The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-13

mother, and between his heart ana
his tears, he resolved to free his true
father from so wretched place.
ni The mother heard Fred lisp, long
time after he had been asleep, Gra7
Gle will tell me where to find him. =
She waited and listened, but Fred
told no more, and the mother went
back to her work that she must finish
ere she slept, or the two rooms would
no longer give them the name of
home, and who would help the wife
and children Of a man prisoned for
theft? And. working the while, she
also dreamed of a prison house, dis
tant little way; dreamed of one, a
martyr there-he who had laid down
his manhood, his right to stand erect
before his fellow men, laid them down
at the feet of wife and children; and
(only in her dream, you know she
built a little throne, and crowned the
martyr there; then bowling down be-
fore it she worshipped not the throne,
nor its, heart-crowned king, but the
King of Kings, and she offered before
him the incense of gratitude-yes,
gratitude for the poor prisoner, wait
ing the time of his release-throned
within cell. 8 ~ ~ - t34 = {,
.ho Day by day, at evening time, came
the basket of supplies, and, as at the
first, Oracle brought the basket, and
her uncle waited outside. sBsii e
Fred seemed to have made an ar
rangement within the land where
dreams have substance to consult
Oracle on some important subject,
but not thus seemed his waking in.
tent -sfa-i-'at aaq-ho9.a
He went boldly out into the great
city In search of the mysterious per-
son whose word alone could free her
father. He walked up and down fire.
quented streets with vague idea that
the Governor must manifest himself
in some wise to all that looked upon,
him. i7' = H".iH.'it .'< 3 -
Fred had made his daily excursions
for nearly week without arriving at
any satisfactory termination. a At last,
the child thought that PERHAPS the
Governor looked just like other men,
and the boy ventured int, into gallery of
faces. - IN
Z Please to tell me if the Governors
picture is here" he said to person
standing near. With smile at the
question, the quesIioner was answered,
and the face pointed out to him.
Silently and long Fred stood before
the portrait He looked until he had
learned the features, one by one. /
shall, know him now as soon as / see
him." thought the boy, and with great
content the youthful lover of art
walked forth, going into the highway
with the most entire faith in the work
of the artist, positively certain that
the portrait was so true to nature that
he should recognize the ruler of the
State at the first glance. b. s. 6ta
I. 1t was early morning, just one week
before his fathers birthday, always
kept as a family festival) that Fred
fastened UP street, just then filing
with the morning current. that moves
so hurriedly down TO the great bust
ness rapids below. ~ .f s. t1aw g g
The boy took his station on the
pavement just opposite the entrance
porch, of a great house of marble
the little fragment of humanity leaned
itself against lamp post and waited.
Two hours he had remained a fix
ture there, and was losing faith and
patience, when there came out from a
late breakfast gentleman whose face
Fred thought the artist had painted
from The gentleman signaled a
stage, and ere Fred had time to con-
slider his loss, the Governor had en-
tered it and was gone. sSAV 81.
Poor little Fred. had not three
cents wherewith to take ride with
the ruler of the State but he had two
swift feet, and very earnest little
heart, and he ran after the rolling
stage. isi snai tisss d-Go taL ia
For a few blocks the stage gained
rapidly; then, as one after another Of
the passengers got down to take their
stations on the surging shore of bust
ness, Fred easily Kept in sight. :.
There was but ore man In it at last,
and he was the Governor, and soon he
also got down, and Fred. In the crowd
lost sighu of him but not despairing,
the earnest boy, went looking in at
every shop window, until he saw the
gentleman. 3" s,..,.a n =. l An ,s q
z The man of State gave his foot to
be measured for pair of boots. He
glanced upward by accident at the
rosy face Of Fred peeping in. warm
and painting. after his long run; but
Fred to him, was but one of the thous-
and little boys, and in an instant he
was forgotten. ll n 84fr4z bsss
Fred listened intently as the order
of the Governor was given, and as the
shop keeper opened the door to give
egress to his customer, he heard the
words, . Send them to me at my hotel
or, Tuesday next. " e . Ply q sI,e '
The shop keeper turned different
face to the timid little boy who enter
ed, next after the Governor, his door.
I please, sir" said Fred, twas that
gentleman the Governor, who just
went .out?' 9d- 81