Washington telegraph., 1847-07-14
ffaR The NRioaai iaieligclrrr.
TIL. ORPHAN BOY.
slle faled yet so calm aud meek,
80 gently wani SO swcelly weak. %

t's4 a1hH H'NHitus ana the utAhH
washei down, the watch pped, aud the
schooner lad once more rshpsed INTO miI.
night qiIei aud fepose, | sought NV hum
m1eh AMI saan Tell asleep, But my SUM
hers wete disturbed BY wild dreams, which
like The FIsians Of ie,er agialcd aud un.
hanedmai the asl slliIr, tic hatdshins oil
my eafIY lite AMI thousand other th.nss
mingled tesslbct as figures in phantass
magafIa. saIdsaly laud MAS lad upon
my shoulder, and stating up boheld tue
sufgean's male.
Little Del sir. is DYING" he said.
II once ! spang irumm bammaek.-
Little iiiek Was soil 81 puurar of mine.
lie W. apalel delicate child, said To be IN
orphan, AMI I'D 10 grnlo nature; an
lomtlalfzI haaf | iHiafi the schooner m,
heat. gesfuHd towards him. iar too la3
unra leeniiigui'es, ami alone To- IN, world.
lie haa al1Fa talked 10 mr in confidence.
OF hs H7IaaH Wia#e memory hr REGARDED
with la|f reverence, whiIr To lb' Other
hass e taa sh.P he Lld lilIc % say. laH
iaey ne RI anl course. he delicate ami
zaus.Eaz. oI@ Whan they I"rnd Inn
iaf hi= u#|aaeHHy, b. would go apau h
himz#|laHH " P. H. never complained
HI Lis =. fa#a=hA# companions unHa#s#
On t4 continually. r.ol h5! Lis lea
"a H 5a# s#aEH aI.a His Jos, parents.
! - 4 zEfzuz IH'#fc.0 n ulu. au4 I.aI
j. isaI - Ha=a much as pos. ua.=
uuI#a : Ii .a.a Izhl hll owed uF liz IN
hm, hH JHzaH|l ~ llst asa .laio slf. Il
Was .eselHedat mei aud D., imep ing In.
IeaH.s H4.-a#= Had afeIfed llp dya4F HaH.
In tIia HHIl ald confusion since. | la
gHIia "a Ia ia4I,,s ID ar uaz lHft
Thug - - l.Hgt HHaily resolved Ia
akHHtH# ~ IiIla influence ,o pnsuH lin
a m.ashIFusU WARRANT iur uqlual laf
bis ssn###. ll#pas with "a plus ul ID
I#aHI. L azaaI fbsUIooa l.al Igafel -
mt Isaa.
"sif GzIa / exclaimed, "yal daal
msaa II izaa J5ue
Il I=sHl IT. zaH. Iue uH ,rnger =hat
IN h.. h#44 =alf, that be cauay. iaguI
mam.as.
"A1I / Lave been lying jil, hcrl- les.
'.a.u.. Wl,l nmlgsH. "l#aiwriuAIn.
I'll is 5tI.f,uus. bat At 90, intervals ui
Iulry he a.,, lug yuu, -.L' aul q llu
mru s.',r Ue Stood hn..Is ihs bed ,r tlc
lying uny.
sailtterdiI ppl 90 iu bisu.ml ham.
mock. iai twas hung iu ilr ygp midst oi
rbr crow, and l'r c.u.c air anuIUI 10 was
30 srlns. ba. hr had been cauird under
ihepnrg Auehwly, aud Ia u lilcrr in a iiulr
uprn .prgc d about Iuur .rrt sqlr.--
FROM .s SOUND ui ,ac ripu.r., Judged ihr
sghu0l'i r4. ia motion, while tie clear,
calm b.nr .ky seen through lhe opening
overhead, sad dotted Wl.h myriad d sIl..,
Hr'u,au,i iaat iho log bad Duiben away
How rt'H % smiled down un ih' wan face
0. tAr dying bay. Occasionally 70 ..ghl
u4uuf uuI-pl! how jeIIciu4sy cool n
tuatp.ut up hn.d-cdI.cl down thc hatch.
waG aul ulrd the dlrk chc,nut locks oi
lhr ,.fi-pr q. wiih hi. head Irpo.iug u
lhe HHH no ui veteran, Ac lay u au uu
quiet .umlcG ILL., shirt collar was uu.
Iuirusi auI bis rhijilh bosom, as white
ls thai u. q sid, was opened anl exposed.
llc bca'hcI quick AMI heavily. The
wound ui which ho was dying had hcon
intensely painful, but within %, last ball
hopr bad somewhat lu.lri, though even
now his thil fingers tightly ga-prlihc bed
file suffered lhr grrlir-taguny.
\ battle stained and gray haired sea.
man .iOul beside him, holding q dali Ian
term In h.s hand. anl gazing s6u1wiu'y
down upon tho sufferer Tho surgeon
.,urii wi,i hi, finger ON Bee boy pll., -
A' approached they all looked mp. The
veteran whDbc'l him shook biz head. unl
would have -plk1u, bat thc tears gathered
loo chsiinsb in hi, eyes.
Tbs surgeon said
"llc is going ltsl-poor lilllu icl.,w--l1
you sac thOs' as hc spoke be- lifted a rich
gal lar,l WAIrh hli Ia,u upon the Boo, ;
jwn-'. "ilr ta1 t1n beuur dayt"
could uol answer lor my hcai va.
.ull--hsre wa, the huiug to whom, but
rw hours before, hlI owed my Ila-1
poor sliIbtmproleclcl ciili-bius before
nae, wUh death written on bis bruw--auI
yet bad nesrr sought him uul after ilt
,onliItl How bitterly my brarl rrpfolgh.
'i mr at that hour. They noticed 90, 1si.
aliuu aud bis odd dlirnl-lhc seaman that
Ieli bis hcad-slIi sadly.
"pour little Dick-yUul never sec the
-horr yon hlyc wished ior 30 long. Bat
hert'il be moro than ono when yUuf loe'a
iul, be spoke with emotion -"to mourn
lyer }uu.
Suddenly the llulc fellow opened hs
'yc., aud looked acamIy around.
"ilas bo coma YETI hc asked in q Iuw .
foice. "Wls won't he comrl"
81 am here" said /, taking the little icl. .
ow huuA, "jun't you know me-, nicll'
Tie smiled aintly IN my face. lie then
said
"lou haye been Kind io mr, .ir-kinlrr .
han most people are to poor orphan boy, |
have no way to show my gmlimie--un
cs, YOU viii take tho Bible you will and .