Democratic banner., 1846-09-14
TIE UNEXPECTED FRIEND.

TIE UNEXPECTED FRIEND.
ut must be Inv child" said the poor
willow. wipeing away a tear which slow
is trinrkled down her wasted cheeks.
There is one ether resource. | am too sick
to work, and Won cannot, surely, see me
and yonr LILLE brother starYc. Try and beg
u few <hiIIings, and perhaps by the time
Itla: is zone, | may be better. Go, Henry,
my dear ; | gric,e to send you OH such al
rrrrAnd. Int ii iaust DC done"
HI. 10y. i nohie looking little fellow OF
..:,patt,n yr@r>: started up and throwing
!::i> aIn., at:ont lis mother neck, left the
'%:l"u>c w]itLtut . word. lie did not h al
;ti" @r5,n Of am"nisl that was uttered by
.:l< ...r"nt rs t." .ioor closed behind him;
'1ad Ii wa< we'll L.:a: he did not, for his lit
';lr...ra:t mas .,lready To break without it.
1t VA Il iyr-s:rrrt ii Philadelphia, and as
lie walked 20 and for OF tie sidewalk, he
lirst Al one person and then another,
as t!icv PASSED him, and rot one seemed to
.!uok kindly on Linn. and the longer he wal
ted, and :!!c more faster his courage OWN
died away, and the more difficulty it be-
came TO muster resolution to beg. The
tears were running down his checks, but
nobody seemed to care; for although clean,
Henry looked poor and miserable, and it
is common for the poor and miserable to
cry!
Every body aeemed in a hurry, and the
poor hoy was quite in despair, when at
last he espicd j gentleman who seemed to
be very ltiSurcly takinga morning walk.
He was dressed in black, wore a three cor
hat, and had a face that was as mild
and bcn!snant as an angels. Somehow
il"n.y looked at lin, lie felt all his
fears vanish at once, aud instantly approach
cd him. His tears had been flowing SO
long, that his eyes were quite red and swol-
len, and his voice ~trembled, but that was
with less weakness, Tor lie had not eaten
for twenty-four hours. AS Henry with q
low fal.crlng voice, begged for a little char
iiy, tie gentleman stopped, and his kind
heart melted with compassion as he looked
INTO the fail co%untcnance Of the poor doy,|
and saw tnc deep blush which spread all
over has face, anl listened to the modest,
humble tone which accompanied his petit
:iyn,
.lou do not lock like a boy that has
been accuSt0m to Lo : for lis bread" sid
ki..dly Laying Lis hand on the boys
S!lo,Grrs, "what has driven you to this
step"
''Indeed," answered Henry, lis tears be-
ginning to dow ~afrcsh, ''lnueed, | was not
porn in this condition. But the misfortune
o. nv father and the sickness of my mother
-. l,1,., 80 ., tlo nn,oc>ItT- nnuy -
"Who is your latiler?" inquired the gen.
still more Interested.
10y father was Il rich merchant Of this
Gig, bu; lie became 4 bondsman for al
who soon after failed, aad he wasl
ruined. He could not live after
loss, and iaun mcnth he died Of grief
and his death was more dreadful than any
other trouble. My mother, my little BROTHER
and myself, soon sunk into the lowest deb
tbs of povcrty. My mother has, until now.
man rged TO support herself ard my little
brother by her labor, and | have carmel
what | could by shovclling SNOW and 9TH!
or work that | could find to do. But night
before las! mother was taken very sick, anu
she has become SO much worse, that
here the tears poured faster than ever-"I
do fear she will die. | cannot think of any
way in the world to help i,cr. have no.
had any work to dc for several weeks. II
have not courage TO go to mothers old
ecquaintaaccs and tell them that she had
to need charity. | thought you look
cd like ii stranger Sir, and something i!
your face overcame my shame, and gaveI
me courage to speak TO You ., sr do pi-
" NY poor mother v.
The tears, and the smile and moving Ian
guagc Of the poor boy, touched a chord in
tie breast Of the stranger that was accuStom-
81 10 frequent vibrations.
"Hnrrc does your mother live, my boy?"I
SAD e in Il husky voice, ''is it far frouI
she lives il the last house on this street:
sir replied Henry. You can SEE it from
here, in the third block, and on Tie left hand
"iia'c you sent for Il Physicians
"No, sn," said the boy, sorrowfuiy shak-
ing his head. IL had no money to pay
neither for il physician nor for the medicne:?':
"iicre," said the stranger, drawing some
pieces OF silver from his pocked, here srt
three dollars, take them and run immedia-
tely for a physician =