Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-12-22

Do YOU WANT a Boy, SIR ?-sDo you
want a boy, sir?' said George, a little urchin
scarcely eight years old, to spruce-looking
clerk in large store
Want boy y2'aWhSrwho wants to be
hired p asked the clerk, looking with puz-
zled glance at the little applicant. ".. '''
Il do, sir replied George. .'
Look here, gentlemen cried the young
man, speaking to his fellow.clerks, 'here is a
regular Goliah seeking work wants to be
porter I 'spose. Look at him. Amt he
strapper?' ....
The clerks gathered in great glee about
poor George, who stood full of earnest pur-
pose before them, and was therefore uncon-
scious of any reason why he should be made
an object of sport.
what can you do? asked one.
you can post books of course?' said an
other.
Garry bale of goods on your shoulder,
eh p cried third.
'Hush, young gentlemen said the elder
ly book-keeper at the desk, after viewing
George through his spectacles. Hush i
Don't make sport of the child. Let me talk
to him. Then speaking to George in kind.
ly tones, he said, you are too young to be
hired, my child. Who sent you here p
4 came myself, sir My father and moth
er are gone to Heaven. My aunt is poor
and I want to earn something to help her.
L am very strong, sir, and will work very
hard. Won't you please to hire meT !
This simple story, told in way that show
ed how earnest the boy was, not op}y check
ed the sport of the spruce clerks, but brought
tears to their eyes. Trey looked on the del.
icate child beforsthem with admiration and
aad one of them placing quarter
doljar on the desk, asked the rest to follow
bis example. They did so. He then toob
The money and offered it to George, sayi-e-
You are too small to be of any o1e here,
ny good boy. But take the s'aoney, and
when you have grown bit perhaps we may
ind something for youS do
George looked at ae money without Of
ering to touch H. - =. ~.
why dop's you take the money! asked
he clerk:
.Fyou please, sir, I am not a beggar,'
aid George; 4 only want to earn some
hing to pay my aunt for keeping me-. i
sYou are noble little fellow said the
enior clerk. I'VE give you the money not
ecause we think you beggar, but because
re like your spirit Such boy as you will
ever be beggar. Take the change, my
oy, and may God give you and your aunt {
etter days "a
George now took the money, put it care
lilly into his little pocket, and left thestore. i
lis aunt, needy as she was, could not help {
.ugbing when he told her this story, and /
he chiding she gave him for going in search 9
work without her council, was not very 8
svere, you may feel assured. q
like Georges spirit in this affair. 1t
as noble, brave and self-reliant beyond his Z
ears. It was the spirit that makes poor Z
oys grow into useful and successful men. b
t made George do this, for in after years a
nat little boy became a noted artist, whose
raise was spoken by many tongues. All
hildren should cherish a desire to- do all 8
hey can for themselves, and to support them v
Elves by their own labor as early as possible.
IL Il. L., An fotbor ond mathew for O
verything will find it heard work to get b
Iong alone by-and-by, as they may have to b
o when their parents die. While those who
arly learn to rely upon themselves will have b
tile difficulty in earning their own living. P
earn, therefore, my children, to help your. b
,lves-always minding to do so under the t.
lvice and with the consent Of your parents P
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