The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-06-17

wags anl lei tAs&e f0ams ~ suns orr
who all pr : great Jsal tesssr lhsn yos
have ever dors. - Jon knes shsl 10
haze 10 fapena ppon. 3 ----. =. 1900
3. With his lie landlord sepi away. and
The widow vas isls - Ter eva sad
lhonghl., The o'dfsI 81 hsI rhlldrsn wss
boy between slestn and tstlrs Yssrs II
sse. The other lao were Ri,Is; he
youngest three years oil. Tie public
schools afforded shs means pf edseslion
% these children; and il vas he mnlhfi's
ain 10 keep lhsm iaEeiieF = long - POS
slble. thai they might erJ.y he sJsan-
isges 90 liteTslly provided foI The poor -
well - he Ilrl.. Charles. her son, was
advancing very raiidly, and 10 lev
months she hoped 10 ste him in The high
school. where she meant 10 strife hard 70
keep hin for n less, \ lwo years cauIse.
before he left home u learn some trade
or 70 90 into some tiore. This lad was
present during The hrisi interview thai
passed BETS cen his mother and her land
lord. lie young blood grew hot in his
wins, aud lie si.hsd, Tor his nolher's
sske, that he aas man.
CHARLES went TO school with heavy
heart. lie understood. from What had
bsen said, clearly, he extremity 10 which
bis mother vas placed. And he also knew
,hsl The Ikrea, Of selling upon their lhings
and selling them, would be executed on
lie Etxt day, unless The rent sas paid.
fnr more than one disFsint had taken
piare. II the instance Of ibis man, within
The past year. and hslpsss Nidows and
: children stripped ol iheir oil without
, computation. aud turned into The streets.
} Young IS The child was. he had been eye
:. witness 10 such scenes Of distress. No
: wonder that his heat was h,asy.
/. Al school, Ihero was a good deal Of
talk among The boys about The large sub
scnPlion hat had been raised for The sui.
; leters by The ieIrlble lire in .. western city.
The amour, Of which had been published
in tie morning papers. The fact that MIR.
Perelvsl, the rich mtrchsn', had given
live thousand dollars, vas particularly
dwell upon. Ills praise was upon all
lips; and he was spoken Of a. one Of The
most bene,olen men in The country.
Suddenly IL flashed through the mind
OF The lsdthat il Mr.. pcrcisal was so rich
, aud benevolent as 10 be sble and willing
. TO gise five thousand dollars for lie Felitl
OF suffering in another CITY, he would be
willing 10 lend or give HE smolbsr seven
A "a
= taken from her, and she and her children
: turned INTO the street ia the dead of win.
ter. The .honght made his yourg hear
: beat quicker and his rhetk 10 burn. Unn
!, = dinner time. he pondeIea this over. BIZ
mind feeling more confidence each mo
= meni, thai relief would be obtained il ap'
pllcal-on were made to Mr.. Perciysl. es
When Charles came home from school
: ~llsr the morning session. the fare oil hi
= mother was fpll Of distress. Though the
boy tried to cal when he sat down TO din
ner. he could with difficulty swallow his
food. He left The table in a few mlnu'es,
: and, without speaking word. took UP his
hal and hurried Irom.,he room. Before
teasing school. he bad inquired of the
hovs The direction Of Mr.. Perciv.rs store,
: and towards This he now directed bis
steps. ........
The public announcement OF his great
, libsraliy, united, as il was, with high
ercnmiums upon him as Zone oil our
ealhles, and most bene " client citizens,
was particularly gratifying 10 Bcned'c'
, Percisal, Esq. He read the various pa
rsgraphs tina, met his eyes with The live
hest satisfaction; and enjoyed higher
|, degree OF self competency Than he had
knawn for a long tine. Il was especially
: agreeable to him to find the largest sub
scripllon made by any one except him-
: cell, was only five hundred dollars, and
j lha, this sum was subscribed by mer-
chan, who was repu,ed 10 be worth sese-
raj bundled thousand dollars more than
hlmself. Here was triumph not often
=. 10 be bad; and il was richly enjoyed.
u Numerous were the congratulations be
l received for being The. posse ssor Of such
! charitable feelings, united With The means
d Of grauf, ing the m 10 the fuiles. extent. n
was happy day for Mr.. Perci'sl. Veri'
9 ". be had bis &c ward in the praise OF men,
II H,w much treasure was laid up in lies'
c yen BY the act. We cannot say-we nave
e no mems OF determining thus. IT,,
!. Abou, one O'Clock, while Mr.. Perciva'
vas sitting alone in his private counting,
room. thinking pleasantly ofwha. he bad
done for The good Of his fellow men. anu
bordering ,ha, significant passage OF Holy
:. Witt" Charity covers multitude
II sins"-aIad entered with ,imld look am
os a hessi,a,iug step. .... -.
/. "Well, sir VIVA, do you want! san
e. the merchant. in rather forbldd'ng tone
) contracting his brows as he spoke. ~.
The child paused suddenly. al This re
]. ceptiou, so diiTeren, from what be had ev
3. DENLY expected, and looked half itigh'en
ed. Blu, he gathered Up his scattered con
,r fidence and Told his Grand thus ......
: "My mother has 60. no money TO pa
~ man il rnlnu 10 sell lie