The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-02-07
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/ II was a cold day. Heavy snow drifts
a.lay piled on the streets or New York,
4 ard the whole appearances OF the city
WAS cold and dismal.
jaaa Seated upon one Of the stone steps of
! Fifth Avenue was q boy apparently about
4 thirteen years Of age.~rHe was literally
clothed with rags His hands sers blue,
his teeth ehattefed with cold. Lying
upon his knee was piece ofnewspaper
i he had picked up in she street, and was
lrying to read she words upon It. He
had been occupied for q time, when two
Girls, clad in silk and furs, came to-
wards him. The eldest one was about
| twelve years old, and so beautiful that
the boy raised his ewes and fixed them
upon her in undisguised admiration.
The child OF wealth stopped before
him. and turning to Ler companion, she
exclaimed,- E @ sa
Marian, just see this fellow on my
doorstep! Boy, what are You doing
there P = We e,z y
i am trying TO learn to read upon this
little bit of paper answered the boy
We'll, truly! have heard of intel
lect in rags,Marian, aud here, now, it 3
lpersonifed.' vsaE "a sssc ass asCl--a AXIS
Marian's soft hazel eyes filed with
tears as she replied. .-..SS ..es-e = 4
i o Louise. do not talk so. you know
4 what Miss Fannie teaches in school -
! The rich and the poor meet together.
and the Lord is the maker of them ALL
Louise laughed again, and said to the
/ boy SIS = Ss-A's- ----z -,
Get up from here. you shall not sit on
my door steps, you are too ragged and
dirty
He rose, and burning blush crimson
ed his face. He was walking away when
Marian sale. .--.gv 10y "a "a SIS
= Don't go, little boy, you are 50 cold!
Come to my house and get warm. Oh,
do come she continued, as he hesitated
and he followed her into q large Kitchen
where n bright fire was shedding its
genial warmth around
s. Well, Miss Marian, who are you bring
ing now r asked the old servant woman q
aa "A poor boy who is almost persisted;
you will let him warm himself, will you
not, good Rachel?' - =
sr On, yes, he shall get warm sit here,
little boy,' and Rachel pushed chair
in front of the stove. and gave him
piece of bread and meat 3 d
-. Marian watched these arrangements,
and then glided from the room. When
she returned she had q prinler, with the
first rudiments OF spelling and reading.
Going to the little boy she said, go
- Little boy here is a book you can
learn to reatl from better than that piecesI
of paper. Do yon know your letters,
.Sou,e OF them. but not all never
had any one 4, scach me. just learn
,nyseis~ out. oh. want to iearn SO
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Marisn sat down beside him and be
gan to teach him his letters. She was
so busiiy engaged in this rork that she |
did not see her mother enter the room, /
nor hear Rachel excla,m about the boy. t
and she knew not that her mother stood |
some time behind them, listening to her |
noble child teaching the little boy his |
There were but few he had not already |
learned himself. and it was not long be-
tore Marian had the satisfaction of hear
ing him repeat all his alphabet.
>. When he rose he thanked Rachel for
her kindness, and offered Marian. her |
lit lie book gsr yssr
No; don't want it, she said, II /
have given 1T TO you to learn to read
from. Won't you tell me your name P |!
Jimmy he replied. -
i will not forget you. Jimmy, aud you |
must not forget Narian Hays. Was the |
girls farewell.
: Louise Gardner and Marian Hays were |
playmates and friends The dwellings /
ioined, and almost every hour of the
day they we're together. for they attend /
ed the same school. These two children I
we're differently dispositioned, and diff |
ferently brought up. Louise was proud
and haughty. Poverty, in her eyes, was
a disgrace and a crime. and she thought
nothing too severe for the poor to suffer. |
These views she learned from her moth
or. Mrs. Gardner moved in one exclu- /
sive circle--the bon ton of New York.
W ithout the precincts Of this she never
ventured. for all Others were beneath |
her. Louise was taught to mingle with
no children save her mothers friends
and was growing. up believing herself /
even better than they. = 9 s 7
: The teaching that Marian Hays re-
ceived was totally different from this Il
Mrs. Hays vas acknowledged by Mrs |
Gardner rs one of her particular friends. |
yet, though she moved among that cir /
Gle. she was far from being of them--t
Her docsrine was the text the little girl /
had used--s.The rich and the poor meet |
together, and the Lord is the maker of |
them all This she taught Marian, that |
there was no distinction as to wealth and /
the distinction was in 7
worth alone. She taught her to rever |
ence age, and to pity the poor and des- |
titnte, and that pleasant words weresas |
sweet As honey comb, sweet TO the soul |
IA little word of kindness was bettes
than money. Marian then learned the |
lesson we'll, and was always ready TO
dispense Of her gentle words to all, |
whether they were wealthy and infuen-
tial, or ragged and INDECENT, as the
boy she s had that cold morning be-
friended-