The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-06-09
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N !" MAYN'r i stay ma'am2 IN do any
thing Eou give me: cut wood, 20 for
water, and do oil your errands.n ...s
The troubled eyes ofthe speaker were
filled with tears. 1t was lad that stood
at the outer door, pleading with kind
ly looking woman, who still seemed tos
doubt the reality Of his good intentions.
The cottage stood BY itself on bleak
moor, or what III Scotland would have
been called such The time was near the.
latter end Of September, and 81 fierce
wind ratified the boughs Of the only two
naked trees near the house, and fied with
q shiyering sound into the narrow door
way, as If seeking for warmth at the
blazing fire within. 81. 81: i. :.=>:
Now and then snow flake touched
with Its soft chill thecheek Of the listener,
or whitehead the angry redness of the poor
boys benumbed hands,. 4 55 81 .:'....
The Woulan was evidently 10th to grant
the boys request; aud the, peculiar look
stamped upon his features would have
suggested TO any mind an idea Of de-
fprayity far beyond his years. Bnt her
lwoman's heart could not resist the 5sor-
ROW IN those large but By no means hand
some gray eyes. s. s..
Come in, at any rate, till the good
man comes home. There sit down zby the
! fire; you look perishing with cold, Q: and
she drew q rude chair up to the warmest
corner; then, suspiciolsly CHANGING ut the
EehiId from the corners of her eyes, she
continued setting the table for supper n:
/ Presently came the tramp Of heavy
shoes, the door was swung open with q
quick jerk, and the good man. presented
himself, Bearied with labor. a look Of
intelligence passed between his wife and
himself. He too, scanned the boys face
! With an expression not eyincing satisfac-
ton, but nevertheless made him come to
the table, and then enjoyed the zest with
which he dispatched his supper. ...c+ !:
! Day after day passed, and yet the poor
boy begged TO be kept "oniy till to-nnor-
row.. So the good people, after due coll-
sideration, concluded that SO long as he
was SO doeile and worked so heartily they
would retain him, -. T. +. I'll !.
One day, IN the middle Of winter, D
! peddler, long accustomed to trade at the
cottage, made his, appearance and dis
posed Of his goods readily, as if be had
been waited for. :.ss Fl. . ! j.. X H.; j.
You hare a boy out there splitting
wood, see" hesaid, pointing to the yard.
y Yes; do you know him." n.
I have seen him. replied the peddler
evasiyeiys ..:sls.5 II ~ y:s
"And Wherel Who is be- What is
hep .g...= h.: s. .s5.s:i5 sz5 :.
"a jaitbird;7 and the peddler swung
his pack over his shoulder. THAT boy,
young as be looks, saw him in court,
myself, and heard his sentence, Ten
months He's hard one; you'd do well
ito look carefully after him. :; i. s :;y.s
OIL there was something SO horrible in
the word sail, that the poor woman
tTembled as she laid away her purchases;
nor conld she be easy till she called the
boy in, and assured him that she knew
that dark part of his history. ,a 5,.= =..- -.
Ashamed, distressed, the child hung
down his head; his cheeks seemed burst
/ ing with hot blood; his lips quiyered, and
anguish was painted as wildly on his
forehead as If the words we're branded in
to the flesh. +. J.: = -
swell" he muttered, his whole frame
relaxing, as if q burden had suddenly
rolled of, Il may as well go to ruin at
once; there's no use in my trying to do
better; everybody hates and despises me;
nobody cares about me; may a. well 60
TO ruin at once.' -. ~ ....,.-- a:Er
TELL me, 'said the woman, who stood
of far enough for flight if that should be
necessary, "how come you to 60 so young
! to that dreadful placeE Where was your
/ mother Where!" il ~.--~.-..'. -:....-r..