Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-17


| masters Of coasters, 95 by persons whose
| qualification are unknown and 2la by foreign
/ ers. a4aeG &
/ The reader may well imagine tho terrible
amount of suffering. aeson,e places entire
| crews persisted, aud in others but few were
/ saved Among the causes, AS are attribu-
I ted TO stress of weather, 10 to mistaking
! lights, 81 to unseaworthiness, 50 to fog 3 to
defective charts, II to errors in judgment, 3
| to ignorance of coast, I to errors of pilot 3
! to want of pilot, 81 to neglect Of lead, | ! to
want Of caution, and eight to general nesli-
gence.
The Ten Dollar Piano.
| A beautiful child Of seven summers, with
the golden light of youth streaming all over
her bright ours, childhoods fresh lustre in
her dark eyes. and Iune's reddest roses on
her dimpled cheeks, came rushing up to me.
"Ohl' she cried, tossing the stray curl
from her brow, Eve We got the splendidist
new piano over home. and mother wants you
to come and try it She says you shall play
on it first
Now am child, with children; my heart
bounds, my pulses leap IN unison with their
sportive natures. when they are by. And
when the locks are siivered ON my temples
and my step grows slow upon the staircase,
when the voices of my loved are only like re-
membered music, when my hand grasp be-
come tremulous like the loosening tendrils
of the dying vine, still may the feet of infan-
CIV patter around my knee and its red lips
breathe perfume on my withered cheek.
I Away went the ink and pen, and up bound
ed to catch the han1 of little Nellie and oil
we ran, to the beautiful mansion, into a room
softly lighted, where Nellies mother, who
was an invalid, laid upon her accustomed
couchS and up to the new pianosto soothe
the weary sick one with strains of music.
The instrument was one after my own heart,
rich toned full and melodious, and the soft
strains answered liquidlyto mytouch.
the sweet verse of Burns "Highland Mary,
and now the sweeter music of Tnpan' s
''There is an hour Of Peaceful Rest, occurred
TO my memory, and thus played and sung
till Nellie's father came. He was a hand
some man, in the full vigor of manhood, and
from him his little daughter inherited her
golden tinted hair and hazel eyes. He took
! a seat near his wife and drew her thin hand
into his, as he spoke to her. Then when
! praised the new piano, he turned to me laugh,
ingly, Eyes, and the best part oft is, it only
cost ME ten dollars. ... ..-
! ] expressed my astonishment and my look
! of wonder drew another laugh from him.
| "Let me tell the story" he said, drawing
| little Nellie toward him, and encircling her
little form with his arm, while she looked
with as much astonishment as myself, and
he began: u zE51 .s-...-,.
! "a few years ago | went to Chicago. |
had been there but ~ few days when in one
of my morning walks | encountered a girl
some twelve years old, very intelligent,
bright-eyed child, whose face wore such a
sorrowtul expression that | almost stopped
to speak to her as she passed. The morning
air was raw and chilly, the ground wet from
light fall of early snow, and noticed that
us the wind blew her thin garments about
her form, she shivered with the cold, AS
she went by she half turned, and had gone
but a little way before heard quick footsteps
behind me- and stopping, the girl lifted her
hand, as if to place it on my ARM drawing
back she said:
please sir, if you would give me little
money to buy bread
Are you hungry?' asked.
eyes, sir-real hungry and her lips qui-
yered.
'Doesn your father work and bring home
bread?' @a..
"Father is sick she said, and mother
sprained her arm, and my brother who used
to help us was drowned not long ago
Something in my heart and in her face
told me her story was true. took her into
baker shop, babe her hold out her latter
ed apron and filled it with loaves. Then
putting five dollars in the shopmans hand, /
Stipulated that the poor family was to have
bread every morning till the money was used
up. Then slipped another FIVE dollars into
the girls hand, and turned hastily from her
tear filed eyes.
Well, ten dollars were gone, and was by
no means rich enough to spare it but | felt
us it, no donbt, the Lord would make it up,
and at any rate, ten dollars was little enough
for the rare pleasure of giving to Gods poor
children. l went back to my hotel just as
the gong sounded for breakfast, and took my
seat with hundred strangers. No sooner
had commenced eating than felt hand
laid upon my elbow, and looking up, there
set an old friend had not met for fourteen
years When last saw him, he was young
man just starting in the world, with little
means and few friends
IL have not grown rich he said after the
first surprise of recognition was over; but
| am able to pay my debts. Do you remcm-
Der one day, fourteen years ago, you lent me
ten dollars in my extremity, and told me
never to pay it unless was able? How L
have tried to find your address many times
since but could not Here is q ten dollar
gold piece, and | am sorry that l cannot
double it, for your kindness to me when in
trouble But come and see me on your way
through Iowa, and my wife and children will
thank you with me. ~ ~.-. -.
81 was much astonishcd and affected, for |
had totally forgotten his obligation, but |
could not refuse the just return, Truly, |
thought giving to the Lord does not imrcv-
erish even in worldly means, and l said to
myself l will see what this ten dollars will
bring me. SO looking about, | made q little
investment in the new land and went on my
way fully satisfied with myself and the world
in general. Three weeks ago, | had an offer
of five hundred dollars for my wee bit OF land;
! accepted it, and as my wife and little Nellie
have long been teasing me for piano bot
this for them 70 .eaf
at seems like q DREAM said l. gazing
with Il sort of reverence on the beautiful In
strument ''you ought to commemorate the
| incident in some manner.
IL have thought of inscriblng on small
silver plate the words, Cast thy bread upon
the waters and thou shalt ind II AFTER many
days." but it does not seem exactly to suit
the case" ..4.-a-a.. ..... "a,
Did you ever see the girl again, papa :?
asked Nellie ,-r.. ,.y .-...-. .-..,-
''No, my dear, but have heard from her
through a German missionary. She Is a
good scholar, and teaches little school her
self, now, in Chicago. She has become Il
handsome and refined young woman. and is
educating her only brother younger than her.
self learned from him that my little gift
put new life into the sinking heart of the
poor, sick father, and the nourishment pro-
cured with some of the money gave strength
to his weak frame. The father obtained en-
ployment, the little brother found work to do
in an Office, and the girl obtained the favor
able notice of a celebrated pianist, who saw
that she possessed musical gifts of high or
der, so that by his cultivation she became en-
abled to support herself, So you see, ten
dollars made a whole family happy, grateful
and useful, and bought me this beautiful in
strument - ae asas -..-
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