East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-10-06

at the escape of a smugglcr He had
travelled q weary two hundred miles,
with the hope that an inferior clerk in
the custom-house, with whom he had
some acquaintance, might use his inlu-
ence in his behalf. The clerk, had APP
pointed to meet him at Brown Square
Two hours after the appointed time had
passed, weary and sorrowful, Sandy
| Wright passed the street, watching and
waiting for his friend, who came not;
when a gentlemen who passed him quick
| ly, abruptly pausing and retracing his
steps, fixed his eyes steadfastly upon the
old man. sa rf Is e...Ifs
My name, sir, is Sandy Wright, said
the boatman, touching his hat.
l. My good, kind friend exclaimed the
stranger, his face glowing with pleasure,
as he grasped the old mans hand, 'often,
often, have / cnquired for you, but no
one could tell me where you were, or
whether you were living or dead Come
with me to my house in the next square.
What not remember me; it will be i'll
with me when i cease to remember you!
l am Hamilton, an advocate, but you
will scarcely know me by that s9q Ig-rf
The astonished boatman accompanied
his new friend to an elegant house in
Brown Square, where in a handsome par
Tor he saw a young lady reading.
who of.all the world have l. found, :
said the gentleman, but good Sandy
Wright, the kind brave man who res
cued me from perishing in the snow; and
who was kind friend to me when l had
no friends ,.d J3fiv Sod 4eTt O. .lI 3a
With smile the lady held out her
hand, and assured him that her husband
had frequently spoken of his kindness,
and regretted he had no opportuneity of
acknowledging it. ..a u
The poor little orpan had been kindly
cared for by his fathers friends, and by
his diligence in study and his virtuous
conduct he had rewarded their care, and
secured for himself an honorable posi-
ton. s-rl-sai 4
And not with words only did. he show
his, sense of that compassion, which had
not passed by on the other side, and left
him helpless and pcrishing, and had sue
corcd him when he was ready to die
He. iuquiredintot the charges madeagainst
the boatman, and finding that they were
not verysserious, he invited him to spend
few weeks at his house, till he could
see what could be done Cor him.! The
weeks passed slowly, though he had an
interesting auditorin Mrs Hamilton, who
loved the stories which he told with hui
pror and simplicity, and by her husband
he was treated with the affcctionate rev.
erence of a son. But he was weary of
the life of gentleman, and he sighed
for the little smoky cottage and the 'puir
old wife, sggr.Ii 1m bro Pa
'Just stay with us one week longer
said the advocate you are not as active
man as when you carried me ten miles
through the snow, and frightened the
tall ferryman; and Will secure for you
a passage in one of the trading vessels to
Leith. sldHs atpa1Ia2 .7fut fET ,3Hini.1t
A few days after, Mr. Hamilton, his
face beaming with pleasure, and with a
packet in his hand, entered the room.
This is from London said he, hand
ing the packet to his wife, who had been
conyersing with the good boatman,, 'and
tells us that Alexander Wright, custom
house boatman, is to retire from the SER
vice on a pension Of twenty pounds per
ahhum. ri diiu h8aoB3G snU 9d inaLio1G
Sandy Wright, grateful and contcntcd
bade farewell to his kind friends, and re-
tried to his, native place; where he lived
comfortably on his little iincome,2 which
supplied all his moderate wants. He u.s.
ed to say that hc, was a sixty year old
scholar before he knew the meaning of
that verse, Cast thy bread upon the
waters, and thou shalt find it after many
days.'soo7 g ssw ii iadl lsi.9d l.edi ha5
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