Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1857-06-04

Psor gfisvsd vict,. sf q wife, like tiser
apsn bic prey, .heessss she did net ksep
HER souag esss still -sthsy would aissas,-
evsrybody' No bite OF refresh meat, no .x
hiiirssiSg drsaght, DO rsst froa tha, lat,
srsss baby, came TO her sli the long night,
save when the big man stretched cut hu great
bands aud took her boy for sn hear. and lst
him play With his splsndia haHtibg vatsh
TO tesp hin quiet
lll give yer theusand dollars for hin. ;
said be, as be hspdsd him back to her arms
You uay have ths whole lot for ,hai,'
answered the dTsnksp father With swine
Ike gru6t
'its q bargain, said the big maa, prOvis.
In the mothers willing
tndade, SIR, it's hot the one Of them cas-
se had for money vas the quiet yet deter
ninsd respcnse Of the nothsf's heart
Hsv kindly be helped her OF the cars
when, q, che break Of day, they came TO their
journeys end
Thas ali night long had he been attract.
ing the attention Of The waksfsl oass 10 ,be
ears But bis kipdpess and rOugh polite
ness would have been Forgotten By The na,s
Of the passengers, had be not STAN ped 4,
upon our memories With his gold.
Il woeder ubo be il r. where did he get
on 'Shst sr interesting chsraeter' Hes
ssbodys fOOl-knovs more than be Ie,s on :
'sdaessies sosld spoil him what rich
fursy Did you notice what . splendid
vAiehshs ssrriesr Hes some great man
iueoG' .,..--.,......
Such were few Of The queries that passed
trol lip 70 liplo But there came % answer !;
for he ubo aloss could have answered, sat
erouehed in hisfur eoat, scanning unconscious
Of all but bis ouo deep thoughts.
'ChiesgsP shouted the brakeman, and in
an instant all was sonfusioa, and oar here
vas lostin the crord The pez; We saw Of
hiaa was At the baggage stand looking up
band box for swert looking eoaptry girl,
Who was going 10 learn the milliner's trade
IN abe city. As We passed 10 our carriage,
We discovered him again, holding an cid
nan by one band, while he grasped the
shoulder of the conductor Of another train
si,a the ether, getting for the deaf grey
haired sire the right information ss 20 she
route he should take TO get TO his dartsr,
who lived near Muscatine, Iowa
God bless hin for his good deeds = was
our earnest aspiration. as We uhirled round
she eornsr May his shadow never grow less
or abe geld in his pocket dininisk, for bic
unBumbersd charities and mereies dropped
~ eooss1ns-hoesiy mere euo there- de ~,
PerhsPs, doing more COED is his day and
gs0eTAtioB, than be Who doaaIss bis Ibou.
saDds 70 bald charitable iussitatisas, 20 give
homer 20 his ova name
'Oh how much the world needs great
hearts that ere able 70 cSnprshspd lttls
thibgsAadd yet bov Sftsu it happens that
the learned. the wise, Aad tAerich, ouigrou
the every day Wsats Of hananiiy, aud feel
Ing Within themselves the peWer TO move
uisAttfyx yx-pass BY the hambis duties aha.
uould make . thousand hearts leap for Joy
-apd PuAh on, looking for same great vropE
% right, some great ssFTeE to he soo,hea,
some giant work TO be accomplished; and
fAifhg ~ 6nd che great ssovk, live aud die,
incnEssTated in thsir o~a sslashssss, asa dc
Bothing at all
Tbs Foagh mans nAlare seemed the na.
ture OF the lille child His auiel eve saw
ata glance; his great heart warmed, and
bis gFsss hand exeeatsd his liitle WORKS Of
shaTiiy-SO SMALL that enc would have sK.
Pis'sd. 70 sec them clip between bis giant
finger upaeesmplishsd-Jet we're they done,
The angel over ths night shoulder will
viii hASe loager oolumh 70 set doWu TO his
Seoount of COED deeds we'll done, than %
all the Z, st Of The pasSagsrs Of lbAl sEoudsd
ear, on that lopg tedious, stormy night, in
Iannarv Lac