The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-28

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% penetrate the dense. crowd that nearl!
filed the entrance and blocked the door
way, after one OF our public lectures, 'ha
this exclamation met my attention. ltpro
ceejed from little girl Of not more thai
len ears, who, hemmed By the wals on on
side and the crowd on the other, was vain
| ~ ondeayoring to extricste herself.
The person addressed paid 20 attention
to the entrea,ies of the little one, but push
cd on towards the door.
"Look here! sir, exclaimed a man whose
coarse apparel, sturdy frame, and toll EN-
Drowned hands contrasted strongly with the
delicately gloved fingers, curling locks, and
expensive broadcIolh Of the former.
..Look here! sir, you're a-jammlng that
little gals bonnet all tew smash with then
elbows o yonrn.n "Can't help that,
grullly replied the individual addressed,--
Il lock 10 number one" s'You take care
of number one, do YOU? Wal, that's al
fair; 50 do - replied the honest country
nan, and with these words he took the lt.
lie girl in his arms, and placing his broad
shoulders against the slight form Of the lat.
ter, he pushed him through the crowd,
down the steps, landing him, with rather
more haste than dignity, in the street be,
low. The young gentleman picked himself
Up, but rather intimidated by the stout fist
If the stranger, and abashed By the laugh
ter of the crowd, concluded il was ''abonf
time for him TO 90 home" la polite socie.
" the former would he couFtedand admired.
and the latter overlooked and desplsed, but
Which was the gentlemaa?'
On a raw and clustering day, te"
weeks since, young girl with small bas
ket on her arm, entered one of our stores
Alter making few purchases. she turned
to leave. Two gentlemen stood in the door
way, whose appearance indicated that they
thought themselves considerable, If not
more . whose soft, sleek coats and delicate
hands, were apparently about the same
quality Of their brains.
As they made not the slightest move
ment as she approached, the young g'f
hesitated a moment, bat seeing no other
way, she politely requested them to stand
aside. They lazily moved few inches.
allowing her barely room TO pass, giving
her as she did so, broad stare that brought
The color to her cheek and the fire to her
eye.
In stepping upon the icy pavement her
loot slipped, and in endeavorlug 10 save
herself, her basket fell, and the wind scat
tered It's contents in every direction.
At this the tgo gentlemen burst into a
loud laugh, and seemed to consider 1t vast
ly amusing.
"Iet me assist you," exclaimed pleas
ant voice, and lad about sx,een,' whose
hands showed that they were accustomed
to labor, and whose coarse, well patchec
coat indicated that he was The child OF pov
erty, sprang forward, gathering up the ar
ticles, presented the basket with bow ans
smile that would have graced drawing
room. (Which ,ras The gentleman"
Bows! YOU are a Il ambitious to be consIG.
cred gentlemen. That is al very natura
but remember that neither your own or
your parents position n life, your tailor,
your boot black, or your barber can make
YOU one The true gentleman IS the same
everywhere Not only a, the social party
Or ball, but in the noisy mill, the busy shop,
the crowded assembly, or at home, or on the
street. Never expressing the weak or rad
iculing the unfortunate. Respecttu! and
attentive TO his superiors, pleasant and alta,
ble to his equals, careful and tender Of the
feelings Of those he may consider beneati
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