The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-02-17

cUuFSeu ltronon them with unWOnteu rap.
idity. Her large dark eyes were dim with
tears. Some new sorrow had started afesh
the sealed fountain oil her grief-and now
aSsho gazed silently upon the red enlbers
in all the inter agony of despair, it might
seem t'lat hope had gone forever and God
iorsaken her.
",M!olher.' said the boy as he entered
all dripping with rai,, I have come a, las,
and am tired aud hungry'
Ny son! my son!' repliei the mother,
and her lip quivered. 'We must s,arve!
we must s:arve! God help us, and her tears
broke forth fresl
Thus had il been for many a weary month
With scarcely food sufficient to support
life. il,a, mother and her boy had struggled
and snf cred, and wep', and prayed and
now that the cold winter was coming on,
no wonder that her heart shuddered and
her cheek grew pale al the hopeless pros
pee, ahead. How could they pass the ,lrea
" days and long nights, the storm and The
terrible cold without food and raiment and
shelter. And thea where could they 60
when The hearless land lord should ,hrus,
them from their presen, wretched dwelling,
as he had threatened 10 do on the morrow
Verify the gloom and The despair We're
great and fearful. And yet even al that
de,olate honr an cy. looked down from
heaven upon the flendless widow. There
by the hearth stonr-by the dying embers
an angel hovered--an earthly angel even
in the guise Of that cheerful child For
Earth has its angels, though their forms are
moulded
But ofsnch clay ms fashions all;
Though harps are wanting and bright pinions
We know them by the love-lisht on their
brow"
'Mo,rer,' said he v'e'wll not srarve, God
has not forsaken US. There are better days
to come mother. | SAW it in dream, aid
in it heheld yonr own dear self, and YOU
were singing p'easan, song away in lhat
blessed home. Oh. mother, cheer up, cheer
up
When the little boy lay down upon lis
wrpichel couch, lha! night he was changed.
HIS mothers great despair had transformed
him fr1rn a suffering child into a strong
hearted man-lrom weak and helpless de
pendent, into an earnest and thoughtful
worker, henceiorth his path was one of du-
" alone-and no alnIe'nent. be il ever so
bright, could lurn him from it. Before him
aittered foIever guiding star, and his in
tense. absorbing gaze, rom which neither
the cares nor the pleasures, nor the vaniies
Of life corIl he for an instant diverted. Elk
is'ence had for him butone object, and his
utmost energies were taxed for lis attain.
nent.
Never did the sun rise in greater splen-
d1r han on the New Years morning follow
ing '''at ni9ht OF hunger gliding the spires
aud domes Of The city with It's rays. TIE
sree were already rapidly filling with the
cav crowd seeking pleasure, and men
walked as though new lie had been given
them by the genera! hiari'y aud bracing
air.
I'm the most crowded street was the news
boy. but nor the disconsoa'e. wreciied lad
who had p'o,lded his way thro noh the
storm the night before. to a deso'ate horne
and sunrerIess bed You would not have
recorni2rd him as he hurried along. eager
IL intent upor his avocalion, and his face
all radiant with the great hope that sirus-
cIed a his heart.
Tha:nichl Joy visited the forsakan fire.
side. They had paid The landlord his rent
and Still had sufficient left wherewitl 10 pur
chase food 1t was merry New Year for
them.
Years came and went. Great changes
had taken place. The boy hal grown to
manhood. HIGH honors were conferred up
on him. Wealth nowel into his Golfers
his praise was upon every tongue. And al
this very hour, upon The bank)S of the ma
Jest C Hudson. his mansion stands conspic.
no us among Il thousand others for its TASTE
and elegance.
He las but one panion-his aged
neither the lonely widow whom we saw
some years ago gazing mournfuIly into the
fire, and watching its Pickering light. His
influence was felt far and wide, and the
POOR and wrelched ofevery class aud kind
come around him with their blessings.
Thank God! thank God--for every SUI
ierine son of man, who Thus comes mp from
HE deep shadow ofhespair into The blessed
sunlight, and mrnng, gives his word OF
cheer 10 the aroping millions beneath him:
Thank Cod thank God, that scattered
here and there throughout the world in ma
ny an humble home may be fonnd, men
and women, unto whom life presents but lit
tie Of love. or hope, or joy, and yet who pass
along amid Its dcsoate paths without a
mn,mur, sustained, and soothed, and bles
sed BY this alone-A CHEERFUL HEART.
Doc TAXES IN ENGLAND-The total
number of dogs taxed IN Great Britain,
in 1912, exclusive of packs Of hounds,
was 30O,3S6
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