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Col., Dec. 24,'64.
IL M. NORTH,
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Cola., July 4, 1863.
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Sony.
In the west the day is dying.
Steady Moveth forth the storm
Fastyour cawing rook is flying,
T•ward the mountain's misty form
Oh, that from this desolation,
I might flee with swiftest wing,
To enjoy that consolation,
Thy presence alone can bring.
On my roof, the rain doth patter,
And my hearth is sad and lone,
I have marked each vision scatter,
E'en through fancy, that wai known
Could thy smile of dazzling splendor,
Penetrate this deep'ning gloom.
'Twere, with olden charm to render,
Joy, within my heart's gray tomb.
Come, on, come, thou joyous -hearted,
Eyes of light, and lips of song,
Here, where joys have all departed
Restore again that happy throng.
Oh, revive those dreams, v,hich nearer,
Drew my soul to realms of bliss,
Until life seem'd fairer, dearer,
Crown'd as by an angel's kiss.
'Mid these hours, with shadows teeming,
That cacti struggling hope disarm,
Thou, with brightest beauty beaming,
Fancy, lend thy magic charm,
Touch once more with fairy fingers,
Chords that lull my soul to.rest,
And while yet the fond spell lingers,
Let me dream that I am blest.
Ciambe, land, Md.
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. Written for the Columbia Spy,
(Continued.)
The Little Brown House
0 It
" - RIGHT AT LAST."
S. WILLIAM VAN NAMIIE.
Author of " The Wronged Heir," " The
Western Bride," fie., &c.
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CHAPTER 111
Death of Mrs. Graves. Heroic Katy
" Atray.! away I
We droop around thy dust
And mourn that wenn - 1y meet thy smile no morn;
Yet only from Heaven withhold the faithful trust!
Can doubt redeem thee, or can tears restore?
Heed not the tears we drop upon thy clay;
Away, dear spirit! oh !away! away!
"A way I nwny I
Tot oh l in dreams return,
Come in the night shade from thy glittering home;
Bid, with undying lore, our hearts to burn;
Come on the wings of flowing fondness, come
And we will clasp the phantom to our heart,
An heaven-born beauty neve.. to depart;
But now all heaven rebukes thy longer stay,
Away! Away!"
Twilight had settled over the earth,
throwing her shadowy mantle over every
object, making them half obscure. The
sun, the king of day, had wrapped the
last beams of daylight around his broad
bosom, and sunk to his couch of rest.
The flowers that grew upon the hill side
were baptized with a showeif of dew, fall
ing gently as angels' tears upon them.
They bowed their regal heads beneath
their sparkling burden, as if the weight
of some great sorrow oppressed them.—
The tall and stately forest trees waved
their green arms in the evening wind,
and lovingly entwined them around each
other, as if fearful that the murmuring
zephyrs would whisper to them some sad
tale: The little stars peeped through
the blue curtain that hides fair heaven
from our mortal gaze, and laughed and
winked merrily as they saw themselves
reflected in each crystal stream and
glossy lake.
The moon, too, smiled, as she sat with
stately grace upon her throde--her sub
jects, the bright stars, bowed before her,
and she sent her silvery plumed mes
sengers earthward. A few stray beams
of soft, silvery light stole through the
closed casement of the little brow house
house on the hill, and found their way to
the bedside f the dying. Around the
dying mother's couch stood the three
children, and a little distance from them
stood Dr. Graham, watching the scene
with manifest interest.
"My son," said the dying woman in
feeble tones, - to ilenry, "your mother can
no longer be your guide and comforter;
but He who watches the sparrows when
they.fall, will direct you in the path of
duty. Look to Him, and trust Him ; I
exert every endeavor to be useful and to
gain knowledge, and try to repay Dr.
Graham for his kindness to you by ever
being obedient to his commands. Heed
his instructions, and you will, I doubt
not, become a good and useful man, if
your life be spared."
• Taking the hand of Carrie in one of
her own, she placed it in that of Katy,
saying:
"To you. Katy, I commit her, and
shield her from all harm. Teach her
the way to - Heaven, as I haVe taught
you, and all of you endeavor to meet me
in the land of bliss above. If your
father ever returns, tell him my last
prayer was for his salvation. Tell him
that I am free from care and pain, and
that I wait where there is no parting, no
tears, for him."
Turning to Dr. Graham, who advanc
ed a tew paces towards the bed she con
tinued :
"And kind sir, may Heaven bless and
prosper you, fOr you have indeed made
my death bed easierthe path to Heav
en softer for my feet to tread. I will
intercede for you at the Father's throne
—and may God direct your steps in the
paths of virtue and honor ; and when
you have put off the niortal and assum
ed the immortal—when your life bark is
launched upon the broad sea of eternity,
may seraph wings waft you to the bright
shores of eternal bliss."
Her voice grew husky and weak ; she
ceased speaking, and in a few moments
seemed to sleep calmly. A heavenly
smile played upon her lips,-qrad drops of
sweatstood out upon her white forehead.
Gradually the limbs became cold and
stiff, and without a sig'i, without a groan,
her life bark floated down the dark, sul
len stream of death, whose waters flow
ever onward, but never return.
When the occupants of the room ful
ly realized they were in the presence of
death, a deeper sadness than before set
tled over them. No tears dimmed the
eyes of Henry, nor Katy, they realized
too
_perfectly the solczonity of tlic scene ;
but little Carrie—poor child sire hardly
felt the weight of the great sorrow which
had fallof upon them; she only knew
that her darling mamma could speak to
her no morep and she wept bitterly,
loudly calling for her mother to waken
and talk to her.
All night, kind hearted Dr. Graham
sat beside the cold and stiffened form of
the dead ; and as he sat there, he wan
dered back through the dim aisles of
time to the days of his childhood.—
Again he roamed the hills and dales with
youthful companions; again he heard
his mother's gentle 'Voice, and his father's
kind words seemed ringing in his ears.
The picture changed; a death bed scene
appeared before his mental vision,—his
gentle, loving mother was dying, he
heard her parting words,— 'Let not sin
ners entice thee, my son, to do wrong."
Oh ! the prayers, the, anxiety of that
mother for his welfare had been his safe
guard through life. He had grown up
a noble and good man; her memory had
presented him from participating in
the scenes of fashionable dissipation that
surrounded his pathway. A few years
fled by, and his father, too, was called
from earth away to meet the chosen of
his youth above, and Charles Graham
was an orphan, alone, without a natural
protector. An ample fortune was how•
ever placed in the hand of a guardian
for his use, and he lacked not friends,
fer he who is tho happy possessor of
w ;alth finds many friends; but alas! for
the poor and unprotected.
Morning dawned at length, smilingly
she arose from her pertained bath,- and
little birds sent forth a song of welcome.
The king of day rose from behind the
hilltops, and the golden arrows of light
over the earth, making every thing in
nature look glad and happy. His bright
beams stole through the closed shutters
of the little brown house, and, creeping
slowly to the bedside of the dead, kissed,
playfully and lovingly, the cold, lifeless
clay. A happy robin, perched upon a
stately tree in front of the house, sent
Its
up one gla ong of praise, as if death
had not th night before, entered that
humble ab " e, and folded one of its in
mates in his icy embrace.
Katy awoke early; sleep had touched
her eyelids lightly, and she went softly
to the crib of little Carrie. As she
gazed upon the sweet, childish face of
the sleeper, tears dimmed her eyes—the
first tears she had shed since her moth
er's death. A smile played upon the
ruby lips of the little sleeper, and they
moved, Katy bent forward and caught
the half murmured word of "mother," as
it trembled on the lips of the child.
"Alas, alas, poor little Carrie l you
eannoVealize the loss you have sustain.
ed, and it is better. that is so, for your
young heart will feel matiy=pangs-of sor
row as you journey on in the pathway-of
life," said Katy. At this moment the
child awoke and twined her arms around
Katy's neck crying :
"Where is mamma? Ab, I remember
now—she is dead," and Carrie wept bit
terly.
"Yon must not cry, dear, for mother
is happy, and looks down from the blue
sky upon us. We must be good or she
will not smile on us. Hark l hear that
little robin on yonder tree ; he is sing.
inn a joyous song of praise ; he is happy
because mother is now free from every
sorrow and pain that she knew on earth.
She has gone to prepare us a better
home in heaven ; and if we are good we
shall go to that home, and never leave
her again," said Katy trying to. soothe
her unhappy sister.
"But I want to go now; I don't want
to wait; I can't stay here without mamma,
How long will it be before we can go to
her ?"
"I cannot tell. When God sees fit to
take us, we will go, if we are prepared."
And thus the heroic Katy endeavored
to forget her own great sorrow, and
soothed her little sister with, cheering
words. While her own heart was almost
breaking with its weight of misery; site
tried to lighten the load others were
obliged to bear. Noble Katy !
CHAPTER:,IV.
Aunt Ronak; her past life, her
_present
kindness.
"Vainly, vainly, memory seeks.
Round our Mother's knee.
Laughing eyes and rosy cheeks,
Where they used to be.
Of the circle once so wide,
One a wanderer—one has died.
Whatsoe'er they do or dare,
Wheresoe'er they roam,
Mauro them, Father, in Thy care,
Guide them safely borne,
Home, oh. Father in the sky,
Where none wander, and none die."
Dr. Graham asked Aunt Ronals—a
woman well known in Glenville for her
kindness of heart, and readiness to serve
those who needed her assistaneeto go
to the little brown house and make
things in readiness for the funeral; and
Aunt Ronah willingly complied with his
request. Her house was adjoining his
office, and though he slept in a room
back of his office, he took his meals with
Aunt Ronah, in her pleasant little kitch
en, which always looked as neat "as a
new pin."
There was quite a little romance con
nected with the Larly life of this singu
lar, but noble-hearted woman. When
young she was pretty and quite a belle,
and ere she had reached her eighteenth
year, she was engaged to n young man
named Hiram Fisher, who was an indus
trious, hard-working mechanic; but he
took it into his head to go to California,
when the "gold fever," first broke out;
and after having been gone some months,
news came that he was dead. At first
Ronah Gray refused to be comforted.—
With n:any tears she deplored her loss ;
but the most violent storms are soonest
quelled, and before many months had
passcd,'Ronah Gray.was once more seen
in all the village frolies,and she resumed
her place as the belle of Glenville. Of
course she had many admirers,—what
pretty girl has not?—and within two
years from the time Hiram Fisher went
away, she was marrW it ..tn. the village
blacksmith, Henry t who died a
few mouths after his marriage,leaving his
youthful widow in possession of a few.
thousand dollars, which sum was caret'
ly invested, and a comfortable dwellin.
purchased. Not wishing to spend the
money left her by her husband, she
opened a boarding house, and every year
added to her little fortuae,declaring that
she "meant to be comfortable in her old
age, and to secure it, work hard while
she was yet young."
She had been keeping boarders some
years, when one day she was surprised to
see Hiram Fisher, her old lover, whom
every one supposed to be dead, walk into
her kitchen. Hir astonishment elm be
better imagined than described. Ho up
braided her for her faithlessness, and
heaped upon her head all kinds of male
dictions. Feeling indignant at his un
just treatment, and having fully recover
ed from the effects of " her first love
sickness," as she called it, she caught up
the tongs which were lying beside the
stove, and drove him from the house.—
But when he discovered that her hus
band was dead, and that she possessed
q uite a little fortune, he made every pos
sible effort to re instate himself in her
good opinion ; but Aunt Ronah was more
than a match for him. She knew he bad
returned without the fortune ho went to
seek, and felt satisfied that it was her
$2,00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2,50 LP NOT PAID IN ADVANCE
money, and not herself that he was after,
and she refused to have anything more
to do with him; and he, in spite,marriefl
a farmer's daughter, and went several
miles away from Glenville, to settle upon
the farm his bride's father had given
them as a wedding present. Aunt Ro
nah had continued, year after year, to
keep boarders, and managed to add quite
a little sum annually to her fortune. Be
ing a good-hearted, kind neighbor, she
was liked by all the villagers, and no one
thought of calling her anything but plain
Aunt Ronah ; and if any became involv
ed in trouble,or needed assistance in any
way,they always applied to Aunt Ronah,
and invariably found her willing to do a
good turn, and always refusing to listen
to thanks,or accept. remuneration for her
kindness and trouble.
When Dr. Graham told her how the
occupants of the little brown house were
situated, her heart instantly warmed to
wards the orphans, and she said ;
"In course I'll go up and 'tend to
matters. I'll jist leave Rosy here to
tend to matters to hum ; and I'll have
everything arranged for the funeral jist
as nice as if the poor dead woman was
my own sister."
" Thank you," said Dr. Graham ; " I
knew your kind heart would prompt you
to assist me in this matter; but I have
not asked you all I wish you to do yet."
" Wall,then,jist speak out, for I haint
one bit backward about doing all I can
for them innocent children."
" I have promised to take care of them
until their guardian, Mr. Harris, of Bos
ton, is apprised of the loss they have sus
tained, and sends for them. The boy, the
mother has given to me until his father
claims him,and as I have no place to put
the girls, I thought if you could spare a
room for them until matters were arrang
ed I willpay you whatever you think is
right for the trouble."
"Well now Dr. Graham, do you think
I would take one cent for the board of
them two orphan children ? no, sir; aunt
Ronah ain't no sich woman, now how.—
The gals can come and stay jist as long
As they please, and they — ls Ell—have the
best room lu the house,' too."
Much gratified with the turn affairs
had taken, Dr. Graham proceeded to his
office, and aunt Ronah, after giving Ru
sy—as she called the maid of all work—
numberless charges in regard to the din-
ner,sho hastened to the little brown
house, to lay out tho cold clay of the
dead woman, and prepare the house for
the funeral. Her kindness went direct
ly to the heart of Katy, and in after
years she never ceased to mum:ober it.
CHAPTER V.
Mr. Barris the Phaantrhophist.
"Thom are some feelings all too deep
For grief to shake, or torture numb;
Sorrrows that strengthen as they sleep,
And struggle though the heart is dumb.
..The serpent coiled within the grass,
With open jaw and meager oyes,
Watches the careless wild bird pass,
And lures him from his native skies,
" , When woman sinnest with her heart,
Some trace of heaven still lingers there ;
The nngels'may not all depart,
And yield her up to dark despair,
But man—alas! when thought and brain
Can sin, and leave the soul at ease,
Can sneer nt truth, and scoff at pain!
Gors angels shrink from souls like these I"
Another grave was added to the num
ber already in the burial ground, and
Katy planted bright flowers around the
mound beneath which reposed the re
mains of her mother, and sho watered
them with her tears.
'bunt Ronah, true to her promise, took
tha two girls home with her, and appro-
Vriated the best chamber to their use.—
Dr. Graham wrote to Mr. Harris, and
received a reply to the letter in a few
days, in which that worthy (?) gentle
man, requested Dr. Graham to accom
pany the girls to Boston, as he wished
an interview with him in regard to their
affairs. Henry seemed contented and
happy in his new home, and took a great
deal of pains to arrange the books neatly
in thb book-case, and wipe the dust from
them every morning. He remained in
the office when the Dr. was absent on
professional business, and always man
aged to be occupied either with his
books or his pencil. His habits of in
dustry did not escape the Doctor's notice
and he encouraged his young protege
with many a kind word of cheer.
It was late in the afternoon. Mr.
Harris sat in his Private library. In
his hand ho held an open letter. Now
Mr. Harris was a very disagreeable
looking man, of perhaps forty years—
medium height, with a sharp, unpleas
ant, and at times repulsive countenance.
A decanter of wine, and a glass half fill
ed with the sparkling beverage, stood
upon a small stand by his side, and every
few moments be would raise the glass to
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his lips and take a swallow orifEe. He
sat there for more than . hale an 'hour
holding the opealetterbetween his fin
ger and thutnb, and slowly sipping glass
after glass of wine. At length he said
—speaking' to himself—for he was the
sole occupant of the room :
"So Mrs. Graves is dead, well, there
is little probability that Graves will ever
return. Let me see, it is five years since
the vessel in which he took passage left
this port, and not one word has been
heard from her since, save the letter
Graves had written for him from France
—when be was about dying. I wrote .
him his famil7 were all dead—and he,
no doubt, is now softly stowed away be
neath the ground—and why should I not
become the possessor of the money he
left? Dr. Graham has taken the boy,
and the girls can easily be disposed of,
and the money pass into my hands.—
Let me see, there is just eight thous
and dollars—exactly the amount Smith*
wants for that brick house on Harrison
Avenue ; and in five years it will be
wirth double that sum. I wish the girls
were not so old; but I can tell them and -
this Dr. Graham that the money lias
all been spent by their mother;: and I
will shove them off my hands in some
way. I will write to Dr. Graham to
bring them on, and after I get rid of
them; I'll write to him that they
are dead, or stolen, or something of that
sort. The money I must have at'all . haz
ards. And he brought down his fist
upon the table with such force as to
make the glasses jingle, and the wine to
spill over on the stand. At this mo
ment a servant entered, saying :
"Mr. G-ranniss is below, and wishes to
see you."
"What the deuce can he want Y Show
him up," and in another moment Mr.
G-ranniss entered the apartment. Ile
was a ministerial looking linan, wearing a
white neck-cloth and a very solemn
countenance.
"How do you do, Mr. Granniss ? I
am delighted to see you. Take a seat,"
offering him a . chair, and pouring out a
glass - OrWine and fitlifig — tcgo:i _
again, headded—"lloro is some very
fine Sherry, sent me this morning from
the ship, take a glass."
"Thank you, Mr. Harris; I very sel
dom indulge; but I feel a little unwell
this evening, and I believe I will take a
glass."
"There is nothing like Sherry to make
a sick man well. Help yourself fully—
it is excellent liquor, and can do you no
harm."
"It is indeed very fine," replied Mr.
Granniss, filling his glass again. "But
to business ; I am soliciting aid to the
Home of the Friendless, of which I am
one of the directors, and would like to
see your name upon my list. I have re
ceived from several men of reputation,
quite liberal contributions, and knowing
you to be a man interested in all charita
ble institutions, and anxious to do all the
good you can, I tho't you would be pleas
ed to add your name" to the list of donors.
Here is the book," handing him a small
pocket memorandum book.
Mr. Harris ran his eye over the list of
names entered therein, and saw that
Deacon G., Elder H., Judge 8., and
others, had contributed twenty-five dol
lars each.
"This is doubtless a humane object,
and I never fuse my aid to advance the
the interests of charitable instations."
" No, no, you never refu.se,l am aware
of that. You are always very liberal, and
we intend to publish a list of the names;
with the amount contributed by each in.:
dividual, in the ' Christian Flag' next
week."
This piece of information settled the
matter with Mr. Harris.' He wrote his
name within the book, and placing
fifty dollar bill between the leaves, ra
turned it to Mr. Ginaiss.
" Thank you, thank you; your liber
ality is praiseworthy, and shall receive a
special notice from the committee," and
bowing himselt politely out of the room,
Mr. Harris was again left alone.
" Confound these charitable institu
tionsl but then this kind of charity pays
a man. A special notice in the " Chris-
tian Flag," really, Mr. Harris, you ill;
growing quite popular for your philan
thropy I" and he laughed a coarse, bitter
laugh.
(To be continued.)
—lt will require nearly eighteen mil •
lions to pay the 5-20 coupons on the
let of May. Payment will probably be
anticipated.
My dear,l love the 1" as the Bane.
dick said to hie wife when she helped
him to s slice of venison. She smiled
delightedly.
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