Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-03-10

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Washington Congress was in session and
! the hotels we're crowded with strangers Il
was an evening party. The brilliantly
lighted rooms were filled with youth and
beauty.
Standing near one Of the doors, were TIVE
young ladies', busily engaged converslng to-
gether. The elder of the two suddenly cx-
claimed.
'Oh, Marian, have you seen the new
member from w. ?
No, but | have heard great deal about
him.
:Oh, want to see him SO badly Mrs.
N. is going to intl oduce him to us I wish
she would make haste, have no patience.
| Don't speak so, Louise. wish you
would not be so trifing, said Marian.
| A singular smile played around the
mouth of tall, handsome man who was
standing near the girls and as he passed
them he scanned them very closely.
In short time Mrs N. came up with
Mr.. Hamilton, the new member, and pre-
scented him to Miss Gardner and Miss
Hayes. AS they we're conversing together,
Mr. Hamilton said
Both Marian and Louise declared their
ignorance of the fact.
1t has been long wears ago, yet have
not forgotten it, nor single sentence utter
ed during that meeting I will quote one
that may recall it to your memory-'The
rich and the poor meet together, and the
Lord is Maker of them all
The rich blood tinged the cheeks Of Ma
riam, but Louise still declared herself ig-
norant as before Mr.. Hamilton glanced
for moment at Marian, then turning to
Louise, he said
Long years ago, q little boy, ragged aud
dirty, seated himself upon the steps of
stately dwelling on Fifth Avenue. New
York and was busily engaged in trying to
read from bit If paper, when his attention
was attracted by TWO gi,ls richly dressed.
| The eldest Of The two attracted him, for she
was as beautiful as an angel but as they
| came near him she lifted her hand and ex-
| claimed
Boy, what are you doing here ?
| 'The boy answered that he was trying to
read. The child of affluencc derided him,
and said she had heard of intellect in rags,
and that he was the very personiGeation of
1t. Her companions answer was that
'The rich and poor meet together, and the
Lord is maker Of them ALL The elder girl
drove the boy away from her steps, but
the younger one took him into her house,
J and warmed and fed him there. When
| they parted the girl said. you must not for
get Marian Hayes And, Miss Hays,
he has never forgotten That ragged, dir
ty boy is now before you, ladies, as Mr..
Hamilton, the member of Congress and
| allow me. Miss Gardner, to tender my
thanks to you for the kind treatment Of that
boy.
Overwhelmed with confusion, Louise
knew not what to say or do
| In pity for her, Mr. Hamilton arose and
turning to Marian, said /:
I will see yoa again, Miss Hayes and
hel left them
Louise could not stay III the city where
she daily met Mr. Hamilton, and in u few
days left for New York, leaving Marian,
with the consciousness of having done moth
ing to be ashamed Of and enjoying the So
ciety Of distinguished Congressman.
Marian and Mr.. Hamilton were walking
| together one evening, when the latter drew
from his bosom an old and well worn prim-
er and handed it to Marian
From this be said, 'the man who is SO
distinguished here tirst learned to read Do
you recognize the book !?
Marian trembled and did not raise her
eyes, when she saw the vel! remembered
/ book Mr. Hamilton took her hand and
said /:
Marian, Jimmie has never forgotten you.
Since the day you were so kind to him and
gave him this book, his life has been one
: great aim, and that was to attain to great
! ness, and in after years that ministering
angel who was the sweetner Of my days of
poverty. When l left your house with this
book, ! returned to my home ten times hap
pier, and went assiduously to work to learn
to read. My mother was an invalid, and
ere long l learned to read to her.
when my mother died, | found good
friends, and was adopted by ~ gentleman 10
| W. As his son I have been educated
A year ago he died and left his property to
me. Of all the pleasant memories of nay
boyhood, the one connected with you is the
dearest have kept this primer next to
my heart, and dwelt upon the hope of again
meeting the giver. have met her l see
her all that my imagination pictured, and
ask if the dear hand that gave this book
cannot be mine forever p
Louise felt deeper grief than ever when
Marian told her she was to become the
wife OF Mr.. Hamilton. the poor boy whom
she once spurned from her door and deris.
lively called intellect in rags But she
learned severe lesson, and one that soon
chapged the whole current of her life.. For
a while she Stunned Mr.. Hamilton but
by persevering kindness he made her feel
easy in his presence, and she soon became
the acknowledged friend of the Congress
man and his family.
Years have passed since then, and Louise
is training up family of little ones but
size is teaching them not to despise intel
lect in rags. but to be guided by Mariam's
text-'Thc rich and the poor meet togeth-
er. and the Lord is Maker Of them all.
! VALUE OF LABoR1NG MANA laborer
is worth more to bis family and the public
than is possibly supposed. II the wages Of
a common laborer are l,50 per day, and
it requires the whole Of this sum to support
his family. it will amount to $475,90 per
year, which is the interest on 81 $50. This
is has capital Should he be deprived of it,
by accident or foul means, any jury would
award this verdict wherever claimed in a
proper manner. But, beyond this Gnan-
cial value he is far more potent element.
Our manufactures, FORCES, furnaces, wool
en- mills, are all kept alive by his labor =
property receives lis val ;e from the demand