The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-04-14
VOLUME III-NUMBER 2.
Grltftr0.
WAS HE BENEVOLENT!
BIT A LADY OF BALTIMORE.


husband, as he rose from the tea table
let me have five dollars tonight befor,
you 90 out"
What do you want with five dollars
tonight particularly, Sarah :"
/" want it for NJ SIS Brown"
"For Miss Brown" he repeated
with astonishment; "why she has NO
given Ellen over three lessons-surel,
she does not demand her pay already p
"She did not demand it,neither did she
ask for it; but as | found out that the
family were in trouble, told her to cal
this evening, and l would let her have
some."
" 1t must be a grievous amount ol
trouble indeed, if five dollars will relieve
it," said Mr.. Somervillq.
1.-The facts are these, James: when
she came to give Ellen her lesson this
morning, knew by her looks that some
thing allied her. 1t was sometime before
| could get it out of her, but at last she
told me that her mother owed twenty
five dollars house-rent, and the landlord
had threatened, if it were not paid be-
fore twelve tomorrow, to turn them out
of the house. had but twenty dollars
by me, or | would have given it to her
at once. She has a good deal coming
In, in the course of a month, but she did
not like to ask for it before it was due"
You will have enough to do, Sarah,
IT you undertake to relieve every case of
distress you hear of. However, you
know | never pay beforehand, and no
one can say | ever kept them waiting
day for their money"
Lend it to me them" said Mrs.
Somerville.
4" / have nothing less than. ten with
me /; but don't bother me any more
about it, for | have meeting to attend,
and it is'time was there now I"
A less importunate spirit than Mrs.
Somerville would have said no more !;
but her sympathies were aroused in
behalf of the young girl, who was so
nobly striving to support widowed and
invalid mother, and she was disposed
not to give up as long as there was any
chance of success.
" Give me ten thcn," said she, l." and
I'll give you five."
/" Here then," answered her husband,
ten-dollar gold piece on the
table, as he spoke, and taking in return
five-dollar bank bill" you women are
determined to have your own way, so
you might as well have it first as last
but if you lose that, blame no one bat
Fsuppose now 1 can 60 to.
my meeting"
The meeting about which Mr.. Somer-
vile seemed so anxious, was a ward
meeting for the relief of the poor. On
such occasions he was always known as
benevolent man Soon after the orga-
nlzation of the meeting, he was called
On to make a speech. Most eloquently
did he portray the suffering condition OF
The poor during the inclement season of
the year; and then, with increasing
fervor, showed that it was not only the
duty, but blessed privilege of those
who were blessed with an abundance of
his worlds goods, to minister to their
wants and necessities. Long and ably
lid he speak, and then closed by making
! donation of five hundred dollars. A
nurmur of appreciation ran through the
place.
" What a benevolent man ~ said
INC.
Ay! indeed" remarked another,
pity there's not few more like him"
Indeed it is" replied the first
peaker. {" He always seems at home
n this work"
yes; and he doesn't do things by
lalvcs either. Why it was only yester-
lay heard that he had given thousand
lollars to some benevolent object, while
the lumber merchant, gave