Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-10-28

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heard any thing?' said he. We assuret
him we had NOT, and he then, in as guarded
manner as possible, told lis he was dead
not hanged, but that he destroyed himsel
in prison.aoI remember that he was some
! time.telling us all this, and that before hi
left US, he made US kneel down round lit
tie, deal table, and prayed for us. What |
good. man thought he must be ,,s svs
OF my, father, how he destroyed himself
or was buried, or any other particulars,
/ never heard, nor indeed wished to hear
Our friend then said, 6 And what is to be
done with you, my poor children 20
never seemed to have thought of this, but
was very soonanade to understand that we
could not remain where we were, for my
fathers creditors would take every thing
and besides, we could easily understand
that we could not keep house. All at once
the thought came ,nto my head, that | had
heard Of boys seeking their fortune, so ]
said, al viii go and seek, my fortune.''
But then | said again, &c But my sister y
This, too, my good friend had thought of
and ] found that place with conne&ion
of his own had been provided for her
| HdiAN IilitS OH. Il DltSStU flIT.
AT this time Twas a strong, steady, ,quick,
active boy, between twelve and thirteen
years of age. -'And F--,' sai1a he,
t".what will yousdo ~ 20 a,isi. .ffs si5T
Again I.answered, "Why, seek my for
tune, to be sure; neyer mind me, sir, i shall
do"
de looked at me very earnestly, and
safd, 81 Not as you have done, | hope"
blnshed till my face and hands glowed, but
|. felt quite indignant at the imputation, and for
the moment almost hated nv friend because
he could not understand the full conversion
Of my mind, The feeling was but for a
moment, for. ! took his hand and kissed it,
aud solemnly assured him Iwould never do
any thing which should, disgrace myself,
but that bad made up my mind to be
1 Gods child, He smiled, and the tears
came into his eyes, and he looked for mo-
mont as If he prayed. He then told me
tliat my fathers name had been an assumed
one, and that we had RIGHT to another
this was, he said Fortunate In spite OF all
his offers Of providing for me, or of getting
me into some service, determined to 90
away; and the very next day found my
self on the road from m-------, with Ills. 81.
in my pocket, and with no idea where i
shonld bend my course, or what I should
do. | had in my pocket the direction TO
the, situation where my sister was going,
and had taken very aifeetionate leave Qt
her. ] was full of hope, and feared more
for her than myself, for although She would
have a good home, | did moi. think she
"a IA 'ffT q
morning, for did not wish to be seen by
any enc; and at ninen was many miles
1 away; further than I had ever been before.
MY supper had been Been saved. 50 I sat
down upon 4heap of stonesI by the way.
side, and eatit for breakfast, ard then tool,
-e,h my Bible (for my good fiendhad giren
me one,( to read a chapter In doing. so,
out dropped a note; it was directed to me-;
these were the words sle09aa
4 "F---, pray earnestly and constantly
God will heip'you. Your, friend, 1.,n'
II feltin myIheart8 the impulse, and al
once .bv the wayside knecled down and
prayed fors~strength. was aroused by q
slight blow Of a whip across my shoul-
ders, and BY an exclamation Of "What the
devil was about 2" Il sfdrted and saw a
very good-looking we'll dressed man Standing
before me- Ianswereti at once, {. PRAYING
SIR" ~ a' n1ikeil 'no'i r-"'H5 - - 7'f
"What, in the road Why DON'T you
pray at home !' d aw ia~ 'llF smf7-f 81
81 have no home, SIR. 4 n ~ ,1o' 'qfaas
We walked together, and he entered in
to conversation with me- aHeawass pleased
with my frankness, and before. parted gave
me his card, and Wrote direction for mt
to friend at a Seaport twenty miles off
and when we parted, he wished me soot
, Luck, and.he at the sdmaotme said,g" Blu
, remember, do not pray in publicala arid 81
!, I,., I-answered Why .nd}Di Ell -srAO
:. The question seemed 10 puzzle him 70
moment, and in fact he gave, Ipe noan
! swer, but turned away, and saw a. tear il
! his eye. Before he left melhe. gave half-a
: crown. ~ o4u,A 5a ,A,,us nspssv,1
! i continued 10 walk on, and eyenin
! found me still some. miles distant from tn
:, v sea- so | walked to the door of little inr
! and asked if might come in. The land
;, lord said, 90 No, he wanted no beys there.
:. turned round, but at the same time sait
= 81 could pay for what wanted,"s ssa9
If "Wen, then, if you have any money
you may" So Iwent in, and laying'dow
h MY haf-crown, received good meal {
20 bread and cheese and a mug of beer, an
ar one shilling, with an announcement tn;
d my bed was paid for.
" II Iwentnldsa down np9p thu settled, az
very soon fell asleep !, the kitchen, was fu
re when ! ,awoke., Ifoupd that some one bs
a thrown a cloak over ins, as ! lay in the co
Of .ner "a was soon aware that some peep
I'd were whispering near me q and being, as
Ia said before, a very sharp boy, did not rnov
ID the more so, as soon found 4he VOICE
ne one of the speakers was famliar to me.
no had heard it, often atJmy fathers, Iw
p- well acquainted With their manner Of tai
"a, ihs, 80 that rould ug4eryeed their p,fa
er inc. The whole Rlaa ,wa' ilit t9Foo'a hou
edl at the seaport toSwhiehq WIS soing; an
En- lIifsI remembe md the naa'eI Oh the cad,
he -xvassi the very horse was directed to.