Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-10-10


\ day Il was robbiDg the mouths that de-
Il pended on him and he has been paid
low of late, there are 50 many engravers
lIihat are not married tha, work for very
little. So he grew sick aud took 10 bed
/ with fever
! And how long has he been 40 i'll ?
|, -Four weeks, sir
to the LodgeP
|. so told him but he said no. He
said he would keep from the funds Of
| the Lodge ill the last minute. So he
made me sell this and that for food aud
| 10 bay medicine.
|. This scositiveness wasall wrong, |
said TO her. The fund was in part bis
own contribution. He was entitled to
1t a. right. II is never regarded in
! The light of nn alms.
\ But he tel, il was, sir and he is
|. proud. Well, sir, we struggled on ill
to-day, when he proving worse aud moth
lug 10 sell and nothing 10 eat, made
|, him tell me who was the 'Grandee' Of
/. the Lrdge; aud 50 puts on my bonnet
| when he Was asleep aud goes straight
Il Ia his store. lie received me kindly
! said my husband should at once be at
/ tended t.; and that's only an hour since /;
I and here YOU are already sir, come to
/ see me =
\ She pre- sscd my hand with tears md
! exprcssinns of ,ho deepest gratitude
4 entered the sick mans room. lie
lay upon bed reduced To a skeleton.
Hc turned his large glazed eye upon
me and smiled as he recognized me.
Il You have come To poor man :
house, sir, he said, as il mortified a.
his poverty. did not expect ! should
80 soon call on the charity ofrhc Lodge.
/ You are claiming Of me only your
righ, aud my due said. No Odd
| Fellow can be regarded as an object Of
/ charity lie is looked upon as a dis
Il tresscd brother, aud the duties extended
\ to him are those oflove. We owe each
other only love. 1t is this that has
4 brought me here
Il He smiled gratefully and pressed my
/ hand with his skeleton fingers, which
/ were hot 10 the touch. found that he
! aud his family were perfectly destitute.
| There was no cooling medicine for him /;
no food for them. His wife told me
! that the children had eaten nothing
! since dinuer and were gone To bed cry
H ing for food and she had for their sakes
| eaten nothing since the night before
II 'Oh horrid Dreadful y exclaimed
both Amy and Mrs. Preston, in tones
Of pity and sympathy.
instantly went out and FASTENED to
the next grocery. TheIe | filled my
/ handkerchief with bread, cheese, cakes,
oranges for the sick man, paper Of tea
aud sugar under my arm ! placed ii
II bottle ot wine, and in my hand bore n
| quart Of fresh milk. With these trca-
sures FASTENED back to the scene of
/ affection and wrclchedness. Ny pres
! cnce soon cast sun shine upon the gloom
In less than half an hour things wore
a new face. despatched note to two
II of my fellow committee men, with in
slruclions to bring a physician and
\ come prepared to stay for the "ighi, as
my wife would by no means give me
permission To he out
'Charlcsi Charles this, is too, too
scverer said his wife bursting into
/ tears.
Nay then Mary, did not write so,
TO them Of you! | withdraw the words
Il deserved it ii'you did! | have been
all, all wrong! Forgive met
} 'freely' he said kissing her hand
II remained until they came with.
( De By the tune came away
every thing around the Invalid was COM
Portable; clcan bed linen for himself, and
plenty Of food IN the house. The doe
tor said with careful nursing he might
recover. took leave ofhim a lnilrI
while SINCE, leaving the two Odd Eel
lows watching by his bedside. Whe'
they leave him al dawn their place will
be supplied by two others. | ought to-
he one Of them; but
Charles! Charles, Go! Go! Be one
Of them From this moment | speak
only of your Order with ,.oEor and ahec-
tirn;'