Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-11-22
The Bcggar at the Barrier de
Passy.
FROM THE FRENCH.

young man about twenty years OF age,
USED very frequently to spend Sunday
WIN my molher, VINO resided at Versall-
les this being the only day OF the week
on Whica l could leave Paris. gener-
any walked as lar as the Barrier, and
lhence look seat IN one oil lie public
carriages " my lho'ier mousse "neh
! happened 10 De 100 early ior Inc diil-
gehce' used 70 s'op ana converse WIZ,
peggsgar' whose name was An'hony' anu
VINO regularly look MS station at The
Darr'cr uc assy' where' IN q iouu voice
nc soi,c''eu aims from every one VINO
passed WIN aegree oil perseverance
'hat was really astonishing. generally
gave nun 'riie Without lhquiring
"hethef ne deserved II or not, partly be-
cause haa gol INTO .he habit OF dong
So ana paruy 10 get rid OF MS inportu-
iiues. une day in summer as waited
,cr 'he ull'sehce' l iouno Anihony al
nus ushal post eSer,lhS ms lungs, ana
ofa wing necessarily ms accustomed
iof'n OIL pe'i'ioh--"for the love OF hea-
veh' pes'o" your aims on poor man
Mussieors' Mesualnes, 'ne smallest triiie
WIN oe sra'einliy received.
"hiie Ah'nohy was IN ihis manner
pouring out MS exclamation INTO The ears
Q, every one VINO came wllhln me reach
Oh ms voice. middle aged man OF res
pec'aole appearance joined us. lie had
peasant expression oil countenance,
was very wen dressed, and II might be
seen Ut glance ihat ne was a man IN
good circumstances. Here was ut
seolec1 ior the oeggar' who quickly made
MS advances prociaiming IN ioud voice
MS poverty ana soliciting relief.
ou heeu NOT De oeggar unless you
Please' repiied the gentleman, "when
you can nave an income oil ten thousand
crowns.
! ou are pieased 10 Jest' sir, answer
Gu anthohy. :,
"Dy no means, said the gentleman;
:! never was more serious IN my HE
i.is'eh 10 me, my TREND. You perceive
''ia' am wen uressea, ana ! teii you
you that nave everything lhat ieason-
aole man heeu desire. ),
AN. s'r' you IRE fortunate man.
"Neli' out my 'riend' | would not
nave oeeii SO II ! had sal anu begged as
you are ooing.
Il nave no other means oi gaming my
llving.
Are you lame!
"No sir.
y on are not blind or deaf' and you
certainly are not DUMB as every passer
oy can TESTIFY. Listen: l shaii tell you
my history IN a lew words: Some hi
teen or twenty years ago was beggar
IKE yourself; at length began to see that
Il was very disgracelul to live on the
bounty OF oihers' ana resolved 10 a
bandon thls shameful way oil LIE as soon
as possibly could. Quilted Paris-i
went INTO the provinces begged Tor
ola rags. 4 ne people were very KIND
D. ID ~ Ill III - ,a,aaoa,o % I'M IL. I'LL, ~ I
r,as or aaa.s - dosos;,,;ns ans.;ad
,hen, - n.nor n,aPau uho Lnnrh,
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ahied III me - ny ny,sha.s 60 ,,ns -, - ,ha, ,.as
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u ca ouaeIs ., .nIieas.a' a'l. ., 'ns Ia
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s1 s,,,, G ai p.J'pe;.u' o"a seJ ,al nG -,
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49,, .a aa' Ino p nouIus ~ o"' ~ '',e 80 oes
.ess !" :, al'.. -. 10 % .nen' my nienu' M
yDu .an Io NJ o."1.' oes'n 40 'as n'oi
crown to set nm in vo,r new Grade II
i more ,hon / had. anil !, add;t;on
nlease fake no,ice that # / find Won here
another Sunday / shall renort Won 10
tho nol;ce,, J,
~ a.; ~; =. 80, 49,,
,...,n IN ny ..s' 'is oiu ."ue.iu'' ,,
ma,Aou y, s,, on' .easlns An'nony anu myseil !,
= : s.',o - glea' sulpiise' inueeu ''ie
uegsar nau oeeh SO much Interested ~
'ho h'''o'y nc nau leafu' '.a' nc s'oou
WI open NOUN anu y Is ~ lhu'e as
tOIlSllUleut, nor luu lie even DOWeF TO