Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07

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Though man Of very stBist
no man ever enjoyed Joke ulgae ehan wgs
Byron. Hp hpda yExk H all4
sseEy E. IS,sS day % vii; chat s'd asSt. SiiA
out AS he was one day passing Into -
house he was accOsted BY & very Httle bey.
who asked him if be wGPteA GpN Eboan-
ing vegetables.
The doctor inquired II such tiny thing
was marketman. !" No sir my father. wog
the prompt answer. The doctor said, rbStng
me in some squashes," and passed into -
house sending out the change IA
In few moments the childretuFned, bring
ing back part of the chapEprIFhe 1oQse
told him he was welcome to H. but th8 e4llA
would not take it, saying his father wOuA
blame him. ..l. i-l..4sg
Such a singular manner in . child sttsacts
cd his attention, and he began TO examipe th0
child attentively. He was evidsitIy P611
his jacket was pierced and patched WitB Bal.
most every kind Of cloth, and bis tfoWss1S
darned with so manv colors it was diacult 70
tell the original fabric, but scrupulbusiy neat
and clean withal. The boy very quietly en-
dured the scrutiny Of the doctor, while bold
ing him at arms length and examining his
face.
At length he said You seem nice little
boy; won't you come and live With me and
be doctorp" "Ycs sir, said the ctild.-
"Spoken like man. 4" said the doctor; pat.
ting his head as he dismissed him. -
A few weeks passed on, when one day Jim
came to say that there was O little hoy with
a bundle down stairs waiting to see the doc.
tor, and would not tell his business t1Nny
one else. Send him up, :" MAS thA aneReR 2
and in few moments he recognised ehe boy
OF the squashes, (but no squash himsslk ag
we shall see.) He WINS dressed IN 9.uEW: IA
coarse suit of clothes, his hair very Ntcely
cOmbed, his shoes brushed up, and litklO
bundle tied in homcspun checked handler
chief on his arm. .~''.' =. |'''d'
Deliberately taking of his hat, sad lsysne
it down with his buadlO, he walked up - th0
doctor, saying, have come, sir.
Come for what, my child?"
| ITO live with you, and be doctor, aAld
the child, with the utmost naivete.
The first impulse Of the doctor was to laugh
imlnoderately, but the impurturable gravity
Of the little thing rather aObsrcd him - e
recalled his former conversation, and be avoW.
cd he needed no addition to his family.
"Did your father consent to you cOminGf "
he asked. ."r'esGi
"Yes, sir. " a>f
"What did he sayH" bi
81 told him you wanted me to come and
live with you and be doctor and be said
you were very good man, and might come
as soon as my clothes were ready"
"And your mother, what did she sayH~
She said DR.. Byron would do Just WAat
he said hc would. God had provided fuR ne.
And have on a new suit Of clothes n he-NAs
ded, surveying himself, "and here Is anothse
in the bundle, " undoing the keFehieE and de-
playing them, with two little shirts Whiks -
1 snow, and a couple of neat check HpFUna. -
carefully folded it was plain none but 1 H6tA-
er would have done Il. s.'ir; sau fh
The Sensibilities of the doctor kaa aMaaa1m.
ed to see tho unbOunded trust with. .Whieh
that poor couple had bestowed their ia %.
on him, and such q childi His la &
were not long. Hc thought Of ABs53e IGptAu
bulrushes abandoned to Provs1sAaas ~
above all he thought Of the child HhaeWse o..
ried into Egypt, and that divine Saviour whn
had said Blessed DO little chisdreA 4 HIamd
he called for the wife of his bosom, .nying,
"Susan, dear, think we pray in ckuEeS tk9i
God may have mercy upon little ehiIdfe6F F"
ITO be sure we do, " said the wODdssisg VIZ
"and what them" "And the Savior ~.
in His name and takc care of him :" and lfca,
this hour this good couple received him q
their hearts and homes. a,a tli,ai
1t did not occur to them that this little cruz
turc, thus thrown upon their charity was des'
tined to be their staff and stay in decliniAh
age, protector to their daughters and gaaEl
a son to themselves. All this was then Fsvs.l
ed; but they chcerfully received the chiid
they believed Providence had commiIt6dlIa
their care; and il bcncficence was SvSVEWGi
wardcd it was in this instance. PGrIor NeE