. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . oney was oncegood; and having lived apart from the world^she had not known the change that had comeover the currency. Having no want ofmoney, it was all the same to her, whatevermight be its worth; and it was only till shedesired to do an act of kindness to the childof an early friend, that what was once a for-tune to her, came into her mind. I therefore felt no diminution of my grati-tude to the poor old woman, when I learntthat her gift was all in vain, and that it stillleft me a beggar. Concealing the fact fromh
. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . oney was oncegood; and having lived apart from the world^she had not known the change that had comeover the currency. Having no want ofmoney, it was all the same to her, whatevermight be its worth; and it was only till shedesired to do an act of kindness to the childof an early friend, that what was once a for-tune to her, came into her mind. I therefore felt no diminution of my grati-tude to the poor old woman, when I learntthat her gift was all in vain, and that it stillleft me a beggar. Concealing the fact fromher, I took counsel of Raymond as to what Imust do. I was perfectly helpless; it wasmy misfortune that I had been brought upto think myself rich, beyond the need ofeffort, and in fact, above work. After a good 128 WIT BOUGHT. deal of reflection, Raymond advised me to goto New York, and get a situation as a clerkin a store. This suited my taste better thanany other scheme that could be suggested,and I made immediate preparations to de-part. I went to take leave of Bill Keeler,. who was now a thriving shoemaker, with awife and two bright-eyed laughing bade them good-bye, with many tears, andcarried with me their kindest wishes. Having taken leave of all my friends, Iset out on my journey to New York on foot3provided with two or three letters ot intro- GAMBLING. 129 duction, furnished by Raymond and his bro-ther, the minister, and with about five dollarsin my pocket. With a heavy and doubting heart I pro-ceeded on my way to New York. My situ-ation was, in every respect, gloomy and de-
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