The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-07-07

"Mary ! back already? Surely
you have not sod your chestnut
so soon |"
"Oh /! mother, mother, see !!
calculated the breathless child
"a gentleman gave me q who'll
quarter Only think, mother,
whole quarter!
If Ralp Moore could only have
seen the rapture which his tiny
silver gift: diffused around it. il
the poor widows poyerty-striekel
, home, he would have grudged still
less the temporary privation o
segars 20 which his generosity ha'
81 &bjected him.
Years came and went. The lit
tie chestnut girl passed as entirely
) out of Ralph Moore's memory, q
if her pleading eyes had neve
touched the soft spot in his heart
hut Mary Lee never forgot tn
stranger who had given her th'
silver piece; ):
The crimson window-curtain
were. closely drawn TO shut ou
| the storm and tempest Of tn
black December night the fr'
! was glowing chee1ily in the we'll
filed CRATE; and the dinner'taol'
all in a glitter without glass, rar'
| c,',ina, and polished silver, was or
" waiting for the presence o
MIR. Audley.
mana S'.' said Mrs. Audley, a fair
bandsou,e matron of about thirty
a. She ola, need at the dial Of a tiny
epameiled watch. "six o'clock
and he does not make his appear
ance." .,
study, mamma come on business,
said Robert Audi ey, a pretty BOY
eleven years old, Who was reaa'ns
by the fire.
Audley, stepping to the ooor' o
But as she opened it, the orll
liant gaslight fell full on the 1ace
of an humble:looking man IN worn
and threadbare garments, Tno m
was leaving the house, While aeI
husband stood in the doc erway o.
his study, apparently relieved to
be rid of his visitor. -,
CHARLES" said Mrs. Andley,
whose cheek had paled and lush,
ed, "who is that man-and " na'
does he want ?"
"His name is Moore, l bellev e.
and he came to see if I would be-
stow upon him that vacant mes
sengership in the bank"
"Aud will you p
81 don't know, Mary-l must
think about it,"
"Charles, give him the STU
alton"
"Wby, my rove ?"
Because / ask it of you as ia
vor, and you said a thousand times
you would never deny me any
| thing" ,
"And I will keep my word, Ma
| ry." said the lover husband, with
an affectionate kiss. "I'll write
the fellow note this very even
ing. l believe I've got his ad-
| dress somewhere about me-"
| An hour or two later, when
Bobby and Frank and little Min
ME were tucked snugly up IN bed,
in the spacious nusery above stairs,
Mrs. Audley told herhusband why
She was interested in the fate OF g
man whose face she had not seen
for twenty years.
aThat's right mylittle wife!" said
her husband folding her fondly tt
his breast when the simple tale was
concluded, "never forget one who
has been kind to you in the days
when Won needed kindess most :
Ralph Moore was sitting,the self
same night in his poor lodgings
beside his ailing wife's sick bee
when a liveried servant brought
a note from that rich and prosper
ous bank director, Charles Audley
Good news, Bertha p he ex
claimed joyously, as he read thf
brief words; tive shall not starvf
Mr.: Audley promises me th'
vacant situation p
"You have drd4ped something
from the note, Ralpt" said Mrs
Moore, pointing to a slip of pape'
) that lay ON the floor.
, Moore stopped to recover tn
estray. 1t was a fifty dollar bill
neatly folded in a piece Of paper
: on which was written
"In grateful remembrance o
the silver quarter that q kind stran
ger bestowed on the little chest
: nut girl twenty years ago"
Ralph Moore had thrown hi
morsel of bread on the waters Q
life, and after many years 1t ha