Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-09-28
WHO WAS THE GENTLEMAN,
g Please, sir, don't push Sol. )"

"P!ease, sir, don't push so.''
was endeavoring to penetrate the
dense crowd that nearly filed the entrance
and blocked up the door way. after one
of our popular lectures, that this exclama-
ton met my attention. 1t proceeded
from little girl of not more than ten
years who, hemmed by the wall on one
side and the crowd on the other, was en-
deavoring to extricate herself.
The person addressed paid no atten-
ton to the entreaties of the little one, but
pushed on towards the door.
"a Look here, sir" exclaimed man
whose apparel, sturdy frame, and toil-em-
Drowned hands, contrasted strongly with
the delicately gIoved fingers, curling locks,
and expensive broadcloth of the former.
g Look here, sir, you're ajamming that
little gals bonnet all tew smash with them
elbows of yourn."
g Cant help that" gruHly replied the
individual addressed, g look to number
one"
8. You take care OF number one, do you ?
Wal, that's all fair !; so do l, - replied the
honest countryman and with these words
he took the little girl in his arms, and,
placing his broad shoulders against the
slight form of the latter, he pushed him
through the crowd down the steps, Ian
ding him with rather more haste than dig
nifty in the street below.
The young gentleman picked himself
up, but rather intimidated by the stout
fist of the stranger, and abashed by the
laughter OF the crowd, concluded it was
about time for Kim to 90 nome.
In polite society the former would be
courted and admired, and the latter over.
looked aud deSpised but, 60 who was
the gentleman -
On raw and clustering day, last win
ter, young girl with small basket on
her arm entered one of our stores, After
making a few purchases she turned to
leave. Two gentlemen stood in the door
way, whose appearance indicated that
they thought themselves something, and
whose soft sleek coats and delicate hands
were apparently OF about the same quail
ty as their brains.
AS they made not The slightest more
nent as she approached, the young girl
hesitated Il moment, bat seeing no other
way, she politely requested them 20 stand
aside. They lazily moved Il few inches,
allowing her barely room to pass, giving
her, rs She did so, broad stare that bro't
the color 10 her cheek and the fire into
her eye.
In stepping upon the icy paYement her
foot slipped, and in cnLeavorin; to save
herself her basket fell, and the wind scat
cred its contents in every diree,ion.
At this the two gentlemen burst out into
loud laugh, and seeueI TO consider it vast
ly amusing.
Let me assist you," exclaimed a
pleasant voice and lad Of sixteen, whose
hands showed that they were accustomed
to labor, and whose coarse well-patched
coat indicated that he was the child of
poverty, sprang forward, and. gathering
up the articles, presented the basket with
bow and smile that would have gra
ced a drawing Room. I" who was the gen
man %
Boys, you are al ambitious to be con-
siIered gentlemen. That is all very ma
tural; but remember that neither your
own nor your parents position in life,
your tailor, your boot-black, or your bar
Der, can make you one. The true gen
tleman is the same everywhere not only
at the social party or ball, but in the moi
sy mill. the busy shop, the crowded as
sembly, at home or on the street never
expressing the weak or ridiculing the I'M
fnrtunate respectful and attentive to his
superiors pleasant and afable to his
equals careful and tender of the feelings
of those he may consider beneath him.
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