The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08

louses in the block Up four pairs
Il creaking, swaying stairs he went
md then, having arrived at the
yarret, stopped to avoid the slop-
ng rood, and entered squalid,
room. There was no
furniture Of any kind to be seen,
md no fire. The wind blew in at
he windows and at the, door, and
snow had drifted In at the same
place, and lay in little piles upon
the Aoor.
A woman clothed IN rags, sitting
by q straw pallet in one corner of
the room arose as he entered, and
looked .at him enquiringly.
Eyes" he said, 'fafter some trou-
ble."
ssThank the Lord for that ]" she
said fervently. 'sThe boy can die
in peace, at any rate"
& ordered the things sent up.
Is he asleepi"
AUncouncious like" answered
the woman Ellis brain wanders q
little at times"
= A little lnorsel Of q boy lay upon
the bed-the unmistakable mark of
famine upon his face.
The doctor bent over him, and,
looking into his face moment, said
to the women standing silent at
his side
"His pain is over. He will prob
ably live until morning, but he will
never again be conscious"
The long night passed, day dawn
ed, and the boy still lived. The
morning wore on and church time
came. Carriages ratified up to the
door of the church and discharged
their loads of silks, satins, and
broadcloths. The bowling ushers
opened the doors of the crimson
lined. luxurious pews, and the con
gregation slowly assembled
What do you know Of chariiy?"
thonght the doctor. "Here not
more than twenty feet from the
pulpit of your church, poverty
reigns supreme yet not one of you
all ever took the trouble too look
here for field of usefulness, You
give little from youe abundance,
and plume yourselves upon your
charitable hearts; and from that
poor woman by the bed you might
learn much. She cheerfully gives
what she can-her time-in behalf
of a boy she never saw before
The organist of the church com
menced the voluntary, and an ex-
clamation from the woman brought
the doctor to the bed. The little
sufferer moved uneasily; then g
smile came upon his wan face, q
far-away look into his eyes.
81 hear music" he murmured.
Was it the song of the angels, OF
a strain of the grand organ that
he heard? Who can tell?
"He is going fast, whispered the
doctor. The woman was silently
weeping and covered her face with
her hands. And the first notes oi
"Come,ye disconsolate," came to
them from the church. Again the
far-away look came into the boys
eyes, the smile upon his lips; his
tiny white hands stirred npon the
bed, and while the last strain still
fingered upon the air, he turned
his face to the wall and so-died
And as the man in threadbart
coat ond the woman in rags helt
by his side and prayed silintly, II
the church the preacher, clothed II
broadcloth, arose and gave out thu
text: Charity covereth q mnlti
tude of sins"
Silks and satins rustled as their
wearers seated themselves to listen
and the sermon went on, and II
/ glowing language depicted the wan
and wretchedness of the poor th.
vast congregation listened in wrap
attention. Upon the speaker, too
the subject took hold, and by de
grees his gestures became more
natural and less studied, his phras
es more earnest and less glitter
ing.
| So the sermon went on, and q
last after a thrilling appeal, tn,
speaker raised his jewellwed hands
and cast up his eyes, and cried a
though in agony, "God help tn
poor J! and the vast congregation
bowed and softly murmered $50,
help the poorr'
| And .then-weI; then the servic
was over, and the preacher and cor
| gregation went home to their din
ners, and left Charity entirely i
the hands of the Almighty.-Lom
Derr, IN Chicago Tribune.
| MR. CoLrAx.-The ead-lines to
special dispatch from Washington
which appeared in the journal O
yesterday concerning Mr.. Colfax'
connection with the Credit Mobilie1
were calculated to do injustice t.
that gentleman, and convey an e1
roneous impression of the Journal
position. We desire now to sa,
that our confidence IN the persona
honor and integrity of Mr.. Cola,
is as yet entirely unshaken, and j
| would take far stronger ,evidenc,