Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-09-08
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! sasAh,ztllats my fine boy. Here, Jack
/ take this five dollar bill, and come Of
| Saturday and get the balance ofyoar we
lges.' u So - ass.sa gas asss ISIS =;
! i The seaman, withsa joyful bound, tool
| the bill, and touching his hat, with figh
heart sprang on shore, and hastened to th'
store where he had already selected ib
comforts and neeessaries his family SO rnnci
stood in needaoa} sssSs-5 =@@z5s
E>yaAs he entered, a poor woman wns tryina
to prevail on the store keeper to settle d de
nnnd for making his Shirts. ,'res- 50 ~
- You had best takesit out Of the store
Mrs. Conway, he said to her, really
| have mot taken half the amount of your
bill to>day, and den't expect 10. have
to7chafge everything, and no money come:
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| 'l ean't eaoiwi,houpiR answered the wo
man, earnestly, my daughter is very ILL.,
and in want of every comfort; ] am cut ol
firewood, and indeed want, many things
which have depended on this money to
get. have worked night and day 10 gel
your shirts done.' .....z-...,..ss- -
pm very sorry, Mrs. Conway said
the ssore.keeper, looking into his drawer;
tl have not five shillings here, and your
bill is five dollars and niue pence =
The poor woman though. Of her invalid
child, and wrung her hands, ....z -. .....-
"A sailor was here while ago and se>
lected full five dollars worth of articles here
on the counter, and won't away 10 gel his
wages to pay for them,. but | question if
he comes back, If he does and pays me
for them, you shall have your. money,
| madam -, -
AT this moment Jack made his appear
nnce OF the door, -
sWell, shipmate,' he cried in q tone
much more elevated than when he was dis
covered speaking with the captain, swell my
hearty, hand over my freight. I've got
the document, so give US possession 7 and
displaying his FIVE dollar bill, he laid hold
Of, the purchases. g.. ,... - =.
The store keeper examining and seeing
the note was good one, bade him take
them with him, and then sighed as he took
another and last look at the bill, he handed
it TO the poor widow, who, with Joyous
smile, received it from him, and hastened
from the store. e 45-z,-.s; ,esesz zssg
In q low and very humble tenement,
near the water. was family Of poor chill
dTen, whose appearance exhibited the ut.
most destitution. On cot>bed near, lay
q poor woman, i'll and emaciated. The
door opened and a man entered, in. coarse,
patched garments, with wood.saw and
cross and laying them dowp by the door
side, approached the bed ~
Are you any better, dear = asked he,
in rough voice, but IN the kindsst tones.
mo, have you found work ? If you
could get me little nourishing food, /
could regain my strength - 81
The man gazed at ber pale face for q
moment, and again taking up his saw and
cross, he went out. He had not gone far
before woman met him and said she wish>
ed him 10 follow her and saw some wood
for her. fzzssz u sefrI .,ss;.Et -t.sPS as.Ts
His heart bounded with hope and graft
tude, and he went after her to her dwelling,
an abode little better than his own for pov.
erty-yet wearing an air of comfort. He
sawed the wood, split and piled it, and re-
ceived six shilings, with which he hasten
ed to a store for necessaries for his sick
wife, then hurried home to gladden her
heart with the delicacies he had provided.
Till now he had done no work for four days
and his family had been starving, and from
that day bis wife became better, and at
length was restored 10 her family and
healih, from a state Of weakness which an
other days continuance would probably
have proved fatal. - - -. -
The six shillings which did her so much
good, were paid by The poor woman from
the five dollars she had: received from the
store-keeper, and which the sailor had paid
him. The poor woaaan's daughter also re-
yiyed, and ultimately restored to health,
and was lately. married TO q young man
who had been absent three years. but res
turned true TO his troth. But for five doll.
lars, which had been so instrumental in her
recoxerys he might hive returned to be told
that she,3 who had .heenihe polar star ofShis
Aohass bhu ooz'Sif0a-
: So snaucha good did theefiVea doilarss5o,
which, Peter Caancerys -Ess., SO reluctant
y ypaidto Mr.. Eaat'sapPrenfice boy, though
little credit issdue to- shisIegHi gentleman
for the results which followed. II is thus,
that Providence often 1nakas bad men The
instruments of good 10 others.ss Let this
little story lead those. who think 'ss,nall
bill'' can stand because ii is small bill,
remember how much good Ave dollar bill
has done, in. one single. day--and that in
paying one bill they may be paying a series
of twenty bills, and dispensing good to the
hundreds around them.. ...,...a. ,-..ss-..
'ai Comfortable. u
sMr. Sailor, said an old lady to wealth
er-beatens tar, who had called at her house
for a luncheon. g YOU must see great MANY