The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-12-03

I Know all.
"Bu, will. replied the manly boy ~
Where d, you live -
"Wiil you 70 wi,h uel" asked Esie, her
face Frightening
"Yu, lie, me GO with ycu, said h., show
me the way
Through street, lane, and alley, she Guided
him. They reached the door of her hosel.
The cold breaihs of The wind Whisled IN at
the cracks and crevices and key hole h.fo,-
them, as if inviting them in. They entered.
A sick iwoman feeby raised her head from
the pillow, and gave her sweer smile. "El.
sic, have you comel" she family said.
Yes, mo.hrr," answered the child: ''apd
buve brough. ,h'. boy with c,e. Do not
know who be is, bu, he said he wanted TO C, mo
and see where we lived, DID | do wrong 20
bring him, nloihe,."
"No my child, said the mother. y" II he
knoSs how TO PITY you from bis little heart;
but he cannot pity me yo:-he 10 no, old e.
ncugh.
The bright face, sunny hearted boy .azed
in astonlshmcA, upon lbo mother and chd.
The scene VAS nav TO hin. lie wandered il
! this was ~ha, they called poverty, HIS eyes
locked sadly UPON the was'Ing mother. bu,
they gli,tered With wonder ~hen ursed TO.
wards Elsie. Suddenly they filed With iearr,
The want, the WOE, the blrrenness the dss.
olalion, were all too much for hul Tie shud
dered ai the cold uncovered q fnor. He gszed
nournfully into the empty fireplace. Hrs
eyes wandered woDderipsly over The naked
Walls, otka- so uninsiiingy and cherries.
Putting his hard INTO bis pocket, he grssped
the coin lha, his moter had that very morn
given him, anG drsw il forth. g You msy hase
ha, said he, h1lGing i ou, TO the child.
+ "Oh, you are too g7od Y gu nre TOO gen.
etous, fear! broke IN ha mother, as if she
ough, rot 10 take i, ron him.
Mother will give ne ano'her G want"
said he !" it viii do you great deal OF good
and know don, need H. Take it take It.
you shall take i, e and he was Instantly gone
It vas gold coin Of lhe value OF FIVE do.
are
Mother and child nep, together. Then they
talked OF tas good boy whose heart had open.
ed for them tn this new yesss day. Then
'hey le, their lancles rus and grew wild aud
revel as they chose. They locked a, the CHS.
'ening piece. There was bread, and fuel, 1ud
clothing and every othereomfari, nirs rsdeplhs.
They continued to gaze upon II. Now they
saw within ito rim pictures Of deligh, and ioy
. visions Of t.Hg rooms, all wrea'hed .nd deco.
rated with esergreens and flowers visions of
+ smiling iacee aud harry chdret; Sights Of
merry sleigh rides and the elisienIng Of bIigb,
, rpaners over The smooth vorB snow. They lis.
tened they heard the ming sIed sounds of mer.
. ry voices, and the Ginning music bells the &C.
, cents Of lGnoceni tongues. aud the laugh Of
, gladstone hearls. All what philosophers
stone was that coin liaw it turned everything
frs, into gold, and then into happiness! How
/, grouped around them kind and cheerful
friends, aud filled their ears with kind voices
How it garlandsd all hours of that day with
evergreen aad fuIl.boom roses Hsy tspread
hem laden table, and crowded it with merry
guests and those guests, too all satisfied and
happy o, what brigh. rays shone forth from
that tffling coin of gold Could it have been
as bright in the child's or the mans dark pock.
Ell, No; else il had before then burned its very
way through, and lent iis Iadienee 10 others.
Could it have shone with such visions 10 the
rich mans hards No; else his avarce would
have yarquished at encs, aud his hsari have
ove,howed with eenerosuy No, no /; it vas
only 10 such es the q ldov ard her child lha,
; il wore such shine, and emitted such brilian,
rays and. revealed such sseet and welcome
visions Only for such as they
/. That night returned tais angel boy TO the
, black room, then flied with happiness and
lighted with JOY bu, he was no, alone; his
own mother was with him. Blessed boy He
T passed the whole Of New Years day IN max.
ing others happy. And how much hsppiet was
/, he himself How bis l;ttle hear. warmed and
glowed to see the child uncover the basket he
D had brought with him, and take out, ons by
| one, the gifts that were stow ed ihere! And how
S oyerjoyed vas he 10 see his mother offer the
!. sick woman work and a new home, and 20 see
!, the sick woman grow suddenly strong, aud a!.
/ mest well, under the influence of their kind or
. e's He wondered il their happiness ceuld
j possibly be as deep as his own, if their New
I Years was as brigh. 10 them as his was to
# him. lie knew uol how any one could be hap.
s pier than he was al that moment.
8 Years have rolled away into the sllent past.
$ That little girl-Elsie Gray-is lady. Not
lady only in name, bu, ons in every deed, 10
y heart, in conduct. She dwes 10 a sxee, sub.
Il u'oah Co1dSs, ouu hef ausoa9a is ueVoteu ou'
q ly to her. Tbs husband is no other than the
i generous bay who on the New Years festival
f. uccosied her so tenderly in the street, and
J. wee, home with her. Her poor mother sleeps
J, quietly IN 'he little church.ysrd ye. she lived
d to know that God had provided for her child.
e She died resigned and happy.
Are thero coins, either ofg gold OF silver, ,ha,
mus. be locked away from Sigh. on this day ei
the new year Are there any containing With
IN the depths such swss. visions, such happy
ainhis lhey mnat lie under lack and kew siI