The sun., 1865-08-02
RICHARD D0LLAND,
OR THR
Lucky Penny.


~ wish you can't bring nv two fne boy
rom the vi i,befed church ard you cant br,n,
me tack my strength, my bcar', my youth, m,
gsy' bright youth All wl,h oh, wirrasthue
u haa sd wish, IT'S not In slavery III le in Al
nree AZ day, with poor lono man fr masts
nst thinks ,he " orld and its sunahire 10 made ou
0i mey looks snd newspapers that eant gs
we tesdlns oi. Can you rsa4 -
wei, n you'll read me /. BIZ r, ,hs news 4, .
iaa news sper, political news--no, your po-leecs
,M,; bu' the States of Europe-rn stand yer
Richard followed her do-n,,.,-. wond.r,, =,
what inieres, such . de lor,hIe ioolins, xorn,
eou'G possibly take IN The rs ates od Europe Sl.
toio hiin ~Ls1 10 do concerning knives and SHOES
40 coas-bruthing, and lef, him 70 do IL but tp
vas 70 very litle' thai In addition 10 l.,
urscuons ne ma3o up the ere and swept th
hear'b; ard his habits II order aud duickne-s saw
the small, dismal k.chsn ,n air Of neatp.ss m
proachins 70 eonfo :, which Pc spsu had n.vs
usnoto e1hbited turing the dynasty Of MAu
Hayes ives this good woman's hab .lwAy,f
speak IN tone OF injured innecen,e. Sic snuc
pa'ed that everything must 20 wrong, and met ~
eNi hai-wAy VITA Q sort Of grim e1ultatou. sb
aehgheu IN contradiction ; aud would contrsdt
herself rather thsn not coatrai.ct At all Ter
wtL however, a. usual With her ,,p.orl,u -
uhctt-cur' eAi Ol Eood nature coursing round ID
hesr'' which often rendered her speech aud sc,io
'"o .lherent srd oppers things
hNse er's shoes nor coat AIT ready of course
a.
ards hsht itci Gov up the Stars and Le I.i
them on her lJug arms
"Tben I'm sure he's let the ere out, II these.
dor e ste mutiered 10 A.rsel. There never v,
boy that did not undo ton things ~hiehea a.
onev' ~
When she des'ende1, abe looked rouu 1, silero.
by the change Rctsri bad wrought In the zen
Kitchen, and hardly knowing whether ste ouSi
70 tlsme or praise.
u uon's mean 20 p'y you for al this fine work.
see "nu "and there's 40 breakfast Tor you
nor tl' nor Sp-ira As much as I can do 10 MAJ
age ior us three-mGster, and l. ana Peter"
have had my breakfast, .hsnk you; aud 40
can 20 nothing here, will 30 UPSTAIRS II you v
De - gooo as to tell mo VIA ,an 90 there"
Iel you What 10 do" she repea,e
AR you an apprentice, that you W.
ts.chingf pretty boy, indeed, you are /
. place, II you can't take down .huI.era a.
sweep and dust . shor, .Dd clean window
dare say you'll 'reak 'em when you do) and m
the paymeut-tal~ays do that In frosty weaih,
like Lie doctors boy mex 400, W tresk peopl
legs aud make ID Of their precious limls
And tWeep the snow over tie sl.oeI, that the
people may slider shout for your amuaemeul"
chard ieli choking sensstion Al his throt
and, as usual, lie flushed. but tried not W 70
angry.
There p she exclaimed, ',don,t s,ye m. +.
impudenco quick lads are alsays itnpudent
thought how 1t would be when you were
mighty neat
Dui.ng this un-,vory dialogue and IN dIrec,
n,
Remarkably thick piece Of bread and butte
and having dono -, she pushed It 10 the boy, A.
ing, There, 20 20 your work now, aud dou'.
you are starved W Mathew whiteloek's houi
keeper.
chsrd was . renee loving lad. he
the storm gathering in MaIiy's face,
notmishTanding his boast,d tre.klAs,
had slipped 1,ct one Of ,he pece.
bread his mother h,d siyen him) he could, n
sny other hands have eaten Ito brad with gr.
A. nj fe.f a IT,. g,,fn,
were dehcs,e!y clean and whiIs, snd--.t NJ. .gh.
the darkness and nIuTkiness OF sJsluHry lnornn .
but every thing, and above all things, MA1ty lU5l
fearfuly dirty-a isvourte Iroysrb d his mott,
TOOK posses son Of Ills mind--
''Clesnliness Is next to godliusss."
Bu, be loved peace, and he thanked ''hs,tht
Whitelock's housekoepcr;" :" simply repelun,u
he had real fa-t.d. M,tty wss resolute WON,
SIC bad mA e up her mind he should eat Whist,
had prepared; and. consequently, laying her M
ave bands upon bis shoulders, abe forced
suddenly down upon . chair from which he
suddenly sprznR up ss from su air cushi,
but not before . uost uneArthly howl intinat
that he had pressed too heavily rpon ',Po er'
rough, grey tenler, who, in these days, when t.
gled, ragged dogs are the fashion, would have be
called . 'besuty."
"And that's your thank. Peter, my d.rlin',
not bit ng him, 10 have him scrunCh down ur,
you, as Il you war q cat" she exclaimed VI,
turning suddenly upon poor Richard, she COT
msndsd him TO eat at once, And be done with
ami not stand there ssgrsvaiiug her, and uurd,
ing her dog.
At hrsl Rchsrd eat with . feeling Of dissus
but tie Tread was good, and he was hungry. |
ter seated hmssl' before the lad, rising every 81
ond moment on his launches and making lit
twiiching movements with his fore paws. RicLg
gave him piece Of the crumb.
"Look a. that now" said Matty; "ye lust r.
the poor innocont baste the crumb, because
don's like 1t yerself"
II Chard pressnted him nh . bit NJ ,hs cr,