The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1852-12-16

the thought that there will be no one TO-
care for me, will be the hardest to bear"
81 shall care for you, for like your
voice and your looks. / had brother
once, and you look and speak like him.
If it had not been for that, l don't
know that l should have ventured to
come and speak to you. 1t almost ap-
pears to me as if you must be my broth
er, for he often seems to come back to
me when the daylight begins to grow
dim"
And I shall always remember the
face 1 see now looking through the
leaves"
"Do you think we shall ever see
each other again Z"
If | am ever rich man you will. I"
Do yol suppose you ever shall be !"
"Yes-I mean to be. When uncle
Austin said that L belonged to mean,
idle race, said to myself, One day l
will be rich man-rich as you are.
And l will be good man, too, for l
promised my mother l would, just before
she died."
Sand here is something for you to
begin WITH" said Eva, handing him two
half-eagles. at is all the money /
have now, or I would give you more"
Il must not take it"
Why not 1t is my own, and l
can do what / please with it. shall
have plenty m Jre next week"
"Well, then, as you say, it shall be
something for me to begin to be rich
man with. If l ever see you again
these two eagles shall have at least two
thousand added to them"
The children now separated, for the
twilight shades began to deepen, and
star was already trembling with a
timid lustre in the broad, blue fields of
ether. Eva hastened back to the house,
and Ronald took his way to the little
red cottage she had pointed out to him.
There were kindly hearts beneath
that lowly roof, and there would have
been no need of exhibiting the paper
containing the request of Eva, to insure
him hearty welcome. He rose early
the following morning, and made a
hearty breakfast on the rye cake and
newly churned butter, and then went
his way, treasuring his kindness, and the
sweet face of Eva in his heart. On
gaining the top of hill, he turned to
take a look at the splendid mansion
which was her home.
I" "How much l wish she was my sis
ter" he said to himself, as sense of
his lonely situation crept over him.
And then he thought how strange it
was, that one so good and beautiful
should think kindly of a poor, ragged
and houseless wanderer like him.
The thought that she did think kindly
of him awakened new strength and
energy, and as he turned away he in
voluntarily pronounced the words,
"Good-bye Eva"
As he walked briskly forward, he
decided in his mind that he would 90 to
the city. 1t was there that rich mer-
chants aud other men of wealth con-
gregated, and among them he hoped
there might te one who would give him
employment at first in some humble
way, whence, by strict honesty and
careful industry, he might gradually
rise to something better.
1t was near the close Of the third day
after he had turned away from his un-
cle's door, that be entered the city of
New York. He had met with those on
the way who had treated him kindly,
and who refused to accept either money
or labor as a remuneration. He thus
saved single half-dollar-(all the
money he had in the world, for the two
half.eagles which Eva gave him, he con-
sidered sacred deposit, destined to be
the foundation of his future fortune)
with which he procured supper and
lodging. He rose at early dawn, ere
1.-The morning star grew dim in the east
The silence was already broken by the
clattcring of carts, and the numbering of
heavily-laden wagons. AS he wandered
slowly along, wandering what he should
do, he saw woman arranging fruit,
which she had purchased from cart, at
lone of the stands which lined one side
of the thoroughfare. She was middle
aged woman, and her amplitude of per-
son, deliberate movements and rosy
countenance which would kindle into a
smile when some arrangement OF her
fruit struck her as being peculiarly beau
tiful, formed tout ensemble so suggestive
lof bcnevolencc and good humor, that