The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1854-03-22
THE GOLD sovEREHGN.

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The story Of the gold soyereign. related TO ms by
Judge N, gentleman of wealth and influence
in Western New York, is well worth repeating;
moi for artificial interest which il does not contain,
bat for the admirable lesson it conveys to young
persons commencing ,l,fs. ssss. -
regret that am unable TO re-produoe the spirit
and hiifnor wi,h-whieh the aiinitsble eraead.
bis simple story; but viii do my best to rsmem
Der his own words - - zssss,:z-ss. &,
hen was only eight years DID, said Judge,
n. ''lny Father and my mother icing poor, with
half a dozen children better than myselfto take
care of, was given to a farmer IN the town of f..
who designed to make aploughbay of me, and keep
ing me IN his service until was of age xr-si,,
| We'll, had not very gay time in Deacon
Webbs service; for although be was an honest
deacon, and tolerably Kind man in his family. he
! believed in making boys work, and understood how
to avoid spoiling them by indulgence. a,s
4 So l bad plenty of work to do. and an abund:
ant lack of ofindugenees, 10 enjsy, Ii was, cense-
qaently, q great treat for me to get the enormous
sum Of one or two pennies into my possession by
4 any sort of good fortune-a circumstance of such
rare occurrence. that, at the age of eleven, had
lrarped TO regard money as q blessing bestowed BY
Providence only ona favored few. ss eessssss Z
4 We'll, had lived with Deacon Webb three
Z years before knew the color of any coin except
vile copper. By an accident learned the color o
gold. That is the story am going TO telLyou.
4 One Saturday night, Mr.. Webb sent nle to ths
siiIage Oh some errand; and, ,-on returning home
just ab 'ut dusk, my attention was attracted by .
little brown package, lying the road side. s.ss
i picked it up TO examine it's contents, without
the least suspicion Of the treasure within Indeed
it Yves SO light, and the volume of browr paper APP
peared so large, that | undoubtedly suspected thai
was the victim of an April fool although it was
) the month Of June. | tore opea the folds of the
paper, however; and, discerning nothing, was Or
the point of Throwing it into the ditch, when
thing dropped out Of and fei,with ringing sound
upon stone. t@ -.
sllooked at it with astonshment. It was yel
low, round. glttering, TO small and to bright for
penny; l felt of it; Isqueez zed it in my fingers;
3 spelled out the inscriptions; then something whs
: pered me that i was gold .coin of incslculabh
value. and tina, ,if did not wish to loose it 1 ha
better pocketit as soon as possible. 80
$ Trembling with excitement, ! put the coin il
my pocket. But it would not stay there. Ever,
two minutes l bad TO take it ont and look at it,
: But whenever met somebody was careful 4
put. it out sight. Somehow. I felt gniity drea
of finding an owner to the coin. Provided L foun
none, thought it was honestly mine.by, right q
: Ediscoyeryi and eomforte6 myself with the soph
istry that it was not my business to go about tn
streets crying. Whose lost?' s sas
I went home with the gold ia my pocket
would not have the Descon's folks know what Iha
found, for The world. | was soreIy troubled wit
q the fear of losing my vast and ncaieuable treas
ure. This was not all. 1t seemedto to me that M
: face betrayed my secret. I could not look at an
body with an honest eye. ss y stie
These troubles, kept me awake half the nigh
and profession securing my treasure by safe ID
vestmsnt. the other haIf. On the following morn
s. ing was fsversh and nervous. When deaco
Webb at the breskfast table said,
'William!'s ~ a asa saa
/ started and tren,bled, thinking the next WORD
would be- a. .ss s sssssllsS . II,
Where is that piece of gold you have found nm
wichedly concealed. to keep it from the right
5 lownerl' s..s 80 81 Il 3 IS a9us
But he only SID, sssss
8 i want youto 60. to MIR. Baidwiu's this merl
ing and ask him if he can come and work for N
to day and 10. morrow.
: Ifeltimnensely relieved. left The house an
got out of sight as spop % possible. Then ono