The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-02-21
From Ar,hur's Magazine.
PAT MURPHY'S FORTUNE.
BY II. HASTINGS WELD.
CHAPTER If.-Pat at Home.
tCoutiu,le

anu Easy ueUieShor. lie DOCTOR was captIvafPd
by his ready wit, the wife and the daughter
pitied his evident though uncom plaiaiag desli,u
ton The key To the little living euigua consist
ed IN word, beyond which city reader will
need any explanation. Pat was. ar rather had
been. a news boy - as such, he had acquired
development for the natural aptitude of his
tongue; "a such, he had learned the readiness of
reply and keenness of repartee which astonshed
the Doctors household.
AS suou as Patrick had completed his stree,
tollet-for, with stockings and shoes in his pos
session. he instantly discovered what he had not
thought of before, that it too cold to run bare
fon'ed-he started for h0me at good pace. AS
he knew that his mother and sisters were hall
furnishing, he was delighted Ia have 1t in his
pnwer To render them substantial aid and comfort
The supply was lnded mast oppuriune. The Ia
Their of the little family had died but short time
previously, after long illness, which had eaten
up their liue earnings. and sent their moveables
one by one to the pawnhroker's, aud the secuud
hand auction stores. Contemplate in value as
these poor chattels seemed, every SKI pence is
treasure To the suffering poor. and the widow
Murphy was lonking in vain TOR some article cun.
vertihe to cash. though ever trifling, when
Patrick arrived with, his basket of provision. IT
Dr. Gregory had seen how. like furnished bears
the llt,ie hnck fell upon the broken fDud, he
would have owned that here was, indeed, no
a. shammiug 7"
'Oh Paddy, DEAR said his mother wipinu
her eyes that had filled, while her children ate
s" grerdlly, how hard you must have begged To
get all this
Sorrow the bit then did get be begging, >
answered the boy. : tould them INV nuthsr
and five sisters were starving with cold and
furnishing with hunger. and begged for penny
or tvs" To huy them bread, but the people either
pushed me aside, and looked you lie or tould
me so, and done with it.. AT last and here the
il'lle fellow stood up prouply. Il tried another
way for itn
You did not stale : Paddy' cried his mother,
looking frightened. And. God save aud keep
us! The hoy has shoes and stockings to his
feet. too! That ever il should come Ia this j
Is it my owe mother that asks me that p said
Pat. his eyes glistenng with tears Of pride and
snrrnw Did she tache me thou shalt stale by
mistake ? M, | did mt stale, mother!
shaned rich and good natured man uut of wha
he will never miss-and lork, how it helps tn.
chlIdef! Take hold y"nrseIf murher. I've hat
my breakfast. and by the sane token the SAINT
man Is good for Ia marrow =
rude knock at the duor interrupted Pat, AMI
snmmoned an anxons cloud upon The face o. hi
mother. The Immediate and abrupt entrance q
the-Stranger, we were about To say-fullowed
But alas he was one Of those " no are no stran
gers To the poor
'Come Mrs. Murphy he said. If you cam
pay your rent II is high time you gave way, L.
make room for those who cam Three week
behind, terms weekly in advance is a hard los
for us--bui,' and he gave scrulinizng look abonr
the bare apartment, we sail have To put III,
with it. and let you go, SEQ, free
Let us go! Lord save us, where are we To
oto?'
Well. that's not our look out. you know
We can't harbor you rent free any Inngpr, at any
rate. what, Fat! comfortable >luss and siock
hnul
YOn must he fitted out, suppose, whether yout
mIther's honest debts paid for or not p
Troih, sir said Pat, lille angrlly, they
were not bought, but a free gIit, aud made by a
man whO does not hegrudge your shoes nor the
heart nf the man WIN stands in 'rm!'
Holly loiIy little paddy bantam! meant
40 harm am sure.' said the man. provoked but
ashamed t" hetray 1t. You m@h as well have
begged money to keep house over yonr mead.
as shoes for Your feet, while your hand was in
Beggars can't be ch"osers,' said Pat. with
provoking calnness. they could, we shouldn't
be your tenants
I'll choose Ior you then = said the man, now
thoroughly enraged. DON'T let me find Won
here to morrow If do, the whole troop sha
be bundled off to the almshuuse except van. sir
and yon shall he sent To Inc House of Refnoep
May be he thinks he carries the kays of all
them places in his pocket said Pat, as he closed
the door which the unfeellng fellow had disdain
ed to close after him.
HeighO! sighed the old woman, as she shi
vered over the ashes, which she was rakino
about with hit Of lathe, in the hope to coax heat
ont Of The finder like embers Of pine shayinos
Heigho! we are all born but not buried vet
Them as is at the top now, may find themselves
at the b0t0tn befure they die =
true for you, mother-hut never saw die
yet. May be there's room for us at the ton. too,
without pushing any body else down., said little
Pat
Heaven forgive me, and So there may be Pad
dy. dear? But me can't help ihukin.. Well,
lhe sun has risen t0diy. hut It isn't set
No-nor it WON'T neither, ill it sets an
brighter faces, for here he comes that never come
without welcotne, nor left without your bless
ing said Patrick, going from the window to the
door.
A man If some FIVE and twenty entered
cheerful and human IN cOuntenance kind vet M,
mincing IN his manner Hey dey, good folks >
he sud. all in the dumps! VIM is sick p
M onP. sir said Pat
No! you all will be. il you don't keen warm
er--but that's poor comfort you say, to Those
who can't. Come, Mr.. Murphy Tell Us all
an nj iip
Phirk in clear and straight hrward mar.
nPr Told the cumeT v hat the reader alreadv