The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1852-02-19

spokesman. " u have sav"d tn cred
Of our ward. havr strong hopes, NV
that w shall l. ad any two of them pu
tog 'ther."
Two or three days after this the news
papers announced the result Of tn" sub
scri pti,n raised in the various ward in tn
i'y. The patt'cula' Instances Of fliberalit
were nam d c,nspiciouS anon, w>icl
stood the fact that Bnnedict Pc ciyal, Esq
who " was ever for most in acts Of ben "
ol nee , hid su scribed the Handsome su.i
# five thousani dollars bad in fact
just d "bled the smbsc,i p,iou Of the
ward in which he resided"
There lived in the city where this fac
occurred IA poor widow in feeble health
who had three children Her only
means of sub i>tence lay in her ability to
do plain sewing Enly and late sh" sal
over h,r work; often in pain and oprres
>ive weakness. but tn. result of her Labor
was ,.ver insufficient for the many wants OF
her little family.
1t was in the midst of long and hard
winter, and the wi lows greater expeus"
for warm clothing for her child en AMI
extra fuel consumed al her ii'tlc earniu!s
TINS aving nr'hing 70: her rent 81"
nccupied two small rooms in retired
court for which she paid we xiv rent OF
one dollar. She was tha under-tenant OF
man who rented the VIII le house on on
side of the cout, and hy letting them out
again TO poor families at IA week ly ol
monthly rent, not only saved his own rent
but made two or tare, bundled dollar
IA year besides. OF cour So. h, was Il ha''
nan, and would have nothing less than hi
own no matt"r how much others were in
Ijurad in his effoi Is e. obtain it.
Since the Fall, the poor woman ha
been slow about paying her rent. Some
times she had only "A quarter of a dollar t
give her inrortuuate landlord; and SON.
time sh" cou'd giv him nothing. H ha
seeded, and threatened. and warned he
to Lave The premises; but still it avai'e'
not to bring him his 1u,. Food and flu
the woman must have fer her c',ildr n
after th.se were obtained thre was li'tl
or no'ting ft from her ea nings. Thu,
it went on until Sven dollars W .rc du
for rent, WHEN the land'o Il b cane
$ r;ou>lv alarmed, l'st in u Ias' r'so
which was often mad by him at littl or
NJ cast of feeling tie shonld MT he
enough in the widows two rooms that the
law should allow him to seize, fr the
liqnidii.n Of his petty claim. He at
enc informed the widow that unless ehe
paid him what WAS due, imn neliat ly, he
would sell her nu'
"But YOU know I cannot do that" sad
tn. uahappy woman.
Gro and borrow it fom some one.'
The widow shook h"r head.
"YOu do sewi 20. sew raj fami,i
Go to thm and Il them that YOU will b
turned into the sire if they Ip not lend
you enough money to pay your ent. 1t
will be but dollar apiece irnm seven
different indvidu lis Do it. and th
money will come quickly enough" "
81 have M hop, of returning it; and
to borrow under such ci cumstances
wo I'D islnn ST."
at i, iu-t as dishonest not to pry youi
rent" said the petty land oId harshy
The wi low answ red nothing
" You can do as you pleas ," resum d
the unfecling man. but / can TIL you
one thing-if don't e my mt to-mor
row, l shall ob,ain it in the quick st posi-
bic way, and let these ro,ms to some on
who will pay deal better than you have
ever done So you know what you have
to d p nd upon
With this tie landlord went away, and
the wild S l,ft TO her own "a thou thts.
The oldest OF her c. lid en- was boy be-
tween elevgn and twelve years Of age.
The other two were girls; the youngest
three years old. Ths public sclools at
f,rlcd the mans of education to tn 'se
child en-; and it was tha mothers aim to
keep them together as long as possible,