The Red Cloud chief., 1875-04-07
OUR SATURDAY NIiHT.
Z MOANING SEA.

While vending our way homeward
after a day Of toll, a strange episode
came to our observation chat cells ior
sympathy, and is worth relating, as q
warning lesson to ,e0sc who hesitate
| on the brink Of doing that which re-
Iulres ~conccslDieut from the world.
A little boy, in tat;ered garments,
aud a sailors hat that quite Over>had-
owed his brow, cane up, with a
please, mister, could you fnd it in
your hear, to stop and listen to a poor
unfortunate boy story
A pair OF blue ewes tina, must have
caught their light from the skies, look
cd up entreaiing!y. They could not
be resisted despite the vision of a cold
dinner, and loved ones watching at the
window, with time seeming very loag.
We'll, little fellow, your face be-
speaks in your favor. Let US step in
TO this stairway out Of the clustering
cold and %slee,, and you may be sure Of
a faithful listener, if you will promise
not to he too long"
The stairs We're dry. and the hall
was warmed By a register, fox We we're
in the entrance TO some fine Broadway
Offices. Nearly all but t~hejanitor had
left the buildiar, as it was nearly six
o'clock, and wealthy, professional
men do not usually iclve in business
hsuGts much after t.Tec ia TIE aslcr-
uOo So we sat down on the stairs
and attended to the little fellow ;ale.
You are good sir, to mind a tagged
urchin. l do not often meet auy one
who goes out Of lis way to be kind to
me-"
"Do not cry, my it'll: man, your
tears reveal nothing but sorrow end
distress, which a man need not spend
time 10 turn to the right or left 10 see,
as they are everywhere visible"
With al effort the boy restrained
his grief ard began
MY father is a rich man. lie lives
on Fifth avenue, in a grand mansion.
| dare not go to his house and claim a
home. He has threatened to have my
mother and | put out of his way i'll
eve modest him by entering his house.
| DO not exactly understand how it all
is. 1t secu.s strange to me that lis
other children have any better right
to his care and to nice things han l
have. But mother never wants me 10
talk about it. When / insist upon
knowing, she tells NE | am an illsgiti-
mate child, and that | would disgrace
both her and my nch father if | told
anyone who l am.
why he Y comes any more to
see US is more than l know. He used
to love mother, aud came often to our
humble hone. l loved him very much
as he always brought me pretty toys
and candy, when he ran down FROM
the city to stay over Sunday, as he
often did.
My mother is the love!iest woman
| evcr saw. Father Often told her Sd.
| have heard him say'it. | love her
more than ! DO my own life. She is
p%s;ient, so sweet-tcurcred. so angelic.
When | vas eight years Old, father
sent ne away to school. Il was q great
grief to poor mother to he left alone.
But she loved he too well TO deprive
me of an education. l learned very
fast, aud in a year got to the head Of
my class and was promoted. l rcnain
cd four years in this school, where l
mel the sons OF rich men, aud l gent
ahead Of them all. At thirteen, | was
placed in y ella to prepare For college.
One promise my father exacted Of INC.
and mothe. entre s,ed, ,ha. | should
never forget it. He said | must never
tell whose son. | vas. was sent Az
der an assumed name, as a poo. boy,
who was beirg educated at the expense
of this generous gentleman. my father.
Who was respected and feared by the
teacbers. l was not old enough for
two or three years to feel the sting Of
. charity scholar. But az l progressed
in learning, l vas tainted Into know
ing and feeling bitterly tbs hurni;a-
s;on.
II kept my promise AL the same.
never revealed the truth. Every
mo, Ia or two I vas aI,oxed to 80
home, which was ouly a few mile:
away, and there I found Gaher aad