The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-12-14
EgSoEMnAEEGwS,
UNFADING FLOWERS.
BY t. ; ARTHUR

Thirty years ago, smaii, bafe'oetcd hos +,
paused 70 admire the flowers IN u well cul.
,iyatsdYg garden. The child ~as an orphan,
and had already Eel, how hard The orphans
lot. The owner OF the garden. who was trim.
ming-a border, noticed the lad, aLd spoke to
him kindly.
Do you love flowers y SAID he.
The boy replied "Oh yes. We used TO
have beautiful flowers in our garden"
The man lad down his kniie, aud gathering
few flowers, took them TO the fence, tho
the pannels Of which the boy locking
and handing them TO hlm, said as be did so,
.sHere's nice little bunch for you
A flush weal over the chi'd's face as be
took the d,se.s. H. did not mako any rc.
ply, but in his large eyes, es he jIlied them
10 the face Of the man, vas an expression OF
ihankfulness, 10 he read as plaluiy as word.
10 book.
The act, Gu the part Of The nan, sas one
Of spontaneous kindness, and scarcely thought
Of again; ba', BY the child, It was never for
gotten.
Years went BY, and through iod, pfIssiion
and suffering. both in b dy und mind, the boy
grew up TO manhood. From ordeaIs ike ,hs,
come forth car most effective men. II kept
free from vicious associates, the lad OF feeling
and mental activity becomes ambitious, aud
rises in oceiy above The common level. So
/, proved in the case OF this orphan boy. lie
had few advantages Of education, bu, such as
offered we're v, Improved. l. happened that
his lot vas css(in printing oflice; and the
young composiior soon became interested 10
his work. He did no; SET the types as me,e
mechanic, bu, wen, beyo the duties Of his
calling, entering into the ideas TO which he
was giving verbal expression, aud making
them hisown. A.twen,y.Une lie was youn .
man Of more than ordinary intelligence aud
force of character. Al thirty FIVE he was The
conductor Of a widely. crculated and pro6ta.
bic newspaper, aud as q man, respected and
esteemed by all Who knew him.
During tho earnest struggle lha, all men
enter into who are ambitious 20 rise ~ the
world, the thoughts do NO. often 20 back aud
rest, mediia,ively, upon the earlier time OF
life. Bu, after success has crowned acL well
directed effort. and the gaining Of desired
position no longer remains a subject Of doubt,
the mind often brings up RON the lar III past
most vivid recolec,ions Of incidents and I'm.
pressions that were painful or easufable at
the time, and which are nov seen TO have
had on influence, more or less decided. upoG
the whole after life. In this state Of I, fec.
ton sat one day tho man We have here intro.
duced. After musng Cor long time, deeply
ATTRACTED, be took up his pen and ~to'e hast.
ily-and these were the sentences he traced
upon tho paper that lay before hum.
How indelIibly does lutte &C, Of kind
ness, performed al The right momen,, impress
itself upon tho mind. We meet as we pass
through the world, so much Of ,uJe selfish.
ness. that we guard ourselves pgsins, It, and
scarcely feel It's effects. But spon anepus
kindness comes so rarely, Ina, We ara sur.
pfised when II appears, aud delighted aud 20.
ffeshcd as by The perfume Of flowers in the
dfeavy winter. When we we're a small boy,
40 orphan, and with The memory Of home
forever lost leo vivid 10 our youog heart, a
man. into whose beautiful gnrden we stood
looking pulled q few nowets, end handed
them through the fence, speakiag KIND word
a. he did so. 1le did not know, and perhaps
nsssr will know, how deeply ee we're touch.
I'd ~ biz act. From little boy we loved