The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-11-06


enough to walk out, | beut my course TO
the quarter Of the city where as nearly as !
could Judge, stood the delapdaIed bUldiu2
inhabited BY Tue man for whose t0rlorn si,.
uaiion ! continued 10 feel deep interest ;
aud with some difficulty discovered both
the street, and the mansion which sought.
L knocked at the door, first moderately,
then more loudly but without aiousng
any attention, save from two or three oilers,
who thrus. their heads from the nei. hbor
in doors aud windows, and who appeared
u pIsed that any one should apply al the
door Of 50 wretched dwelling for admit.
lance. Pay SAID | add esslug coun.
teuancc which looked rather less unprom
lsing than did the others around her, Pray
can yuu tell me whether Nj. johnson is al
home 7
Mr.. who quolha 7 shreked an ancient
beldam, whose wilhered and most ungenlle
features were partially shaded by a dlu2y
cap, bound around her head by hlleI oil
rcd q r.e'. Mr.. J.anson, | repeated,
does ne not live IN the .'ouse 7 'Ol,'
cried a sirspplng slp.shod e,Il Who had
drawn near the steps Of tho door, on
must ak Peggy McGratb about them folks
as lived here, she knew 'em we'll enough
bui We knows nothing about EN-.
And where is Peggy McGfaih TO b.
found ? enquired.
The plr made no other answer 10 my
iu,etrogatory than by running toward the
entrance OF an urea down which | lecollec-
led 10 have CROPPED ny way on The night Of
The s'ora, and INVOKING Peggy ui the
sop OF Ter lungs.
A door The same OF which | had former.
Is applied, now tutned 90 Hs h.nge9, and
Peggy appeared. | knew her %, once, and
the recognition was ua.aa. She came
forward with smiling gaoa numofed ar
asked il she knew whether her ncigh.
Dor Mr.. Johnson, twas al home.
L1ut nc thea your honor does not
know thai he's gone away
No, knew uo!ins OF ii. Whittier is
he gone
That's more nor can tell, or any body
else as kan"' 5 on
Did he Ieuve no clue-no trace 7
No what
Can you no, even guess whittier he mny
be gone
Il-hcw should ! don' know much
about hun, not after ALL But II your
honor will stop a bit have something
aLith he told me 10 give ye II ever seed
Je again.
lollo.ed Peggy into her small apart!
meul, three or four scantIly clad children
were lumblins and rolling together on the
floor, and their yocIIerous glee was scarce.
Is to be checked by Peggg, who with great
truth observed, that the duo they made
wns enough to del,e Que.
FROM an old cAes, that stood N ore cor
nee, md which probably contained the Tlch,
es Of Pt.gy's wardrobe she DIRE" form
packet which she handed me. Ii ~as care
,ulIy directed, but without any device, y
clptcr oaIy, 1ud tn. paitI? de!aced, was
apparent, aud was directed IN clear man.
i hand To - Esquire. hesl'a,ed.
Are YOU sure, Mrs. MeG'a;h, 'hat Ihi
psckc, wa5 intended for met
Oh quite CERTAIN your honor. There
, no manucr Of doubt about H..
How loug--nay nsk, have you know
. this Mr.. Johnson aud his family z
why | think II may be about three
months since irst noticed u tail, PALE thu
looking man, Etsa III and out OF that Iors'
cd house, which had stood empty pretty
long while tetote he moved his family InI'
n--seeing IT had bad name, someho"
) And you became acquainted With these
, unfortunate people =
, 'les-but u was IN an accidental sort @
, way-see,ng have my own living to gel
and no time to make visits, or get ne" az
T aualntances, or the llke-so the thias wa
It ms. One night bad got home from wofF
y and had gwen my children their sUPPe
!. and nut them 10 bed somebody tapped Q
d that door. was Just about 10 go 10 be
}, myself, to say truth, aud being tired wa
veAed like, to be disturbed. Bat | went I
!. tho door and asked who vas there, aud I
n proved to be Mr.. johnson. And he locke
S SO poor and miserable; ten times worse
o thought than when last saw hun, aud h
:. spoke so sorro~luIIy, and begged for char
| Tvs sake, thst | would step IN aud sec III
h w.f, Who vas very Ill. We'll, | was tired
@ as said before, for had been Out 10
1. hard days work but | went as he desIIel
Y and glad was afterwards, that | did So
!, an poor enough myself bot such d'slres
20 as saw there, never wish TO behold
(. gam. There lay poor Mrs johnson, 10
/, lie ssid johnson ives their name, there sh
e lay IN a burning fever, and not SInsi
t, comfortable thing about her. And no'hn
j, for him, land he also, as he sad, was jos
SO recovering from dangerous II'ness) or IN
:, little child that he held IN his arms-e'the
d, to ca, or drink Well, seeing how thing
,e stood, ron home, and routed about al
pc 90, change OF clothes for the woman an
n. some milk Tor the child ani did, what
OF can't afford to do for myselii l sen' to
d, chop hard by aud bought some tea, at
as made II, aud carried 1t 10 10 the poor ere,
,ure. who took it SO thankfully aud SCENE
es go much refreshed by it, that II did IL
10. good TO see II.
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