Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-16

who at her board had Jared sumpt-
ucusly every day. and received
from her rich, lavish benefits, pass
ed her with a distant bow or no
recognition.
During the terrible revolution,
numbers had passed into the silent
land, who. had they lived, would
have been interchangeable; some
true ores were yet on earth. but 30
scattered that she knew not where
to find them.
| Pride would not listen to her
asking charity, and she suffe red on
in sickness.
! Her health growing more feeble
daily. starvation seemed almost at
her threshold.
Her child had often besought
her to permit him to 60 as q news
boy, but the thought of his doing
so was cruelly piercing.
/ Oh, the humiliation Her beau
tifnl, gifted, sensitive darling com,
PEELED to traverse the street to earn
sustenance. Reason trium phed
over feeling the wolf was almos,
entering.
Into the worlds battle, with
I true nnf1inching heart, rushed the
youthful soldier, his banner en-
blazoned with For Mothers Sake.
For mothers sake did he an
swer, civllly, coarse and british
questions, allow the fangs of hun
ger to pierce him, rather than use
for himself his earnings, and strive
, to persuade himself he was moi
weary when overtaxed nature, IN
clarion voice was proclaiming her
injured right.
This, to him, had been more
than usually miserable day, His
mother had become far wor-e re-
Gently, and he had scarcely closed
his eyes in sleep for several nights.
The exacting physician declared
that were he not paid something
for his services they shuold be dis
, continued. The thought that hi
mother would be without medica
aid was maddenlng to the boy. Oh
how wildly he longed that the pro
) ceeds OF to-day's papers might bt
? sufficient to- satisfy the physician
: and prevent his neglectlug hi
9 tmother.
s The August sun had reached it
meridian, the great globe wa
pouring down almost streams o
fire. and only two papers had beel
| disposed Of. How white and ex-
! hausted he looked. Even the lip
4 were forsaken by every vestige o
. color.
. 'Wbat're you putting on all thos
airs for, Won deceittul puppy
Trying to make believe your
: sick, I s'pose- needy, too. I'll be
) you're as well off as am, an hav
got plenty Of money. What yo'
; done with all you made from pa
!, pers ?-been seliin' en long time
! You're tryin' to beg, amt you
Don't beg me. l shan't help t
sport you in your laziness. Pv
: got no patience with low-dowl
newshoys. Hold your head up, 0
I'll shake you Z
The elegant did not shake him
probably he feared soiling his dain
ty ploves-but he took the tip 6
his ruby-set walking cane au
;. raped heavily the mead, with il
t glory Of eb,ny hair; the hea
t wheSe, i'll years agone, had rcste
: in pride, love and blessing, tn
hands OF many of earth's creates
+ and noblest. What cared he, tn
bankers son, for Gaming newsboy
He might have repeated the acI
!, and the eyes of the police would
accidentally, have been in anothe
i direction. A feeling of snffocatio
q came over the child /; weird shape
i and shadows danced before his eyes
a and he knew no more. The gen
tleman walked away, twirling, i
J. apparent satisfaction, his artificial
# ly dark and curled moustache.
y Cit up'm here! What ye doir
It -playin' possuma Think some
; body'll come 'lon an tai in low
with that picter-lookin' beauty ,
'e yonrn, an take you an feed "
n an raise yu to do nothing Ho,
Is dar yu take up the crosslh', and y
= nothin' but ragged newsboy? G
+ mp, I say. or shore $ my name
: Dave Brown, I'll take you to til
n lock-upp
1t The man was executing his thre.
rs was half carrying, half draggin
II along the tortured little being
when consciousness returned. Wit
III wild and passionate eloquence
n- sued for release-told of his feebl
rt lonely mother, suffering for eve
lg the comforts Of life, and his ow
ID unfeigned illness. With a horrib
n oath the man released him from h
iron grasp, saying: If he ev'
81 cotch him 'tendin' ter be sick ag
a (he knowed he was jis' tend1n
ne he'd wish he'd a never seed Day