The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1855-12-14

SPo"sS, "h tHolNVtkStitosSSouIu ue uOue,
aaaer shelter. Yet we dare .say. Farmer
Watkins never thought of the inhumanity
of, This, or the advantage he would himself
derive by arranging il otherwise. bo..s assi
John Cole had been living out, perhaps a
year. lie had not grown much, in this Pc
riod his frame had always been slight, and
lis sunken cheeks and wasted limbs,. spoke
Of the hard usage and suffering of his present
situation. The family had many delicacies
for themselves, but the ,oork boy they knew
never was used to such things, and they
were indifferent rs to what his fare Glanced
to be. He generally managed to satisfy the
the cravings Of hunger on the coarse food
given INN, but that was ALL About this
time it happened that the farmer was dig
ging ditch, and as he was afraid winter
would set In before it was completed, Johnny
and himself were at work upon il early and
late, notwithstanding thew whistled, and
it was so cold they could hardly handle the
the tools. While thus employed. it chanced
that they got wet TO the skin with driz.
zling rain, and on returning to the house,
the farmer changed his clothes, drank some
hot mulled cider, and spent the remainder of
the evening in his highbacked chair before
a comfortable fire; while the boy was sent
to grease wagon IN an open shed, aud at
night crept to his straw pallet, shaking as
though in an ague fit. Tire next morning
he was in a high fever, and with many q
wonder of what had got into him." but
without one word of sympathy, or any other
manifestation Of good will, he was sent home
to his mother. Late in the evening of the
same day, compassionate physician was
surprised to see woman enter his Office
her garments wet and trayel-stained, and,
with streaming eyes, she besought him to
come and see her son. 4
"My, johnny, my Johnny, sir" she cried,
"he has been raying wild all day, and we
are afraid he will die" -sr. t7z-1l
Mistaking the cause of the good mans
hesitation, she added with fresh burst OF
grief, "Oh | will work my fingers to the
bone to pay you, sir, if you will only come.
We live in the Gap!n ISIS @
A few inquiries we're all that was necessa-
ry to learn the state Of the case. The bene-
VIOLENT doctor took the woman in his vehicle,
and proceeded over a mountainous road of
six miles, to see his patient. But vain was
the help of man Johnny continued deliri
GUS; It was work, work, always at work and
pitifulwa it to hear his complaints of being
cold and tired, while his heart-broken parent
hung over him, and denied herself the nec-
essaries of life to minister to his wants. Af-
ter being i'll about afortnight, he awoke one
evening apparently free from fever, His ex-
preston was natural, but he seemed so weak
he could not speak, his mother with heart
over6owing with joy at the change she i'm
agined favorable, bent over him. With a
great effort he placed his arms about her
neck she kissed his pale lips smile of
strange meaning passed over his face, and
ere she could unwind that loving clasp, her
little Johnny was no more. He had gone
where the wicked cease from troubling, and
the weary are at rest but her hopes were
blasted ; her house was left unto her desoiate /;
and as she watched, through the long hours
OF night, beside the dead body, it was to
Oar Father who art in Heaven her anguish
ed heart poured itself out in prayer. Think
of this, ye rich !who morning and evening
breathe the same petition by your own hearth.
stones. Think Of it, ye who have authority
to oppress Do not deprive the poor man
or woman Of the "ewe lamb" that IS their
sole possession and remember that he whose
ear is ever open to the cry of the distressed,
has power to avenge their cause. ..s..l
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