The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-06-03

Icf iihPoiAuuc IduuiO'u hnu sOHelllncr sur
could give him nothing. lie had scolded,
md threatened, and warned her 10 leave
he premises but still it avalled not TO
bring him bis due. Food and fuel the wo
man must have for her children after these
we're obtained, here was little or oihiug left
from her earnings. Thus II went on, IN.
lll seven dollars were due for rem, when the
landlord became seriously alarmed, lest, in
a last resort, which was often made by him
a, little or no cost of feeling, there should |
no, be enough in the widows two rooms J
that the law would allow him TO SEIZE, for
The liquidation Of his petty claim. lie st
once informed the widow, that unless she
paid him what was due, immediately, he
would sell her out.
" But you know ] cannot do that" said
the uhhappyIToman.
Go and BORROW II (fom some one"
The widow shook her head.
\ % do seslng for several families
Go to them a0d tell them that YOU will be
turned into The street II they do not lend
YOU enough money to pay your rent. Il
will be but a dollar a piece from different
individuals. DO IT, aud the moaey will
coue quick enough"
" have 10 hope OF returning il and, 10
borrow under such circumstances, would be
dishonest"
cit is jus, as dishoncs, not to pay your
rent" said The petty landlord, harshly.
The widow answered nothing.
/" You can do as you please, resumed the
unieeing man. But can tell you one
thIng-li don't get my rent to-morrow, |
shall obtain II IN the quickest possible way,
and lei these rooms 10 some one Who Will
gay great deal better than you have ever
done. So sou know what you have TO DC
pend upon"
With this the landlord wen, away, and
the widow was left TO her own sad lhoug hts.
The Oldest Of her children was q boy be.
tween eleven and twelve years OF age
The other tao were girls the youngest
three years old. The public schools afford.
ed the means ol education TO these children,
and II vas the mothers aim 10 keep them
together as lonI as possible, that they
might ENJOY the advantages so Literally
provided Tor The poor as veil as he Iich
Charles, her son, was advancing very "a
ptdiy, unu VI a re~ months she hoped To SCI
him 10 the high school, where she mean
to strive hard TO keep him lo.at leas! a tw
years course, before he LEFT home 10 lear
some trade or 10 20 IN some store. ThI
lad was present during the brief interview
thai pass d betWeen his mother and hel
land ord. HIS Young blood grew hot in bis
vtias and be wished, for his mothers sake,
that he was a nan.
Charles went 10 school with heavy
heart. Tie uadefs God, from what had been
sad, clearly, the extremity IN which his
mother was placed And he also knew
that the .hrea, oil seizng upon thelr things
and selling them, would be executed on the
next day, unless The rent was paid, for
more than one dls,ralnt had taken place, at
the instance Of this man, within the past
wear, aud helpless widows and children
stripped Of their all without conjunction,
end turned nio The streets, Young as the
child was, he had been eye witness 10 such
scenes Of distress. No wonder tina. hI.
heart was heavy.
At school, there was good deal Of talk
among the boys about the large subscrlp
ton that had been raised for the sufferers
by the terrible fire IN western city, the
amount Of ahich had been Published 10 the
morniog papers The fact that MIR. Per.
clval, the rich merchant, had gwen five
thousand dollars, was particularly dwell
upon. HIS praise was upon all lips; and
he was spoken of as one Of the most be.
nevolent men in the country.
Suddenly !, flashed through the mind OF
the lad that Il Mr.. Perciyal was so rich
and benevolent as TO be able and willing TO
give five thousand dollars for the relief OF
suffering in another city, he would be will /
tng to lend or give his mother seven dollars
to prevent her Iitlle all from beng taken I
from her, and shs and her children turned
into the street 10 the dead OF winter. The /
ihcu hi made his Young heat beat quicker .
ana hi, cheek To burn. Untll dinner time,
he pondered tins over, his mud feeling
more confident each moment, that relief
sou'd be obianed II application we're made
10 Mr. Pefc,val.
" hen Charles came home from school,
lfter The morning session, the face OF his
mother was full of distress. Though the
10Y tried to eat when he sat down to dinner,
he could with difficulty swallow his food
lie left the table 10 few minutes, and,
vlthou, speaking word, took up his hat
nd hurried from the room. Before leaV
ng school, he had inquired OF the boys the
lreclIon of Mr.. PeTcIVsI'S store, and 10. !
Yards this he nov directed his steps.
The pubic announcement OF hc great
berslIty, united, as 1t was, with high en-
omums upon HIN as Il" one OF our wealth.
,st and mos, benevolent cltZens," vas
gratifying to Benedict Perez.
al, Esq. He read the various paragraphs
nat met his syes with the Ilvelless saIstac
on and enjoyed higher degree Of self
owpacency than he had known for long !
me. 1t was especially agreeable to him \
, find the largest subscription made by any |
ne except himself, was only five hundred
ollars, and that this sum was subscribed ,
Y a merchant who was reputed TO be 1