his service, I know not but I have, several times to-day, had an inward shudder as I tliouo-ht'. of'jt" ?"' ' " ' " ' " " y" There was a pause, and then the young man said, with a brightening countenance,, : ." But I have some good, as well asevij tidings for your ear. Mr. Lee has offered me an. inter- est in his business, on most liberal terms ; and I Lave accepted the proposition'-- Mrs. Bradford's face kindled with' a glow of " eright " o 'strong expfesfon" of "pleure ' deri, leaped from her tongue ; she ohly'claspedthe hand of. her son, and looking at him with an expression of maternal love and pride, said, " X have my reward, and it "comes "quicker and more, abundantlhan ever hnagiaatiou realied.J My dearest hope, for. you in life, has beeVtbat you might be. a true-hearted, honorable honest man. You are all this Edward ! all this. . And now there is. added the' worldly prosperity that I was willing to sacrifice for those higher .and. e t'nr.s There.. ! te hroier mother jn. l- ; s 1 Y-.Orggtn. - . --. ;-- - ' " ' THE BLESSINfTbr A; GOOD DEED. -BV.'T. S. ARTHUR. " I should like to do that; every day, for a ye'af W come," said Mr. WilllUm Everett, rub- biug lubands togttry rcUy' ia jjHeasur?.. , Mr. Everett was a stock and money broker, and had just made an "operation" by which a clear gain of two thousand dollars was secured. He was alone in bis office, or so tuueh alone as not to feel restrained by the presence of another. And yet, a pair of dark, pad eyes were fixed in tently upon his self satisfied countenance with an expression, had he observed it, that would, at least have excited a moment's wonder. The owner of this pair of eyes whs a slender, ratheT poorly -dressed lad, in his thirteenth year, w hom Mr. Everett lmd engaged a short time previous ly, to attend in his office and run upon erran-ls-He was the son of a widowed mother, now in greatly reduced circumstances. Hi9 father bad been an early friend of Ml4. Everett, It was this fact which led to the boy's introduction into the broker's ofrici '. " Two thousand -dollars." The broker had uttered aloncj his satisfaction"; but -now he crn luuned with ,dmself silently. "Two thousand dollars 1 A rtice httlesum that for a single day s S'e ajlJ h spoke with kinder. llM-vt,vrTotsick,ihop.;r w o! k: I 'weirder w hat Mr. Jenkeus wi -:i morrow morAinewhetr he hears of stfch an ad vance in tbess securities." From some eaue, this mental reference to Mr. Jenkins '! did not increase our friend's state exhileratiouj j Most probably tht-re was some thing in the! transaction, by which he had gain ed so haodsolne a sum of money, that, in calmer moments, would not bear too close a scrutiny something $r. Everett woufd hardly liked to have blazoned forth to the world. Be this as it I mi i, iSmjjihrtteJ'jioA although the! broker w as richer by twothou-and dollars than '.when he arose in the morning, he was certainly no happier. An hour arterwani, a ousines i.iena came m- to tneomce pi Mr. tvereu ana saia : ''Have yotl heard about Casseh ? 'No;" wht if him?" "He's saidl to be off to California with twenty thousand doi lars'in his pockets more than justly belongs to hfm." "What!"; Toiv true, believe. His name is in the list of passenger! who lett New York in the steam er, y-steidalj." " - ' '" "; '''. "The sconitidrcl !" exclaimed Mr. Everett, who, by tills tunjwas very' considerably excit -d. ' He owes you, does he ?" said the friend ."I lent him three huudred dollars only day before yesterday." "A clear swindle." ''yeB, it is.- , if I could on'y get my hands on him." -' ' - Mr. Everett's eonntenance, as he said this, did '' not weaPa very amiable expression. "Don't get excited about it," said the other, "1 think he let you on quite reasonaDiy. was that sura all he asked to borrow.?" "Yes." " ' "I know two, at least, who are poorer by a couple of thousand by his" absence." -But Mr. Everett was excited. For half an hour alter the individual left, who had commu nicated this unpleasant piece of news, the broker walked the floor -of his office with compressed lips, a loweriflg brow, and " most unhappy feel ings. The-two thousand dollars gain, in no way balanced in his mind, "the' three hundred lost. The pleasure created by the one had not penetrated deep enough to escape obliteration by tile other. - Of all this, the boy with the" dark, sad eyes had taken -quick cognizance. ' And he-compre-. bended all. .Scarcely a moment had his glance been removed from the countenance or form of Mr. Everett, while the latter walted with uneven steps, the floor of his office. , .1,. , i ... .As the afternoon waned, the broker's mind grew caliuerJ The first excitement produced by the loss, pased away ; but it left a sense of de-. pteasion and disappointment that completely shadowed his feelings. . - , Intent as had been the lad's observation of his einpldver during alt the time, it is a little re- , markabfe that Mr. Everett had uot once been. i conscious of the fact, that tb.ejboy's eyes wer? steadily upon 'him. In fact, he had been, aa a usually the case, too much absorbed ,iu tiiiogs concerning himself, to notice what was peculiar to a; other, unless the, pecuiiarity were one readily used to "hii own, advantage. - "John,' sard Mr. Everett, turning suddenly, to tl ie boy, and encountering his large earnest eyes, I Take this note round to Mr. Legrand. . .. -. John sprang to do his bidding ; received, the. -. joon sprang vo w u.-.. , x . note, and was orwith; unusual fleetness. BU j door, which closed .upon his form, 4$, not. it out th'e expression pt' hjs sober face and ;hu d jriance from the vision' of Mr. reUr-rln. , fat, from Wme cause, teanha spmng into the ey"of the jmusing hfrji fi&iym?& - wycalled'upon to nder"a service; an J quick er than usual though his motions were, he bad failed to conceal them. A new train-of thought novt entered the broker's-miixh The child of his old friend had been, taken into his office from a kind of chari table feeling, though of low vitality. . H paid him a couple of dollars a week, and thought life tie more about him or his widowed mother. He had too many important interests of his own at ptaketo. have his mindiurned aside for Jbecajah waViricJber by wo JSliaof: of that sad fcce--for itiva. unusually sad at the ,n . i "ii . n . moment when Mr. Everett looked suddenly to-. ward the'toy Jingered in his mind, growing every moment more distinct and more t ouch in g ly beautiful, many considerations of duty and humanity were excited; - - He remembered his! old friend, and the pleasant hoars- they had .spent together in years long since passed, ere "lerous feelings had hardened into ice, or given .- ,a-nss. He reme no place to an aij-jJervrtine . . i bered, too, the beautitai girl Lia, fi iehd hd mar ried, and how proudly that friend presented her to their little world, a his br ide. The lad had her large, dar k eyes, only the light of joy had faded, therefrom, giving place to a strange sad ness. . .- . - - - ; All thisi was now present to tb mind of Mr. Everett, and though he tried onee or twice, du ring the boy's eb-sence, to obliterate theae recol lections, h was unable Jo do so,- -. '"How is you,- moiher, John !" kindly inquired the broker, when the lad returned from his er rand, i . v . . The questiou was . so unexpected thnt it cn fused him. . ..- . . . - - : "She's well thank-you, sir. v Xor not very w'eil eilherr :tliank yon, u ." . ; And the b 'y's'faee flushed and his eyes suf fused - ; . ----- , "i?ot tery .wail, . you. say ?" Air. Everett aui in Htoin of interest. "No sir; not Very if.'-it Iut " ' - ' "But what, John?" sai-l toe. broker, encour agingly. "She's in trouble." half stanimei-pd On- boVt while the color -deepened -uri hi fce. "Ah, indeed 1 I'm sony for i hat. -What is the trouble, John t" . t The tears which John had been 'vamlv stri ving to re pres, now gu4rd "ov-r his ftc, wnd with abovish sh anrafor"ili we?iknss Iia tut-npd aw$T-"nd tntgiCTiirfoT'3rtii!i- "fUi his "over" masteriug feelings. ' Mr. Everett was nt a little mon-d iv so un expected an exhibition. -- He waited with a in w- born cougHeraiiuii for thr. bov. txt unmi. e!ed with respect, tintil a measure of ealmne-s w;. re stored. " ' "John," he then said, if yonr mother is in trouble, it may le in my power to rrlieve her." "O, sir " exclaimed the lad eagetly, coming up to Mr. Everett, and in the forg-itfulnesv of the moment, laying his small hand upon that of his employer, ."if you will, you can." ' Hard indeed -wonh? hive leen the ' heart that could have witnessed the appealing eyes lifted by Johu-Levering to the face of the broker. Love of self and tbe-world had -ncrirsted it with indifference toward others, but the crust wa now broken through. "Speak freely, my good lad,' said he kindly. Tell me of your mother. -What is her trou ble ?" ."We are vry poor, sir." ; TrernnloUs arrd mournful .was- the boy's voice. : "Arid 'mother isn't well. She does all she can and my wages help a little. - But there are three of us children ;' and I am the oldest. Nou of the rtt en earn anything. Mother couldn't In-lp gtt ng behind with tlie reut, sir, because -he ba-in't the mon ey to pay it with. This morning the man who owns the house where we live' t-nmei for -some money, and when mother td him thathe had none, he got, oh, so angry ! frightened -us all. Ue said if the rent wasn't paid by tomorrow, he'd turn ns all-out into the street. Poor ran ther ; she went to bed sicW." - "How much does your mother owe the maiif asked Mr. Eveiett. "Oh, it's a great dealrsir. I'm afraid she'll never be able to ay it; and I don't knew what we'll do.!' , r- . - - '-'-' ' : " ' ' " "How much ?' ' '. ' ' '' "Fourteen dollars, sit," answered the lad; "Is "that all ?" and Mr. Everett thrust bis hand into his pocket. '"Here are twenty dollars', Rnu ' h&me to your mother, and give thenv to her with my compliments." - ' - The boy. grasped the money fcagerly, arrd as be did so, in an irrepressible burst of gratitude kissed the haad from which he received it. He did not speak, for strong emotion choked all utterance ; But Mr. Everett saw his heart in his - large eye, and it wa overflowing with thankfulness. ' ; " : " " gray a moment," said the broker, a John -Levering was about to past' through Ms tloor. "Perbap! had better: write a: note to your mother."; ,.. i ,,r - V t. --' "' i I wish yon would, air," answered thtf boy as he came slowly back. - - ' ' '! A brief note was writteor ii which Mr, Ever ett-not only offered present aid, but promised, for the sakei of old -recolleotioos that now were crowding fast upon his mind, to b the widowV iuvune irituu. ... - .- . - - - V Fot half -hw after the lad departed, future fritnd. broker sat musing,' with his eyes apin die floor,' hia though l were cle-ar and h eehaga traoqtiiL I He had made on that day" the om of two tboto' sand, .dollara- bf, Ar-ingla- transaction, oat tne thoaght. of thai large aMseessionwtO hia worfdly goods did not give him the tithe of pleasure he derived from the bestowal of twenty dollara- He thought, too, of the three hundred he had lost by - a misplaced confidence : jet,' even ' the shadow cast from that event began to fall upon his heart, the bright face of Jobu Leyw ing was conjured up by fancy, and all was na- ny again. : .- - . : -l " f ; Mr. Everett Went home to i hjs familj i tta evening a cheerfulrininded man4Why jJSot Vckrf.fi JLaC. I0!i sessed no powetlo lift hwn above the shadowed, fretful state which the ' loss ef - three k hundred had produced. Why! He ljad beetdwedf" his abundance, and thus made suffering' hearts glad; and the conscioasness of this nraded p- his losom with a warming sense of 'delight. Thus it is. that true benevolence carries wita? it, ever a double blesssing. Thus ft is that it giving, more is -often -gained than in eager accu: malation of selfish withholding." - ; ' " THE OEPHAJT. ' .. - ' ' : ; long, ion'g1 Little Josey kad be !- .. : while; be bad broken bis ebiti dogii ptflletl the fringe off from the table cover, admired th4f : variegated birds worked on the fctstoor.'untit 5 he turned it over, and crawled to the patch of' ri sunlight resting on the rosea on the carpet, and- r chitched at the golden rins, and played with his transparent fingers. Still no one cShie. " "tliP ' fretted, then- looked with ia sudden, quiet and grave : expression into the firej magnetically drawn by the bright coalsshining thro ihe high fender, -i nto an admiration if beauties. Then as the loneliness of his situation recalled itself ' to his mind, he cried again softly, VTth Targtf tears running down hw plump rosy cheek. ' ! Josey was cold, hungry and frightened--The ' had never been alone before ; and the first-form-" '" ed word his lutld tongue had ever uttered, j'ass- ed laoaningly from hi lips "mamms n-am-' ma.". . - ' '; - r001, Httle Josey ! He did not know that she who would have caught him' in her arms ' . and covered him with ki-ses at this first token ' f inrellect,'couldn't longer hear him ; that she rested on her statelv conch, pale as the snow- ' !row they placed beside her,'hor hands calmly , folded upon 4ier meek bosom, and. a deep sol- . enmity settling upon her sweet young face. He did riot know Jone, fittle orphan, how heir hand had been obmtwd in prayer, aad thai when Iter jm WmfsSnjoufa'U imfiried - witii it a prayer to the throne of grace that ' the thooghtof him' Wns the only cloud about . her breast, as she hastened to join the beloved one that had gone before. ' - ' "' . No, Josey knew not this. ' He cried still p; V, teonsly, until strangers came with kind words and sad facts, and carried him down stairs As he passed ber door,' he instiuctively murmured .T'? the new' word "mamma,'' until they hushed him. " Tiien, bewildered,' frightened and weary he7 cried, and hiding his1 bead 'among the pillowa'o? '. the familiar cradle; sobbed hiihseff to sleep. ' ' ". Smiles dimpled his flushed face in that sleerX -t -An aBgel tnother had him in her arms, soothed ois iremDring nps, ana wmsperea woros ot love into his ear; still he did not know that he was. an orphan. Alas! poor-child, he learned it soon! enough. .-? The fine house was sold and all its elegancies. , Expenses were paid, and the small sum remain- ti ed put irr trust for the boy into the hands of a man . of integrity.-' Josey lived in his family.--- ( Ther wprA othiP hovi nrA irirls'biit thev were all ' ----- j e,----, -j. to the mauor - born. " Josey was an intru . ... der. , . . . ..'..-! ft tCKi lie was always a shy, quiet boy, and grew J a still more so amid tins throng, lie sought out aarK corners, ana guaea rnio mem unperceivea, He talked to himself, when alone, and shared no joys or sorrows. - He was un'ike other children V ' Ihey hal mothers. J' He would watch the moth--V er as she impulsivel)1 caught 'toiai little pra(- tier, and turned away- sadly no one kissed him1 No one looked - with; "pride on hia copy book. No one tied his tipped about hia tieck with care.' No one stole on tiptoeat Trighf to his bed-aide. to see if he were comfortably and happily." sleep- "t i ng. No one saved cakes 'arid candy for him ,in ' v f. the bureau drawers, otr atnffcdhis dinner basket wfth a favorite J morsel. " - f -Noi he was a. one set apart.' j He muit lake what comes and W thatokful.' '.' i Poor little Josey I Eveu the Wchewew "i lte had no tnother, and' neglected hnnor re- ;f . , membered him ik long taaka; so" bopeUSOy-h'Sxd "t; that none but a mother - could have tnade' easy And when his head or beart 'achedthere waa . no breast to bear all his troubles-no handa to' iie.: cool the feverof his brow with igentie,'caxel ju f " sing touch. I Poor Josey ! ' l' x , - A change had graduaHy passed awayoVef1" Josey. He had grown' thm and'pale j hia eyea j were Urge and noatorally bright,5 hiaorm fra.-1 V gil and shadowy '5Friead whispered' when h", passed, ! and boy 'made, rooni Tot him iif thi J" winter -rj itthv ghte aharecT their; dinner '1, with himETerybodyt'wa-o UnS thai "1,J could never do enough for them. One dayi aa he t bf the fire, wd and dii spirited, the tears would rl!ddwh his; cheeks. j t ,H-Why does Josey cry T said s fittW "fchild rM TlleDoor 6oJas nomother.teturned & fTarent i V '- la w fit 9f'tCiM-t&Wi i . . , . .m . iv d -4 "tLITJ . i. u T.- V, t,m m momma alt '3 nnt'ff Vs 5-.- k jtt- i tfti -di Ut&l rT-l. - 1J . U kUt in 1... ed bim while these words sank "deep jn Joaey's u l have a mother," he whispered perpetually tohimseK u I will find her." - . The aun rose proudly up one bright Christ- in l 5