Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-05
startling look that VIC only find beneath
the very shadow Of Death.


and uproar-busy passengers hurrying
from newly arrived boats-turbid wa
ters dashing and rolling against messy
posts-swaying crowds, and loud, disso-
nant voices, created small bedlam
around the docks. and little jamie wan
dered around with his board Of fruit, feel
ing very lonely ard bewildcred. He
had piled up the golden oranges with
their sunniest side upward; he had pol
ished the red checked apples until they
shone like mirrors, yet nobody stopped
to buy.
Carriage, sir = Take you to the As
tor House, Up Broadway in a twink
ling, ma'am! y .'Erc's your 'Erald, Tri-
bune and Times. Latest steamer from
Europe. Have a paper sirs'
Poor jamie amid all this tumult,
what chance has he Of Ueing noticed q
He had picked out the very same bunch
of grapes that he intended for Katy, in
Taylor's window, as he came by-a
plump, apoplec,ic bunch dangling from
a crimson thread, where the sunshine
lay full on the purple bloom, and ame-
thystic shadows llrhcd among its full
ness of truitagc. Just at present the
tempting morscl seemed very far off to
Jamie's imagi,ations.
Determined not to give way without
4 vigorous effort, however, jamie step
ped forward boldly to the first person he
saw. and held up his wares with mod
cst-'Buy an orange. SIR
Now, as ill-tortunc would have it, this
possible customer was a fat. ll-tcmpcrcd
pursy old man,whose color had Just been
inf, to fever heat by the iuaaycrt-
ant descent of a heavy nailed boot-hccl
ca his iaH4ri;c corn. At all times he
considered orange boys Nuisance. but
just now his slender quota Of patience
was entirely exhausted. He aimed a
mutterca oath and furious blow at the
tairhared boy, and rushed pas. 10 catch
rctreating omnibus.
Jamie sprang aside just in time to cs-
cape the brutal blow, bat it descended
full upon his stock in trade, scattering
apples and oranges fa- and wide He
was standing close to the pier, and most
OF the fruit flew into the water, where
it went bobbing up and down with the
tide, in m s. ;antalizing manner, a
few apples rolled under the feet OF the
crowd, bu. it was impossible to secure
them again
Jamie's first sensation was that of in
dignant w.ath; tho blood rushed IN an
Cry torrents to his check and brow, an
he shook his small fist impotently in the
direction which tie fat man had taken.
But in an instant feeling pf forlorn
wretehedness came over him-no tempt
ing Of ceke-ne grapes for poor Katy
perhaps not e"en a supper, for he knew
that his mothers wages must 20 towards
the rent of the room. They depended
entirely on his cxer,ien for their evening
meal. and the sun was declining in the
west already.
The rcheclon was too much for his
boyish heart, and he was sobbing vo-
lently, when gentle hand was laid on
his shoulder He started up, and before
/ him stood a pleasant gentleman, who
watched the whole transaction.
There. my boy, he said. laying sill
yer dollar in the boys hand palm. that
will SET you up again. No thanks; the
money was intended for some piece of
extravaganza. and choose to use it
thus. But remember this, my boy:-
when you are pushed down in the race,
don't stop to rub your bruises, but pick
yourself up ana start again!'
James thought the smile with which
this was said the p!easantc>t and kind
est express on that ever frightened a
human face; but ere he could stammcr
out his thanks, the gentleman was gone.
The boy started for home with light
any joyous heart, stopping to purchase
tie cherished morsels Of fruit and cake
on his way. Seeing in a bookstore the
title Of a newly published work that he
had much desired to read, his footsteps
involun,arily turned in that direction,
but in an instant he wcnt on, bu,toning
up his pockets, and murmuring to him
self, with a smile, Can't afford it; one
luxury in day ought to be enough -
There was a vast difference between the
man and child in their capacities tor en-
joyment, bat both were happy that
night
/ The supper was a joyful ceremony in
the ga.ret room that evening. The
grapes pleased Kates delicate appetite
to a charm. and the story Of the dollar
was listened to with interest.
4 wish could see the kind gentle
man. said the child earnestly; i would
give him beautiful rose, il he liked
| flowers
She looked strangely beautiful that
night, her head resting on her brothers S
shoulder, while Jamie fed her with the
juicy berries, one by one, as bird
might feed its young.
why, how bright the color in your
cheek s,' cried Jamie; Il believe you
have been stealing the red shadows from
your favorite rose. Mother. l am sure
Katy will get WE'LL
The next morning, while yet the gold
en- spear Of sunrise was in rest among the
purple hills, Katy died.
The moss of twenty years had gather.
ed upon Katys headstone-the violets
of twenty years had blossomed over her
/ Il IL