Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-01-19
"ONLY a NEWSBOY.'o
"iIcrc's your Ncws!"

Over the head Of the little ono whose
sweet, sad, trcmulous tones uttered that
sentence, scarce ten years had passed; yet
brief as they were, fearful were tho traces
left Of their presence.
Upon the low, expansive, swelling fore a.
head, darEcncd by burning sun rays, heavy
wind and rain, aud shaded by trcsscs of the
deepest imaginable hue, which fell in rcck,
less graccfulness over the frail shoulders,
were evidences Of want, anxiety and sur-
tcrlng sufficient for three sccro years. The
purely, dclicatcly carved lips wore lines
deep lincs-cut by the unnlistakublc hand
Of sorrow, and the eyes, like Southern puv--
pie seas, when wrapped in tho wondrous
grandeur of the moonlight, held look of
hopeless longing that would have been pit
liable cvon u aye
Many months had this fragile boy trod.
den the crowded thoroughlare, tho poor
little unclaa feet bIistcrcd, blccdiug from
'ha scorching sun OF snmucr/ /or h;.in., cola
OF wiutcr; troddcn it lroln The carly ihorn
ing, with weary, throbbing head md uch-
ing limbs, till not one purchaser could be
found.
Braycly, without murmur lie had borne
the jecrs, taunts, blows Of tho low aud vuI-
gar and tho scorn, rcproachcs, and bitter
unkindness of tho lofty. Often his only
sus'cnance had been "oup of cold water"
aud morscl Of brc%d; get it was not dcliy-
cred in the name of the Nazarcnc.
OVERWHELMINGLY the heroic spirit bnt.
tied with tho clouds of despair which
threatened TO cnfold him--batllcd, while,
oh, how fectly, burned in his lifcs horizon
hopes star. Sometimes adown his check
grown thin aud wan from disappointment
trial, anguish, would course tears SO wild
hue was not crimsoned by his hearts blood;
but, with mighty will, worthy of man.
hood, they were suddenly dashed aside.
She should not behold lhcm--shc, his
beautiful, angel like, invalid mother, whose
idol, next to her God, he vas.
Through her veins ran the fatal noison OF
tho destroyer, aud with iendisl Joy he
watched the ruin he knew would be incvi-
table. Tie largo, sof. eyes, naturally ra--
dl"nt, at times glanced with splendor al.
most unoarthiy; tho lovely roses blossomeGl
upon tho oval pa,rican face, till tho child
believed health returning to his beloved
one; hut dcccivng and yauclcss we're they,
as the beautiful fruit Of the still, still sea,
and that iorm which had glidca through
halls of wealth and fame, oynosure of oil
eyes, bad lost its exquisite ronndess, unless
it rcsrmblcd nearly as much an inhabitant
Of tho Getty of tho dead as tho living.
"Sorrow's crown OF sorrow is remembers
ing happier thipgsv'
Dwelling upon the halcyon past, when
JOY, deep as mortals know, was hers; when
father, mother, husband, children clustered
about her foudly, her soul, in its almost
uncndurablc grief, had often exclaimed:
"My God! my God! why hast thou for
sukcn mc?'
That husband, on far and CORY field of
Tennessee, after the desperately fought,
victorious bottlc, in all honor exchanged
the beloved gray for tho white uniform OF
the homo of kim who said: "Wo will cross
over the river and rest in tho shade of tho
tree"
Both parents and lovely daughter soon
after left for tho "land of tho hereafter
on only ono stay was left her. a stay in
its fullest meaning was that nobc, aclf fora
getting boy
BY war and horrible injustice this deli-
cate woman had seen her elegant homo and
largo possessions torn from her, all power,
less to resist. Sometimes tho monster
granted her respite from severe suffering
and at such periods tho dim light of hcr
miserable tenement room was cxtinguishod
only us mornings brightness crcpt through
tho dreary window.
The slender, wiry fingers, which were
wont to execute with briliancy tho rayisl.,
ing music Of Mozart and Bce,hocvs~' ~,a .-.'n
nestle among tho fabrics - era'"' Nv"
washed md roncd G.ih3 linen tor co""oh
How could she have prevented ii? Gould