Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-03-03

ne wanted to come ana sec Where w
live. Did do wrong to bring hin
mother 7"
"No, my child" said the mother, "i
he knows how to pity you from his lit
tie heart; but he cannot pity me yet
he is not old enough" n ~
The bright faced, sunny.hearted bo.
gazed in astonishment upon the mothe
and child. The scene was new to him
He wondered if this was what they call
ed poverty. His eyes looked sad upol
the wasting mother, but they glitteret
with wonder when turning towards Ell
sic. Suddenly they filled with tears
The want and woe, the barrenness, the
: desolation, were all too munh for him
He shuddered at the cold, uncovered
floor. He gazed mournfully into the
fro place. His eyes wandered wonder
ingly over the naked walls. looking Sc
unvitingly and cherries. Putting biz
hand into his pocket he grasped the
coin that his mother had that very morn
ing given him, and drew it forth.
"Oh, you are too good! You are
very generous, | fear!" as if she ought
not to take it from him. ,,
Mother will give me another if
want it," said he. 1T will do you a
great deal of good, and | do not need
H. Take it, take it, you shall take it,
and he was instantly goae.
1t was gold coin Of the value Of
FIVE dollars
Mother and child wept together
Then they talked of the good boy whose
heart had opened for them on this new
years day. Then they let their fancies
run and grow wild and revel as they
choose. They looked at the gistening
piece. There was bread, and fuel, and
clothing, and every comfortin its depths.
Now they saw within its rim pictures of
delight aud JOY; visions of long rooms
all wrea,hed and decorated with visions
of evergreens and flowers; visions Of
smiling and happy children; sights Of
merry voices, and the Ginning music Of
bells, the accent oflinnocent tongnes,
land the laughsfif sleAssPRfss Was That coin
How it turned everything firstinto gold
and then into happiness! How it group
ed around kind and cheerful friends,
and filed their ears with kind voices !
How it garlanded all the hours of that
day with evergreens and full blown ro-
ses. How it spread them laden table
and crowded it with merry gussts!-
and those guests. TOO. all satisfied and
happy! Oh, what bright rays shone
forth from that trifing coin of gold.-
Could i, have beenso bright in the child's
or mans dark pocket' No; else it had
before then burnt its very way through
and lent its radiance to others. Could
| il have shone with such visions in the
rich mans hands? No; else his avarice
would have vanished at once, and his
heart have flowed with generosity. NO,
no; it was only to the widow and her
child that it wore such a shine, and
emitted such brilliant rays, and revealed
such sweet and welcome visions Only
for such as they. r9.ayl
That night returned this angel hoy to
H. lIo,k bopse filed with happiness
and lighted with JOY; but he was not
alone, his mother was with him. Bless
ed boy. He passed the whole of New
Years day in making others happy,
Aud how much happier was he himself!
How his little heart warmed and glow
ed to see the child uncover the basket
he had brought with him, and take out
one by one, the gifts which we're slowed
there and how oveuoyed was he to
see his mother offer The sick woman
work and new home. and to see the
sick woman grow suddenly strong and
almost well, under the influence OF kind
offers. He wondered it their happiness
could possibly be as deep as his own, if
their New Year was as bright to them
as his was to; hin. He knew not how
any one could 6s happier than he was
at that moment.
: Years have rolled away into the si'
lsnt mast. That little girl-Elsie Gray
! is a lady. Not lady only in name'
but one in very deed, in heart aud con-
Z. duct. She dwells in suburban cottage
and her husband is devoted only to her
The husband i, no other than the gem
erous boy who on the New Years tss
liyal accosted her so tenderly in the
street. and went home with her. He,
moor mother sleeps quietly in the church
Yard; yet she lived to know 4, that Coo G.
, had provided for her child. She died
, resigned and happy
I Are there coins either Of gold or sill
YER, that must be locked away from
sigh, at the beginning of the New
Year,
S1ate,-Mr. W. Z. Elliott is engaged