Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30
OLD SERIES, VOL. II, NO. a.

a was, that the pocket.book contained no,hin
d tha, could have been available to Sam had h
, detained il; and ,hs second was a policeman
!. unPOceived by Sam in his agitation. ha
. witnessed the whole affair. and was ready
: Pounee upon Sam had he endeavored TO az
= ProPriaic It. So you sec he lost nothing
, even IN the lowest sense Of the expression
by his conduct whereas, II he had ac,c,
otherwise, he might have found himself agail
a tenant Of his old prison quarters. Tn,
gentleman paused, felt in his pocket, sal,
there was nothing of value in the book, bu
called sam good lad and gave him halfa
crown.
Halfa-crown' Wha, an amount OF hap
piness NAV under some circumstance. b.
bought for halfa-crown. IIalfa-crown IN
son'S "o"j""'"'- of events. may be Of un.
aihrgiting, ijr uSaN,-., .--.--..-......--. =.
Your man of usieniston--y your indolen,ly
gcnemu.-your c,rclc-Sly proiuse-may
throw away large suns IN nominal charity
without securing much happiness to himself
or others II IS only your man Of real benev.
olcncc, Of vital ind efficient humanity. who
hits upon the real luxury OF doing rooi iIe
makes his vcil placed pitapcc go a. far A.
the itler'. round by finding out the " hen and
where inr his bcncfcence.
We have made these reflections while Sam
with open mouth Is standing staring at the
half.crown The gentleman, indeed, hSl no
idea Of ll. amount OF hipPInosS that his half
crown had created H. wlddlcd down the
street, lsavng sam looking At the piece Of
money In his open hand But Sans reyeric
was broken on by the approach of the police
man who gently hiatcd 'hai as Sam had met
with such a windfll Il was but fair that he
should appropriate portion Of II TO the en-
c1uragcmon, of the porter brewers and their
mutual comfort and convenience Bu, sam
be u remembered, WIS "iovn-made" aui-
clc he replied to ,hl, hnt by mcr,ly.buuon-
INC up the money IN his pocket and PI,yfally
lnquluur of the policeman " II hIs mother
would let him out with a horse sam In.
deed, felt no little pride ~ bn,lug a police
man. having ~ lately trernblcd At the ~hltc
stripes and ,huddcrcd Al the pewter buttons.
lie irll that lls lndcpcndcncc of the cons'a.
bic wls one II the swcc, privileges Of hon
csiy. and Nhcn the Officer hlnled that II sam
had not returned the purse be would have
taken him to the staton4'o,sc. the daring
youth declared. That Il be- (thc cons,ablc)
had secn born with a good voice he would
have been nice young man for a musical
party. With th,' gentle balluaGr ,hsy part
ed
sam nov hr.-,.,l h.,a.--.s',is, -,upplng on
Is occasionally To- feel II his half-crown was
sale and to ipdulgo IN little festive laugh
when he though, Of the empty book nnd the
pouneinC policeman. lle stopped also tu
make C-w purchases, including some '1No-
~ cdIbles, not forgetting pen, lnk, aud paper.
Ills mother was abscn, when he rcacHcd their
humble lodging, bu, lee knew that the kcy
was under the door sill, and her absence was
,casonahlc. because II afforded hlm au uppor.
iunty to Sptcad out his lIrle ldyuucs upon
the table. He had no goniu, Of the lamp to
help him. bu, the lamp of lu,s was burning
brightly in hi, bo>om, and the thought OF CIV.
Ing hlN mo'hcr az agreeable surprise made
him a. glad as though the plates and dishes
' had been made Of gold Every one know,
that some of the cheapest luXunes OF Lon
don are the dainiest of human diet, and 50
the gUOd woman was likely io be- we'll pleas
Cd. We cannot indeed pretend To describe
. the ,npymcnt Of that simple meal, but when
. It was ever, and sam, producing hls writing
materials, WAS delivered OF sentence IN
round hand. the gladncss of the proud mother
knew no bouuds. "WHi,d a piao, by res
psliabi, lat cho cda riis a good hand" Such
was the ,cnlcucc, eoncucied after much con-
sidcratIon. and never WAS specimen Of callg'
raphy morc sincerely admired.
Such happy PERIOD, as the right in qucs-
ton seldom last long. 1t Is your peaceful
moderate content tll, IN ,hl, world can alone
bc warranted tc wear. In the morning, both
mother and son, though happy still, felt that
douh, and difficulty we're around them, and
sam ,et out 10 seek wha, the "resPcktablo'
lad required. Alas he was soon stricken
down again To the very ground. Wherever
he applied. the first question Wa, whether
he could have character from the last place
and Sans last place was-thc prison, DE
,crmincd not 10 be conquered, Sam set on
again and again. bu, with the same I'll sue
cc,. the CLEAN oi happiness was gone an'
niph, after nigh, he returned to hrs hcn'hl'
home a prey To disappointment, and desPcnd
ency. People do not pick mp Pocket.book
more than once IN their lives. sam, indeed
with singular combination of feelings, re
visited the lucky spot, not indeed with any
hone, but--well there's no saying what HI
did il Tor, but he could no, help lingering
abou, ,ha, post. The hali.eOwn was Of cours'
soon spent, and then he was obliged TO be
burden upon his mothers extremely scan'!
resources. She indeed, was not unhappy
she had got him a, home, he was reformed
too, and. bu, that she grieyed 10 sec him mel
anchOly, she would have been quite cheerful
Al length a though, struck him; he wou''
apply to the chaplain Of the jail. He wOul,
Law the whole state Of the case before him.
|, was he who frs, encouraged. perhaps h
would assist him. To resolve with Sam wa
now to act. lie applied TO tho said gentle
man, and stated his case so Pa,hetcally TIA
. Lo .x.;,ol , L., al ,,,.o,f,l ,n,arest in hi