Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-28
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THE MISER'S STORY.

all IN various bId9cSf OF IllIllJ dllu ueehysF
Whether the old blear-eyed man who kiek--
ed and commanded me was my father, IL
never knew. Whether the woman who
sometimes fed and oftener beat me was my
mother, can, not say.Il AL know Is, that
had a miserable, drag about life of it. go-I
ing round; alter cold ylctgaalIssT--.k --.knockipgl
smaller boys down 70 get t6e contents OF
their broken baskets, and ahllFTtIpg for rags
j H suppose, j, was lsa a rather rgooa-iooklng
boy; they csll lpe good looking now, for,
oan old man, mn J. kpo "A, was, smart, co pmpar-
hing myself with hildren as Isee them yUG
course was like, the rast Of my class !
could fight little and lSwearia little, steal
7 "a little and eata good deal--that is, when L
tgot the chance, which WAS seldom. tDq Il
/ was ignOrant-7didn't know one letter
from another, and, didn't want to, What
did care for education7Tl who never saw
a book from one years end to the other
And ove-7gpatitpde-ho opel could, of
course, understand neither, Nobody loved
me, therefore loved nobody Nobody had
eyer made me grateful-had ever held out
Some Strange impulse was given fne oIie
day. waked'up, spahg frommy bundle of
straw, and involuntarily the words came to
i my lips, Il am going to do something tor
/ day. What that something was, J., had
not the remotest idea, but put on my
! apologies for clothes, and salfied out in my
| vagabond way, whistlingI caring for no.
| body. 5nBlif9 9dJ ~ ,9Jr...1 -riCgCa
1t was, about noon, and had not yet
| tasted q molthful Of food. d, l was hungry,
and skulked about grocery shops, hoping l
cOuldIgeean opportunity to take1an apple
! or somethiDg that would stay my appetite
till / felt in the-humor for begging. Pass
ing round the corner of a public street, l
saw genteel-l0oki1g man, standing at his
horses head, gazing about him somewhat
] perplexed. g. rUruF .g rYg rfr rl-..n.r 81,
/ boy" he cried, ''won't you take care Of
| my horse for half an hour ?" '''ii'' ''A D'.''
| ayes, sir" said l. ''3-nuf o. st roiih
1 Ithink itwas the first time L ever put on
the ''sirpB a;tg g7 ..... .-r rsr %,
| .There's, man!c he exclaimed. "I've
| got considerable fruit here, and you must
guard it well. Here's a. couple OF peaches
4 for you; just stand here quietly-I guess
nobOdy'll disturb you,S s7,l.s ... .r..ll
till was tired. Then, thinks |, ''lllget a
liatlul of the fruit ahd run!' But for the
! first time L felt aHiinstinet of shame att the
| suggestion. HE trusted me-he saw was
amean looking fellow, too; but he trusted
4 me, and | won't abuse his kindness. .isiEjiH.
4 Something like this reasoning ran in my
| head and Il sq1a6ted atlown on the cur6-i
| stone, feeling tue Importance of an houor-
| able trust as4 had never felt such thing
before. Presently some of my fellows
came along and hated the. / told them to
60 on. They peered about the cart, and
saw;the sunny faces of the peaches. le ,.a
| ..'We'll have some of them" they said.
/ mo, you won't. says l. 81 am put in
charge here, and WON'T see the first thing
| stole."5g 8 10 sW0u4 l3yBgI I'D ~ .H,
4 With that they began ,agumpus. They
! reached over the cart. / struck them, and
used such efforts that they all came pell-
nell upon me, and welf0ught till the blood
came--but vanquished Them just then
outGame the, proprietor. isrB Og0 r.. .7te .
| "What's the matter?" says he.
"0h, nothing, only I had a fight for your
stun tllere,o1saysI ]. m'Jj hs0'n : -..g
You did, eh !? You've-got black eye
for it," ~ ,t-.,,
| mo matter" says |. 81 meant them
4 boys shouldn't steal a a-Apeach, and they
4 didn't neither" s ucfI guirsilni- =
! swell, you've got good pluck, my boy; /;
Here's adollar for you, but don'tswear."
| "A whole dollar" says I.
! eyes; do what you please with it, but
| Pdiadvise you 60 buy apair of shoes.n gl7
4 ,., tnotnyyo' oag =, WIN M o., .c,eeUinS u0"hV'
! IgPays 70 pe Soou' uonC II! ,g,t .-. .-
| lie smiled curious smile, asked me sew
erai questions, ana ended py taxing me
nome WIN hlnI III ms wagon; o. j.AL :,
Home ! thought was IN heaven ALBEIT
mao Setpom neard 9t sqch 9 Plaeej My
neare peat heaylly every tlme dared Yea TO put
my IeeC upon tnose rlch carpets Inc mir-
roTS were somethlhg new 10 me-
I Inc next cay tnere came man 10 see
me. i was wasneed ctean, ana haq on a
soo9 SUIT Oh ci9.nes. oays ne.
! II oungsGef I'm gong 10 where youllve,
ana pFOoapty snall make bargain win
your people. l want 2 boy-lgst such a
| 9olql clever 9oy az you are, ana II you OeI
nave yoursei, 1 promise you tnst you shall
nave. aS pleasanC nome as you aeslre.
! wen, C1asn was goog. latoly dared 70
| SPEAK, 10 pTeatne l(r rear Aol 3reaklhg the
iiluslon. Il never was SO So pappy Gear
EeroNg.e as 4 y. was As Onat gay. ihey gave me
! il9nC 0asksto ouo-7l'wlsheutn tney were more
nnpottans ,Gtlqoo slEili L.g.
from s5at gay y was tfeateq as one OF the
lo9senolldi LI1e, Inc man was WidoWer ana
naa no ehiiderni consequently became TO
i MN I'm asa as son.. ne euncaeeo me nannsonlely;
allS lWhel was IWehey-ohle ile ele1 ana
ieIS WaT Hhe SeVenGeen tnousana collars. qplJo,
WeHi 1cohsluereu-laEseila arlch man L
SIoateu over f1 ny sWeSaltn ~ peeame as an
lpoi ~ sas le: a. Low 70 lLlc[ease u was now low
NY tsoe - !, uesire:e SoilsulVeu competent
hei ad unaes eneif S SscoIeaseia lp9t my
sgsy OUT S aS, ana
4 Yea1itahief my Spesi-
4 ness my Deneiaotor hau stocked me Ian-
stefet pros peFes, e and IN talr