Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-12-22
The Brave Bow.


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The Brave Boy.
Little ones: Here is story we advise Won
to read. We believe there are some Hartleys
ON our list who will lperusc this in the Chill
dreu $ Column
shall never forget lessen which receiv-
cd when quite young lad at the academy in
Is. Among my schoolfclows were Hartley
and Jemsou. They were somewhat older
than myself, and to Jcmson looked upon as
sort OF leader in matters of opinion as well
sol sport. lie was not at heart malicious
but be had foolish ambition of being thought
witty, and he made himself feared by the bud
habit OF turning things into ridiculc, and be-
ing ever on the lookout for matter of derison.
Hartley was new scholar, aud little WAS
known of him among the boys One mora
ing, az we were on the way TO school, he was
seen driving a. COW along the road toward
neghboring fold. A group of boys, amoug
whom WAS Jemson, met him us he was pass
ing. Tho opportunity WIS one not to be lost
by JemSon. " Halo" he exclaimed what's
the price of milk? | say, Jonathan, what
do you fodder on? What will you take for
all the gold on her horns? Boys, if YOU
want to see the latest Paris style, look at
those boots ~
Hartley waving his hand to us with pleas.
ant smiIe, aud driving the cow to the field,
took down the bars of rail fence, saw her
safely in the enclosure, aud then putting up
the bars, came and entered school with the
rest OF US After school, in the afternoon,
he let out the COW and drove her off, none Of
us know where And every day for weeks
he went through the same task.
The boys of Is. academy were nearly all the
sons OF wealthy psreuts, and some of them
OF whom was Jemson, were duuceS enough to
look down with a sort of disduin upop,s SsesGol.
ar who had to drive eoW-.-IufEe snecrs and
JeetS Oh JeuIts.9p-STeve t. accordingly often re-
uewed; i!S -1'Sfe once, on plea that he did not
1IAS'SS'the odor Of tho baru, refused to sit next
to liartly. Occasionally, lie would enquire
after the cows health, pronouncing the word
kcow," after the manner of some country
people. With admirable good nature did
Hartley bear all these silly attempts to wound
and annoy him. | do not remember that he
was even once betrayed into look or word Of
~nEry Tos"ii"5iOu. TJtUOd.
suppose, Hartley, said Jcmson one day,
your daddy means to make milkman of youY"
"Why not?' asked Hartley. 80 moth
ing; only don't leave much water in the cans
after you rinse thcm-thut's ALL"
Tho boys laughed, and Hartley, not in the
least mortified, replied "Never miad; if
ever should rise to be milkman, Ill give
good measure and good milk too"
The day after the conversation there was a
public examination, at which number of la
dies and gentlemen from the neiyhboring
towns were present Prizes were awarded by
the principal of our academy, and both Mart
ley and Jenlson received ereditable number;
for, In respect to scholarship, these two were
about equal After the ceremony of dstri.
button, the principal remarked, that there was
one prize consisting of ii gold medal, which
was rarely awarded, not so much on account
of its great cost, as because the instances were
rare which render it's bcstowal proper. 1t
was the prize of HERoisM. The last boy
who received one was young Manners, who,
three years ngo, rescued blind girl from
drowning. The principal then said, that
with permission of the company he would re-
late short story.
. Not long since some scholars were hyiug
a kite in the street just as a poor boy on horse
back rode 10y on his way to the mill The
horse took fright and threw the boy, iniuring
him SO sadly that he was carried home, and
confined some weeks to his bed OF the
scholars who unintentionaly caused the dsas-
ter, none followed to learn the fate of the
wounded boy. There was one scholar, how
ever, who had witnessed the accident from q
distance, who not only went to make enqui-
ries, but stayed to render services.
I" This scholar soon learned that the wound.
ed boy was the grandson of poor widow
whose sole support consisted in selling the
milk of fine COW of which she was the ow-
ner. Alas what could she now do? She
was Old and lame, and her grandson, on whom
she depended to drive her cow to the pasture,
was on his back helpless. "Ncver mind,
good woman, said the scholar, Il can drive
| your cow"
"With blessings and thanks the old wo-
man accepted his offer. But his Kindness
did not stop here. Money was wanted to get
articles from the apothecary. Il have mon
cy that my mother scntsme to buy pair of
boots with, but | can do without them for a
while"
ooh no." said the old woman, " | can't
consent to that, but here is pair of heavy
boots that bought for Henry, who emit wear
them. If you would only buy these, giving
us what they cost, VIC should get along
nicely"
"The scholar bought the boots, clumsy as
they wero, and has worn them up to this time
I "Wei, when it was discovered by o:hor
boys of the academy, that our scholar was in
the habit of driving COW, he was assaled
every day with laughter and ridicule IIis
cowhide boots, in particular, were made Q
matter of mirth. But he kept on checrfully
and braycly, day after day, never stunning OBJ
servaton driving the widows COW and wear