Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-06-26
The English Reporter.
COLIN .rArOnru'. LUCK IN AMERICA.

81 wOaldn', try It. Colin, u I were
you"
"No, my child. nOrI. Forge, Il, dear,
and try TO be content at home
"ThA,'. just the way you always do,
mother; throw cold water upon my every
project. Now. | think you will admit
that am bright Every one here says
am Gu, og, for journalism. aud New
York |. the place Of ell places. You
know what the Pea though, Of my flower
story. ys, you doub, my ability should |
get chance"
The boys eye. filed ,u'pieiou,ly.
"Ba,. my child. New York Is thou
sand. Of miles away"
"wh., Of ," cried the boy. excited.
ly, "whl, Of it, I'm sure TO ge, I.
chance there. L., me but get ,ha, and
you will hear great things Of ne. And
you. VIII. can stay here and see to moth
er."
So hn.lly |, was decided tia, Colin
should 70 TO America TO try bis luck.
The family -ere poor. Their home ".
a pretty little cottage in Lancashire. Ia
summer the rose. formed framework to
the little white house. and the birds sang
swee,ly Ia the nsishborink trees. The
sray.hlired mother. sitting on the little
porch. mourned the Los, bright days when
every luxury Wa. hers. aud her hear, fail.
ell her {. she though, Of the future ior
her boys. And nov Colin bad gone
.way-gone over the sea TO find fortune
in a far.od land. The mother sighed.
Her courage failed her . she pictured
her child struggling for bread IN strange
city, and she brea,hed q silent prayer TO
Him who guard. Us all through life
Thu. she buried her anxious hopes Tor
her boy until another day when she might
hear the glad ,iding, Of hi. gres, success.
And VIII, In bis lonely bed room. sighed
too Alas, there !. bu, little true love
between brothers nowadays; they are
bu, friend.. and lucky II they're that.
lis heart yeArned for the young fame
hunter. lie. too. f.neled horrible pic
,ure. Of hunger for hi. brother. and. 'uons
man n he was, his courage cor'd away
in binding tears when be fell upon bis
knees and prayed for Colin's success.
In the meantime . grea, new'p.Per
mounted upward to greater fame. The
enOrmou. presse. ,hundered nigh, and
day. turning out thousands OF copies to
the hour. Reporters searied about after
news. ,cibbled away a, their desks. and
handed in huge bill, ,hl, made Collins
mouth water. Still he was one Of them,
and surely hi. turn would come. When
he arrived in New York he had gone
.,raish, 10 the frs, newspaper office that
he saw looming up from the street. Here
be me, rebuff. The corps was complete.
they told him. 80 be had gone his way
and tried another. Mounting up q long
staircase be had found himself IN busy
crowd Of men. Some one directed him to
the city editor. = pleAsan, man with kind.
ly face and manner. II he would come
in = week from then they nigh, DO some
thing Coz him. Then the boy tried again,
bu, hi. nerve wa. rapidly weakening.
Thi. time be succeeded. They needed =
man to do the police stations out by HM.
lem at night. The boy jumped At the
chance.
suaigh,way over the sea went the glad
,idings TO the anxious mother in L.nea-
shire. She read her boys glowing &C.
eOun, Of hi. prospects aud hi. hopes. Yet
she doubted, for mothers heart is prone
10 fear and uemble for her child.
Colin progressed rapidly. lie deserv'
ed to. lie had ability far above the Po'
lice courts, II /, was crude, for I, had not
been cultivated. And above all ilurnal'
ism wa. his hobby. His hear, was In
hi. work. lie turned into bed ever,
morning tired out. His room was pOOI
enough. bu, = palace it often seemed ,o
the worn ou, English boy, though he had
been born in I. home Of luxury and had
never before known the uncertainty .her'
now was about every meal
one night be returned home eArlieI
than usual and found to his distress ,ha
some thief had stolen hi. only overco.t
Hi, landl.dy pretended great As,oni'h'
men, and indignation, but could not hell
him. The boy was distressed beyonG
measure. Bitter cold up to that day hsS
been the weather and the winter was bu
half over. Nevertheless the boy smoth
cred hi. grief and the fears which eam'
anew and had been coming thick and fss
Of late, for be had twice now been al
mos, without, . penny in the world.
wi,hou, . Goa, he went on with hi
nigh, work, often shivering with cold
Then, one afternoon when he awoke HI
limbs were stiff and . chill Was upon him
He es.ayed to dress, bu, failed. Th'
boy .hivered ., his very weakness. H'
wondered why in 90 short = time hi
strength should 20 from and leave hin
helpless. What would they think OF hin
At the Office II be failed to be on hans
with hi. repot' He wondered and wor
ried thu, until at last sleep came TO hin
again and the hours asw by unheeded.
Tie huge presses resumed their whir
aud thunder and the paper came out .
usual. but the Harlem police news Va
missing. A black mark went sgains. th'
boys name, and s the days wen. BY th'
editor forgo, the young Enslish reporter
for there Was . new man in his place.
Far away in Lancashire Mrs. ss.forsl
sighed for news Of her boy. No le,ts
had come for weeks. The last had beef
cheerful and full ofpromise. The moth
er and her eldest son talked to each othe
tremblingly Of their distant Colin. Sid
by side they knelt and prayed and thu
the dreary days went By.
One day the city editor OF the grea
newspaper found . letter on his dssk sha