The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18
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Honesty,
A poor boy, about ten years of aye
entered the warehouse of the rich rncr
chant, Samuel Richter, in Dan,zic,
and asked the bookccrcr for aims.
You will get nothing here" grum.
bled the man, without ruisin, his head
from his book: ''bcs sotl -
Weeping bitterly, the boy -gidcd
towards the door, ut the moment that
Herr Richter entered.
"What is the matter here 2" he
asked, turning to the bookkccpcr.
"A worthless beggar boy" was The
mans answer; and he scarcely looked
w from his work,
In the meanwhile, Herr Richter
glanced towards the boy, aud remark.
nI that, when close to the door, he
picked up something from the ground.
lila ! my little lad, what is that, ,you
picked up?' he cried The Weeping
boy turned, and showed him needle
And What will YOU do with it p
asked the other.
"My Jacket has holes in it, was
the answer: 81 will sew up the big
ones"
Herr Richter was pleased viii, this
reply, and still more with the boy S
innocent, handsome lace. but are
YOU not ashamcd,' he said, in !; kind
though serious tone, ''yuu 50 loun.
and hearty, to beg Can you not
work p
"Ah my dear sir" replied the boy,
Il d" not know how and am too Ii :
tie yet TO thir>h or fell wood. My
father died three weeks ago: and my
poor mother aud little brothers have
eaten nothing these two days. Then
| ran "nt in al1gni>h and begged for
aims. But, alas. single peasant
only gave me Il piece OF bread since.
then. have not calcu il murs,l."
1t Is puic customary for bc.gars by
trade to c"ntrlve iaics like ll,ls; aud
thus lElrdens many "A heart against the
claims OF genuine waut But this
time the merchant trusted the boys
honest lace He thrust his hand into
his pocket, drew forth !. piece of mon.
ey, and said,
There is haIfa dollar: go to thu
"a!irr's, and with half the money buy
bread for Yourself your mother and
your brothers; but bring back the 9th
CT half to me
The boy took the money, ard RAJ
| JOY fully away.
"WcII,' said the surly buokkccpcr
she will ans'1 in his sleeve, and ncvc
come back again
"Who knows ," replied Herr Rich
ter. And, as he spoke, no bchcld -th,
boy returning, ru'!ing quickly, with
large loaf Of black bread in one hand
aud some money in the other.
There, good sir!'' he cried, almos
brcnthlrss There is tho rcat of tn
m"i.cy." Then, being very hungry
he begged at once for Il kuilc to yil
oll 4 piece of the bread. The book
keeper reached him in silence his poc,
et.knifc.
The lad cut OLA slice in great hast,
and was about to take bite of it,
But suddenly he bcthouglt himscl
laid The bread aside, and folding hi
hands, rehcarscd Il silent prayer. The
fell to his meal with Il hearty appctil,
The merchant WAS moved by I'll
boys unaffected picly. lie inquire
after his family and home, and lcarne
! from his simple narrative that h
: father had lived in village, abnl
!. four miles distant from Dantzic, whe,
f ho owned II small house and farm
but his house had been burned to Il
G ground and much sickness in his fam
d ly had compelled him to sell his farn
: He had then hired himself out to
q rich ncighbor; buS, before three wcel
;. were at al end, he died, broken dow
by grief aud excessive toll. Aud no,
Il his mother, whom sorrow had throw
" upon a bed of sickness, was, with h
!. four young children, suffering the b
O tcrest poverty. lie, the eldest, h;
7. resolved to seek for assistance, and Ii;
gone at first from village to villae
then he struck into the high road, nj
W ut last having begged everywhere