Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-08-25

six cents a-day ana am 100 ulrty 10
90 into that House they'll kick me out
Wash yourself up and comb your
hair
'But | haven't any comb
well, you can wet your hair little,
and poke it and paw It into some sort of
style, so it will do till you once get there
Just then great quantity Of dirt and
gravel flew round the corner, and down
the street flew Leevy, with the ragged,
taunting throng-his companions in arms
after him.
The next morning was Sunday, and
Susie was up early and had washed and
dressed nearly score Of the little child
rem who huddled around under the pro-
tecting roof of that blessed Refuge for
the Poor. One of the nurses sent her
down stairs for something, and when in
the lower ball the door opened suddenly,
and a mild looking little boy was let in
with shower of missiles, jeers and
threats. 1t was Leevy, who was indeed
frightened nearly out of his wits, no less
by the strangeness inside than the dan
ger outside, and could scarcely speak
But Susie ran to him, sayirg,-I was
afraid you wouldn't come and taking
him by the hand, led him up to Mr.
Pease. That good mans kindness soon
made him feel easy and when, at Susie's
sly suggestion, Leevy took off his hat,
she was astonished at the smoothness and
quality of his hair, and thought to her
self-'how much one can do with moth
ing!
Leevy, of course, was very awkward
and ashamed (both good qualities under
the circumstances) but was deeply i'm
pressed with the services. He learned
more in that one hour in Sunday school
than he ever knew in bis life before.
He managed to see Susie few mo
ments before leaving, and said 4 am aw-
ful glad come, but you hav'nt told me
yet how | am to earn the money!
Come early-very early to my stand
to morrow morning, and will tell you
That was a memorable day for the
poor, ragged, dirty, homeless, friendIess
boy. That night he asked poor old
darkie, (whom he had Knocked and tor
mented many time, while he was trying
to read his bible, in the thickly tenanted
house) if he would not wake him up when
he first woke in the morning. The old
man promised that he would, and Leevy
was at Suse's corner at an early hour
before any of the stores in the vicinity
were opened. Susie was not there but
he soon saw her coming up the street in
the direction of Washington Market, with
her great basket of apples on her slender
arms. Breathing hard from fatigue she
smilngly said, Il knew you'd be here
Leevy was pleased at this answer of her
confidence, and offered to assist her in
setting up her stand, which, by the per-
mission of kind porter who opened and
swept out the store near where she kept
her stand, was placed just inside the en-
trance every night when he closed the
store-for Susie did not sell apples after
dark, because the lady who started her
in business told her she had better not.
NO said Susie, Il can do my own work.
and now must tell you about yours. You
see this empty barrel of mine ?
Yes
well, | can do very we'll without it,
but will let it stand here until it is tnll.'
'Full?' said Leevy; full of what 7
Il will tell you-don't you see this por-
ter here, and there-over there's another
Just sweeping out ?
Yes
We'll, you must go and stand by the
door and when they get the pile OF pa
pers just ready to sweep out, you ask
them if they won't-pIease-gve them
to you! Be sharp and quick. and get
ahead of the rag pickers--you see they're
coming already-hurry up! Be polite |
and grab your arms full and run over to
me-put them in the barrel and l will
watch them for you
Leevy saw it all at a glance. Away |
he ran, and in less than half an hour, and |
by the time Susie was fairly set up for
the day, the barrel was more than halt
full of waste paper. He worked like a
good fellow, scarcely stopping to say a
word until all the stores were swept, and
no more paper to be gathered. And as
he took off his old cap TO wipe the perSpi- |
ration from his forehead, he gave it a slap
against the barrels, excaiming proudly, |
Look at that Susie !
Susie did look and praised him too /;
and then told him to roll his barrel away |
down the street, across Centre, up that
street little way-then down another.
oh, know the place where they buy
ragsr he exclaimed, and was off in no
time.
While the laborers we're still on their
way to their daily work, Leevy returned,
tugging back the barrel, and sure enough
had six cents. Five cents were depOsi-
ted with Susie, and that amount was to
be the daily installment AT the end OF
the month he had more money than he
ever dreamed of possessing, besides Civ
ing penny every Sunday to the Sabbath
School.
Four-six months passed. The raga.
muffin association who had n t only
abused and maltreated him because he
had dared to quit their society, but for
long time gave Susie a great deal of an
noyance in the way of making up faces
at her, calling her names, throwing over
her stand and stealing her apples, at last
gave him up as lost, and he was compare
lively happy. But he people with
vbo,o ba bnrroved at nioht. and who