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S. B &E. B. CIIASE, PROPREETORS
MEM.
•
• , Tor thC Democrat.
\ I VC% 1-4t,2 ql,gg.
.‘ Blthonl Is the man , whose - strength Is in thee; in
whom futart are the ways of then', who passing through
the real of Dm* make its 4
a wc . :11." Psalms rasztv,s,.
I nT
gage the mulhe
(Phillips' "Sbeshbastar. 6
Ere the sweet Psalmist's tuneful voice was unshed
In den'qs lung 'Oconee, or Israel's tribes
Had hnrst the holy band that circled them,
Thernote to Zion's hill, though rough and long,
Was MA by willing feet, that thither bore ,
The iirons hearts of God's own chosen ones.
The great Atottennent , day approaches, and now
•
}roar sleltine"sfarthest borders come
tQ her children to present their offerings,
And stand in silent reverential awe
Reforli Jehovah ; while within the veil
Their great High-Priest with Him shall audience
hold,
And
And answer bring of peace.
Nor mind they now
Moreh's barren waste, nedry-Baca's phiins ;
Theypo to meet their God: rind scorching sand
And sitltry sky, arc bat as dewy grass.
And balmy air, to those whose eager hearts
Are tit the goal long ere the cumbrous clay
Has reached it.
ret tied Nature will not alway:
Be forgotten: and weary tottering limbs, •
I,sek-lustre eyes and parched tongues oft prolio
The pilgrims msnal. •
Another morning -
Breaks, while they," though faint, are eta] pur-
ening."
Through the silent night, the dee:Tel heaven
Hare gathered on the mulberry :—tbey shake
The tooling drops upon their fevered brows,
4nd Jive.
We ton,ure - trav7ling on to God;
And though he leads us oft by pastures green,
And peartiag canalmins cool, yet oar path
Through Duces tearful vale in laid, where springs
Of tardily comfort fail—where faith's clear light
la darkened—where the green brunch at Hope
Withers silently, till anon we " shake -
The mulkerry.trees," whereon have gathered
The rilirit , cheezing dews.-Gorre Promises. • '
CLAIIA:
'Montrose. May 2:2, iB5l.
flis
1 n*cd ■ cmiling infant as it alrpt
And while I epoke
The Liebe awoke,
Looked up, and wept.
I Relied a eportite, ourefleeting boy ;
With elm - kiln eye,
Ha monde reply, '
file is joy."
Again I asked the middie, aged, whit:.
Without reply
"? He halted by
And heeded not,
1 asked _ a hoary-headed man of years;
He sighed—" I know;
reeptrod it through--
. A wile of team!"
. .
I eked the dying, with a groan he cried,
" A t ilitting dream,
A meteor akar%
• Ta pact"' and died.
leaked the grave metlionght a hollow cry
Broke from the gloom
That Arcade the tomb—
" Prepare to die r' -
There is no emile to answer thine,
310 gentle lip thy Tip to press ; •
There is no look or love, save mine,
-To meet thy look in tenderness.
Rut thou art . dearer, thus bereft,
Shi e all who level) thee so are Vie;
Dearer tome thus lonely left.
Oh Carmine dear, Ilion orphan'd one:
lined thee well in happier hoer,
'Sat then thus desolate on earth—
When - thou overt as a favorite flower,
The cherished blossom of our hearth.
Not• thou and I alone remain,
And thou art doubly dear to me;
A sweet link of tbe.hroken chain -
Whooe last fond relic rests with thee.
tat rs rns E rEs.—Looklng, in the fire is
juriots to the ere; particularly a, coal fire,
he stimulus of fight and heat united soop
treys' the eyes. Looking at molten iron
ill soon destroy the sight. Reading in the'
light, is injutions to the eyes, as then they I
obliged to mike great exertion. Reading 1
sewing with a side light injures Che eyes, an!
.th shonld be exposed to an equal degree ofd
ht
The renion is the sympathy between j
. F. elesi g so greet, that if the pupil of one is
lated bi being kept. partially in they shade,l
e one - that is most exposed 'cannot contract)
: If sufficiently for protection. and will nlti-'
atelY be Wined ' Those who wis pre
rre theirh to sight should preserre their gener-
Rt workenohealth by correct habits, and ere their eyes
i
th with a due degree of light-
. ~
A Nettle - Bor.--A br.T was once temptea
som e Of his companionsto pluck ripe cher
:,
team o tree, - which his father had forbidden
neh.
LI no be afraid: said one of his
!
- k 4 z, 1 1 % ' for X your father shonldfind out
Pt bad
y•
c• thema **
he is kind that hewould
non Cto
-,
Alit"Timis tett:lT reason replied the boy
wonld not touch thern. ' Itis true, my
her would not hurt me; yet my disobedi
es I know honk! hurt my father, and that
544/ 4 uvizalhan anythingelse,". -,. -: ' 1
A boy.** grow up with each prix4Ples,.
II b e emu i. he, hest sense. of the word..
bl LtraYs a regard recitude',will:ren
zatitreattrorthy undeierery, trial.' - •
aktiBll2 l 47.
TILE F.l I . D OF IT.
lIF.SBASTOS surntsi
(Co - ntinued.)
• : And did Mis. Wilntot suspect danger?' 'Did
. she?--
. Befere, the World, with its ar,guseyes,
has - begun to see canies for hints and susiii- .
cloris, and:Slanders, tiainst 'any, the. eye Of
love 4;s. marked whatever is ,wrong and it's
heart has feared and trembled. There were
ten, thousand little things which :Would Jim*
escaped common 'observation, but whichisha
observed. , There was occasionally aniritabil
ity,-ofdisposition, which was ; unnatural.; At
times, too, there wasrn unwonted excitement
of manner, accolnpanied moiv than ,once with
the fumes elf brandy. Once, in Alm; mildest
tenes,.sheVentured to broach the subject to
her husband.. She' told him her auspicieus; !
and asked'hint if they were true; and if he was'l
not in
dan g er. ', He heard her withlthe great-1 - -
; est kindness, and a smile played upon his face !
while-she spoke to him, and when she had fin.i
1 ished, told her to dry. her. tears;•and .dismiss
I her anxiety, f2r there was no cause tbr fear.—
Mrs. Wilmot knew his sincere love, and wheit ,
she beard 'him
.. sp9a.k„ so positively and so- af- 1
fectionately, endeavpred to persuade herself
I that she had; all, been unduly anxious.
[ Friends, for a long time, suspected nothing,
! as 'Mrs.•Wilmot never breathed her suspicions
to them; -, But it happened ,that Mr. De Lan- . 1
cey was rettiming home from hi store at quite !
p. late hour one evening, when,..4...short diS- I
&nee, before him, be sawn aman oflvery gentle
manly eiterior staggering .along. With
,a most
!.
uncertain
.galt. .
,Ife came nearer, and was 1
about passing, when something in, the appear:
ance of the Other caused
,aaloser examination,: I
and to his great surprise he recog,nized.WiN't
I
mot. • -, -
'Why, Frank! Is this you r
'This is me. - Yes, and -then the gen-!
tlemanly.3lr. Wilmot commenced humming a
popular air, in no very 'subdued tones.
'Don't sing, Frank?
Pon't Wh-wh-why not? Don't you
know what .Shakspeare says apb-h-bout the
sh-sh-shoenaiker that has no music in his soul?'
I.'Don't sing,
..Franla Think where, you'
are'.'
Think where. I am? Wh.wh.:why, this
streets belongs tome as much as anybodyi,
Yes, of coarse:
Won't sing, neliiier. •Can't s l a-sing at
not, if I don't want, to
Mr. De Laneey felt very much relieved that
even a drunken contrariness kept him quiet.—
He pLieed Wilmot's arm in his own, .and AC.
companied him home. He did 'not think' t
best to stop then. But he resolved upon tak
lag the very earliest, opportimity to see and
converse with him fully, and plainly; for.what
i he had witnessed was not less sad than unex
pected.
j‘ 'flow are you Frank r said .31r. De Laneey,
as he entered % ihnoes •oLSce upon the, fellow
ing day..
Ha! Pm glad to see you. Sit down. You
hacn't been
_in the office for an age?
* Pressure of business, my dear fellow, noth
ing, else' -
(Pres ,
, sure or business, eh?', Tkat's a capi
tal excuse. i find"enough la keep me busy,
I but hare no reason to complain of a Pressure
•I that I know cif. - • • i
? Viliyyon seemed fairly) overrun a
year ago?.
*by, I did have rather more! then ;than
now.` But you trio* it requires an - immense
deal of quarreling to iiiii)port all the IMvsers
in New York. •
1 Very tine. tut theri You ought "to have
business enough if others starve.' '
."
don't knciw. .1 never. doubted I could
mate a•living but my health hasn't been's°
good as usnal for a year past, anti I don't seem
to relish , business so much a. 41 did. I've thol
sometimes that this 'climate disagreeri with
_ .
De Lancey had resoTred to have d pl eiti katl
with liTilmot, if he fouOci him alone. He had
not known precisely how to•.:broach . the sal*
1 ject, and as the conversation chancedto ta.lo
la farorable turn, - ho commenced
'Frank!' said be, and he drew hi's chair cloSei l
to Wilmot's, - and hioking him thildly;yet, stead
ily in the face spoke in an earnetit and feeling
voice; 'will yOu - excuse 'iv speaking.; very
plainly to you r- ••-
why,certaigy. , . -•-
,s lsn't'soinettiing '-elier'lesides the 7clithate
at fault' Soplething.'Fbi4 y4ciu'don't; think
or dream Of?' 1 • •
- -
, WhUt doybir mean
Why, hist night; I morel. saw
Iyou the worse for liquor.' Tkieni yoprfNak
but never thought of your drinkingtO e.teess,
and I was`thunderstruck at wing , yourin the
situation,yon_Wcm And_ oince t he#l 0.4
thugs have m
' oceurred" to e, - which . 13 E1=64
trivial at the time, but look..inOrhud.
Things whiehleadOe to . suppose you '
danger. - And now, Frank; I hivnenmitn,,till
You what 'I feared, and Jo of lOU tO:iie 7
nounee - drinking entirely, forevCn: Da l!lrania
,Thif ptensure does not eomgsre w ith, e
.risk`
and health, hnprinesiSarcl may be th e Poi.
felt if Yed-notitinue.t
My; riarrit You don't mist! soberly to ,
say tiurtl Aratioise for liquor 'fast jives:erg,
do vow?" • ' is
Yes, I do? '
my dear , feto,s. - I tart
ox\licriiD 4ci tintera. P A 'MR, LA481111E7111% c2,lltralritli; A - ME)
- I •
•
bear triice as mn h as I took last night,
,Iv4h
perfect eitse. - Ten, fifteen or twenty years
hence if I should live;so Tong it might Ili to
talk of &Luger, butthere's none now." ".
Frank, excuse me, there is thurre r .., rto every
mart who drinks
.habitually; and there's' the,
Airg gmatest danger to one with your.temper-
imbitiially! I don't drink habit&
.!.I . )id you- drink yesterday
1 . Tioirmapv times?'
!Tivice , • I
AnY the day before r
°Pricer.
'.No;`;„I had a great deal., tol c . do, and I drunk
more . than usual. . Four tier* I rather. think.'
And iyou've drank to-day I?
• once. . •
And I suppose .you intend to drink again
hefore night.' -
I Well, perhaps I-may.
I 'Has a day passed for two or three weeks,
I•• '
will) you have not drunk at least twice! DO
you i tentember one, Frarik r Well—no. But,
then, there may have been several. I don't
say I don't drink,sbut that Pm not an habitual
drinker.: I can leave it off just when I please,
and suffered no great inconvenience, and an
habitual drinker can't.'
call any one an 'habitual drinker; Frank,
to whom stimulus has, become in any degree
necessary as a beverage, arid. who uses 'it as
such regularly. Ala for the' inconvenience, I
fear.that if you should make the trial, you
would find itso much greater than you haw,-
' ine as to fairly astonish you. •i
'Why, Harry, Yee are trying to argue me
into the belief that I'm a drunkard.' ;
'Fraak, heaven knows I don't speak for the
sake of, talking or..argutiient; I consider it too
serious a Smatter. I love you became you are
my brothernnd beCause I. owe more to you
than to any Other, living man. I tell you in all
kindness, yen, are in duffer,. and I beg of you
-
to escape from , .
And what do von wish me to do?'
'1 wish you to sign the . pledge.' j
I can't do that, Harry. It, will be, a - virtual
admission Mat lam unable to control myself,
chich-I am not. And I *ill not 'bind myself
in writing, upon such smatter as
,this, for any
_
One.' .
- ,
pe I,,taceps4 ncithing. an 4. Wilmot con-
.
7 111teti5on what.,ibongh, tinny. Ton re
member, Parsonei don't your
What Parsons r
' Of the firm of Paisons, Flint St
Oh, fiery well:
Well, I really wish yon could do norne
thing for Min. Fro tried myself, but hasn't
accomplished, much. Ile made a remark the
other day.though, which amused me greatly:
I met him, and going from one thing to anoth
er, happened to say that I was afraid be drank
mther more than was good for him! Now
what do you think his reply was!' _
' What was itf •
Why he lookekat me witirono °fib° grriv
est countenances possible, 'Frank,' said he,
I've felt very much anxiety, for you. lately..
So much that I've almost made irp my mind
to sign the pledge if you will, for your sake.
' And why didn't you Frank r
" Well, I did feel somewhat persuaded. But
kri i rw that doing so, would be to admit that I
was in danger, which lam not. However,
•
he's 'a mighty fine man, and his wife is a love.
lywomari; T wish on could do something
for him, Harry. ,
Yon can't feel lair 130 anxious for 111114 AS
Ido for you, Frank. Yon must eicPse me,
for. Lprobably never shall -say so ITlllat again
I,l3ihy will yon not yield this slight
_grat.--
I tion, when it is attended ;Writhe!) mush datigerl
For .fury's sake--for the sake of the good
Tour influence and eiample may be . to .others
I —for your own like; n4t of all w 11
trcou not?' .
,
I'm perfectly walla , * to prorniseio be more
careful, and to exeliiae my aelkontrol. con.
atantly—not that
_there' S necessity:. but t i o'
oblige yrn, Harry, for knoty you believe all
you say, and speak , in sincere kindness. But
cannot ; promise, even ; you, that I trill make
myself a slave to wail tten pledge, while rve
a, mind and will of my own::: ,
, .
Well, k7rank, L. prity . God you may sever
regret - your choice. I iwould rather gene over
anxious a thousand times, than that my fears
should:be proved come t at the exmise Of
your safety,',
1 Daring the progreas of ;some ninths. sabse.
queiktio the date of our last chapter, several
ehaageihavis oceurrett Mr. De Laniey'e has.
ineei affidrs becathe s ud, as to eatise Mae-mesa telhe west, and his mother bad remOr
ed with him This Wihoot,
Were depriyed thaii . , aeatist reiatices resid- l
iug in the pity. -
•" • ' .• •
06.0144 - •• - , •
As migh t b - hiNtaat ilia for
**.l'l4,o,ol**ol?*4i 04,1*
• had liiitema'ait ha1:441 : 0,44,
jtkei7afaia;b?d attention to
business became less assideous , and ere long
it - ivakin9i4iett t4st eSrinot.;eo _ dilige to
Thus, tip ta4ftimini
an Withso -
Air
2664 long 4a did:nothai r 1
hats 'fio*-:poiwi.::_:44;
P 44.6 1 tt et1' .4 44**4 6- ; 6 0' . 0 13 # 1 f-.*oa.
aid es:t . ecit4f - '7 . "" • 7 - '
AIONTROSE, TiIURSDAi JUNE 5 1851.
=EMI
Judge.,Wilatot TM& be'ard ,occasional unfit I
vorahlo rumors. tut jn all of his son's, visite;
O. hisTowm fitne t he had never seen any ex:
cese, and ittiilo tharefUre he carefidly conceal
ed these rumors from. ids . wife, ; he strove to
think that therives taken, or greatly exagger
a-fed••- . , ,
It was a cold December night. Smits night.as makes the rich pin* God fur shelter, and
,the imor . beadle Mop closely
,around their
apologiis for fires,.vitiply striving, I
keeping
Close to each. other, ;to imagine themselves
warm, wondering how they shall live the witt
ier thrntgit,.and pr , ayipg God for the speedy
coming of quinmeriiithen . the sun will keep
them warm, without charge for fuel..
Afaint light glitemered from a chamber in
dwejlieg.. It proceeded frem a I
shaded lturip, upon*tabln by the, bedside, on I
which be,sides, were "phials, tea-spoons, cups I
and all the, paraphomalla of thei sick. room.--
The luxurious bed:would have invited health
to its soundest reOse, but it afforded none_ to
'the little sufferer, '.ivho was stretched weak
and helpless upon it, and ever and anon toss
ing from side to side; in all the restlessnes and
pain of parched and burning fever.
Wilmofsat Itt It:chair by the bedside,
his eyes:liked upo4ths sick one, intently; anx
iously. It was child, his eldcst,his
golden-haired Marl Oh,-•how he loved her!
And now that she' Was sick,, hoW that love
seemed to, increase' with every hour and me=
ment.
It had been a lifent illness of three days,
and during the whele time he.had remained at
home, entirely Solair. ; The ; fever bad reached
its height; she hak been delitiouS, and even
now her mind was of entirely free from wan,
dering, for as her ;father watched,
.the, death
like silence of the sick f001T1,W4.9 dtsturbed by
a faint muttering, and as h.elistencd, he caught
the words, What inabgt you cry so, am !--
Father will be home very soon. Don't cry,
dear mother.' _ •
There was a volume of meaning in those
few worlds, and 3101,91m0t read . every page,'
word and letter . ' life thought in an instant, to 1
what she , had alludticl,. He imagined the scenes I
through which her. kind wits Wandering. He
realized then as _he d not berm; how much
his wife, loving; trt‘hearted, and uneotaplafn
ing,, might have suffered on his account. And
so he wOuld have thought on, had he not been
at this moment interrupted by 31ra. Wilmot's
is'MarYjirtinitr she whisie — red soft
ly;coming to the bed side. •
‘ i I see no change.' • •
Anxiously Mrs. Wilmot listened to her
heavy breathing. Then she bathed the burn
ing brow and hands, and felt the ;pick throh•
ling pulse.
By, degrees her breating became more regu
lar, and then-she awoke.
'Drink ? mother • _ •
Mrs. Wilmot gave her some:lerrionpde. It
was nectar to her fevered , lips= for. she had
been dreaming of a visit to
. her grandfitther's
last summer. Near the house was a beautiful
Spring of clear, cold water. She l had been
rambling in the woods, and the dair was very
warm. She Was returning home, tired and
.thirsty, and when she caught, a siibt ot the
spring she !an - towtuda 'it, and threw hercelf
down upon the green-grass ; as soon as
her lips had touched the cool bnbling water, it,
sank away man instant into the ground. The
green grass became a hot.dry heap of ; sand.
the sun' beat scorchingly ,upon he!, and the
i ho ' use . seemed so distant, she could never reach
HOW do you fee!, my child?' . 1
.`Oh better, mother; a great deal better.—
That pain is all gone.' • • ,
'Oh I'm very glad, Mary, I try to
sleep if I could.'
MIL Wilmot smoothed `the pillows, agrda
bathe 4 her brow and hands, and then left the
'bedside to ring the bell for a serrent. She
waited a few moments, but none Canr, and
then sheremembered both were out.'
`! What did yom wish, Mary r • 1
'I was going to send one of .thee girls upon
an '
What is it'? I'll go.' ~
.. 'Oh does not matter very ran'ib. I can 1,
But I would rather go than not. The walk
- will do me good.' • .
She did noti - msi -the •point, but -told him
I she wished to gat a preaUription com Pounded,
iand that it Would he Well to get some fresh
lemons, Ile was-just fearing the room, when
his daughter noticed :are'you . ,
going, pal! ' ' -..
an err a nd for`nthther; and you,
Well, you'll come - right back, won't you;
pa;for-it seems to, nie da ifi . shoid47l: elf
nighty and rettil b;ar 4 1 : 00 4 (40 Ta.ii?Pe.
The tears mine to By. 'N'trilniots eyes; and.
h;* - folee faifeted as he `replied,
be gone a 'unititent, 3l c n"
The -4r uggivelt*i:brit ahh_S. distance nit
he ne ed ed to he ribSentbutti 'minutes ;-.:
His wife Wl* 4'ne Oct and• yet hei
anxiety, for her
,i'delt,tidid was so - :absorbing.
thit when thel,ime,foi, ,Wihnot's return
bid beenhinzfutsied; she did not feel loi;ly ,
gut as minut etater minutafent, by, and. 44
stilldid Dot come;she - hein-10 etow- ;: feu_
aand'itinintk . It - hit tie& t thp . ol4
sell bear,.to witeb*the tiediido of ada fag
ebPd• Pd 4l oo pe that child was
dyiag,'to wa t ch I n th , ehireti *lie , her, bus.
baidibieitt*ii*Yoe. #4 ago. `'it wraa a little
insflate '44
is poitothirr
, } r e hasn't dime In yet, lAttry,'
‘Oh,'lsim so seri) , ! ' - Ile siiill. he Would .
. ..
~. • . ,
come risbtltottie. I wisfil could ; se e bile; for
Psi afraid if he does not crane soon, Vahan
hot - se:Alia tit, all.
.tni .don't know what a
beautiful Arena; ,I've had, up. T. thOOght I saw,
an angel above ay bad. He was all in white ;
•with Wings, mail had a harp in his - luind,-Ind
- kept beckoning to me.' Then he polnted way
up high, ma,, and I looked and se* a beautiful:
city; And the angel had just such a tlO.ens
you ivililtrivie, ivlteg you meet . ine there., fur
ma; it wei /leriven,3 kite* it wis. Oh' Ido
wish-father would corpe.!
, Mrs., iWilinot's tears rushed scalding, rind in
torrents tO.her eyes, and she - ecedd scarcely
refrain froaviolentsobbing. : At this moment
sitelreaid some one,upon the stairs, and she
I hastened to the door ; but it was only one'of
I thesseivants who had come
~ home. Nile
I culled her, and then, as the' thought had . dash.
:ed upon her mind, that thnt'dreani might have
been n true tore-warning, she resolved instant
ly whtit to do, for the emergency had , made
~ her. resolute.. She threlv on a bonnet slid
shawl very hastily, and then came to the bed
s ;hie.
1 ' Mary!'
I ' What, ma s' • .
I 'I am , going. out for a moment. Bridget
trill stay - with you until I cone kick'
t ' .Ifust you go, ID a r
1 , i,must, mrilem. child. I'm very sorry, lint
I,shall be home soon:
I = The physician's iesidence was but a short
distance oir, and stie first went there. 'ls Dr.
R--i at home r she asked. the servant. .
' No, ma'am, but he. Will be directly.' '
1; 1 Will you tell
.. hinitocall at - Ur. IVilmot's,
33 It— st., immediately r
• , Yes, ma'am' • •
As she left the house, she felt that to tied
her husband, she could have; then gone any
where. • But she knew not where to go, and
was returning home, when she noticed the
light tram ddriaking establishment up a cor
' ner. A atrong impulse seized her, to-look in
at the - door, to see if he might hot be there:
without further thought she obtlyed it.
As soon as - Mr. Wilmot had finished his er
rand at the druggist's; he went to a fruit store
a little further on. - It happened to be closed
and while standing - for a moment, .thinking
Where to go nest, he saw opposite, a' - saloon
which ha bad frequently visited, and the tho't ,I
'struck him; that he would, be able t9..get what,
heriratted theri;and'' thnii); able to 'return
sooner. • ,
`Good evening, Mr. Wilmot?' said the pro
prietor, from behind his brilliantly lighted / and
I well finished bar,
1 ' 'Good evening, Mr. Waterbait?'
! What'll you have sir . r
' Not anything to (kink, I believe. My little
child is very sick, and I wanted to get . two or
three lemons for her. Could you acrommo.
date mer ' ~ .
'Oh certainly--certainly, air; and he took
down a number of very tine iinity, which had
adorned his inverted wine glaillei. , 1
- Mr. Wilmot' selected, and paid him for sortie.
But the Change was just the price of ' a glass
of brandy, md sick and tirtid as he' was, it
seemed to him that nothing could benefit him
so much.
- - -
.
'1 believe ni take a little Windy, Mr ' Wa-
- 'lt will do }roue good, ,Ift.:l4 7 ihnot: You
look really nutvell. I've Boole COginoa here,
that, is' most supcib liquors , - - •
It WAS but a moment's wet*, to - pour nut
•
tho.dram, and drink It. But . the trouble did
not, end here.. For three days he had drank
nothing, the brandy • was; uncofilmonly , good,
and his system was in a state to be atreeted by
it immediately. Ws appetite. clionnred foe
more, and he bad hardly reached the door be
fore heivtlitted. ,
That is most excellent brandy. I think I
must try it again.' - •
The decanter was handed him, and he pour
l'ed out a very large dram, and diank it,' and
theca smaller one, and turned •to go. But
I,the filmes of the liquor tad already ascended
his brain. ;le staggered, Mut,was just able
to reel towards. chair, into which he'dropped
iCperfeetly uneonstious.
' 1 rather-think your sick child Will miss yon
to night,' was the sympathising reflection oe
Mr:Waterimit, when be had left his hair, in the 1
absence of customers, and seated himself' by,
the stove. Mr. S i t:Taterhait was of a sontenitat 1
•philesiqthi#ll. turn of mind, and this reflection 1
uttered,a/oud, suggested others. .‘athis liq.
. . . -
uor selling is queer : busines:, continued he, as
Eeleaned'forward, resting his chin upon
hand; and describing numerous . uncouth ge, 1
metrical_figures in the stovo.ashes , with . a I
poker.
,'peems to Inc when. I had my snug il
littietstore ip Chatitam street, I was 13 greet /
deal comfortabler, than I am' now, To be
I i
sure I didn't take in more than half so much l
1
,money, hnt somehoW.,it_ satisfied' no, better, !
and stayed longer.: Delany useitto be always I
cheerful, and, only - ociaidonally ss cross.' : Bat I
now, ehe'rialWays, (I dOn't.be' nail She's with- t
ili httritigi ii 8 6 441 l i 9 ilsbihotA lll3B4 i Bl 4
hert) dFogikilid-fiik cheerfuldaysare lice what to
the itihlOoayti . ahOut cheroblizift! yisits ? ,fsf and
s il
feW iieween.: - -IWOder, 000 civerdlinkt;7:
~
:I vow, rliasklsi idoie day, When trial bold;' I
, ~ .: . . , , „ .
13 1# I tlii. 0_ ,Ote . tit.14 4 30i6 PMl's IfiVntgb• And
ih46 0 ' ' : 31 9r 1 0,6 . the' OlinsPihig cirlltil#ll.:,'
* ii42l4ls '4 4o '' l o.*tr ix ° ll . IA good liwi)ti
brandy 04 1 49*,tetlio'Peaikdonns..lbeA' !
100-ii,Wl . .i . w4o4t without 4 -'l4fixt
ts4Mrsl4l 4 4 l *mtly *loFAings to, saw*.
,11- 1 4 taste, "4, Rilkeikkiiidiet44 We' 4 Pato
.Coar.fat. Alai,vicee. a glass, sid.l *OS . a.goisa ,
profit: I wonder hOw mach pure liquor there
„ • ,
, .
is in -. NeW I'alt?'l 'Wonder . if pure ' liqndrl
Would saVe it any more :than pure ineri . :did
Sodnuil anis:itiew, may be, epee ht,
but then if I. didn't ..recti6 , .sotnelm4 else
would.. Why: Mr. • Wilatt,
aound hWsleens,) if theeontents yourstont
rich were nnalyied, you would be , instatished.
But them I've got 'a lieenee, to sell ror the pdb.:
'lie good, arid rusi, sure Atli Mayor, ;arid Alder.;
I Men ought to know ivtmt the publiti , •goed,,uf
!,the city 1,4; l'nfi l .Pcdrdie'benefttater, I mil.
I never thought of that lieforeo,
and Mi. Witerhait rose $a
.the midst of his
lieetiOng, 'idon ' t believe any rnore.are turning
fur public_ good, to might i and r might. Ats
shut-up. 1 wish you would Wake up - o.f yunr- -
self, Wilmot, for you're a. good . gisteiner;
•; midi don't like to disturityou' • 'I . . 2
• - Mr. Waterhait walkedlo” the tent Of tire
. •
room to close his shutters. JuSt then rites/ale .
came softly and tinildryiii; and stood just Over
the threshold of die deer.: - She Was.`a beautiful 7
wornart
.but, her face Was very . sad; . Her
dress was somewhat disarranged, and her
net and shawl acemed,to have. been, thiown
•
On very nastly.-. - , • .
" Well, my Alear; what: -.will yOu have r
o asked 3 1r..Waterhait. • - .
• "Is that:gentleman's. mane. Wilmot r was
her reply, seeming net to nutide tiro . initiating
f.uniliarity of the question-.
" Yes, my' dear; but he's a married maim.".
.
" And I molds and Wiltirat give
him' one gian4., before Which he', fairly. cowe
red,- She ,was bent ripen one pi/4°Be, and:iin
mediatelyr hurried to her hustrand,,who ; was
still' Slued:wring ,s Madly, and :touching him
upon,theshoirlder, spoke gently," Mr. Wilmot
Mr. Wilmoi•!•7 • • - •
"Wh—wh..--what-do you':ivant ?
Alone, will you r.://ndagainlre"would" have as
leep, but again his wifespoke "Frani !..tlear
Frank, do speak fo unr---4o seen!: to` me,
Franke
There was sorn eaiini in that, voice, Widel I
thrilled to tdi inmostsoul..He halt recovered
from . his stupidity,--and. opening „his eyes,
stored at his _wife with a look-of •drunkerr sur
prise.,
' , Why, Mary !" How came you here.°
Mrs. Wit:aunt leaned forward, rind said in n
low tone, _q Frank ! your child is dying."
. .
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~
I What t Great God, What did yOu tell .mel° ! - - --• ertl , ll, l 2e: ''•-,- _
__,
and an startled was he, by the ivilids, , thif bet That is's blesi,:irpreyisitniof.ll,yevideat
rose like lightning, from hi', seat , addrushed ip.l lothla
,world'ef iiirrotriithat** . t.
the doer: r -Onceln the"street, he' never had: 1, heart-wounds May bp healed
,bythe..llo* , 4 4"
been tuore rober in his life..nnd he rather flew !thee; So that, attite?uad "m!ottaity4acedto..
than walked Or ran, to his home,
.Ike , seemed I partying affliction are '
removed eittoged,,or
iutriliy A moment in reaching,it. and, opening I from Ouniliarity ezett it ,iesa',lxarenfil eireet,„
the door, hurried up stairs, into the sick chili- ' the Sundered latari.stringe ;again *den . upon
her, ' - :•••. • - I new objects of atfection,-oi!entwine tddAidei
Mary had been lying there, wondering why 1 more = closely. -. ,- • ':L; •T .7 i ~. -•-
her motheriutd left her too, and' why her - tilt- I• = His datighter's - .death ha , been tiritinAhlek
er had stayed away so long, - instead -Of corn- .blow. to Mi. Wilmot. • But kradatdif ;he 'i r e.
rug directly back, as he said he would. ' Arid , covered' from , its Mord; tittitizildli#l4l . _ , *
then she seemed to heir Music of iweet.veie- then cherished' hii. t ineriort iata: n hMit - iiiiii
es, end to ace strange viSiMti tlitting:before beintiful iningi;'' and 1iE*1.0784-1011:4104-
her. Then she thought of;dying, and that there request. •. - , ':,_ ... ' .{. --
• 1 .
Was'nothing sad, only that it- would be: hard -To comply - With it, required -, a ,Ooggh...ii, ,
Ito leave father, mother, and 'her little ' brother, great struoolei , hni•he'•'ai , t4 , 4 - 4;itadday AO" •
whom she foredeck fondly. All at once the I day Palmed, ji4. still :bin cop* ware aditisted,
door otmeb,, and her father entered the room. I Afterthetlrat fewdays e be found •Tbialtatitlt
Why , where have yon been; pa? What ' fast, impro
made vain: spry and :le went to latt fbutinelit
stay se long V •' ''.': 1 with a batter relish, and ..r!' l 3lii'll:ibtt
._
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He Caine to the bedside r and took her hand, I able for the macqtar . ement of thn-practbe chid
and ai he looked ietetteiangelic trice, which reputation he had lirat.
.-, ' :.
~..•-','.
seemed f airly radiant with the, light `
of Hetiven'' His ' wif e did' notltil tope ,*ie the'obtalips
he thonghtthet never had 'his Mary, his.. drat Fr.ito the `deep sculls 0 4.er*iP*o9:lol4.l
born, and dearly beloved,Seented so 'beautiful at it, and thou pinadirlithe'Asikclan4
sits then. - •
~ ',, , . . id'_i'rovidencoWhreh-had,oyerin# th 14404.
. 'Coate here ) ma I" said , as her mother after all hare been big ',vitt& Mi.. t4h4torms_ ot
entered, She gave her, her other . hand, and hiesaing.., Mr.liitihnatte s twoniaga. , ,WariLt*
they remained in silence, for their hearts-were spent at home, and he ;gala seemed aim .1*
too full for utterance. I,Soabsorbed were they, 1 mer dap: ; •:- " i- - - 1 , 7* ~.-', j i - • - i_.l' •-•
that they did not, hear the doctor's step, upon I: Thus had several monthieltiptek.‘hei itto - ,
atiircase, and as he emend, the sight •almost lon a certain day, he received an Invitigoiiia *
unmanned even hits, to whom death-bid scenes ! dinner, thien,byr% 'wait" 4160';:iifaiteMe!
I were as "twice teld tales.° '_,. • : ,' land deservedly high ,reptitaitiott: . .-Tidc Inilti
1' ' I'm glad to ;tee yen, ' doctor,' said MarY; . , tins also eentalned'it' keOest that z bct i *Eild
and then her parents fur the first time, noticed : respond ti "iiitit'at LIM : ..regtilii-iOesis. id the
f him. - - , exerung ! .. 1 waa,mvery. gmtifylar Im il oa,
ittl
!I ' Ile went to the bed-aide, and took, the hand 1 autt - he accepted IA with great-pleasaititli`-
which she offered him, and anxiously and . in- I appointed boar hi was , ptisent. : 'Tlfe'''fairtlia' -
1 tently watched the fieating pulse. He' laid I board ,was.: grsuied' - 'xiit47-Srt k deliiiiiii,' thii
his hand upon the brow.; but, it was cold The I lights ;ahem; dazslingly , '"nPen tie`
inn* rya
.
ever had spelt it's - fury, but it's work= was i vice, and - give a hierd'hciatitbline:toattp,
v.
lone.. He.drew a lung, and to the unman I rich decanter of choicest . 4inne, . . . ~.. , _ _
~ -7,arenas an ominous breath. - - - t , The society Iris competted,taalnly ot.-lin0„,
I'Tell me what you think. I van bear it 'if:cants front MO Eastern States„Mad ttni - Ap el K
je
_other can. - . Tell OW; deai.'doctor!'.. I , won't 1 was in, eptiineanitvierinctlielo:filt u a o eiji l iod
i mid: . - ,
.111 their.self-donying, frunfather , s7jenik e , po w
. `My - dear little girl, I Can de nothing . for ler Righti." The temperance, retornohoNah k . %
1 ou, You may live thrungli the night, odd l ia g t o,44,Ph4st) 4 :!f it 4 4 :tit - t.liii4liPe, :Imam
'you'may not •live oil !mfr. „Gligra wall 6-11 n al l t he gathered; thight:ctjta anslapid
dune.o , 1 .• • . . ,- I hi*l. loant9lediiti hadllsett_ap,,Vnokaale
1 , Tea; dod's- will be doue, :' I wish you their fetters, aid glyen :,t h e World - .lolother;
tist'ould pray to lib% doctor,i that ho will keep -,', illushieuaSxampieejneltdewav,l3-40-1111t.
n y dear, parents froth feeling to sorry when 1 blaze o flts.triuniph, nibei , ltnYSintlieliii iiielit;Ji
g „ to , Heaven.° - -. 1- ' ' ' l': - Wafted upon miry Intiesti; and itiiirstgi-14dis.!
The physician , kitelt bi 'the - hedside, and - !Wenn= weilt7:slWellitig tio, , trii 007 - , , k - -
c nacos:lo the pure Spirit rot' ihedyini:child itimi.hilt.top colititid_!gieniAteideid',l4ll,*-04-
it'a God and Maher. l'il`e' half seppivi le 4 i e n nua Nelahradiniiiiil2-41;otii_ . ,fo.4.o . 4ttita* . ,
B be of die - atOtber, and•tbe . Icing 'and distfesied II iteilW trfsjignioderolisweiyho;*: ,
'; tithing of thohtber,. to 1 whoOk - *-filnod, or iollii 44 i i#i4 -,all ; : f iv .oo ' # l lt;:tir' : 11 44K '
would hiwe: been` relief; . mingled .. Tridh;lo:9o; . •,:-: ;,‘: T::‘, f :: q z ~,. f ! ;i 1,..,1,t . • ,
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It.praYe.r:# l .
_atsseen..44 to.
'fling " with
; ‘ Pk.. 0 : 1)4 . , 01 0 - 4 r. r OPl'illit ealt: i l.-: :
tie(lfivlgi Una: ''
When he hattefidefli know. tkettYte," lo l ( 4 l ll4l.-.44billikprni. 1
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a g
he could be if no further airkietii' be : pis: *:..4.5.,011 10 . 1 !4. 0 4 44 444/0 10 04iiiiiiikii*4f1 ;
4 W direction's to Ma. Vtillieot; add PrepiTact gr... , New , EttgleoritigaLsintaie ;
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to, 64---ie.a0.04-bye;iiiiiiviichtra::'-t44-6,;' bu OM noAtu dalihßOßtryltatin4 '
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wi : Y 0 4' 1111 . 1 4 i- P0:44 - keoi , i4 ‘A4.144. weighing 1.1i8;,:931-!-If *A la tilibtiliiiiiL.,,,k , ,,...f. ,
d- . a6ivil i biii.*e' - ,6. hers itie,kinsed iiite. ,1 1 , i;"4-41r14Ar * 4 Plgßch4 4 l 2 ti ,- A* lll lW' -
with Wei . 1 6 . 04.44 ,- .14t6r.t.': - ";'; ,-..::: -, .Prr%:=9)004:i.4410440100404040044g.:
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4141 0 4 . 4 )4 . '4 - $40, - ;:0,4_44; - Aut4 !DAPkr4il4:l-110
,*•3ooq,"*. 7 **,1'4104,, :,,,i
ibi: ' , oo. 4 4**WlP.** Pt. oils s: 'POW ***it alow i ligi YO: 10 4 1 41,
r ' a,
.1 . ~ . 1 1! !) .. 0 10,40: 4 49* 1tfid this-00/113it- 4old i fttij` ;iliiiPVAiSiiiriii - --;
'Atha . ..',i." .: ,:. , _-:‘.'......! , e, --•; 4,44,4040414)fti
! ' 4 #.6tilitt i.' LOW 10 iittArtiok:itaiag 'tll4 40*falt4 '.
if*
'lt sts - ber ounger biota; wbomai , *baba i*gitit.iilkirtrittliklbstit •
,-
EMEMZE
=MI
=fflIEM
7.;:: , 1: - . ..'.:1.. t .',-; , '.: - ;ip; :.,...i,'-;,:,1
yojo*,piv,-,-A041;',0
ateep4 in taUtliae
nothing isa °marring:: 16.1iVilitiOehift'ther
',iota; aid in it
*
Wssed him Atiti! ,
Why, -whaeellfe;',iuistt4i,:aiatiW'lraii:
, Oi/ite yoa : Yeilltio - 04 la itte.akey.—
ning, won't' ' ,
Mary kissed bbn - arum .and Rd& Q Wit
mast be a good kq'wheaCriiii4iie,'itoitt'i*.
Frank necktie iindeto
' "Wh where arePi'go i ng,
won't stay away loug, wi yo. . • Pal
I tto:— lfoti-t;"
, wan yon to- go merreetr
_11. 3 r
I teailtifut shOW Adoi,whie)l,:;tti4
1 14 arrY aie6 411q.44.15Si01011(iiit
1 4;s fdther - idok
iFuthci,iedaieoip l yterol 4
• twinild lite - to day'a ireil . fe"v:vird4d. f!isy."
stu
-11)&1;
l'idiat I 84;1 k4uf; and I. hiptqc , ,u_wnlil
[think of if When . I ?loft . fteict,:, I jet
Yi' if yoti would nofgivappdiip _''j*
may.wonder boiv
. I kn ow )
?!
i . 1 4
seen mother tOoe,veiy*di4aelii4
rYA
Itiiked her Wl4;zilia teil4Ete.
And so Pve.watehed.you tnd . her ! and when.
ever yotrhare-beliiiiirinktnrytArion't. welt like . futher tumOi-lind:'thother - helurvertia
I You'll forgive what . it won't yet? ? OAM
wiles" youtank ot trie,:thige Yid/
Mrs. Wilmot :returned I* thli;iiiiiiedi;,'"u4
Ugain w ,
' or. - Piensii . titine the 'Si
didio.
1 ! RR mach ,l34 - 7 "'. "44
lons from emotiod, ,11frx, Wilmot "INV I TU
I si ; •r of Bethelem.' mu ramble sail •
ifary; when Abe -mit t'etid -, uu'
mother, Bond bye.". '.Therr ,etl`l)/
Inver hers the strong Mad '4vita . " btirtt tctvri.
dna 4,ithougu itvelved heithoiiittt). :100ae.
etit kind *zie'*lll2..o;..„
Tl.in her eYe") el6"lea,
,Idif
:10M*
to : jaiK"
kostid like . a hill" ;i4)on
the 'spirit liko .a M iil oP4l. l3 o4 F 1 :40 1 * the
I eold'eliniatelef earth, to, tho gia4 4 , twat tat
sunlight pf, Retyvm: -
.'i . ' , , - !.:•;i, , r . ,7i..; ,,, c..T ,-..,4
4-'' , '; 1' ,. .,.. ,. '
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