The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-09-29
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THE CARPENTERS BOY.


a. wish to speak n word TO Miss Leila
Vermont !" said carpenters boy as be en-.
tered stately mansion in one of the mos,
fashionable streets IN the city of '.aw York
10 1880.
Help yourself TO a scat IN the entry !;
you will be attended 10 presently" was the
naughty reply. Then turning to an iudi
yidual with whom she had been conyersipg
said with sheer, (having noticed that the
lad desiring The Interview mad some carpen
tef's tools in his hand, ~ have such
dislike TO speak 10 mechanics. ] hate to
encounter one"
" Possibly he is on business" said the
Individual.
"Oh, never speak 10 one unless on bu
sIness," vas the reply he has como /
presume to erect an arbor. We applied
to Mr.. Thomas this morning, TO have one
built, and take this TO be his apprentice"
MIR. Vermont, the father of Leila, for
this was the lady inquired for was mer-
chant OF good standing and considerable
property, hence Lela's naughty, arisiocral
&c pretensioas 10 respectaJiLty. She bad,
at an early age, imbIbed the too prevalent
doctrine, that no individual who earned bis
bread by the sweat Of h,s brow, had the
most remote claims upon responsibility.
Had Mr. Oryille lived, the father Of the car
p"nler's boy, Albert. had no doubt occupi
ed as lofty, and perhaps much more prom
neni position 10 society. than did the nfai
ualed Leila. But alas Albert was an or
phau boy, { desolate stranger in a strange
laod He had now seen but little more than
nlneteen years Of actual life, but his heart
IN that ume had lived an are of misfortune.
grief, and endurance. He is alone in the
wade, vide world, entirely friendless. But
he does not weep, No he has no tears
left for hlmselt-he has she'd them all on
the far, far off grave oF bis parents, and
his keen expressive eyes are fearless. and
dark with unspeakable 70. Blu, 1nder al
his youthful pint quails not. M there
Is desperate pride and power within, that
viii not le! him yield. He almost glorles
IN his foflorn destiny, strange and sad as i
IS for one SO Young.
Ply he IS only mechanic" exclaimed
Leila, as she gazed with Unspeakable de
light upon the green goose Of mechanic,
as she deemed hin) while sitting 10 the
entry. Had be been Lawyer, Doctor,
oT Professor Of some sort, he might have"-
a noble soul !" inierposed Mr.. Shirvy
the individual with whom she spoke, vi DO
vas professor, though not az aslstocrat.
" @as going to say, from his appear.
anee. he nigh, have meriied"-
/" BE cautious, Leila
+Alos me to express my sentiments
Ne might have menled the hand of ono in
he higher walks of life. lie 10 noble
ookisg lad" 4,
" buf, we're he Lawyer, Doctor, o. Pro.
essor, Induigng the views be now doubtless ,
;henshes, my word for Il ne would aspire
o something noble"
"Aud where should he seek for noble
'pirits, but among the respectable class Of /
ociety p
"Ah Leila, rnany a nobIer heart hath
hrobbed beneath the Iea,hern apron Of the
Mechanic, than ever swelied beneath the
ilken gestsmenis of Lawyer, Doctor, or
Professor" Il
Mr.. Shiny, | am surprised to hear
ou uphold such a low, vulgar set of black
miihs, all Of whom you know to be as gno
ant Of refinement as tho Abcrigiues Of the
10 west"
" Not an, Leila
But Who has ever heard Of a mechanic
'ueo1ing a great man I"
have. The abless men were facehap. /
g. Name tai Atkvrigbr, Faiion, Wauss !