Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-05-14
i,hout evasion :--Yha, have you ever done

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without evasion :--Wha, have you ever done
10 maintain yoursolfl'
~ sold tho papers, sir"
$50. Yes thai oIPlains ssuoth.ng. -
Why don't you sell them now"
My flthor took sick, sir, and wIs 'ory
bld-and ono day with another. sir. sF'n,
my litilo money, and los, my stand, sir, and
other boys 20, my customers, slr, aud my
heart was gone, and my mother and sis'cn
were starving. and the ron, wasat paid, sir,
and the Lord save YOU and your from tasting
the bitter cup!"
HELEN turned her head to brush away q
tear, aud Dr. Gregory continued his qucs-
lions, bu, in a tone more kind.
"But hoW could boy suffering all this be
50 Cull Of fun and nonsense a. you wor. yes
icrday, and as you would have bean to-day,
II every thing had gone a' You eHPec'ed"
"Oh, sir, there's a many ways IN tho
wide world. aud them As travels 10 one don't
know the stone, in another Two OF three
days, ,ir. ia shiyeroi bareioo,ed IN the cold,
and tould the people wha, lould YOU just
now, sir, and could no, &c, siEPouco'--
The blessed angel put me on another track
and your kind face, sir, made me try It on
you-and that's the whole truth, sir. I'm
no bllckcuari, II | look Ike one"
Very we'll pa, ia vey well told, Fat.
rick-5u, I've something more to say yet
The house sou live IN !, mine, and your land
lord !. my tenant
Then, ! hope" said Pat, he's a better
tenant thag landlord -
well, he tells me ,ha, Yesterday you
lied him down iha, you had'n' dollar in the
world"
"LicI him down Sure, j, Vas tho bie's-
cd truth, sir"
E" But he says he threatened you with tie
House Of Refuge, and TIA, this morning
your mother found money to pay tie rent IA
full. Now you mus, either have had this
money, Cr-I am unwilling TO sly i,-yoa
mus, hlyo s,olca il slnce, foE he says you arc
very Poor."
"Ah, look at him, your honor Think
Of this blckJ.,er once lie knows am
poor, he says-ani he threatens me with the
House Of Refuge ior no, paying my mother 5
rent, and pcrhaP, he diiat tell you Of that,
bu, h, ,ould me ! might as well have begged
money IS shoes, and abused me for the very
kindness which your lady had for ne And
thea be says stole the money, and still he
pu, !, IN hi, owa poke, wl'hou, tsar ~
"Parick, you have made the case bad
for your accuscr, bu, you ha' IN, helped your
SELF vet. Tell INC hoaes,ly--whe'e did this
money come from.'"
I, was lulacd to me, sir
"Lomsd" And the Doctor smiled his
d.oggoiamcu, !; what seemed ne~ eva
son.
9" Yes, SIR" said Pat, proudly, " loaned
Wly.N, yoa ,fins the impuIem htle black
guarp has no friends, but lhSre's a God
above, sr, Who remembers the widow and
the l,herlcss, and he zen, an aagci 20 W
when We wero al in the sorrow. The man
thai loaned Pa, Murphy five dolllrs-iour for
the rent, uad one to buy papers and here
/, is," ,aid Pat, as he showed it," that man
knows Pat Murphy will pay, Il he leaves his
body to the surgeons 10 do i, with. And 1t
l,n', the first good thing he's done, Sit
Hos come out Of bis bed in the bitter night
time aud again, TO soo,hc the pain Of the poor
.ko could no, give him fee nor rewsrd, and
he, put his hand ia his pocket, over and OF
,cu, TO pay tor the medicine and 'he food Tor
the diving man, when he snc~ he couldn I
live ~ much as toihank h!n-,he blessings
Of Heaven tall on htm for !, And now my
poor iathca j. ~ Heaven, and DR. Henry may
on, day meet him thcrc-may u BE- J long
day od, for the coed Of the poor on earth =
G.cd nothing, ladies', and YOU, slr too and
when next you would play with the poor
donS pu. the fIrce before the trigedy' ''r' II
ye please, sir, fer that's no, the ~hy at the
Bowery,"
llelen was IN tears, and her mother IN 81
len, amllcmcnt at the little fellows eIo-
quenco.
"Ilre, Pat, stop" shouted the Doctor
as the boy moved away.
lis it more play YOU want, SIR asked
the boy turning haIcround
your name is Murphy Ana the Doc
tors is lIcnry-eh"
Yes, sir"
"Wcll, here" continued the Doctor, TAX
ng up the M.l.cll Examiner, ." is Your faith
cr's case all printed"
"I can read, sir, said Pat, proudly
F." Don't oly with the bones OF the dead II
you please, sir :"
" No--no-Parick," said DIR. Gregory,
taking him By the hand, and drawing him to
him. 81 know DIR. Henry, and there are
those in this house who kaow him better
than l." PAT shrcvdly looked toward Hell
len, and she blushed crimson, we shall
,nouire abou, you. wha, Fcn, DO you pay"
"A A dollar week"
"FNy-two dollars year And so~
many rooms have you"
"One, sir"
Z" And how many tenants are, in the whole
house,"
"Ten, sir, besides the corner grocery
5000 =" hummed the Doctor why,
the fellow gets more for that one house than
he nays me for three And he wants me TO