The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-08-19
.DRIvE YOUR OWN CART"

brave, De preserving, ana you Will Sel
ont on the other-side of the shadow be-
fore long,
So said the best friend orphan Har-
ry had ever known, to him as he came in
discouraged one day, after having for
the twentieth time sought employment
in vain.
Uncle Lewis, as Harry called the kind
man, whose house was all the home he
ever knew, was very poor and now he was
also i'll, SO that it became absolutely nec-
essary for Harry to leave school, and
seek for work by which he could at least
do something toward earning t heir daily
bread.
His heart tainted within his bosom, as
he met with repulse, from the rich and
busy gentlemen to whom he applied for
; aplace.
9 Don't you want to hire a boy, sir p
: had been the poor boys oft repeated
question. Fainter and fainter was it
spoken as spark by spark his courage
died away, and at last he turned with a
heavy heart homeward, and went and sat
down by the bedside of dear Uncle Lew
Is and cried.
sOh, how I wish some one would try
. to find a place for me- sighed the poor
boy 4 shall never, never dare to ask
any one to hire me again. Oh, dear,
dear, what a dreadful thing it is to be
Q poor; 1 wish somebody would help US,
Uncle Lewis
Uncle Lewis was troubled for the
child he placed his pale hand on Har-
rvs clustering curls aud said
g9 You are in the world where all that
is good must be struggled for. You
must drive your own cart, my child; 1
would do it for you but 1 cannot. Be
brave, be patient, be persevering. and
you will get out on the other side of the
shadows before long,
Harry loved lis uncle dearly, more
than he knew how to express, and the
Thoughts of losing him made him seem
dearer than ever now so hard though
IL was to choke back the tears, he did
It, and fondly kissing the hand that
caressed him, he said with an effort:
easI will be a brave boy uncle you
shall see that mind your advice 1 will
try again to morrow, and will keep try
ing until I do get oat of the shadows
If you will only make haste and get we'll,
and if I can always live where 1 can see
you and hear your voice every day, I
won't complain whatever may be my
hardships.'
Dear child said Uncle Lewis, with a
trembling voice. He could say no more
though his heart was overlooking with
yearning love and sympathy for the af-
fectionate and devoted child. Gladly
would he have folded the gentle boy to
his heart, and sheltered him there from
all rude contact with the harsh and jost-
ling world, but he knew that this could
not be, and he knew also, that so it were
not well with the child Harry must
take the great and wide world by the
hand, and as all had done who had wres-
tied with it before him, he must learn
to labor and to watt
After making ready and eating their
evening meal, Harry sat again By the
side of his uncle, and read from the word
of God. He opened accidentally, prov
identially rather, to this passage:
Trust ia the Lord aud do good, and
thou shalt dwell ia the land, and verify
thou shal. be fed,
THAT blessed book" cried Uncle Lew
is, never was there a troubled heart
which it could not comfort
And when Harry had finished reading
the sick man folded his hands and offer
ed a1heartsfelt and thankful prayer
They then resigned themselves to rest.
aPlsase, sir, don't you want to hire a
boy?, said our hero next morning to a
finely dressed dandy of a s~torekeeper.
.1f I did, I wouldn't nave you, you
pitifuI, whining, milk-and-water-faced
scamp, off with you quicker, clear p
Andthen the man stepped toward Har-I
~, as il for some offensive act. Harry
hurried off.
sOh DEAR sail he to himself, as he
walked on, I am afraid thesLord don't
mean any of those good promises for
me. 1 an afraid I shall never get a
place, aud 1 am hungry and cold, and
tired; and what shall 1 do?' The hand
Of despair was Juggling hard at those
young heart-strings.
ssWhy, what's this?' said Harry sud
denly. A nice pcrtmonnaie laid at his
feet. He picked it UP; it bore the name
Of the very ~storekeeper who had just
sbused the orphan child. Resistingtbe
temptation to avenge himself, and sup
ply his wants, by keeping the we'll filled
portmonnaie, Harry hurried back to the
store and gave it into its owners hands.
The man had the grace to blush as he
took il from the honest and forgiving
boy and he opened it and handed Harry
. two dollar bill. The portmonnaio
contained W hundred dollars. But
this was not the end of that adventure.
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