New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-21

: - s.n, 80 esitas,t onspoes agalnst the r4fes Of
never denying the charge He tosak tlss rsTrs-
niand, &nG once the puaiskrnents withdn, a tsa,
or murmur, almost rs q matter of conrss
seeming thankful that it was no WORSE HsEsd
evidently seen better days. and enjoysd re
light Of home, parents and friends, il not a..
lu1uries Of life. But the light Of bops seemed
to have gone cut - his health was poor = his
frame fragile, and no fire beamed in his dark
eye. thought. every .nigbsI saw him mar eh 4 4
q his gloomy Red, that 1 would 60 te him and
learn his history; but there were 20 many df.
YES 4 Y perform, so much to leafn ard De, that
gay alter day passed, and would neglect hun.
Having learned that bis name sss Arthur
- L3ho, ana that bis crime was burglary and
larceny, ,naicaflng very bad hoy Ter one so
young he had already been there a year, ,and
ID nsd tNo more 70 serve He neyer could foutlivs
his sentence, and his countenanes indicated he
felt it. He had worked At stone scuftir,r a., tl,e
State house, hence my Opportunities for .aeine
him were less than though he had worked In the
prison yard; stfif bis PATE face hsr1stea me dav
and night, and resolved on the lext sashasH ,szs
ss he came from Sabbath School, Nds,Ia sefd
fT him and learn his hietory. Il happened,
however, thstI was one day in 6 store, waiting
fr the transaction Of sone busIness, apd hasiag
picked up an uid newspaper, had read and
re-rest while delayed, until at last MY eJes-
feii upon an advertisement If ga OF Boyt
Information wanted of boy named Arthur
~ VIII but give bi5 real Daue f0r psT<aa
haPshe is still living and then ioifo sed q de.ss
seripuon OF the boy, exactly corresponding with
thar Of the convict, Arthur Lamb Then there
was somebody WHO cared fer SIDE psnr b8y. If iri-
deed, 1T was him -7perhaps mother, his father,
his trDtbers'and ssrers, who seres searchfsg
for him The advertisement was nearly Year
old, yet DOUBTED Eot, a1d as soeis a. 4he con-
victs wAfe locked mp l sens-for.s rttur Lsmb.s
He came, as matter sof coarse, wifb 1hs Same
pale, uDcompiainilg g face and hopeless gait. I,
thinking. no nourt. fiat samerting' had gone
wrong andh been laid to his charge. ss
| was examining the Con gIct's Regls'er, vixen
looked up, there hs sioofa perfecr image Of -
despair! ] a ksd hsm his name He replied ;
8. Arthur ~ sssArtbur whas I. said / sternfy
'+Arthur ---- Lambsa said he hesitstIpgly. e
% Have you father or mother iiytnes'' s1s7&
Hisey Frightened bis voice quivered, as ha
exclaimed: @
"Oh, have yon heard from metberse Il she 4
alivei and tears, which / had never seenshm 1
shed tfore, ran like great rain ps down his
cheeks. AS he besaipe calm from suspense. Il
told ann l had not theard from his parentss but q
that had q paper I wiahed him 10 reads He
took the advertisement which had en- from the
paper, and as he read it he exclaimed t@ ~
z. That is me! that is me ~ And again sobs
and tears choked his utterance ~ S
i aasureAs hlm the adyertisementwas aifI
could tell him about his pareats and thar as s
requested infcrmation, desired TO know what :
SUQuEu WfAtd III ySpty- Ing auSeFtsSttUt0t
rected information to be ssnt TO the Christian
Chronicle, New York.
sch, do not write,'' said he, g It will break
poor motSer's hearts,
! told him Z must write, and that it would be
a lighter blos Il, his mothers feelings to know
where be was, thsrs the terrible uncertainty
which must haunt her NJ. nd az, dsy ana nJeht; 6g
be consented, and taking I'm 70 ny fopm.
drew from him in substance the IL. lowing steFy
HIS father resn4etntlla HcSItuy
mechanic in an interior town ef the St,sa ate OF
New York. That lat ,the. holding Of the State
gricufrural Fair in his native town he got ac, -
quainted with two ostranger boys. wbc persuaded
HIM to run away from home and go to the ~ est. =
He foollshly eonsente6s with high hopes of happy
times, new scenes and great tune They came
as far asCleyaian3, where they remained several
Days. 0ne morning the other tHo boy s came to -
his room early, and showed him a large amount !
Of .jewelry, etc, which they seia they had won
atcards during the night. Kno sing that he
was in need 6f funds to pay bis board, they
pressed him to take seme Of il, for means to
pay his landlord. But before he had dspcsed
of any of it, they were all arrested for hurglary
and as portion of the property taken from the
store which had been robbed was found IN bis
possession, he too was-trled. .icensieeed and sem
fenced. He had no friends, ,%no money, and
dared not write home, so hspe sank xithln him
He resigned himself to fate, never expecting to
get out Of prison, or TO see his parents again
| Upon inquiring of the convicts who came with
| him on the same charge, learned tflat what
| Arthur had stated was trues- and that his only
crime was keeping bad company, leaving his
home and unknowlpgly receiving stolen geoas.
| Questioned separately, they all told the Same
story, and left no doubt in my mind of the boys
tinnocence Full of passion for the litfle fel-
low, sat down and wrotes full description Of
4. .rthur, his condition and history as l obtained
it from hm-painting the horrors OF the place,
baiI, mod
gni,ty. and the probability of his never living
ant his s,entence, and describing the proeessto
be used to gain is pardon This sent accor-
ding 10 tue directions in the advertisement. But
weak after week passed and no; answer came.
| The boy daily iuquired if had heard from his
| mother uutii az last :. hnpe long def rred
| ssemed to make ais heart Sick and again he
|. drooned and pined. At length letter came
| snch "a let;ert Il was 3frsut the hsv Dr. Blows.
| of New York He had beea absent to . distant
oity, but the moment he read the letter ihssgeod
| man responded :. The fsther of this hoy had be-
come slmost insane on account OF his sons long
| and mysterious . bssnee; be hat LETT hissforTaeE
plane Of residence had moved from city toscity
7 from teHn 10 town--and travelled up MNd
| down the country seeking the loved and i5sts
1 He.had spent the,rnost of q hendsonie tortnhe;
4 his wife, the boys mother, was on the brink pf
i the grave piniug for her hrsf- horn and would
4 non he eonforted They then lived in q western
" .
ing OF forgetting their boy. or that change Of
scene might assuage their grief He thanked
me for my letter which he BAT sent to the tnfser,
and prt missed his assistance to SECURE the con-
yict's pardon This.news gave to Arthur be
seemed panied and pleased hope and fear. joy
4 ana erief dlled his Overwhelmingly but from
thence his eye wss brighter, hisstep was lighter,
and hope seemed to ianee in every nerve,
| Days passed : and at last n man came 10 the
MD an, rushing irantically into ahe efHce de-
na,, ;ng to see the hoy. N'siy boy l4say boy !
0b Ia, me- sse hims'4 The clerk. who knew
notb;na, If the. smatter, calmly asked him for
tbs - of his son. s. Arthur - g Nc such
nan,a a -, 49,, books your cannot be here
aHs is is hers her show him to mes sHsre, sir, 4; i
fspus ,, own Sa ie'1el tbe1ester, saw at once tha
1'e,s ,s ,o1kea ever the convict wanted, aud rang
thA phau Nan,o sa aas aesssnger.4 "There is Tia
.ne inel ior .he L hiss letter you showe1.'
Tha Whaaen, a,', slr ~ was cd me and wept like
child 5 ~ thor thousana s,nprae ;m he thanked me, am
in the name of his Wife, he rsst ron doos
head. But the rattling of t. bgnses Ind ;nd;eatee
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