Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-01-02
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FINDING A FATHER.
BY \. ", SUTTON.

"Wax-faced Jimmy" was little beg
gar who lived in an old tumble-down
house on one of the poorest streets in the
city Of New York OF course there arc
but few of my readers who have not seen
lots of beggars, and noticed the unmis-
taxable stamp of poverty and rough
breeding upon their features. They all
ways go about looking as though they
had just returned from attending the flu
neral of their last and best friend on
earth; and appearing 50 mserably for
lorn and disconsolate that they scarcely
ever fail in obtaining both sympathy and
aims, even from tie hardest-hearted of
people, and those who are least disposed
to assist the poor and needy.
But "Wax-faced Jimmy did not look
that way. With the exception of his
E clothes, which were all in tatters and
[ rags, he did not appear in the least like
a beggar lie had light curly hair,
(Which, however, did not appear to its
greatest advantage, for it had long been
sadly in need Of comb, eyes blue as
the summer sky, and complexion fair
and white as wax. Hence his name,
which bis beggar companions, jealous of
his good looks. had applied to him.
Now ! suppose if anybody were to call
one Of my renders, "Wax faced Jimmy
or "Stubby tosed Sally" he or She
would feel terribly angry. and go and
tell papa or pama, or. somebody else
right off, butnot 50 with this little boy.
He had nevcfknown any other name,
I'd so he waseontent with this one. Be
,,ns he was W gpod-naturcd to get an
IL ;s'Vhow. sithout some great cause
a. - Iyeo " an ugly, sharp-featured
a ~ ~9's'an, N he called Granny"
a''u @i'V 9'pt out regularly, day af-
'e' uay, % Pei sometimes beating the
Poor il'1le 'oilof Wien he failed to bring
her
Granny" Wa the only name bvwb;cb
! "Wax-faced JiRmy' had ever heart his
protectress calla (for she was his fpro-
tectress, though she sometimes tr{ated
! bin in a harsh BID cruel manner AZ.
haps she had ndother name, he thought
and am not sac that Granny did
not think SO too for it had been such
long time since az had heard her right
name spoken, tha she had almost for
gotten how it sotded. Sometimes. tho,
her memory carrf her back to the time,
years before the datc Of this little story,
when as happy lght-hearted little girl
she had spent thesost of her time in
! playing on the Lawn in front of large
flne house for Granny" though old
and poor now. hadlouce seen better days.
But these were paa now, and the memo
ry OF them only bought tears to her
eyes.
She had found Jihmy when he was a
baby, closely wrapps b up, and lying in
! basket upon her doorstep, one cold frosty
morning, and had tai en- him into the old
tumble-down house and reared him as
tenderly as possble4 had taken as good
care of him as any one could have done
in her situation.
But how that he bad grown to be quite
lad, she thought it tune for him to help
her little in the hard struggle which
she was obliged to make to gain liveli-
hood for herself and him.
And SO she had taught him to beg and
seldom did the round. childish face or
large pleading eyes Of the little beggar
fail to gain the asked-foi aims.
He often asked her, childish fashion,
if he had never had papa or mama, but
she was unable to tell him, for she knew
no more about him than he knew him
self.
The clothes in which he was dressed
when she bad found him were Of the fin
est and costliest material thus indicating
that his parents whoever they we're. were
people who, if not wealthy, we're at least
IN good circumstances but beyond this
she knew nothing.
She often wondered what could have
induced such apparently rich people to
leave their child in such a low, poverty
stricken place, but as she could not an