The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-05-01
ABraye and Noble Boy.


Tie New York Sup gives brief chap
ter on the "Heroism of Humble Life"
andappends the following touching illus
tTatiOn:
Perhaps the finest Of these modern in.
stances OCCu rred two weeks ago on boa I'd
an English steamer A little ragged
boy gedabOutnineyeaTs, was discovered
on the fourth day of the outward voyage
from Liverpool to New York, and car
Eied before the first mate, whose duty was
TO deal with such cases. When ques-
tioned as to the ObjeCtof hisbeing slowed
away, and who brought him on board,
bheboy, who had a beautiful sunny face,
andey es that looked like the very mir.
rOB Of truth, replied that his step.father
didit, because he could not aaJrd to keep
him, nortO pay his assageout to Halifax,
where hehadan auntwho was welloff, and
to whose house he was going. The mate
didnot believe the story, in spite of the
winning face and truth full accents of the
boy. He had seen too much Of stow
aways to be easily deceived by them, he
sad and it was his firm conviction that
the boy had been brought on board, and
provided with food by the sailors The
little fellow was very roughly handled
in consequence. Day by day no was
questioned and requestioned, but always
with the same result He did not know
o sailor on board, and his father alone
bad secr6ted HIM and given him the food
which heate. 42 Ila t
At laStth e mate. wearied by the boys per
siSten ncein theSanae Story,and perhaps a lit,
tleanxious toinculpate the sailors, seized
him one day by the collar, and dragging
him othe fore, tod him that unless he
confessed the truth in ten minutes from
that time he would hang him on the yard
arm. lie then made him sit down under
it on the deck Allaround him were the
passengers and sailors of the midday
watch, and infront Of himatood the mex,
orable mate, with his chrOnoIneter in his
hand, and the other officers of the ship BY
/ his side, It was the finest sight said our
infOr mant, that we ever beheld, to see the
| pale, proud, sorrowful face Of that noble
bOy+his head erect, his beautiful eyes
brig ht through the tears that suffused
then- W hen eight minutes had fled, the
mate told hin he had buttwo minutes to
live, and advised him to speak the truth
and save hislife, but he replied with the
utm ost 8lraplicity and sincerity, BY asking
The mate if he fnight pray liz
/ Themate said nothing, but nodded his
head, and turned as paleas a ghost, and
shook with tren bling like q reed with the
Wind, And there, all eyes turned on him,
this brave and noble tlefellow, this poor
waif whom society owned not, and whose
own step-father could not care for him
herehe knelt with clasped hands and
eyes upiftedto heaven, while herepeated
audibly the Lords Prayer, and prayed the
dear Lord Jesus totake him to heaven.
4 Ourh formant adds that there then oc.
curred a scene as of Pen tecost. sobs
bfoke nom strong, hard hearts, as the
mate sprang forward to the boy and
clas pedhim,to ais bosom, and kissed him
and blessed him, and told him how sin
Cerelyhe believed his story, and how glad
he wasthathe had been brave enough to
face death and bewiIling to sacrifice his
Life forthe truth of his own word,
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