The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-12-04
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THAT boy" r,a .-
/ Overwhelmed with confusion, Louise knew
not what to say or do. e.. -. -..I
L In pity for her, Mr.. Hamilton rose, and
turning to Marian, said : ''7
'iwil see you again. Miss Hayes" aud
he left them.
/ Louise would not stay IN the city, where
she daily met with Mr.. Hamilton, and in q
flew days returned to New York, leaving
Marian with the consciousness Of having
done nothing to be ashamed of, and enjoy
ling the society Of distinguished Congress-
men.
Marian and Air. Hamilton were walkin.
together one evening, when the latter drew
from his bosom an old and well-wo pri1n-
er, and handed it to Marian. al
"From this,' he said, ''the man who is so
distinguished here, first learned to read
DO you recognize the book?' ..,
Marian trcmbled, and did not raise her
eyes, when she saw the we'll remembered
book. Mr.. Hamilton took her hand aud
said
| "Marsan, Jimmie has never forgotten you.
| Since the day you were so kind to him, and
gave him this book, his life has been one
great aim, and that was to attain to great
Iness, and in after years to meet that minis
/ ttIIbS NIGtl hlU WAS lDt SHHctener OF nv
| days Of poverty. When lef. your house
with this book, | returned to my humble
home ten times happier, and went assiduous-
ly to learn to read. NJ m ,,her was an in
valid, and ere long learned well enough 70
read to her.
| When my mother died, found good
friends, and was adopted by a gentleman in
! w.. As his son have been educated.
A year ago he died and left his property to
me. Of all the pleasant memories of nv
| boyhood, the one connected with you is the
| dearest. | have kept this primer mex: to
my heart, and dwelt upon the hope of again
| seeing the giycr. have met her. see all
| that my Imagination pictured, and ask if
the dear hand that gave tLis BOOK, cannot be
mine forever?''
Louise felt deeper grief than ever, when
Marian told her that she was to become the
wife of Mr. Hamilton, the poor boy whom
| she spurned from her door, and derisively
called "intelect in rags" But she learned
| severer lesson, and one that soon changed
| the whole current Of her life. For while
she Stunned Mr.. Hamilton but by perss-
vering kindness he made her feel easy in his
presence, and she became the acknowledged
friend Of the Congressman and his noble
wife.
Years have passed since then, and Louise
is training up family of little ores, and she
is teaching them not to despise intellect in
rags, but be guided BY Marian's text:
"The rich and the poor meet together, and
the Lord is the maker of them ALL"
A BURMAN STORY
Mr.. Winter, in bis recent work on Burmah,
gives the following as an illustration of tho
native literature s'The Potter and tho
Washerman." In the olden time, during
the era of Too moydha, potter conceived
an evil design against a washerman, who
lived with considerable ostentation, and,
being unable to bear the sight of the wealth
which the latter had acquired by washing
clothes, he determined to come to an open
rupture with him. With this view he went
to the king and said: "Your Maiesty's
royal elephant is black; but if you were to
order the washerman to wash it white
would you not become lord of the white ele-
phnnt.''
This speech was not made from any zeal
for the kings advantage, but because he
thought that if the ordcr was given to tho
washerman according to his suggestion, and
the elephant should not turn white after all,
the fortune Of the washerman would come
to an end. The king on hearing the presen-
tatiun Of the potter, took it for granted it
was sinccrc,And being deficient in wisdom,
he, without Consideration, sent for the wash
erman, and ordered him to wash the royal
elephant white. The washerman, seeing
through the potter's design, replied Our art
requires that in order to bleach cloth, we
should first put it in a boiler with soap and
water, anl then rub it well. In this manner
only can your Majcsty's elephant be made
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