The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-07-29
Louise laughed again, and said to the

Louise laughed again, aud said to the
boy;
Get up from here you shall not sit on
my steps, you are too ragged and dirty.
The boy arose, and blush crimsoDed
his face. He was walking away, when
Marian said:
Don't go little boy, you are so cold
come to my house and do get warm. Oh,
do come. she continued, az he hesited;
and he followed her into large kitchen,
where bright farm fire was shedding its
genial warmth around.
Well, Miss Marian, who are you
bringing here now = asked the servant
| woman.
"A poor boy, who is almost perished;
you will let him get warm, will you not,
Rachel p
'Oh, be shall warm; ait here little boy,
and Rschel pushed chair in front of the
stove; she then gave him piece of bread
and meat.
Marian watched these arrangements,
and then glided from the room; when she
returned, she bad primer, with the first
rudiments of spelling and reading. Co.
ing to the boy, she said:
Little boy, here is book that you ca 4
learn to read from better than piece Of
paper. Do you know your letters 2
Some of them but Dot all. l never
had anybody to teach me just learned
myself; but OBJ, [ want to read SO badly
Marian sat down beside him, and be-
gan teaching him his letters. She was
SO busily occupied in this work that she
did not see her mother enter the room,
nor hear Rachel explain about the boy;
and she knew not that ber mother stood
some time behind them, listening to her
noble child teaching the beggsr boy his
letters.
There were but few that be had not al
ready learned himself, and it was not
long before Marian bad the satisfaction
of bearing him repeat the alphabet.
When he arose to 20, he thanked Ra-
chel for her kindness, snd offered Mari
an her book
No, don't want it, she said, Il have
given it to you to learn to read from
Won't you tell me your name =
Jimmie, he replied.
4 will not forget you Jimmie, you must
always remember Marian Hays was the
little girls farewell.
Louise Gardner and Marian Hays were
playmates and friends. Their dwellings,
joined, and almost every hour of the day
they were together for they attended the
same school. These two children were
very differently dispositioDed, aud very
differently brought up. Louise v as proud
and naughty. Poverty in her eyes was
a disgrace and crime, and she thought
nothing too severe for the poor to snffer.
These views she learned from her mother.
Mrs. Gardener moved in one exclusive cir
cle-the bon ton of New York. Without
It's precincts she never VCDtured, for all
others were beneath her. Louise, taught
TO mingIe with no children excepting
those of her mother friends, was growing
up believing herself even better than they.
The teaching that Marian Hayes re-
,eived was totally different from this
Mrs. Hayes was acknowledged by Mrs. !,
J Gardener as one of her particar friends;
yet though she moved among that circle,
'he was far from being one of them. Her .
Doctrine was the text her little girl had .
ised. "The rich and the poor meet to-
gether, and the Lord j. the Maker Of
hem all.' This she taus bt Msrian, there /,
vas no distinction as to wealth and posi-
ion; that the distinction was iu worth a.
one. She taught her to reverence age,
md to pity the poor aud destitute; and
hat pleasant words we're as sweet as hon.
y comb, sweet to the SOUL little kind
less was better than money. Marian
earned the lesson well, and was ever
'eacy to dispense her gentle words to all,
whether they we're wealthy and infuen-
ial, or ragged and INDECENT as the by she
lad that cold morning befriended.
A gay and brilliant throng were as
embled in the city of Washington. Con-
,ress was in session, and the hotels were
crowded with strangers 1t was an eve
ling party. The brilliantly lighted rooms
we're filled with youth and beauty.
Standing near one of the doors were
wo young ladies, busily engaged conver
ipg together. The elder of the two sud
leBly exclaimed
'Oh, Marian, have you seen Mr.. Ham