The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-21
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From the Boston Globe, June lO'l
A story comes from Portsmouth by Lne
sea OF boy such as we read OF. Inc NE
Of this youth began in low estate ne
was New York gamin, and was WON 70
hail the passer.by in tho City Hall Fark
with Wsbine, mister; iii eentsT VI
conrse he had no father and no mother,
and was given to sleeping in dry goods
hove. ani obtained his sustenance at a
chean coffee and cake saloon. His taste
~os never improved to any extent In
summer time he often wandered of to the
watering places, and got all the benefit oil
n fashionable vacation by induStriously
%pplying the backing brush on the boots
al visitors, Last Winter, he set up his
box on the corner by Barnum's Hippo
drome, and when the great moral show
set forth Tor its summer tour, he came
along with it, hoping to pay his shining
way with the proceeds Of his avocatiOn.
When he brought up in Boston he was
bounced upon for shining without a
license. As the story has Il, he had not
money enough to pay for license, though
We believe the boOtblack's license does not
have to be paid for. However, there are
conditions about going to school which
the wandGrcr could not comply with,
and the great, charitable city Of Boston
would moi allow the poor boy to gain his
daily bread by shining boots about the
Hippodrome.
The future great man was sorcly trOub'
led but not dismayed. CHANGING furtive-
ly at a copy Of the Globe, at q news stand,
his eye caught a little paragraph stating
that the United States receiving.ship Sa'
bino, at Portsmouth,N. H., had been made
scholarship Of instruction for boys He
recognized his destiny in a moment, and
his mind was made up, lie would enlist
on the Sabine, enter lhe navy and become
great commander. Shaking the inhos-
pitable dust Of Boston from his dilapida-
ted shoes and singing his box over his
shoulder, he trudged off for Portsmouth,
fifty miles or more distant. Shining his
way through the intervening towns he
reached the seaport Of New Hampshire,
and inquired for the whereabouts Of the
Sabine. Going on board, with tuttGring
heart, he told something Of his story to
the commander, and expressed his desire
to enlist. Alas for his hopes he could
not DO taken without q parent or guardian
10 be responsible for him. The command
er was sorry, for lie liked the boys looks
and manner, but he had no discretion in
the matter.
Sadly the youth turned back to the city
Of Portsmouth, Cogitating upon the hard
limitations put upon struggling poverty
by tho great, respectable world, But
"give up" was not In his F." bright lexi-
con, and he wandered up and down the
streets in search OF guardian in aCity Of
strangers. With that keen judgment Of
human nature which his rough life had
given him, he searched the faces Of the
pasSers.by. Passing the City Hall his
eye caught the Countenance OF Mr.. Israel
Marden, the City Marshal. This was his
man; Asking to speak to him moment,
he went with the Marshal into his office,
and with anxious, eager heart, told him
his story, "And now, please sir" he add
ed, "wilI you be my guardian, and enlist
me,so that can learn something that will
be Of benefit to me hereafter" The
Marshal consented, and went straight to
the office Of the Probate Judge, and became
the legal father Of the iatherless boy,
Then he went with him to the Sabine,
where he was received by Commander
Cooke, and tho boy was speedily enrolled
in the school Of instruction. The boys
name Is Charles Howard, and he Is now
seventeen years old. His eagerness to
learn and his pluck have already made
him iavorite with the officers. Marshal
Mardcn Is proud Of his boy, md predicts
for him great future.