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(.Isslisli tannin temente no 'thered . tuttliSSi; 01' a'tin elfish;
.901Intre , pnpot la the ti.tatis l alit !militia elunted,
a tiiioonilutitsticskislit bseilevred untliall :montages hive
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tutut'blir* timiiLkilt or posimAsTEßs•
eogitizeiers" viegieoiliiitd'iiotiry the publisher. as directed
br).aw.. pi tins that4trst pap ore ere pot /ifted by,t hose to whom '
twahe a the whitens; held zreseonslll le tot tht
ensenus erg, sphsariptren menet. , •,• • ,
Peisconslitting papers addressed td themselves. or to other'.
Worn. subsevihers, and ate liable for the price otsubsotio•
don.
lOret • per,ia Arm nestled by mail throughout the count,.
frOtt Dotal*
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Bracket betodk ' himself' to his room, and
''i i: ,(,:" .l B, I ,T. Wd ..a l ', All r ri • , ii - P TE . R . S ':' : . ;; ' ' •
.u , r .., I p a l ! jp , e, i ll t ol, oi d ' 'tj l a. o a l . . was seen 'deeply interested in his History
oii 7 to )3:ca. coup, 3n, i
,',:' 1 ' of;, Architecture. Soihe parts, he would
•-!;,-,)
read cio over several times, as to thoroughly
• ,Charks -:. , Brimket :end. Ludlow; Wets ' chi comprehend themieed Opeasienlly he would
were,nppienticesato a: earpanteroby .the tAd notes,and Copy some of the drawings. '
namo'cif .Ibnah;White,' I- They: were' near. Before he had retired to rest, he had On
ly of the same age-about ,nineteen, 1 and islied rho book; and when fie rose the next
they i -,Nere ~,I?oth of,:thona. f
of remarkably
gond , ,dispoaition, and ,withal very pnnctual morning, he felt, happy and satisfied with
atlttelitl•Work.:,.Mr. ;‘,Yhitia was a kind in. himself..., ' ' • • ' ..' ' ..
. , ,
410;4, toah;,ood , his N vc4mpn hackie 'oc. Charley, 1 ;had . a glorious time
casien: to complain ,of t his,requirements. . last night," said La i dleiw„Weston, with a
~"qbartey,"..daidhLudlew, Watson, one heav y y yawn,' as the tWe'atipientices Me •
t
eveni e rig l after,they,had, closed their, labers 'before breakfast. Al '.' .' • . ,•
uppn•AliQue 'OO, gr. White was erecting, :"So had I," returned Charles. • '
"le,t-Pkbeire 1 1 ripe, this evening..,,
~ , ,:; „t; !At your: books, chi"
..f.riip,r retarried:gbarl.psl)reeket,•PS; fl, . y o u , , , •
rern9ved, ,I*3, . apron:: i The, :Answer . was "Well, I don't envy you. Egad, Char.
short, ,bukyet.it ,wad ,kindly spoken. .. -ley.; -, tho . recollections of last night's ride -
~.; ' 'Corne,(l9," nrgedLadlow, "It 'wilt ,be and. the supper will, give me enjoyment for
a,,,heatitifnl evening; and we. can have a a Pqn4 l ." ., .: ,‘ '
first rate time ; won't yea go 1" ; "Acid the recollections . of my last night's
~ffl,happot,.,'Lud.", .. • ' ' '.' '." study niay behefit a lifetime."' '
~,A4,lAit,...v,by y . , , , ..
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~;, , , -"Bah !". Said. LudloW. '•B . ut 'the. very
.. ! '','Pepauae; I acn t otherwise ehgaged, 'and Manner in , which he' uttered it showedlthat
beside, I,hayn't •the,.mortcytaspare." he i did net exactly mean it. , ~
..,"Never' Tina 11
!p l e . e . agagoment, come! . A month passed away, and it was Sat.
along, and I will pay the expense." . urday morning. .
PP' I ever join with a companion in any . . "Charley," said Ludlow Weston, "wo
. _
pastime that . , iriiiplvei pecuniary 'expenses, have not to - work this afternoon. Now,
I,'s:lialf alWeys
: pay:my share; but this .ev, what do you say to joining the party on
entog • r ptiii, I have an engagement with' the portal .We have go; ,the boats 'en ,
. ~.
riVeg . ..,.. , : gaged, and we are going to have, a capital
And what eau it be ,Clai'iley 1" -' ' ' time.' l'm going to carry Sophia, and
" berrewcd a book of Mr: White a 'few :'l,O must take Mary, and go with us."
days . sinee, - iind'ai.t preinised• to return it
"i' am sorry that I must disappoint you,
tts soon as, 1 nished it, I desire to do sons Lud'; but the old professor t:it tho academy,
dPon,:aS possible, - SO Lihust devutc thikey. as he has„n school, this. aflernoon, has
ening to reading. •
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,:
,• ~ : • promised topgive me some assistance in
• "And what is the Sobjeat,prayl" 'asked my studies in mensuration, and it would
Ludlow. , . , ,be a disappointment both to him and my.
"The"'ft t
" • i lii•A'l6'tii " .
Is (pry, o i
,c re, return. self to Miss tho opportunity."
edChorleatreeket.' ' ~ '- " . "Oh, bother your mensuration. Come
l• ‘"oll;bab!..'Sueli dry stuftps that r ' along Mary Waters ivill think you are
' - "lt'd pet 'dry, I assure you Li:A."' ,'• • reall y
y mean, for-- Sophia Cross will be
'' 4 'l --• ' t bet ' - ''. ' s'to'gie. '
• m a y not 9 you, but it ISM e. sure to tell her what a fine time 'she had
ik.fiat,,,pohrina over architecture all night, with me." . .• t• ;
Mary won't," returned Charles.
after
.'‘yorlcing' hard at it all day'!"
'',Ye's,''reiturried Charles,'"becaiise lam "After I have finished my les son, I
am
'had - 01'016d to learn more of the different goirr; to take a horse and Chaise,' and Car
-1 • c-,
lin:inches' er aid business ry her out to ..visit her sick aunt, where
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• Well,"'Snid Ludlow, with a slight toss we shall spend the Sabbath. However, I
' 'tfl ' h II • ~f • my learn.foil
Q , 14. e . s . i t: ,, . "fory part 1 as hope you will have a good time, and I be.
Intieli'abotit the' carpenter'd tiade at my lieve you will, too."
Ivorlc. a? I hall ever find Use fo'r I don't Mary Waters and Sophia Crass were
''' the iise ' ;: l ifter a poor 'fbll l ow hits been both of
sPF, ~,?, . , ; ~~
to :,P.:.
to inertide,, groove;' sills, rafters, loved the youths whose attentions they
iler i p i qS E
and 'phii matters till clay long;to were respectively receiving, Charles end
ilragyrit;%yay 'The inglit in'stddying the stuff Ludlow had • already 'talked of marraige,
all,oveagain." ' . and they looked forward to that important
' . I ATI lA," replied Charted .Bracket, event with much promise of joy, and all
• - i::, , • . •
!Ip i l;1‘:110.11 1 t 1.40 the right view of 'the mat- who-knew :them had reason to believe that
tiery,,,i*tety:. nici,h makes 'himself lienorii. they-would both make good husbands.
ble
ih ,arpectilier business, inst.'sa (lir 'ciS' he ' Thus time glided. aWay. Both the young
linderstan,ds par -bUsiness thorooghlY, acid men; laid up softie, money, and they were
applies IrriSlft9.itd'PrfeetiOri. It is :not both steady at their work, but Charles our.
the Cailltng 81., , t,tride' that - Makes the Man, dUed his.studies with unremitting diligence,
'' batit"s:' thdhenecit enterprise with which whiki Ludlow could never see any use in a
that
.Callihg. iS,fedlowed. ln looking out shore carpenter's bothering his brain with
fora buisinees that should givea support geometrical properties, areas of figures,
thrieu`glilife,' I hit Upon and chose the one volume of solids, mathematical roots and I
Wliibli"Wei'are now both engaged, and powers, trigonometry, and a thousand oth
when n' ttlid 'sell. resolved that Fivould or things that his companion spent so much
make . myoelf Useful in it. ' , We have'sonie. i .timeover.
tiiiirigliesides' 'physical -strength to emPlay • Two years were soon swallowed up in
nhil.chltivaid,;' 'Wo have a mind 'that racist the Nortek of time; :and Charles and Lud
iab6l:;:ariA 'that! mihd will labor at:Sethe• low were free. lrhoy 'were both hired by
;0114: N'ew • Physical itthOi'aiorieis tedi. their old master, and for several months
• ; hag, . iiiiiiitintlicinkful ; but When We cern• they worked . on in the town where mi.
liih4'ibe, mental I drid 'physical,' and 'make White resided: LudloW Weston . was
' hechtosist each Other, then WO find laboi married. to' Sophia Cross, and they boarded
•• 1- , i , -i'•., :. •ri. •• .; • ,
a 'soureo of comfort. .
:: , with the brale s' mother. ~.
,•'44%1,1y, Charley, you.'eire quite a pliil- "flint you ever going to get married'!"
es9Plifir'' andl stippode What you' say is asked LudloW, as he and Cnarles were at
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d .'
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Mue ; but - then 1 shoul Ilk to, now if it work together, • ' • ~ )
don'f.requireScOe Mental, labor to keep hp , "As soon as I can got a house to put a
tYitiOtetliigtruOicins. oe our boss
. new'? I , wife into," quietly 'returned Charles.
v. die, lieepS Me thinkiitg pretty sharp- 'kWhy,. you can hire one at any time."
v. , ~,:...: i ,
, - - 'i i iThaf nyy h r e," eaidCharley,• "but' ef- ~ ".I'heithpoor Mary Waters will have. to .
tfell,Alie' ealy labor yOU.fierfnirni mom- wait a •long time for a husband, I'm think,
ry-....YOU'Only"romernber' Mt;' White's ing;" -' : :.; '.!• ..',". ,
instructions, and then follow, them, and 'ih ~ P erhittis So,'. .Charles said, with a smile.
tiO'diiiiig;' yen learn nothing but mere ' . Thiur Ludlow whistled a tune es lie con
.
ineth,64' efiloing the work:you aret engaged tinued , his work. • ••;; ,
..., '
;Oh, :"•Vitt inatande; you kapw how long.to "Boye," said Mr,. White, as ha came in
.
trrinke theirafteii of the house.we,tire now to his shop ohe morning, where . Charles
*hiding; - thed 'yeti k n ow how. 'te. let • them and LUdlostr.'were. at work, "we are soon
- to thiii Ode ti but do , you , know the piffles- likeV. 't6„ have a rob ih S---. •The dew
4hictil Medea for all this,l,‘!'Do 'Yeti knoW . Statelletiso is going , up as' soon as tho
. • why you are' vequired ' tellperform 'yohr 'Committee can procure a suitable.planiand
it work after givenTrulesr, ;:
.. , I shall . have' an opportunity. to contract for
.
ii " filaliciVv•• that•
• 1-ein to•do it, 7and that •a good share of the 'earpentees Wark.r.. .1
''• -Ixyberrltun'efi age; I'shall be: •paid for do- • :4Goed I t'We Shall have ci change, of
i . rigi it: , ' IThit d'al epotighr .answered Lud- Mt," kaid..LildlOw, in a merry mac& .- i
adv4iith much emphasis, ~ - , . ...' '.' i • That evening' harles took his, paper
tictmlt is nci.tehough for mer said Charles, from the poi3f edict.; and in it he found
i
"Oiery plecnof mbelithaism;hati a:solenee ailvertiSobeiitalling for an. arehitectural
intifit dornpOlsitibb,:•and Ilitould ,he;able to plan for the.:new State House.,. Ho teat
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ic o n
that science so as to.epplycit, ;home,' locked liitntell Alp in bisiroomond
.:..' perhaps, to other usesii•l:•lhTshoo, Lud, I .ddvoted;.half :the night tp intense , .thobght
(wc;ul4 belt:nattier:of my .businert4.- ",y ; . , arid sttidy'. I.:The ki ii Xt' day he procured 'a
. . "Anklai6 Weald I,' , 1, tall !yeti,. Ch
I hirgeshliet elfin° drawing paper, and after
believe I coulikfranitila ,house nbw.": i thipperlie tgai le beteokhimself to . his room,
' "Such an onetes'ltysati have ibeea taught :Where drew out: his table, spread . his'
.• VI badirLdd 34 ,c , .!.;...:.; I,i i 3 ti011.,,:i;:. )paper, Arid then:taking , his case:gif • mailre.
etcortainly.. - Everybody must be Wight. iiitttiCal cinstruments; he set himselrationt
.: . aeargitinix,„:ll,!,•.,,,,W7?T) ,'{::,:;,' 1, - .5t • • iiiiiil4B,lcl:Of',:amhittle Nieek heworked
.
"Toiapitind'heyrirybOdy: may; gain. imf 'etterrTight ttll tWelVeor one o'.clocki.itrid
pr pvernent upon the instructlOns „of: others ' , itill0: . 40d 'of. that time, his job was finish.:
i141341f.e..u1inar1'1 . ... , .'' , 4, :- .-fliti'4?Peilltis-eheet of pager careful- ,
"Then you won't go to ride this.eveh-' :.IYAi. 14 :ii, etit's - huitialivrapper,•*id l h avin g
leg 1" aainiitaidlOw„,atilhelyseachediheit Idirtictod4W,4olitecorninittee,.i he.enttestecl.
boardik house. ~.$;iq, ,,' , : .) 1. , ,t)..... ,,) .'it to the eari3'itif -the stage 'driver', , to.be
tdb.;
•.', • , : stW o : l9 .611::::!ISISV.i. to , ': , l*, 11 'i ' 3 iiiiered , at , iits .destinationin ...the.. cley of
Ilexe the cortversittiorr:leridedi. Th •• • • •i t , 1 !.3: • •
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• Ayfieing
Ludlow Wzatoisitkiaaihitie6and.rand!,„TiCha rlcarly
es began tbifeat4l4, 4 4o
tinnev*eeltsih4d.itillled o tti ti n;
chaise, and. wait; tcitiVe..o4s/kilirebitilo I 7
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W,EEKLY - PAPER: DEVOTED TO LITEIATIIRE,,,AGRICULTURE, MORALITY, AND FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INTELLIGENC.
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Volume 3.1
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Clearfield, Pa: November 26, I 552.
had been useleas. It was juStafter dinner.
Mr. White , and his, men had commenced
work,, when:. four gentlemen: entered the
shop, whose every appearance at once be
spoke them to be men of the highest stand
ing in society.
"Is there a Mr:Charle's Bracket hero 1"
asked.one of them: • :,..
• "Thot is the man sir,", returned Mr.
White, pointing to whore Charles in his
checked apron and paper cap, was at
work.'
.The stran g er 'seemed a littlo surprised
as he turned his.eves upob the youth, and
a shade of deuht dwelt upon his features.
' ' "Is your name Bracket,sirr he asked,
' as he went up
,to, where the . young man
' stood. ' '
"It is, i'r," replied Charles, trembling
with strong excitement.
' . " Did you : draw this plant" continyed
the stranßr, opening the roll he' held in
hiS hand. . .
" I did sir," answered Charles, as he nt
once recognised' hiS work.-
"Did you originate it I" '
"Every part 9f it, sir."
The . stranger eyed the young carpenter
with a wondering look, and so did the
I gentlemen who accornpaniod him. Mr.
White and Ludlow Wetson , wondered
I what it meant. •
' "Well, .94' at length said he who held
the plan . , ",are not a little surprised that
one like. you should have designed and
drawn this; but nevertheless, you are a
lucky man, your plan has been accepted
in every feature, end your recommenda
tions have.all been.adopted." .
The effect of this announcement upon
I Charles Bracket'wria likean electric, shock.
lObjects seemed to swine before his eyes,
and he grasped the edge 6f his bench for
support...
"Gentlemen," said Mrs .White,,'"l do
not understand this. What .dees it all
mean '?"
"It means, sir, that this young man has
designed a complete and perfect afehstec
' tuml plan for the new, State House, and
that it has been unanimously ndopted by
the committee, from among fifty others ,
which they' have
_received from differentl
parts of the country." 1
, "Charles," uttered the old carpenter,
wiping a .pride sent tear from his, eye he
gazed upon his former apprentice, 'when',
did you - do this 1'
"Three weeks aan, sir." •
"And that's what c kept you up so late
every night for a whole week."
"Yes,' sir."
"There's a powerful genius there, sir,"
said the spokesman of the visitors: •
"A.37'," . replied Mr. White, "and there
has been, - a: deep and, powerful application
there, too,, Charles Bracket, has been
with me froth a boy, sir; and every mo
ment of his leisuretime has been devoted
[ to the most intense study."
The gentleman looked kindly, flatteringly
l upon the young man, and then turning to
Mr. White, he said.
"He has not only given us .the design ,
but asyou-can - see, lie has calculated to a ,
nicety the number of bricks the surface.of
stone, the, quantity of lumber, the weight
' length, size and forma . of the required iron,
as well as the quantity of other material, 1 1
and the cost of construction. I' is a valu-
I able document.? .. • ,
Ludlow Wetson was dumb. He hung
down iris head and thought of the con
tempt that he had once cast upon hiscom.
pamon's studies. •
1 1 "Mr. , Bracket ," conhaued the visitor,
,
"1 am authorized by the State committee,
1 to pay you one thousand: dollars for this
design,. and also to ' Wet you ten dollars,'
'pgr ' day ;so long ai.the . buildirig is in
leotirP9 of c.oristruotion,f.cor, your services
I I as superintending architect." !, . '1
4'The first' named 'suds I will pay you
havv . ,. and before .I leave; I' would like to
have
,from ,you, an anSwer . to the
,eonamit.
tee's ,propesition.".
' ' Before . the - delegatien returned .to S-- . --•
Chiirlei had • received hie thensan&dollars,
and aeeePted:the •Offer.for Superintending
.The , erection of the,State :House.. ; .
, • ~ ~A h, Charles," said Lusillow Wctson, af
ter they had finished their' supper, "you
have indeed'chosed the Wise part. I had
rie thought 'that a'carpenter could be such a
man." : -..- ' • - ''• • . '' .
• t"Andlwhy,not .a,carpenter as, well as
any other 1' . It only, ;equines., study, and
epplicatien.! ~. . . . , . ~.
..
AllityallOn are riot like yeti."
"‘4Beettuse all'hieri don't try. Let a Man
*set' , hig eyes upon an honorable point, 'and
then follow it steadily and unwaveringly,
and he,.will;h6,sure
,to reach it., . 1 .4.,1l men
niaY ' not 'ciecti P y :the: same iiiihere,"and' it ,
Weald net be well that They should ; but there,
are few , who may not Teach , to' a, degree ,of,
erniskeace in,apy tradpi,q.r,p,sofession, how-,
9 v. Pctk u lF 4 , bl.. i • •,1 ; ..ill .1:)' ,'' ~ 1
"i believe yeti are
,rigiat,,,y'harleS hut it
irtiOo'lairs' for 'rrie'to try %OW; ' • ! I' She ' ll nfv-.
e'er. be' anitthing•b4lo journeyman:'
:t OI ,will , owh,,,LtidloW;dhat/ you have.
R. 0• 91 1.4.49 bAcilltrts,OfY , O4F ll C ° l f q.•9 o Y ;
11 / 4 V i i rc o is ' ,Y O ' T 9 , 1 404 'imoTti4TlY, for,
rcdrielernent:"., !.,. , ,.
''ltittiloWilid try,' rind lie'. stlidied arid' iin
liroVed'rhlteh;,bat he Nviis nnable.th 'teal
the time he WI Wo;stoa.l,ll9 led,tg take
7(i
care of a family, and as he had to depend
altegether upon his hands for support, ho
could not be expected
,to work much with
his mipd.
Charles Bracket' saw the building he'
had planripd, entirely finished, and ho re
ceived the highest encomiums of praise
from the officers of the State. Business
flowed in upon him, and before many
years, BrucKE:r, the architect was known
throughout the Union. When ho led Ma
ry Waters to the hymenial altar, he did
own opo of the prettiest residences in 'his
native town; nor did "poor Mary" have
to wait long for the happy hour.
There is a deep moral in the foregoing
story, for our mechanical readers, and we
have no doubt they have, ere this, discov
ered it. • .
THE DOOR IN PRE HEART.
Ho was an old man. Not so very old
either, for the' wrinkles that marked his
cadaverous visage were not the autograph
that time's fingers had laid there, and the
hand that placed upon the low pine table
the well drained glass, did not tremble so
with the weakening that age induces; yet
very old, and very wretched looked the
solo occupant of that narrow room, with
its red curtain, and floor stained with to.
bacco saliva, and an atmosphere abund
antly seasoned by the bar room into which
it opened.
A hat, it must have been intended for
one, half concealed the owner's uncombed
locks, and unmistakeable evidence of a
familiar acquaintance with brickbats and
the gutter, did that same hat produce.—
Then there was a coat out of whose sleeves
eped a pair of elbows 'in rejoicing con
sciousness that they 'could afford to be
out.' Add to these, reader, a shabbypair
of faded pants, and you have the 'tout en
semble,' of the wretched being who had
just commenced his daily potations in the
only 'grog shop' he was allowed to eater.
And yet that wretched, friendless man that
sat there, under the stupifying effects ofl
his morning dram, had a heart, and far
away up a great many, pair of winding
stairs in that heart, was a door easily pass.
ed by, and on that door, covered with cob
webs of time and neglect was written
'MAN.' But nobody dreamed of this; and
when. the temperanc:e men had gone to
him, and promised him employment and
;respectability if he would 'sign the pledge,'
and others, (well meaning men) had rated
him soundly for his evil ways, and he had
turned a deaf ear to all these things and
gone back with pertinacity to his 'cups,'
everybody said old Bill Strong's case was
a hopeless one. Alil 'none ellhese had
patiently groped their way up . to the
heart's winding stairs, and read tlie . inr
scription on the hidden door there.
But while the unhappy man sat by the
pine table that morning, the bar keeper
suddenly entered, followed by a lady with
a pale, high brow, mild hazel oyes, and a
strangely winning expression on her mild
face. The man looked up with a vacant
stare of astonishment as the bar keeper
tendered the lady a seat, and pointed to
the other, saying "That's Bill Strong,'
ma'am," and with a glance 'that indicated
very plainly his wonder at what she could
want there, left her alone with the astound
ed and now thoroughly sobered man.
The sell oyes of the lady wandered,
with a sad, pitying expression over old',
Bill's features, and then in a low sweet
voice, she asked, "am I rightly informed ?
Do I address Mr. William Strong 1"
"Ah with those few words, the lady
had got farther up the winding stairs, and
nearer the hidden door, than all who had
gone before her.
"Yes, that is my name, ma'am," said
old Bill, and he glanced down ut his shah
btattire, and actually tried to hide the el
bow that was .peeping out. It was a long
time sinec'be.had been addressed as Mr.,
William Strong, and somehow it sounded
very pleasant to' him. - • -
am very +glad to meet you, . Mr.'
Strong, responded the lady; I. have neared
my father speak . of 'you so often, and of
the day 4 when you and he were'boys to
gether, that I almost .feel as if c we were old,
acquaintances. You surely •cannot have
forgotten Charles. Morrisson.
.."Ohl .no; Charley : and I used to be
great cronies," said old Bill with sudden
animation, and:a light in . his eye, such as
had not shone there for a long time,except
when rum gave it a fitfulbrilliancy.
~"Ahl the lady did not know, as perhaps,
the angels did, that she had mounted the
.stairs, and was softly -feeling • for.t bat un
seen doOF, so she, went 0n.,.. . !
"I almost feel,, Mr; Strong, as: if I eeald,
400 the :old spot _upon • which your home:. l
stend.Steod, I have heard my father des
cribe. it Et , 4 0 ft en . The hill, withits erovn
alt s i at thehack of your, house, and
•the.field.of•yollov ha rvest,grain that waV
ed,in front, ,TKn •there„wits,,the green
grasshefore the front door, .With the huge,
apple Iwo that threW it shadows aeross ;
and . the old portico with the. grape, vino
; Ott, irnhed ever it, ..and :the. .white . yoses
that peeped'. mat the , bed • room NI . AndOW,
end_the.spring that went shining and
blab
through the bed of :green ,mint at, the
.0 410 of tho , , • , : .
Old moved ; uneasily in hie, chair,
and.the muscles around his mouth twitched
Niunber 48.
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.oe.casionally, hut unmindful of this the la
dy kept on in the same low, melting voice,
"Many and many were the hours," so
father would say, "that Willie and I used
to pass, under the shadowofthat apple tree,
playing at,'hide and seek,' or lolling on the
I grass, and tolling each other the great
1 things we meant to do, when we• became
big men, while Willie's blue oyes would
sparkle with hope and happiness, and when
the sunset laid a crown of gold on the top
of the oaks on the hill, Willie's mother
might be seen standing on the portico, with
the snowy cap and checked apron, . and
hear the cheerful' voice calling, "Come
boys, come to supper."! . .
.
One after another, the big, warm bless
ed tears went rolling down old Bill's cheeks,
and falling on the pine table. Ah ! the la
dy was at the first door. .
"I was always at home at Willies,"
father would say, "and used to have my
bowl of fresh milk and bread, too, and
when these Lad disappeared, Willie would
draw his little stool to his mother's feet,
and she would tell him some pleasant sto
ry. of Joseph; .or David, or some good boy,
who afterwards became a great man, and
then she would part Willie's brown curls
from (Anis forehead, and say in a tremb
ling voice I can never forget, 'Promise me,
Willie, when you are a man, and the grey
hairs of your mother are resting in the
churchyard yonder, you will never dis
grace tier memory." And Willie would
draw up his slight form, lift his blue eyes
proudly to his mother and say, "Never
fear, mother, I will make a good inan and
a great one, too." And then, after he had
said his,evening prayer, we would go con
tented and happy as the bird that nestled
in the apple tree, to rest. Then, just as
wo were sinking into some pleasant dream,
we would hear a well known foot fall on
the stairs, and a kind face bending over us
would enquire if we were nicely tucked
up. It is a long, long time," father would
say, "since I heard from Willie, but I um',
very sure he has never fallen intoany evil
ways. The words of his mother would'
keep him from this."
Rap I rap!. rap ! went the words of the
lady at the door of old Bill's heart. Creak'!
creak! creak I went the door on its rusted
hinges, Angels of God, held ye not your
breaths to listen ! The lady could only see
the subdued man bury his face in his
clasped hands, and while his frame shook
like an aspen leaf, she heard him murmur
amid child-like sobs, "my mother, oh! my
mother !" and she know the tears were
washing those wrinkled cheeks, were
washing oat a long, dark, record of old
Bill's past life, so with a silent prayer of
thankfulness she resumed :
,
•"Bat there was one thing my father
loved - to 'talk of better than all the rest.—
It was of.the morning you were married,
Mr. Strong.
"It wasnnough toll() one's
1 1 eyes good to look at them," he would say,
"as they walked up the old choceli .aisle—
I he, with his proud, manly tread, iirld,phe a
delicate, fragile creature, fair as, the or
ange blossoms that trembled in' tiiir hair.
I remember how clear and confident Wil
, Ham's voice sounded through the old
church as he promised to love, protect, and
cherish the bright confiding creature at
his side, and 1 know he thought as he
looked down upon her, that the winds of!
Heaven should , never visit her face too
roughly ; ,and then my father would tell
' us of your pleasant home, and of.the bright;
eyed boy and the fair haired girl thatcairel
after a while to gladden it, and then you
know he removed to the West, Mr. Strong,
and lost sight of you."
I
' Once again the lady paused, for the ag
ony of the strong man before her was fear
-1 ful to behold, and then in a lover tone she
I
spoke. ~ "I . did not forget the promise I
made my father previous to his death, that
I , if over 1 visited his native State, I would
I seek out his old friend. But when
quire& for ,you they. unfolded a terrible
story to me, Mr. Strong.. They told me
of a desolate, and broken household. Of
the blue eyed boy.that:a fathers heart might
so. well delight in, who, had left his home
in disgust,•end dtaspair,.. , for one .on the
homeless waters; of the gentle suffering
wife, who faithful.to the last, went down
with a prayer on her lips for her erring
husband, broken hearted ,to the grave, and
1 of the fair•haired orphan girl who followed
her mother, in a little while. Oh! it is . a
sad, sad story I. 'heard of my father's old
friend., '
. "It was .I ! it , wtts, I that did it ! I killed
them !" cried . old Bill , lifting his : bowed
head," and, gazieg"on ,the lady; ,every ',foe-,
Lure expressive •of 1 euch,wild .agony and
helpless remorse, that .she shudde'red at OA
despair 'her own : despair: had 4roused.,--,
(Wide, wide open etood, thedoorthen,sod
the lady passed in.) :!-: , 1 :. . '. 1 1
A soft. hand
. was laid. so.othingly upon .
oft' Bill's •arto,,Aad .a voice full 91: hope
reurnaured."tivenJoi!sall. this there is re.
denaption,ndd yOtWell know the first s t e p
lowards it.: Sigerthe pledge., In the name
of the last.prayer of your dying wife; and
ef.the child that sleeps . ,bY heir side,. I ask
you, "will •youfde ttl 2 , ',. .
:' .."I•wills said. old Bill, .while ho biOilght
down his closed hand with ,Ititel a force up;
on the .rickety • plea :table; :ilicit,lt I rocked
bri.neatb it ; : and .13, gleam of hepe'lighted tip
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his features as he seized the pen and paper:
the lady placed 'before him, which 'paper.
contained a pledge binding all who signed
it to abstain from the use of intoxicating
drinks, and when he returned it to her, the
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limb of William Strong lay in bold legi
ble characters beneath it.
There was an expression almost hullo
rous from its intenseness of curiosity, .on
the barkeeper's physiognomy, as the lady,
after her long interview with old Bill pass
ed quietly through the shop, and the ex
pression was not lessened when old Bill, a
few moments after, walked through with
out taking. another, glass of,grog ;, and .be,
never passed over the threshhold again.
Earnest hearted reader, you whose soul
may be glowing with sympathy for; your
erring brother man, who would gladly
raise hini from the depths of sin and deg
radation, and point him to the highway, of
peace and prosperity, remember there le a
door in every human breast. See that
[ you pass not by it.—Life Boat,
Balm of an' Ancient City in the Pacific.
Capt. Alfred K. Fisher, of this town, in
forms us that when on his last whaling
voyage, in the ship Arnerica,of New Bed
ford, (which was about eight years ago,)
he had occasion to .visit the island of Tin
ian , (one of tho Ladrone islands,) to land
some sick men. He stopped there some
days. One of his tnen, in his walks about
the island, came to the entrance of the
main-street, of a largo and splendid city,iu.
ruins. Capt. Fisher, on being informed of
the fact, entered the city by the principal
street, which was about three • miles, in
length, The buildings were all of stone,
of a dark color, and of the most splendid
description. In about the centre of the
main-street, he found twelve solid stone
columns, six on each side of the street;
they were about forty-five or fifty feet in
height, surmounted by cap-stones of im
mense weight- The columns were ten
feet in diameter at the base, and about
three feet at the top. Capt.F..thinks the
columns would weigh about sixty or sev
enty tons, and the cap-stones about fifteen
tons. One of the columns had fallen, and
he had a fine opportunity to view its vast
proportions and fine architecture. From
the principal street, a large number of oth
er streets diverged. They were all straight,
and the buildings were of. stone. The
whole of the city was entirely overgrown
with cocoanut trees, , which were fifty and
sixty feet in height. In the main-street,
pieces of commonearthenware were found.
The island has been in possession qf the
Spaniards for a long time. Six or seven
Spaniards resided on the island when
Capt. F. was there. They informed him
that the Spaniards had had possession
about sixty years—that they took the isl
and from the Knackas, who where entirely
ignorant of the builders of the city, and of
the former inhabitants. When questioned
as to the origin of the city, their only an
swer was—"there must have been a pow
erful race here a long time ago."
Capt. F. also saw on the island im
mense ledges of stone, from which the
buildings and columns had evidently, been
erected. Some portions of them exhibited
signs of having .been worked. Here is
food for speculation. Who were the foun
ders of this once magnificent cityin the
North Pacific, and what has become of
their descendents 1 Whateverthe answer
May be, they were evidently, a rape of
very superior order. .
Elg,art7wn Gazzette, Mass.
Lucie—One man sucks an orange and
is choked by a pip, another swallows
penknife and lives; 'one ;runs a thorn in
his hand and no skill can saveliiai, arith•
er has the shaft of a , gig passed compl4te
ly through his bodyandsurviVes; ano;lter IS
overturned on the smooth 'prairie and
breaks his neck, .another is'tossed dut Oen
Vuggy over a cliff and sarvives;" one
Walks out 'of a windy day and ineeta
death by a'.brickbat, another is blown
in air like Lord Hatton, in Gaernsey CO.S•
tle, and comes down 'Uninjured. The es
cape of this nobleman, history Informs us,
was indeed a miracle. Lori_ explosion '?f ,
gunpowder, Nvbich killed his Moilidr, is
wife, sornebf his children andinan3i t other
persons, blew up the whole fabrid,',fedod
Win and his bed on a wall, Overharfinig a
tr9rnendous precipice. Percetilpg 'the
mighty disorder, he was 'going to Op out
of his‘tied to know Mint the matter' Was,
which if he had done he would, basic lie in
irrecoverably last ; but in theinsiant'orhis
movinga flash of lighthirig eatne rtud;3llBW
ed him the precipice, wherenPoa'hafit i ld
still till the peoplo came' and 'lack him
dawn. •
('There is ft story told soineWhere of
a celebrated musician, who lay upon liis
dying bed, A'youth entered his apartment,
sat down to a Piano end commenced play
ing a tune: For some reason fib stapptd
abruptly in the mid& of a strain .aild left
the room. The air was a favorite elle
with the dying Son of Song, and the notes
untouched, so haunted him., as''he lay
'there,. that he rose ; from , his couch, ibated
himself .by the plebe took. up rherliiiitto
where the .youth had left it, played iitot,
returned to his pillow, ond,Jn, st.,trviment
was dead. ,'