Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-03-14

The Sabbath Suu which balhes the mar
bic root OF Guard College, shines down in
to the recrsscs OF a nattw Court, "a tho up-
per part ofthc Qnaker Cry Shines throu'
a small window into room twelve fee, by
six IN dimensions; a room win interrupted
floor, cracked walls, and hearth wuhou. enc
CLEAN OF FIRE.
1 A woman Of some lorty-6ve years ia Sit
ing there alone. She lurns her restless
eye, around the desolne apartment Her
+ dark hair I, slrcuked with silver. Her tat
tered dre1 scarcely conceals her emacialed
/ form She gnzes upon the bed with the
ragged oovore, upon the hearth without
Goa upon the table without crust OF bread
Aud she shudders, with the cold, and turns
her lace to the wall Ies,erlay HE Land.
ord sci zed her things for rent tomorrow
she will BE- thrust into the street. A very
hard picture fli.c, you say. out remember,
It is onlHimaginnry. Nothing like this ev.
er occurred IN the Qrnker Cuy.
When will Robert returnT the Widow
murmured, and turned her eyes 10 the door.
Robert Is her son--he was the babe on
whom Grard laid his hand 10 blessing
he is now the rude, uneiucaieJ Culcust OF
The Quaker City. Wuhou, trade, with
out single rudimen, ofthe commonest kind
Of schooling, he roves The great City. rag
gcd IN his attire, and ,uleuly ieroclous IN
his instincts.
And yet he loves the poor Widow. bis
Mother, and has gone forth from this bleak
room, with the ddermIna TO wIn bread
for her al any hazard
There is yet another whom the Widow
momenlarlIy expects 1t is Charles, the
child Of her husbands sister llc has been
moIherIess for twelve years. For Twelve
years he has shared The crust and the cup OF
the poor Widow
Had Girnrd College been finished only
two years sooner Charles might have OBJ
tnined a home, an education within is walls.
The Widow chilled, sick from want Of
, nourishment and fire, spoke her thoughts
aloud 10 1910, wien Robert my son was
ten years old, | went 10 one Of the great folks
OF the Guy, and bogged hum 10 get him into
Girard College Well do | remember the
answer Of the grea, mani Why Madam,
laughed he, Tho College won't be ready
these ten years, and what's worse, half Of
the Two Million Dollars is gone tuthe dogs
And in 1916 when Charles my Nephew
was ten years old | again went 10 the great
man of the City, My nephew is without
father or mother He is in every way an
orphan For Gods sake get him INTO CIR.
ard College And again he Tod me that
The COLLEGE was no, flushed They want
eI ii marble pillar more, VI dozen OF EN-
/ | forget which. Aud so It is that neither Of
my Orphans ever obtained admission into
Guard College. Il sa very queer world
The W dow then remembered how hap
py IN his very poverty, how rosy IN his We
~ dress Of rags Charles looked, as he LET,
her az hour before, with an oIj-skjn wrap
per under his arm He was n newsboy.-
Tie made few pennies by selling the Daily
Papers, and the oll-skiu was intended 20
protect hrs wares from the rain and snow.
And on The Sabbath Morning he had gone
forth 10 sell papers on u Sunday Twas a
wicked deed Aud yet The hearth was
wnhou: coal, the table without a erus, -
Poor Charley mean, It for the Les' when
ne issued forth TO sell papers 90 sunday
You see MO,her'-he always called her
Mother, although be WIS only her Nephew
Il don, Ike to sell papers on a Sunday
No more | don't But did uoI pake yes
,erday n.causc o. the snow, m Bvbs been
out O. work. an somethIu' must Or done. -
When make the frs, ioven penny tN III
be back wiki loaf OF bre1d under Que arm
and a couple o ElckS o wood under toll
! er
p And with these words be had gone forth
Thus INC Widow, Son and her Nephew
D were out in the grea, Q1akcr cay, on ) no.
bath Day. hunung bread.
p And The Widow hungry, sick, and cold
, waved Tor thor return.
She waited very long. The sunshIn
d frightened over the desoiaie room, and FAD
ed again, aud ye. they d,I no, appcar
p The Church bells poaied msul,y, .eilin
= thai Church vas out, anI lhal al, good PEG
n pie were going from O comfortable serm1
u 10 a comfortable dinner b., the Wilo,
had no sermon bu. TIA, which was Wuuc
~ b, the sunshine on the naked floor y
d dianer-bu, the table without ctumb 90
d the hrauh wnhou, a FIRE.
d Robert Charles When will the
C. come back ~ ,hus she murmured, as h
Nlllt CT pA WI 4 dul W. eiNhf nflA ~ tNi
" CRY and so eod God help The pani O
b. Sabbath Day Of al the DAYS IA the year
: The sunshine began TOO creep away troi
The dfeary place The Count grew dark,
nj and The room darker, and the wind moan,
q dlsmally ihroogh the chunks OF Ihe doc
Of and sc, The boys Of tho Widow dad 40, T,
ef turn.
e Il is no our purpnse 10 picture The year
ing watch which the widow KEEP oil day
BE- thu, mi.erable room How she started u
I. when a sep was heard IN the Court ho
lo she pfrss,d her face sgaIasi The Winds
Or and looked long and earnestly toward q
arerl-how she moanod, and prayed, NJ
ioinei her wrhered hands toGe'hrr. aud 50
n God help the poor on Sabbath Day, Of q
IS the DAYS IN abe year =
= Night came ul las. bui without abe hsI
le ~ face Of Charles, OF lhe tUli,n rissgc
be RobeU her son