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Once Sore I Return to Thee.
ST JERI! 30:11111
'Ones more return to thee, home of my child
. hood—
/rod blest is my spirit as on thee I gaze.
'What spellitin these meadows, and yon scented
wild i .woods;
What visiohs are thronging, of happier days—.
When a briiht golden woof, told my page of oils-
Which Fancy ono .. u
ope,ever smilingly viewed—
And a minige wee sorrow, Poet seen in the dis.
ince—
Bat floating away when any glad steps pursued
Mare the hamlet—unknoirt to proud Full-
Unsought by the traveler in quest of gay scenes;
But simplicity holds here her quiet Possession,
Aud Peace, hetvinly guest wittt Innocence
reigns.
stare exhales here ber incense the svieetest,
The violet and rose, with the pale lily bloom,
nd hours of sadness are over the fleetest,
For Contentment sad Love, have forgotten to
!Though yea, have gone by since in tears I did
leave, thee,
i Like a beautiful presence thy memory has been,
~, world has proved false, but it could not be.
Leave me '
Of mi food faith, that Eden on earth was still
them may tell of the vales of the Dannbe-- .
The Rhine, and the Anto—Garonne and Dee--
at dearer, far dearer, the home of my childhood,
And my own thativlaga's sweet matte to me. •
Binghamton, N. Y.
We sight Have Been;
'e might , here been! Oh, words of deepest nor-
'hen funned ii the realms of endless gloom;
here no sweet live, with promise of to-mor-
Como, vizi fze bird-like song, of flowery bloom
e might have keen beside cool streams reclin-
That gala sew glory feel" our rairnaut white
nil these pale brows, where dark despair sits piu.
Cast a fair radiance 'neath their erectus of light.
'I, might have been with those, the loved and
'cherished,
Whole presence mule our earthly 'homes 19
fair ;
.ase heppy spirits, eattina their shrines had per
ished,
Spread then glad swings at once fer purer
'e migfitthave been there where ant gentle mo
thers
And bright haired !deters walk a lovely band !
here even the voices of our infant brothers
Float on each zephyr of the Blessed land.
• aright have been there with the great and
holy
Patriarch• and prophet, of eath ag• and clime,
•
.e,•oaiing op from thrones, or dwellings lowly,
"'nen', kings, and conquerors reign in pomp
sublime.
• might hare bees !—Gb ! God forbid that ever
Writer er reader with finch woe shall thrill !
7, let as upward press with strong endeavor,.
And sefife's glorious destiny fulfil.
COlostiles of Literature.
Truant lancautzs.—The Turks have a eu
.in\ method of endorsing, placing, and preser
g their books. Each volume, besides being
end in morocco, is preserved from the dust
a case of the same material, on which, as
ell as on the edges of the leaves, the title is
num • The books are placed, one upon an
her, in presses ‘ornamented with glass or trel
wink.
3 1.151 A FOR OLD Boors.--Sotne twenty o r
irty years ago an epidemic desire for old
soks prevailed in England as well as on the
'ntinent: and this disease. which is general
confined to a few • innoeent' enthusiasts,
,k possftsion of number s usually reckoned
Sag the wise. To show the extravagant I
Se paid for old and rare works by the vie.
us tothis mania, we may instance several of I
: b ooks'purehas e d at the sale of the Roxbur
-5 Library in 1812. Fora book printed by I
Castel : 4 entitled,' The Proaftytable Iloke •
Man's Soul, called the Chastysing of God
's C Yjkl i tetil" 'Seven hundred dollars were
Anhther of Ciatoa's printing, "The o
yrror of the World," brought one thousand
,d seven dollars; it had coat the duke of Rot
rghe butltwenty-five! A 378. on vellum.
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, was sold `for
.at the same amount. The only remaining
y (Stile Ifirst edition of Boceacio's Demme
,' was knicked down for ten' thousand dol.:
• •
Pir-h, Pm was one day Wheeling a bat
• sem* a elrehyani, not twenty miles
Xutclicster, when tro was threatened by
Cl ergyman with a Condign .inibislirnent, for
dazing outrage in; polluting the conseera.
ground by his Wheelbarrow, The an,
'ling his head, said, did not know but
e 'eheel-bArrow was eansoeratnd too,"for
trowei 'ot the sexton.'
EIatitILLABV
.
TI END OF I
Br EFIASTII4 STEPBENIL I
(Continued.) i
' Will you bring mo Pomo snuvr, 'Frank,'
and while he was gone out, he thiew
open the
window and door. The cold wincisweptchill.
room, ingly through the but therelWas healing
upon its heavy wings,totheunconselousmoth
er. For when Frank had brought the !snow,
and it had been placed at her nose, and lips,
and neck, alto moved; and: then rgain,iond
more. Then opening her oyes, she! loiked
around for a moment, like one in a maze.
'Oh, mother! Dear—dear miither4 said the
boy, and he placed his arms careful
l y about
her, and raised her gently. Then - resting up.
on one knee, he supported her drooping head
upon his breast. The earnest tones !seemed
to thrill to her very soul, and as he kissed her
pale cheek, again and again, consciousness and
memory returned, and a heavy gush -of tears,
rushed from their surcharged fountains. The
stranger had closed the window sind the doer,
and then came to Mrs. Wilmot's _side, and
spoke to her. ' Mary! sister Mary!'
.1
She opened her eyes. and fixed them upon
him. Harry!' dear brother
He took her hand, and kissed her bloodless
lips, and then lifted her upon She bed. It
seems like a dream—a terrible dream'. Is it
one? When did you come Hairy? You
were not hero when—when—'
4 I arrived in town yesterday, sister:, But
don't talk. Try to compose yourself, and
sleep, if you can, for you need quiet, very
much.
All this while, Prank had been half in doubt.
He had heard his mother call him l i t brother:,
and he had heard of Uncle Harry: 1 But 'still,
she did not feel sure, and he eyed him with
the half-doubtful, half-acquainted look of
Childhood. As soon as Mrs. Wilmot slept,
his uncle called Frank to him, and aiked him,
in a voice so low, that it might not disturb his
mother, You don't rememberme, do you r
' No, sir. .
I am your mother's brother,, your Uncle
Harry. Yon were not old enough to know
me, when I left New York. Where's yonr
father; Frank!'
'Hers gone out, sir.' II),
'W4n was he at homer
About an hour:ago,eir.' - _
From this beginning, Mr. DeLimey que.s:
tioned him more and more, andalthough at
first the fellow was very shy, and shott.
ed great uniccillingness to say anything ;against
his father, lib gradually so won'upon his con
fidenee, as to draw from him the particulartroi
what had happened that evening, and the most
important occurrences in the Unify history,
for the three or four years past. - This done,
he advised Frank to lie down, and try to
sleep.
Mr. DeLancey wrapped his cloak about him
I and seated in a — rocking chair by tho stove,
thought long and anxiously upon what he had
seen and heard. Unpleasant rumorshad come
to his home, in the west, but he knew nothing
definite, for until now, ho bad not visited New
York, since his removal. For such' changes
he was not at all prepared, and so great were
they, he could scarcely believe them real. He
was' distressed, grieved, and angry by , turns,
but - gradually his thoughts grew calmer, and
overcome at\ length, by fatigue, be fell 'loeep
in his chair.
caArrEn siv.
When Wilmot had - returned home the pre
vious evening, he had been drinking -sufficient.
ly,to make him perfectly infuriate, and utterly
lestitnte of, self-control, but not enough to
make bim entirely unconscious what he was
doing. His thirst for drink, had been, a pas-.
sion abSorbing everything else, and 'in obedi
ence to that,he had staggered back to the in
fernal rum-den he had left. The proprietor
had just made a clean sweep of ,the hangers
on, and was about shutting up, as he went in.
His-first feeling was anger at teeing, Wil
mot, who greeted him, with a 'What the dev
il do you want now?' He did not notice the
Bible, at first, bat a libel upon a smile stole
over his features, as his customer held ft out
to him.
4- What'll you give for this, eh?'
He took the book into his holds, and by,
aeeident, opened at an engraving ofJudas bar
gaining for his Lord." He Yarned the leives
slowly over while , he deliberated uponthe best
•
plan of operation: ' •
Con*, don't be all night about it.'
'Take something to drink, Mr. Wi lmot.'—
Me hadn't called hiM 'Mister' for months.—
Stepping behind the bar, tte poured oat a rely
full dram, and liartded it to him. Wilmot
I drank it, and,held out bis_gtsse for anyther,
and that fmished, he - was riPo for trade*:
What'll you take for the Wok,' Mr.
Wh—wh—what'll you giro
Why, 1 don't know. . - Them niir pietmi
old fashioned, and it's homely sort , `print-
'lt's English type, and you D—n—nelier
!saw better engravings.'
' I don't know as I want 'it. tat Seek!'
'you're a custoinnr, I'll give yoa tivelVe, let ins
•
see, yes, twelve shillings for it:
I *Done. you sake to *ink Mr.
Smallsoul
'l'm not particular, and he banded The te-`
canter of gin to Wilmot, who attempted-Ito
pour it , out, but his bard treniblaioviolettly,
that the ruiriseller had to' stead : y the decanter,
nod Wilmot was obliged to hold on the brass
railing of the bar with one hand,' and rest his
elbow while he drank. Smallsonl handed him
twelve shillings, less the price offour drinks
and he turned toge. But his head had be:
gun to reel, and be_hadelang to the : railing,as
his:only hope, for the whole world seemed re
icliing, while he ocaupiedpe'enly fixed point.
Hefritaggered violently from one side to' the,
oth l er, and thee fell dead drunk , uppn the floor.'
_Dere was trouble for the 'rnmseller, whose
first impulse was to tnin'hirri out sit dtors.—
But. ho vionld have frozen to death, if he had,
and then, perhaps the law would have made
I
him 'MI Besides, if he kept hint all night,
he could barge him for lodging. So he lifted
him by tire shoulders and dragged him to a
settee, and placed him upon ; it And if he
died before morning, he had done all that had
been imired of a good ehristian than, whose
life wills consecrated to the public good.
Mr. l . Smallsours New Year's labors had
been so arduous, that he awoke rather later
A fan usual. He came dawn. at about six o'.
clock, for the class of community in which ho
was an efficient member! are early, risers, and
the pliblie good requires bitters in the, morn
ing: With the first Oman of light, after open
ing his shutters; he noticed his lodger still a
sleep, and thought itibest not to disturb him
until his arrangements were completed. ' De:
nters were to be replenished, tumb Wash
d, the tumbler-washer for ithe Milli n must
be filled, and the floor swept and san ed, due.
i These preparations completed, he eat to
I the settee, and taking Wilmot by the s milder,
/ciirok him unmereifully.: 'Hallow 'ere l—
lake up'.' Bat his easterner seem .univil
: big to obey orders, and it required a lentiful
sprinkling of cold water with a few ore of
of the gentlest shakings, to arouse hi . At
ength he opened his eyes, and rolled his : et
emetics very leisurely from the sett e, 'and
rat bent:nearly double, gaping, •rubhing his
eyes, and experieneb3g that indeieribable sell.
tuition which every drunkard feels after a de
!lamb. Yet he bad dranklittlit else than gin
the flay before, and it left him tolerably clear
,
imaded.
. - -:
' Well You've slept pretty well, considerini
it Was a strange place. It's .a cold mornin*:
'ls it i' and Wilmot got up, and walked to
the bar. As be looked up at the shelves, he
saw the Bible, Which he had sold, lying upon
a box: of cigars. He just remembered having
takeniit, but was too . drunk at thetimnbe sold
it, to recollect anythieg'which happened then.
'You've got my Bible there, Smallsoul.'
' Your Bible? It was yours before you sold 1
it tb me r
, What did I sell it for!'
'Something less than five dollars. You've
, got part of the money in your pocket.'
Wilmot felt, and There, to be sure, was the
remnant of the paltry pittancphe had recetved.
He took it out mud counted it, and as be saw
how foully he had !been swindled, the blood
fairly boiled tOthin him. he Rumseller
thciught it pofitic to pacify him, and stepping
- belind the cotinter, poured out a glass of
spirit.
',Take a drink, Mr. Wilmotr
'Never-mind r Heaven knows I want itbad-
Iv enough, but I've .had my last drink at your
barb Smallsoul It . was..l sensible man that
named you. I !verily 'believe you'd. sell your
dead mother's be-hishes, for a cent apiece,
and tie went otit of the door.
Hailoa there; Wilmot! Come back here:
Pa= him, be's gone off without payin' for his
iodgire,' and he would have started in pursuit,
but for the thenght that as Wilmot felt then,
it would be hardly safe to touch him. So he
consoled himself with the reflection that he
would be back again' in a day or two -and
then he could arrange things to his satisfaction.
But; he waa for once, mistaken. Wilmot found
occasion tolvisit many ti . lfar, afterwards, but
he nevecrossed that tlieshold again.
• As he left theritore, , his head throbbed, and
his whole frame trembled PM in an ague fit....;
He fait he must have liquor,_ and he entered ,
the first groggery he came to, abd drank two
glasies oftnandyp It steadied his nerves and;
braced him up. But _he could not go home
yet. He sat down, in a corner of, the room;
- and recalled as 'eel! as he - could, the scenes'
of the previous day- and evening.-', He remem
bared of having struck his wife; and that she
lied fallen to the„floor. He remeinbered with
telerable distinctness, the cause of it, yet he'
could hardly believe that it was other than
terrible dream. Then be felt that it was true,
the whole of it. Perhaps his' ttiife was dead,
arid while he felt impelled to go home at once
he. DIEM felt afraid to go; And 49 he sat them,
andecided, memory ran baLlt the whole line of
life, and presented each seene, and with the
fieslate.ss of ye,stetday, The glad, Pm . days'
pf boyhood, he rememberedose. 'Re re
membered that supper at college,the parting,
the eveningids Mother blessed 'him, as he bid
b'er &Jewell, the wedding and its solemn vows,
the happy days, and the &zit days afterwards,
au, all, he remembered.: And nosy he was a
miserable ivreck,A mere waif on life's waves, '
nobody eared for him, nobody hived him, save
the wife who had but clang closer, is reverses
And,against her, a wenk, defence ! . I
,less woman, he had raised his drunkenarinp i I
and struck,, what might have been a death
bliaw l and •bartered heinicAlter'a Bible for drink,
Oh, then he_felt as never before, the menuitii
of the
.wend—dnueiard.; Then he'retdized his
own terrible Piegradation, end felt ho was a
Miserable Wretch, - god forsaken,. and. by
1136 despised. What emends could:he - make'
to'hii witel It tcetiedto Blur Mita:Mid never'
MONTROSE. PL, THURSDAY, JUNE 19,185 i
speak to her, or - look her in the face Vain.--
And then n'thought struck him, which infused
one drop of comfoit into his hitter cup, and
caused him to. Make a resolve, which fequired
all the remaining noldeness of his soul. And
when he had done to, he seemed to feel in a
ineasure relieved, and leaving the room, walk.
ed towards his home. - •
was once so proud of tny sense of honor, who
had sworn before God, to. Cherish and protect
you, had struck you—st week, defenceless svo
nme—what might have been a deathblow and
bartered your mother's. Biblefor drink?.
. but, Frank, youmerenot--'
'Hear me through, Mary ! i know I was
not' myself,but this•terrible habit is upon me,
and fearfully as I have suffered, I cannot Prom
' ise to give It up, for I cannot, risk the breaking
,of any more vows. lam 'afraid I shall never
shake it oil; and while it retenins, you are fin.!
bie to unkindness and abuse from me. I would
rather die, than live•another such day as yes
terday, and I never shall, for i there is one thing.
I can do, and I know it will be the best thing
for the thildren 'and for you. Harry, I a bilf
you would take Mary and my children to my
father's and ask hid to be kind to thew, fur;
the love he, once bore to me.'
her.' '' • ;; 4 ' -"Oh, Frank! Frank l. You don't.--you can't!
Wilmot said no more, but went to the bed- mean, that aye are to be separated? I can!
side, and if he ever felt thankful in his life, it bear anything, and I will rather than that.'
was when ho sawlls' wife lying there, 'pale ' You've borne too much, already, Mary.—
and thin, butAreathing easily, and in sound God only knows.how hard it is for we to'
slumber. He bent s over, and touched his lips make this resolve. lf,l looked forward I could
to hers, so gently, that it might not wake her, not, bet I look only at the past, 'lf I had wait
and then seated himielf by the bedside.— ,ed an hour, it would hCve failed me. I think
Again rushed upon him the same tide of tho't lam doing right; yes, I know.l am. If. lam
as before, and ao absorbing was it, that he for- to live a poor, miserable drunkard, I shell then
got everything about him, and W. 03 at length have one consolation, and that will be, that
his wife awoke, disturbed by C deep.heaved the last time you saw me, I spoke kindly to
sigh, she saw. her husband sitting with his you, and the last act I did, was done in kind.'
head resting upon' his hand-, while tears moil- ness, to you and the children)
tened his eyes and cheek. ,
Ile paused a moment but his wife could net
There is mystery is the depth ! ! of woman's speak. She had covered her face with herd
love. Have you ever seen eyes, which the hands, ,and her frame shook with emotion,
longer and oftener yeti gazed,disidosed a deep- while the tears oozedahrough her closed fin.
er blue depth which-you could not fathom? gees.
Have you ever sailedupon the clearidecp,still 'Don't be so much overcome, Mary. I'm
waters Of Lake George, and leaking down, afraid you will unman me. Is it not best tee I
'down, down, feltthit- your eyi l met no ob- should part! If I ever reform, We will be re-1
struction, though you saw no bottom Have united. In thOught, I shall be always with
you ever looked out upon the ocban, when its you, and in all events, . I shall sometimes see
breast heaved as gently aia sleeping-infant'sy you. '
and strained your eye farther and farther on, 'But, Frank, said De Lancey, who had re.
but seen no boundary, save the blue Heaven, mined silent until now, although deeply Ouly
of which it seemed a part? Have You over ed. ' Why not resolve.nevee to drink Again?
looked up into that Heaven, and even when Come, do it now ! I will write a pledge; and
your eye has pierced beyond the region of you can sign it, and be again ns you have been,
stars, whose light began to travel towards you You earl be saved, Fthnk. Will you not be. ,
ere Timely-air born,- felt, that above and be- For n moment a ray of hope seemed to' light'
yond, there was a depth which the finite could up Wilmot's face, but almost as soon the
not fathom? And have you ever thoughtahat cloud again darkened it, and it Wore the same
even in this selfish world, there' is. one thing fixed expression of despair. 'Don't urge me,
like the breadth of Ocean and the, depth of Harry. , You don's know the - power of my sp.
Heaeen?' That-aleresicin the -universe but petite. ;ll° afraid ;am gen/Aiwa and if I AM,
one love,' surpassing that of woman! that I don't Wish to die with ',nether broken vow up
hers is a love which ' many waters - cannot on me. There is one thing more, 1 wish to
quench, neither floods drown.' Which is seen ask you, Harry, and then I must go, and when
sometimes to clasp and cling
,amidst sorrow, you. have gone, I will come hack and call this
poverty, and acorn, even as clings the green my home. Will you go to a liquor Mote up
ivy to the storm-bent, and lightning-riven oak, on the corner of this and B— street, and get
Oh, it is a blessed, blesaeirfact, that there is a from him the Bible that I pawned last night ?'
' Gulf stream in the great ocean of being,which 'Oh, certainly, Frank, but—'
flows swifter and warmer than the surround- , 'Don't say anything
.more Harry. I know
fag waters, and is chilled only by the arctic how deeply ypu feel for me, but I can't he rea.
touch of Death.' soned with. Good bye, Mary,' and lie exte.n-
Whatever Mrs. liVilinot's feelings might ded his hand to his sobbing wife, who arose
have been, had thither unkindness followed las he spoke; 'so far 'as 'a drunkard can be
the treatment of yesterday, as she saw her has. faithful, I shall be. I shall think of You night,
band's penitence for she at once divined his and noon, and morning. I thme yon will think
feelings (the love of Woman's forgiving nature) of mo sometimes, as I was When you knew rue
conquered all ether emotions. 'Prank,' said first, before drinking made, the the miserable
she, and extended her hand to him. The voice wreck I am. And one word more, Diary, if iti
'started him from his i revery, and one look shouldhappen—that—that.-if anythineshouki
showed him he was already forgiven, happen to me, watch - -ova' Fmk, and oever
~.
'Mary I' he said, grasping her hand with the suffer him even in word or Movie, to be i
fervor of his whole soul, ' will you—can you tempted to drunkenness. Now good bye God
forgive - me?' bless you,' and he folded his arms, yet More
' Yes—a thousand times, Frank.', closely about her, and pressed his lips in a
He could not trust himself to speak, but in long kiss to her pale cheek, while he sobbed
his heart o hearts, he blessed her. Then he I like every child.
To
thought of a resolve he had made. •
keep I He could part With his Son, easier than with
it, was far ore i t ti
difficult than he had supposed . his daughter, for the boy was the mother's fa.
It was doe ly so now,: by reason of his wife); vorite. But it was' a terrible thought to bid
conduct. 'lt was not 'a resolve' to reforin.a.: adieu to Frank. He kissed him, and naked
And why not, some one may ask 1 Why,hay- him to love hill father still, and above all, n - ev,
lug suffered so much, did he not determine to er take the first step towards becoming intern
give up dissipation and return to sobriety and
_perate. • 1 .
happiness?. Oh, it is easy to_think of doing But oh, his bright-eyed LIZZiITy who retitle
what we feel to be inipOssible. It is easy to ded him so much of his sainted Mary, who hot
prescribe n course Of right conduct for others, yet old enough to know her father's faults,
however deficient be our own. Wilmot felt I loved him with all the untrainelled strength, of
that fre„litul resolved beffire, and failed. • Pre.l Childhood's fondest love, Oh, as he took her
vionsly he had never realized his condition, lin his elms, and kissed her- again, mid, again,
nor felt hip case hopeless; bat now he did.— while the tears rushed in torrents from his eyes,
There was no light in - the &errefor him; and Irefelt that this was the acme of his agony,
his resolve related solely to ins wife 'and chi!. - 'Good bye, Harry!'
drew. It required a terrible effort to speak it., ' Good bye, Frank. God bless yon,' and
He arose from his 'chair and walked across the l with a wawa grasp, Wilniet left the house,
floor, sat down, rose anwalked again, and . Oh, did lie think' of this, in the pleasant ear
spoke as he walked. ' '
1
ly day of drinking, whett.life was full of hope,
! 'Mary! I could not 11 you all I've ' tho't and the pulse beat aye no gladly, and the eyc
and suffered this morning. God only knows was radiant with the light of joy ? , 1
, how mach '. 4 I seem older by 'years, for I've . Tell me, young man, to whom God has giv+. 1
lived over all the past, and drained the' dregs en a thinking mind , and a feeling soul , and
of its vinegar and galL ' When I married you, placed in a bi-ight and beautiful world, where
Mary, I loved you as I did my own life,,and there are'proper pleasures all-sufficient, and 1
how much mom dol Wye you now. than 011ie - meads of excitement altogether natural and in I
layhich is worth nothing. I promised on the prodigal ebandance, if you seek those that are
strength of that love, .to -cherish and protect I unnatural, wrong, and despise the voice of can
yon, and I believe that I have. tried to keep tion In aver strange thrills of pleasure,-have
the vow, except when Bauer had the control. you thought, at all, that this 'joy for a season,'
, I neVer dreained that this habit - of drinking is undermining thebartlers of the 'sorrow that
wouldivereome me as it haa. If I had,Heava Coniath iti.the morning.'
en knows I would have rather died in - child. • .• ' * .-., a . * -* : *
hood, than lived till now. Bat it has, Mary, kfew dap) havepassed, and Sire, I Wilmot
and Bye felt this 'morning, what it is; to bii,a and-her children . have found a home at Judge
drunkard: ; . , ' ' Wilmot's. The latter had for some tinielnown
'' When I =ere tient, last night, I was mad, of his eon*. irregularities, but had . carefully
I had no self-control, anditsimiss to me, lively concealed his knowledge from • his wife.... But
devil mist have moved iny arm to strike you, a mothey is over quick-sighted, and Mrs. Wil-;
I thought little about iithen, but this 'mons. mot learned enough to-make,, her cad eurli
in, git urns Itas all come fresh to me. I've thOught anxiami.
When therefore the wife end Oil ?!
,
and each thought was agony, how I had ruitie4 d
_rep aamikthough the reasen, bad two gept- 1
myself,myself,had taken happiness'frora you and the ly and gradually given; yet they ikere terrible
ekildtel t r stial,-futad on you the' diegraCC of a cidingat and at first scented ellank!'" crush
4:inked's:nem - ,Alsd:;ardistathan silflorfre her. Batas. her long thrort af 'W. . alto
,had
"Zo wos astonished when 4o atitored, to see
Do Lancey, ' " .
How are you, limy?
•Very,well, Prink.'"
There was n . chili.tit the language, and'cold•
greeting of this latter, nnd a humility, almost
shame, in - the subdued tones of the other,
which threw a restraint over each.
When did you cozier in town I'
Yesterday
`How was Kate f • • -!
Very well, I have a letter fok you, from
le ed to lean upon, the :Right An* whic h .
poi es the universe, and' is not wearied. S o
eh kissed the rod of affliction as she biiwed
Bath it. Yet night, and 'noon, and inoen:
in for the son of her love there went ep a
trio her'S prayer, and Angels, bore it to the
Lie 7 seat, and swelled its intercession.
liVith but a single remark and question,-we
10. . oueehaptei. Julge Wilmot was a no.
'e t nun and a fondest father., He mourned
r his son's habits, sad yet strange to any
ever dreamed of asking hew they hail been
aired. He never for a Moment thought
the sapling inensplanted had but grown
he same bent received In his oft garden.
with all respect, Luny not this question be
ad of many a father who his en intemper
son! Can you blame him for - drinking
Joi;, to , sa fl
tiary n thirst rat!eaused by pure
13 at your Irv) sideboard and table!
_ls it
-age that the pupil learns too fast, takes
.:er lessons, and In differslnt books from
which you have selected!
the
In I
An.
nvls
CRAPTER , XV.. • . '..,
sass had palmed since theAate of our first
pter, when it happened that three of.
,the
Met again at Yale, upon an al/Memory of
I.s
r graduation.. ' When did .you hear from
rndike 1.. and 4 Where is Wilmot t'. were.
stions that each asked of the father. To
first it was replied, that their tears for Char
had been too well founded, for• only too
after their four years' meeting, he had
penniless in the New-brie:um Hosp ital of
rium treotens.- In answer to the latter,' ,
l i on told them that Wilmot's habitai had 1
Wn very irregularond there was greatden
i
of his following ln•Tborndike's footsteps.
u further inquiry it appeared that the three
ant had beeoue temperance men. •
Who would have thought of Wilmot's be
ing intemperate l' asked the Ilimerable
a Irving, who 'had been transferred 'from
editorship of 'The Nineteenth Century' to
eat in Congress.. Ti
co .1
Am
the [
• 'o one,' replied' Smith. 'Charley's ease
doe. not *uprise me much, for he was ai reck
les. as he was noble hearted. But we all sup
posed Wiiwot had great deal of self.con.
, c 1 he had, said 'Eaton. 'But eten our
f temperance experiences must have shown
that the strongest minds are' not -proof
mit temptation,' • - ,•-
ry true.'
Vhst would
- you
_propose if asked
*Well, I hardly know- I shall be obliged'
to go- to New York in a fel'ir weeks. Wilmot
was there when I heard from him last,' and I
shall do my beat to hunt him ttp. I intend
removing my business there if I can mina ar
rang,Pments which suit me, and would offer
F nk a partnership, ih a moment, - if he could.
be eformed.', , •
Well, I hope you ilaay be successful. :If )
can be ofany service to you, command me free;
ly: said Smith. •
cud me, said the other.' -
?on the very evening when these temarks
being made, a man was lying helpless
sick, upon a miserable ' truckle bed in a
shed room. The house was situated its
of the poorest streets in New York, and
room was a kind of half cellar, with am&
done floor. i The only window was covered
dust and cobwebs. ttpon a ricketty pine
6 near the bed. stood a broken cup, a small
ter, minus handle and nose, two or three
els and a pewter spoon. A black woman
sitting by the head oldie bed, upon a very
taitive thremlegged stool, the only remain.
piece of furniture. It had been ddrx for
:our, so that the only light came . freim:a
e of candle placed In the mouth of a jrnik
: e, and its faint rays seemed Maly' to -W
-e the gloom ofthe damp, miserable place':
sick man was asleep, and the Sound of his
y breathing Was all that disturttedthe'disi
silence.
at then the blackwoman heard the sound
otateps descending the creaking staircase.
thought it might be the young doctor, so
arose and Walked softly-to the door. It
not he, but in his stead, was - it thielt•sct,
aced, brawny Itishwcman, with a candle ih
and, and a baby on her arm. She- was
cd in a difty.calico, with the sleeved rolled
, 'the elbow. .
eb, and its yen, Minerv,y And how the
I , but her senteeee was ;broken offby the
I Woman's pl:ating her finger an her .lips,
e stepped softly, o u tside tho door and
d it.
Yy t hat em.
ditil
bkt:
asst
dos,
%frit you bins gob!' to observe, Misses
, 1$ -
Nil a bit much. - Ilut how. : did . ye Mei
1 Is it a watehhe Ye be r The blEck
'in nodded. 4 An'hote is that vile telly
Ihem deliverum thraMins I Sure, and r i ll
iher trimin 4 ov hhn into Um stride ; th i s blisa
e, to•morra,'
i l hat tor; Missile Cruger I'
ior I_, Sur i e, and isn't he Owl'? ine for, till
a rint of me beautiful room, ' wid the .fa
i I itithita i convainiences for ithysfel, 'A.
;Odder td be sure, wid - six heastifid chili
ston'erYire Pat. Whipo flusli! ye lit.
vii—to be thratod so?, Wurra I, I'd be
i. r atrippin‘ the 'par,ril i from his i bleedylude;
t 'wouldn't fetiliktbe wily of is pinch o'.
elij rlti*aus,Qrnge-i, Maar . Doctor ssy,,
he, be liplio - quiPt until_ ten, 'flat' ho stal l !
r *And yornspro': ob recuberin" better:' ; .
:ur&,, ate I hope vol ,knpe; him, alsy_tnin.
Fleh to:him if he (Nei P,lnvious to thiqoy.
se we riat,Nizid witb*laoksiitsteii v io
1
flier
wu .
wid
bo a
ed d
VOLUME .V111..-:.1W1 lER: 4
' Mrs:Gruger Proceeded up stairs, While /diner.
va opened , the doorand remarried' her at as
the bedside. '
For toO'Weelii iftii hie" ferrilliTift hltto„ .
Wilmotremained Saxe; BuilieWas,sollhar.
and wren:bed. He:needed similithy, and Ina
none. The few who knowhim toliansted' Use .
vet be struggled on, and on, aid than was milli
tempted,=andagain fed. NOW hs• aimed to ,
give up'all. hope. • He felttbatnobody cured
for him, or loied ' The hitting and die.
trust which he enconniered npon bands.
I
made him ,suspielons and, moOsei. flung
-
I back defiance for abuse,,and scorn for sewn.
•He would hide file deep feelings, and Wait
to tare nothing for what others thought c*dd-
Many wondered that he con& be , so deititute
of shame. Yet underneath that outside emit,
tlaire was a belling Etna which the world sae",
not. He would 'almost. hare etchanged places - •
with the lowest Street Cur. He would halo
hugged the vilest thing God tier' made., bad.
he thought ft, loved But men sent Goth.
lag In him but a'raged, dinnkhe' Wretch, Who
was only ft to breadre the. are that was too'
foul for thorn, and : then lay down,stel die, Mb
a worn.out dog 1• • .
For some days plevions,bl the, date of this ,
chapter, he- bad eaten very little, for. his:
diseased 'stomach craved ocv!fbod. • Ev.•
erythtng he owoed,' save the miserable rage
upon his back, had eeti Paited*th•.die bed
been obliged to niove to the wretched kennel
which we have described abotil, for which ins
paid by any odd jobs, that he'conid find to do.
Returning to hie 'home" one evening, .he tele
dizzy, and chilled, andthese sensations were
accompanied by cramping pains. HO threw.
himself upon the be&bet_hlsdistrerat only kr •
creased. He felt barely, strong e:nough to . p .
into the passage in seareb- of some one whom
he InfOt lend fora phySiclan.. Here he met
leolored woman, whopecupled a room ahove
and who strange to say, bad been in former
days,- a cook in Mr. Wilmot's faintly. Bloated,
and disfigud as he was, she stilizentembered
';Why, Massa Wilmot! Is dot you?
Minerva!' and a feeling of 'Ammo cams
over him, is he offered her his hatl. Strange
are - the 're rses of fortune;for'here in
years j the 'master had been breught so low,
that he kennelled in the Cellar, white she was 'a
colored lady,
,occupying
,one of the petters..
Very sick . , Mitten* end want ttriet
some one to go for a doctor?.
Well den, I'll go 'myself, Males Wilmot
and When I clime back wise you, end of
the kindhearted ereature•started; or he had
been a very kind master to her, andshe welt
remembered it. - She . soon' returned with . A'
y'oung'physician; who possessed far more skill
then either 'money or "patietiti. - She- would
ilave,had him removed up stairs; but thedoc
tor, pronounced It delirium treinens,.and
the malady hid already beguNli ivallneessar7
for hip to n main where he wn& .
For three days he , suffered more than tongue
can tell. At one Moe:Lent he felt a phi, tut it
an hundred swotda had pierced his4ash,
, till
every !salt was a qtfivering. sat** Thea a
numbness seized every Mac atal what bad
been so sensitive seemed utterly void of fee
ling. Sometimes a burning beat would alter.
nuts with an joy chill. Min 'lt Semi broad
daylight; there were moments When it woidd
appear like feltdarkeess,andthentheremould
come a red, burning glare; that' dazzled and .
blinded him. .He' luefseemed to' see the pit
below bite, and the air was hot,;aini heavy,
and ' pressed with a 'erushing weight: And
then when fiends seemed gibbeting it' the
bedside, and grinning, ghastly Lei? Stated at
him which Siesway hsturned, when reptiles
dragged their horrid forms alone the' floor:
and insects of most loathaoine shape crawled
upon the eeilino, and "swarmed ePee the bed,
mans-he sighed , and groaned,. and suffered,
eaelt living 'thing had , worn an .cilpressden--
which worked his dreadful agony. -oh, then,
how had he- begged forlife-..life-4ifer-:
Aid - then a fiendish farm bad flown' with
.
dulky wings, from out a fearful erhlch
. .
seemed . to gape and yawn for It slowly
Idrei Its black and Slimy length - airois
and then seized. hitewith its talon fingers, and
attempted to dn.g hint from the tiLd
struggled as though beware Int the grasp of
death and Hell, and awoke at length faint; and
utterly exhansted, - While the perapizaiion stood.
in beaded drops upon his pallid brow,and agaitt
had begged;and begged; for life. ~'
This the intense, and overmastering ezeite.'
ment,svas at length tamed ; and under dein !.
ilnenee of powerful opiatek, the wretched set.
ferer was at length-sleeping:-'lt was - biet
only chance for life as .his, weasall recline. _
though tclmtation was gone, 3334 property
gone, and friends and htpealigoite. ,
,Thongth -
within the few past wSehs bad' herded with
the lowest, and the iruto . weed ;barely have
called 4ini brother,' get=t ecoulit net bear too. '
Nine o'clock guirti n o te d thb
iotervening but at lengtittlut Creekifs
nelghbOritig sigh simik
ten. The Fsraesd . distnpbid,the sleeper: U
altnost awoke bitn,bita snit died Seam hittelli
w `l e eP again : sad did not wake until AM:three,
Iluarte'rs 'of, an hour bid passed. Than he,
awoNe, taut, week ansk wasted, tot the deli..
ritra4 had spot 'flis force :and he was saved.
4Giii3 tie same &int,: She.
peered Out same ef the taiitture frets the pitch..
et,' and gave ilia Win.. 'He- put it his 11pa
and drifrik2.-ii very little.' 3 ldziv es't is!) get as,y
rain r` This tables like Airy. ,
N o ; ill,csfe_Witniet;
_deficit 'say, :data
yeu inustialk se speritue lii*rs E 4 . 1 /T 44 .`
kriptioirvii*Niver: - ,