The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-02-11
PART II.

; A gay and brilliant throng was assen
bled in the city Of Washington. Congres
was in session, and the hotels were crowt
ed with strangers. 1t was an evening pal
~. The brilliantly lighted rooms wer
filed with youth and beauty. Standin
near the Of the doors were two young Ia
dies busily engaged conversing togethe,
The elder of the two suddenly exclaimed
| 80. Marian, have you seen Mr. Hamilton
the new member from W."
"No, have not, but have heard
great deal about him." . .. ....
! 20, want to see him so badly. Mrs
" is going to introduce him to us.
wish she would make haste, have no pa
tience."
| ".,sn't speak so, Louise, I wish 20,
would not be so trifling," said Marian.
A singular smile played around the moutt
Of tall, handsome gentleman standing nea
the girls; and as he passed them, he scan
ned them both very ckassly.
In short time Mrs. n came W
with Mr.. Hamilton, the new member, ant
| presented him to Miss Gardner and Mis-.
Hayes. AS they were conversing together
Mr.. Fl. said, ladies, we have met before
But Louise and Marian declared theil
ignorance Of the fact
ut has been long years ago, yet have
not forgotten it, nor a single sentence Ut
tered during the meeting. | will quote one
text that may recall 1t to your memory
The rich and poor meet together, and tb,
Lord is tn: Maker Of them all"
The rich blood tinged the checks of Ma
lian, and Louise declared herself ignoran,
as before. MIR. Hamilton glanced for mo
ment at Marian, then turning to Louise, he
said, Long years ago little boy, ragged
and dirty, seated himself on the steps of a
stately dwelling on Fifth Avenue, New
York, and was there busly engaged in try
ing to read from bit Of paper, when his
attention was attracted by two little girls
richly dressed. The eldest Of the two par
ticularly attracted him, for she was bpauti
ful as an angel; but as they drew near him
she looked up and exclaimed, boy, what
are you doing here" The boy answered
that he was trying to read. The child OF
affluence deridcd him, and said that she
had heard Of intellect in rags, and he was
the very personification Of it. Her com
panion's answer was that "Thc rich and
poor shall meet together, and the Lord is
the Maker Of them ALL" Then the elder
girl drove the boy away, while the younger
one took him into her dwelling, and warm
I'd and fed him there. When they parted,
the little girl said, ,"You must never forget
little Marian lays" And Miss Hays he
has never forgotten you. That ragged, dir
~ boy is now before you, ladies', as Mr..
| Hamilton, member Of Congress, and al.
low me, Miss Gardner, to tender ny thanks
to you, for the kind treatment of that boy
Overwhelmed with confusion, Louise
knew not what to say or do. In pity for
her, Mr.. II. rose, and turning to Marian
said, 81 will see you again, Miss Hays"
anr he left the room.
Louise would not stay in the city, where
she daily met with Mr. Hamilton, and in a
few days returned to the city Of New York.
leaving Marian with the consciousness of
| having done nothing to be ashamed Of, and
cnj 'ying the society Of distinguished Con.
| greSSmen.
Marian and Mr. Hamilton were walking
t"g ;her one evening, when the latter pull.
e from his bosom an old and we'll worn
primer. and banded it to Marian. From
this he said, "hs who now addresses YOU
first armed to read. Do you recognize the
book ~
Marian trcmbled and did not raise her
eyes, whrA she saw that well remembered
book. Mr.. Hamilton took her hand and
said, Marian, Jimmie has never forgotten
you. Since the day you were so kind to
him and gave him this book, his life has
had one great aim, and that was to attain
to honorable fame, and in after years to
meet that mlnistering angel who was the
sweetness of my days Of poverty When
| lett your house with this book, returned
ten times happier to my humble home and
went aS>iduously to work to learn to read.
NV mother was an invalid, and ere long
learned We'll enough to read to her. When
my mother died found good friends, and
WAS adopted by gentleman in W.
AS his son have been educated A year
ago he died and left his property to me-
Of all the pleasant memories of my boy
hood, the one connected with you is the
dearest. | have kept the primer next my
heart, and dwelt upon the hope of again
meeting the gver. have met her. see
all that my Imagination pictured, and | ask
It the dear hand that gave me this book can
not be mine lorever?'
Louise felt deeper grief than over when
Marian told her she was to become the wife
Of Mr.. Hamilton, the poor boy hom she
once spurned from her door, and deris,vely
called ''inteIect in rags" But she learned
"A very severe lesson, and one that changed
the whole current Of her life. For while
she summed Mr.. Hamilton, but by perse-
vering kindness he made her feel easy in
his presence, and she was the acknowlvdy.
ed friend Of the Congressman and his noble
wife.
Years have passed since then, and Lou
Use is training up family Of little ones
hut she is teaching them to deSpise not in
tellcct in rags, but TO he guided by Marian's S
text, 1.-The rich and the poor meet together,
and the Lord is the Maker of them ALL"