Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-01-19

ready, anxious to assist her in turning that
rare genius for music to advantage? Alas,
many who Mt her board had 'fared sunni.
tuously every day." and received from her
rich, luvish benefits, passed her with dis
tant bow or no recognition.
During the terrible revolution, numbers
had passed into tho silent land, who, had
they lived, would have been uushangcable;
souc true oncs were yet on Garth, but SO
scattered that she knew not whcro to Gud
them.
Pride would not listen to her asking
charity, and she suffered on in sickness. :
Her health growing more and more feeble
daily, starvation seemed almost at her
threshold.
Her child had often bcsought her to
permit him to go as ucwsbov, but the
thought OF his dcing 50, was cruelty picrc-
ing
Oh, tho humiliation. Her beautiful,
gifted, sensitive darling compelled to tray
crsc the street to earn suslenancc Rea-
son triumphcd over feeling; the "wolf" was
almost entering.
Into tho worlds battle, with truo, un-
flinchipg heart, rushed the youthful soldier,
his banner omb!az)ucd with "For Mothers
Sake"
"For mothers sake" did he answer, civ.
lily coarse aud british questions, allow the
taugs of hunger to pierce him, rather than
use for himself his earnings, and strive to
persuade himselt he was not weary when
ovcr!aXca nature, ia clarion voice was pro.
claiming her Injured right.
This, to him, had been more than usu-
ally miserable day. Ills mother had be-.
comc far worse recently, aud he had
scarcely closed his eyes in sleep for several
nights.
1ho cxac!ng physician declared that
were be not paid something for his services
they should be discontinued The thought
that his mother would be without medical
aid was madlcning 10 the boy. OIL how
wildly he longcd that the proceeds Of to,
days papers might he sufficient to satisfy
the physician and prevent his ncglcctiuc
his mother.
The August sun had reached its mcrili,n,
the great globc was pouring down almost
strcans of fire, and only two papers had
been disposed of. How white and cx-
haustcd ho looked. Even The lips wcrc
folsaken 10y every vestigo Of color.
"Wharrc you putting on all those airs
for, you doceitfol puppy? rryiog to make
Vet yo,, re asr&o.i Is a:;,ha,, i,f,3a Nh
plenty of money. What you done with all
you made from papers? been selling cm
long timc. You're tryn' to bog, amt you?
Don't beg nc. shan't hclp to Snort YOU
in your luzincss. l'vc got no patience with
low down newstoys. Hold your head up,
or iii shake you!''
The elegant did rot shake hin-prohab!y
he feared soilipg his dointv doves but
he took the tiY Of his ruby set walking
cane and rannci heavily the head, with It's
glory of ebony hair; tho hend where, in
wears aconn, hid rested in p,ide, love and
blessing, the hands Of many Of cav,h's no.
lcs, ana greatest. WHAT cared he. tic
banker, s0n. for can;oo u ncwsboy? Un
might have repeated tie act, and the cycs
Of The po.ic, you'd, accaontaly. have
been in another direction. 4 feeling of
sutIocation came over tho child Weird
shapes and shadows danced before his ewes
and he knew no more. Tho gcplcnian
wolkc1 away. twir,no in onn,rcut so,isfnc-
ton, bis artjicially dark and cuy.ed nous,
tachc
uc;. 49,, h,n,, WIS, ro ,,,a,,
n,ovin, rnisun mi Th;r,, s"n,oh,o1,,I "" c,mo
Hy" rCaS1 "'1@ sI",'p;"y ,, oai'n, ~"
hoa,," q" ".a 49, w 1In N.Y. ,"., w., f,nI ="
a,' oUI,', 49, o.h;o,2 .I II,n dar yam ,",
~ tatn ",,s ,n Nv , ~ W. '0'"a" a 'n;,, ,J ~ ~ ~
raoaod ,owsbno2 @ % ~, ," ..r ~ shnyo,s
.n mS nan'n,s D,ys nrown 'p' IN iaEo von r,
tha lnck~n,,r
rho man v,,s cxooutino h;s ,hrcot. ,voo
- 30 ~"