The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-10-07

racious, SIR =; I'll trouble You to be
led in your expressions. Pm no,
ervous, bat resllyI The credit of q
sn-an honest mani 1 hope your
the pantry. l hope nobody hear
There's nobody there"
II disagreeable, I'll shut the door,
I it myself. / beg your pardon for
lucky an expression"
, very equivocal expression, Her.
+. leave to observe. Anything tina,
e idea of insolvency. might bring a
,e directly You'll be more prudent,
my Officer"
ssibly caH," said Herman, a little
)" ifI decide on accepting your kind
suppose you should not succeed in
mot become rich at all, or earn a
+ money, and lose it before you died,
apming bankrupt 2"
r, I guess 'twouldn't be long afore
how. III trouble you to discon.
beet"
ut, Mr.. Flint, suppose | fail"-
{ more likely, ] should think, SIR
Mr.. Flint, grinning rather wickedly.
charitable plans, / mean, which you
d as to attribute to me. That would
ople's loss, not mine, wouldn't it
Or know q man to die of grief for
his neighbour Don't you think
nd it? ?"
smiled again rather more AMIGA.
reed that there might be some
1t ERE voo;" and Herman, whose
nscience pricked him little for his
thanked him, as heartily as be
lis generous offers, and 80 polite.
ompletely Modified him. Mr.. Flint
, on your own hook, and welcome ;
er ye do, don't be poor. Keep
Ut, anyhow. It's about the wust
world, an nobody knows how awful
: at tried it. There was my grand
oor old ladyl she died to the poor.
took care O. me, and KEEP on her
g as she could; but she got too old
to support herself; and 90 they
here, an bound me prentice to q
y. Well, took on terribly about
{, up in the barn-chamber; but I
ear her for q month, for fsar o. the
okin fun at me about havin q rel
a place but she took sick with
8 an what-not, an when l heared
( cut an run there. But her intel.
pod deal affected; an when she see
& twas somebody that was kind to
) put out her claw of q hand and
ted APPLE Her teeth was poor,
he couldn't eat what they give her.
'em what she wanted, an begged
Ter one; but twas early.in the fall,
,pples wa'n't very reasonable yet ;
they hadn't got none. 1 was q
ID little fellow then, jest like my
: ! were not then nor ever A" indig.
/. aternally remarked Miss Arden. :
~ run right off to q man who had q
- there, an told him if he'd let me
n of his great red Baldwins for
bring his COW to and from pasture
very day and night for q month.
! ad watered for 'em many q time,
a. stole 'em easy enough; but that
y my way. Honesty's the best
struck the bargain; but don't you
ngy old codger wouldn't trust me
rehand | Drive the COW safe a
then come for your fust three ap.
a. says he. 'Granny'Il be dead /
any's granson WON'T says he; 'bet.
,ourseif,' says ;N h" I'VE al know y.
ge keeps you pretty short > an then
en- set up haw-haw, an l run of
iarder than ever an I went stomp.
many time to and from pasture,
she might be a-dying, an ] couldn't
for want Of q apple |"
shame cried Clara.
: disgraceful shame +" cried Her
,'n't it? And to think how
irwin his plaguey old COW for moth
the time / want, though. Thai
my luck. Wednesday come round
went an got my apples, an picket
in the woods, an lighted 'em with
been treasurin up, that I'd found
an roasted my apples, an carried
] bobbin hot on q twine. / never
eat like her /; an the other ole
ie round an looked on an mumpet
aims as eff they wished they'd had
mump for. She lived to eat ZEN
When I brought them, she was
an couldn't take no netice.
h 'em. They'd hs' stuck in m,
ent an sold 'em for six cents /; al
ats was the nest.egg of all In
I'walked into the city the fus
I'D get, and bought q dozen slate
'em an traded 'em off with tn
i for nine-pence; an 90 on from
I'VE always gone to bed Saturda,
than / got up Monday morning
when l stood by poor old granny
hell of a second Inland coffin, that .
poor, or I'd know Why"
his eyes and Clara pitied him 81
she asked him to stay to tea. l
# virtue rewarded, for he "guesset
, home, an look over his accounts.
ended him to the door, precisel.
god brother-in-law, and came becl
contrition.
ch better We might think of almos
ehom We dislike, if we knew then
! Clara.
2 thing / had in my mind. VIVA
arrangement it is, that the onl
ge of all of Us 10 the only one Q
,an who can know our whole story
ely as We undertake to usurp hi
hssty zeal for justice, We comm
ice. We see mems faults, but nc
for them. If mankind had deel
,usly by little Jonathan, Mr.. Fir
more generously by mankind. A
nest he 10 f"
Q of the Coolies ?" said Glars
honest as q man can be, who lei
70 keep his conscience for hin
/ laughed at his avarice, 1 coul
pecting his horror of bankruptcy
nest, besides, before he had an
,, in the case of those apples, whe
4 have seemed to him very doub
DOR forlorn little fellow That va
DC. / shall let him have all m
Ike care Of, taking due care myse
not invested in Coolies; and
IN up the nose of the disrespectfl
of patronage and fortune. 3
se me the best he knew. Known
;us, Who can wonder at his havin
,rror of poverty? Besides, ma
smily ought to endeavor to make
sion for q family"
not say, I" you may have family
ward suggested it, she had notice
1 pence, and divined with woman
wounds were still too fresh to
any rate, the profession upon whit
ontor oonld 10 rf sxaalf a v,rovsair