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t7ggiln4 Sinftag,
Written fur the D:ete?ertit.
LI-NE.B. ,
a by the neath.of Mies fraucee
initteste •
Eugenia Drown.
lyei I sm dyirt i
now. Lifesii warts entient
rats slowly through my veins, andlbo throb
Wogs
oimy heart heal fainter still as the while&
Sieves Ey away, bearing, as they go, •.,
}Psi:U.lde, like as ou the voiceless
a earning Prayer ascends to:God.
il mome pt more and We shall ope its cell, -
Aia, from its prison home, forth shall walk my,
n o d soar away to starry World.
Ist gem the distant sky. See : the deep blue
Caritsge of my hands its net-work weaves more
welting the regress of a sloW
.1dC1:1 my cheek, all blanched and sunken now,
r ess.spot awelis, unfolding brighter bloom
4,,ath-dews gather ou my brow, li k e
s ight•drops—tho tears that angels weep—.
a4ter on the morning sower. ••
Fainter
&ales my ebbing breath, and very soon know
cold, snowy curtain of the grave
thee Inc round, its night, all dark and drew-,
acme on my eyes lu slumber soft,
Ad Ion; and wakeless. Even now it steals
Upon me,—ite shadows flit slowly by,
Getberug ou my sight, as apace the
'Ea4h steals the faint nightshade, closing darker
Ver the fading stream. Weak and low my voice
Coma trembling nu the chords of my flnering,
Hart. List, loved ones that its last echoes may
]edge in yours, from which a •stream of bitter
Grief is sowing Out j for there they'll wake the
Choal of Ilemory oft when 1 am gone,
bond thou , -weepent at my tomb—will linger .
Fond sal long, and not forget that I once
, Tee, come ye there when star-gems stud 012
era; sty, and angel-spirits noiseless
.1
lag the dusky air, and I will glide down
`e a bright shadow o'er thy mourning wards,
charm away thy sorrow. commune
thy gestic thoughts, and thou shalt fancy
•'
thml hare come to earth in robes bright,
Parade, ID light thy spirits home
foird ea fadeless nteneries of the Past
wale steainig der ue; and my spirit
to bale a awry from the skies; and,
arasad too r sha,l gather star-sciuged
misengers, and thou shalt look upon their
o!sa et heal:silly beauty, as with their •
truing ‘ruizs they close roe round—that..,_
• nay not reuive my Eva back.
• e :ill lave then with a holier love
toe, for I shall then have learned the deep.
Beres of God's lore, and thou shalt learn ,
netnt mystic secret, and we will
9 ,l oe:ether, on the bright star of Faith.
Stuns io the fai:.-off depths of the holy
.end shalt see it ever after,
odishlt remember then to come cud dwell . •
lame can d the holy rad.ance - •
I: that blazing sphere. Thou shalt come to me,
la my lone soul would by so desolate,
hum the boundless space %would fade away,
• theater•shadow fades en darkness when
.etn . ctm cloud breasts the o'erarching
Oh!
ham sometimes wrpt that I moot die,--.that
mast pass away while yet Life's mom is•
me, and the spring flowers bloofn arothild
'y jmitGtnl path.—That I must look my-last
If earth while nil around is gay, joyous
ndpleasing,hke the early simmer dawn,-
• olden in eunlight, when the air is lull
if made of the birds—and melody,
ash as was heard when the morning stars seng
ogether:—when the dew-petaled flowers; 4.
abiding warmer blossoms, load the air
Inn with their mellow incense floating up •
o Unret, 1
Thus Lire appeared to me, for
had even only is ' MOM, ire suoohme,
• .ti 13 flowers. AU was very, very
suful, and Life was sweet, dear to my
, wrig heart, that feels a read,ng pang, parting
the loved -of earth whoa) 1.)ea , .11 draws closer
I toy wild embrace. But, all (unwell pow !
' miiis-foxed oies—trin.sist e r s of my deathless
14- risions magi resplendent meet my gaze--
- usi , eyed Peri Wafts my spirit off— '-
11 1•Iit train descends to hear me home!
°s l l& and Life had ceased its flow,—:the Limt
tistri m of her spirit-voice was gone -
9t,the trembling notes of wind-harp
3 the eat,--the palswlesti forte was cold and • -
2lfira smile efleavenly rapture played •••
P.aher lips, as shade of rainbow plays
1 p tin distant cloud, wreathing its linering•
slesof radiant beauty there.
/iGr.ratter.s.ar. Hour.—There are few.
4411 ', 1 e 3 1 We imagine, anywhere, en which love
. !lea
zioi
nest aimed as furnishing a license for' int-
A ho'sband, a father or brother;
11 , 4 1 1 - h harsh worlds to those who:love him
he simply because the security of love
Gaily pride keeps him from getting. ids
broken. It is a shame that a man- Will
more impolitely at times to his . wife
or
Iderlehan he would to any other female, ex
• roiled. and vicious one. It is theii that
.?; n ifeetiolis of man's nature prove to
'esker proteetion to woman in the fami
d.lethan:the restraints of society, and that
n°~amalif e ll
to those indebted foi the kindult
'l',ol not belonging 'to 'lei
aaehold Thiega..-ought.not so : to he.
' .e: ?tad who, beaus e it will not-be resented,
' spleen and bad temper.' upon. those
hearth atone, is a small eoWard; and
4 . 43 man. Kind words are the true 'eir
nediutab,etween true geittlemen - and
~ es at,bonde, and -no •polish exhibited
I 'fietY can atone for the. harsh:langttage
~L7',olelpectful treatment too often indulged
1 0e,sa those bound together by God's own
orZ;'3l! l b k'od,and the still - more sacred bonds 7ove.
1 -f" rt T V'
1:T: II
ged'ati.'t
-. t .
! hatidtherof tows,. bales and bnrrels,'or-the I , A We •Mro.) ruined! ruined!' said be; "with
!manufacture Of some. nrtie,e hi common . Mat t i :Much tigltition: '' *'* • ' *'•
. • Edislrd Diivissadvantedly edneatien,Aidtesi a - Mr.'.WineloW started to his sfeet. - - ,--, • 's':
position ofmbre.estendedtiniefulbetie, Mid' by • ‘•SPesik:r he exclaimed. , ',Whit:new trims.
his., higher.., abilit,y.!and ; there., intelligent acting ter..is about to si . weep over nut r''.. , ,
..: . ; .!.:
In, efleiVtyi tvillsbeable s ; if he rightly use the . 'Tliti house of Toledo. .4.t.C0.;i13 ;Rio; has
• , sss -,-- - - s•••-..-• -., .., t: - ._..„ •. . 4 power in lira hinds, to adv-nse the wor'd's 43 saint:4 d'd'• " ' • ' '' - " ' *-.Y - *
!That's A Attnert little felloW..Of..yenrS,‘, 2 tStlel ' ward Movement in n - ost important degree; n. l -1 4- ' i etrineliiW struck - his :hit - nds together,'
a - gentlethen.nartied Winsliitil' to d"..laberitirs ' •i•Thire it° glit . Dfr 'Wiest w ' ind ' • ' '
mam - Whasiesa , - - e sil e ,f 1 - r is,' , s ,ss,„issis l yt. • 'twee '-•• • • - :! )1 ._ -
_. . , • hie heart and sunk kotyn into the chair from', which.he
,to or, grew 'warm . withitis Nisi.' ••- Tittle - probed that_ -hid risen S
work about his store. 1 ' Dote he go to sacioir ,
t h il e r l i te r n a et n er ta re i d' i inaffeirding , the tad ntoppnis. 'iThen'it,i,s- .all:oVert 4' .fig ' .:sti;nPn ‘-' nr94ss 'All
• .Nottimi sir; 'refined thepoor Mitt. : i ' b ii ngsa.goodseduentinrits: ,I-li.s. overt , -4 , •-' •_, • --., --• :•:••_. ...:, ~.,..
i. ..5 A. .W , lij , not, Davis - I . !
, fie . ,looks lik i e a 'briglt t...,.quick mind acqu . iredoli the position', in :.Which 5.,.." It is all over with. tise,'eaid the other !A
''7,st , e s . , . • ;- •.!•- .. i ... ..,- ts -.- ss irn.n'nfSPlaned• nentimie.ideas.ef,business,,and longer strri'ggle would be froitieses• • Dot for 1
ed thefatl. i i bi ndustry. end . ; forte . of, charatter -.tad°, these this relight have weathered' he storm*: TWen
erlbr4ftlit,-"'W4ho:tgi'9;aiae!ilmrlsedttli.:4,-ge.!'etitilutPoirn pas thoroughly ' practical.' , .Eve,ry.year 'hie, tv thousand:doll:sin of. drafts Antic] against
an,' * : Seeing 1 toridofers'ildyaneed'his salary 'end - My last Shipment
:are back •protested,nd Will
tharthe`matt hesitated;. '' • '.: '' - 1 s,` S''''..- - '.'-- ing hie majority. it was further advanced-=to t be-presented - , tsi-morrow., I Cannot lift them.,
. Ti nes are -- Mther lard noiv,its 00.d.r hwie r- thestim'ofone l thotisand:dellera p " er. nonuirs- -
sista - fillnilY.'." It's ibout - as mich I So, ends thisuatter. $o closes a btisiness life
'Oa ' tean i Willi evervin tesse - the .yOungs man had •de.s.of nearly filly sears, in-comnieMbsl dishonor
do to keep hunger and Cold riivay,,i :Ned reedit i vOted a larger e
and larger prn ortion of hisl.and peremisi ruirir ''. .- • *'' '-* ''' '• -
very well, writes ti tolerable' fair hand, consid- 1 incOnte toslinn_roving the condition of,his . fitl.l . ' Are ',felt Certain that' : 'the Y''haVe - aliiiledr,
t e r r i its t g e st a lt th r i i nr ... , a a e nd_ . e s i s „lige re . sn 4 lit .r tlr i . , And ;
_c r',s, fatally, Mid : stile!) it. was raised to the sum I asked Mn Winslow; with' onsethino.like hope
a boo s ilt 1,. tin•de . for Jilin. e tither ; last mentioned, ,he took :I' ne c forinble On his tone of voice. - -:i1 •.I._ . s.;', - . . . s • !
children sire cetiiing, "feivearid; -- aiid f t reekon 'le '. honso, much larger thin the fsm a i t iy e, li i i l i l d before, *".leis too, true; was'. ans ( wered.- 'The Ce- I
will have to go - Ma trade - middling storm.' s s i i lived in, and pall the tvliole, rent ,himself.--'1 leste.arrieetltitis,mornings'and. het'. letter hag I
Hue/ old is .14ii riiqiiirect.llli;Wittsiety;• -'' - Moreover, thrOughhis nemtnintree rind influ- ,
•He'eturned. of eleyeti. ..' t - *' • ' '' o nce , mtaticliVered.at the post -office. half an, hour
r.
• • i he 'to 'get apinee, fee'his father i ago: Have,you reeeiveknotlihigbi, her r .
`Yon wont put him. ten. trade . .before, the'tet at lighter
employmentthnn he-had liC ' '
- ' • retolose I -
thirteen or, fourteen r• 1... • . 2 - ..., 11 ,-i was not aware of her arrival. •Bui.t*Wills
.. I beenengaged in, and ant* , higher rate of co .- ' • • - •- - •
'Can't keep hisn home idling /about, alll that , pensntion.., -- . '
It would b4.l,4ruinatioti:irns semi uninediatelylor my letters.' I
,
• TOO true Wm( the infermation communic.a . -d
lilac, Mi. Winslow. ; ' •
''," gni'maii dividends on vntir chanty ' * 1
ted by . the friends The large • commission=
les young to go out' rem: home; I.- know,,tef vestment?' Said 111 r. Winslon;'s friend,nb..,na n t . I house of
be
had:faile, nndprotes:
rough it, andlough it moons stratigeis'-'sslthere I this time. He' spoke with the
• . oldttitantiersincl l ted drafts isid e returned to A very heavy
was -a Slight unsteadiness in the - poor Man'is friim' the - oldf •r ' * -
. I n tnnunt Mr.Winslow_tbas amoess the sufferem, ,
voice-. but it's better than sitting nothin,g Is. s ' Yes Got a dividend to dey. ]The Ihr F .
Ned ought to•go to school a year or two lest yet received,' repled tand to an extent that was •eqUiv.ilent 'csruin ; '
the . ' merchant, said- i because it threw back upon hint the necessity •
longer, Davis,' said Mr s iWinsloty, ;with • some/jog.
interest in. his manner.,: s And.as you are.not / „` Did you?, ; Hope it does
able to pay the quarter ;bills, ; I gnees I will ;of good' . , .. •'- . you a great deal I tested paper,,when_ his. line of payments, wa ,
have to do iL Whet say you! Ifl Ipati• foil • Irealire'yourivish` In; friend.* 'lt "' doing ~
, 3.... Is oinr.,
~ already fully up to' his utmost ability - •
Ned's schooling Can you; keep him 'it .ilette men rest f ' For 'marl • five • .Ire eVer ' thing had •' ..
, - to •3. 3 1 . s 3, ,seems
too or three yearelenger r•• • ' • • •
• • lowa '• . ' •• • ' ' . • -• , ed go against 31r. I,Vinslow. ;At tae beisiii. '
'ldidn't expect that of you; Mr. Winslow; / • ''' No 'cash : I
cos i presume . • • •
2 , _ . , ning, of that period," - di 'h'l' d * '
• a son, st om e• in - set
said:the poor mamands his voice: now trem. l - 4 Something far better. Let ; lain."' up-in business, - failed, involving him'in a heavy
.me 'ex
bled. ~'Hetincovered his, hind ad he spoke, 1•' 'Do Brip if '... i
a . you p esse.' .. ~ - -, loss. Then; one disaster after onntherfoll '
ow. •
.•.
most reverentl.y. , I, Y ou pint bound 2,4:, pay for . ! You knetv the particulars' of, this invest- ' ed, until lie found himself imm'a'nent danger
schoolieg-tny boy. , - Ahs sir!' ~-,1, . , , , merit?' said-Mr. Winslotv. :. • ~ of fdlere. - From. this time he turned his mind,
'But yciu,har'nt answered my'question; Da- s His friend aheok his heads • ' ''' * '
and replied._ - -
to the consideration of his affairs; "with more;
cis: What ii:ly'your ' ' • - - ' ' • ' No. :The fact' is,. I- never felt interest
earnestness than ever,. and made ev'eris trans.'
t
.„ .
'Oh 'Sir If •00 are''' , ' . •s•-' , •
, _ „ 3 reelly in ; earnest s ' I enough in thernatter to inquire •irtieulak" i nation with 'a degree.of prudence and foresight
. I ani hi earnest Ned ouglitto pate Sch:dol.- '''OlL:'well. - : Then I' -- P: • • '',.. that Seemed to guarantee sbeCeis in Whatever
must - give you a little -If you coin keep him bonus a fete years lotiger- history.' • s--- • • ' • ' • " he attempted: , A - deficient kupp y I -offt * -'
•our
I Mil pay for Lis 'edue4ionduring.th e time r You know old , Davisswho has been work- causlied.hicu - to venture a large ship:Oen to
Ned"-str.,Winslovisspoke tiithe boy--"-wh a t ing about our store for the last•ten or fifte Lilo- . The sale was at a handsomelysremu era'!
say.yon l'. Would. you like. to go to- school years?'..• „.- - • . t . - .
. ri iiitive profit, but the tidiest: of his, consi
gn es,,
again;?'
~. I before the payment of his
.drafts for the pro-
'Ye - indeed'sli- ' '• 'i ' 'd th ' • i *-
• ' • • • '
1, , quells aeswere e boy, My investment was in the education of hisneeds, entirely prestrated him: :
whits his bright young face 117.4 lit up with . a Isom' .. - ' • •' - - . .; . . •So hopeless did 'the merchant. esMsider his'
gleam of intelligence. - I `S.lndeed!'. *.. ' • ' •e . caseNhat lie did not even Junket an effort to
th s Then you shall go, my fine fellovi.:! There's 1 "'His Either took him from school when he get temporary'aid in his esti° ',ify. 1
e right kind of stuffin you, or I'm mistaken: was only eleVen years'old, because he could. Whew
.cante with the friend of Mr:Winslow ' ' -
h'u'll. give you, a trial at any rate: - not afford to send him any longer, und , was the information that' the house of Toledo &
M. Winslow wa s
, . , as good -as !his' word.-, obout.putting ]tits out to le:wit:trade. Some- Co. had failed, the latter" '
was searchinotibout
Ned ivas immediately entered
. . - in his mind for the • f' • • *
sit. ts n
~ who was a , _ r e means o jitlan,g.about five
school.' - Tile hey, vounia.s.hetviis a tech brir;liTid, aif * 'thousand dollars • worth of paper, which fell
fed the .. ,
act _,_ . _ s_Pn .•- 1 is .an d • a good impulse "
lona or his beneract r, and resole- that came over me at the moment, I proposed I.due on that day. Ile, had two thousand did
ed to profit by it to the fell extent' ;.• . i ', - ' tea his father to send him Ito se!,,„; for th „., I Inn; in bank • tk e trki, v . n t... t f ue , m ' phi
-,-,- s tep
in. de_almu. is, ...f* i ... 4,4 ' . a a
ly lise - dimon ' the resources from which - this
laid .mr ( .,, vv insioVl'esungly to a 'mercantile' him during the time. To this lie r.;:idily
friend, same three mootha r atler, the occurrence, agreed. • So I paid for Ned's sehnolinguntil- woe to come, when the news of his illfurtnne
arrived. • • , --
just related took place, ' andlicre's the certifi. #he was in his sixteenth year, and• then got
~: - i • Yes, it tras ruin, Mr.. Winslow ssuothat in
cats.' -..- 1 . him. into Webb & Waldron's store, where he
Ile . holdup a small ,piece of pap 'as he has been ever since.'
'e... *, a moment, and his builds fell powerless. by his
spoke. '
• I - ' ' • • . . Webb &Waldron's!' said the friend, evin. side.. He made no .ftuther effort to - lift hie
' Ten dollars? _ A Large operatiOn. Ia what sing sonic•stirpriee. • '1 kriow all their clerks 1 notes„ hot, after hn lad a little recover.
fend V-•-•---- i • . , • - • • ' very well, fur we do a great deal of business i . ed front its first shock, ie left . his anise and
' A eksrity.funcl: -'s-' -- , -. '..'• . • with - them': :Which is-the son of old Mr. Da-,retired to his Lome, to leek in its- quiet the
'Oh r
And the friend Shrugged his shnul. 1 cis?''
- . calmness and fortitude, ii • which he stood so
. '
dens. • Don't de much in that wav, myself.-.- 1 4 The one they call Edward.' greatly in need. In this Intim Were his wire
No great faith in ; the
„Security. • way;
tali:'- 'Not , that • tall, , joyed the many. external - Omftirts asd elegsm• ,fine'-Inoking youn,g man _ and two daughters, who 4 their lives fin d en
dend de you Cipect te - reOive 1' ''. • • their lending salesman I'
'Better take some more of the' Stock' if. you • Tiles:nue; ' cies that, wealth can precis. . Tile heart et
- the fattier selted as his e
think it fa geed: - 'nese isplentY in• market 'ls it passible! 'Why he is worth any two •rs rested upon ,leis
children, and he thouglitsf the sad r- • -
to-be boughvat less thr.npar.'• ' ;;" ' clerks iii the store.' • . ' - . .. (Arises
-thst awaited theirs r
Mr. Winslow 'smiled,- and said that, in .all 1• ' I know he is.' - --- - - • • •
On entering his theta.,
3
. y, Ir. Winslow o'tS
probability he would invest a few more %pall • "Tor his 'age • thereis not a better solemn:ln - 1
the partner of his life, :0 communicated; to.
. . . .
sums in'the same way and s ue low it would iin the-city." . . , : - - ' -
turn out. The little piece of paper which lie ; 'So I believe,' said Mr. Winslow, ' ncr;
,se her-without reserve, thennitiful intelligence
calico a certificate of stock,
.was the first guar- I added, ',a better niiin; •• . ef his approaching fans . . .
ter-bill tie.had.paid for Ned's - schooling- For .• I know . : little of his personal diameter; but,l 'ls it indeed so Impels ?" she asked, tears
w
tour years these hills eseregarly ist;i3, midi unless his face 'deceives me, it cannot but be I filing her eyes. ' - 1 . ,:. : .: •-
• I am utterly prostrate was the reply,sin ..a
then Ned, who had wellsimproved the's,ppor- good.'.' .' ' • ,r.. '• . -s
-tunities-so,gencrously afforded
_him, was', " . - , : s s h ee t is m - i veice that.was full of a isb. And in the
.tak.l . iltis: - gotid. Let me any a nor • • .
of , ;mom . . .
en, on the recomMendation - ,,0t .31 - r., Winslow, 1 The moment his ;gala:' inereas . ed, isevohd what bitterness tne y : the ,unfortunate"
into a irae - imptirting house.. He c tviis at, the': was absolutely required to.pay ,hie .board and tne,V, l4 ;',lt s _ . ' 4 ",T,';'g s t / % 1 I'l: .
n Its I.!, th
"ware
-se nnexpeet
time in his sixteenth yens:: . Before - the-liUl " find such clothingrns his position. made it nee- .. 10 a- 11 .7 "I'l
could enter upon this e:naployment, ii2nweviri - i essnry for him to "wear',- he devoted the entire ; ea, was very severe; an was semethise be
'Siritibs ' '
fore her riiiiid, -after he , . tid s announce
n Winslow. had to - mate anotherinvestment "surplus to reederinglhis :faither's family more
' meat, acquired any degTftsalmness.
,in hie charity fond. s Ned's , Either i. was too ' coitifortable.' . , -
poor'to Leive. him an outfit of clothing such ai I _
.Slliglily . praiseweithy: said 4he friend. - About halt an hour a Mr. Winsl ees s ises
was required in the new position to • which -he 1 I had received, already, many dividends on , turn home; and While baths min heart and
was to be elevated; knowing this, the genes. ashy, iniestment„'secintinuedXe. Winslow ; , buti that . of his wife, were qbring with paina
lons merehant carne"forward.again and furidSli••• I, when that came to My ""knowledge,- my divi-I servant came and saidti a ,gentleman,lilad
'-ed the needful supply: ' 1 ,. . ' - ''' • - s ;
I dead exceeded all Lie other dividends 'pet to- calla and 'wished to se . , . •
As he' wag,is were. received_ by Ned' for the gather' • s'-• -' s , :, • „.is. ~. , ~ , I ' Wto is it I'. .as s lted t erelliit. - "'-
first two years , Mr. Winslow continued to buy I . The mercantile. friend seats-silent. - If ever I ' 'l:did not understand name,' replied the
his clothing, while his father still pave him his, in his life lie had etivied the,seward of a good 1 servant. . " - -.--, .
-board
__On reaching. tile age
. of eighteen,Ned'sl deed, it woe at that moment '' , . . Mr. Winslow forced much external corn. who Wete - ,intkh
. plias - eil
.s . vith - hisl " ' To...day,' went itn - Mr. Winslow, 'I have re- i posure as woe possible,il then 'deticended
industry, intelligence,' and ottentioit:tb 'lnisiceiveri a still larger diVidend.- ' I - wag Fleeing i to the pnrlor. s 1
ness, put him on
_a ssluiy Of 'three hundred': slOss, Buttonwood street, Wheni met old Mr.l ; • Mr. Davis; lie said , '
i dollars. This made Mini:it once independent.'; Davis coming out of aliouse,the rent of whicht, SMr..tWinslow,' retail
1 He could pay_his own . hoarding and find Ins; froth its:sppearaneei. was not less- than two' the merchant's hand:ani
own .clethwr, and proud did he Teel ors the day hundred and twentysfwe dollars. .' You don't
. I 'As the two men sat t
' when ndvanced to so desirable a position- - - live here, of course,' said I, s for.l knew the oldi addressed as Mr. Davis,
. 4 -Htrwscomes on yout investment?'.asked . man'sineometo be small-eotoVer six or Sev.; 'I am, sorry to learn)
Mr. - Whishicw's mercantile friend about - this en! dellars'a-Week: ~.."o,,yeS I do,' hemade f , you wilt hose by this fa
time...sHe spoke, jestingly. '' ", '-- '' inneiven - With'n smile. •- !turned and' looked at;- =' Heavily. -It has- rill
'lt, pristaiseit'tery Wel:: Wes the 'sidling re- the_house tigain;:• ' How comes this ?' I asked.] Wini;low; .. -. •
...
ply.
' '--- '--•- -- •- ' ' You Mast begetting, better-off in .the World!! s'Notso bad as that I
-.lt is-rising in the market, then?' 'So Lam,' ma his replY.', 'Has anybody left! „ ',Yes,. It hassemoce
- Yea.'' ,:s ~ , ''s ..T.• -t. '..'s s . - s' ~..'. yes alittle fortune,7't I. inqUired, - SNo
_but; ed'on,Mr.Dayis., Tho .
' id e '
. Any dividends, et r"-.. ,. .;., ',.- : - . ,-,,, s_ t's - _ you linvelielped me to one;.said.he.
.‘ I ' don't. 1 worst_must conic to
`•. 4 Qh, certninlys. dividends.': • . . . understand you II Is Davis,'l made ansner. : passible farme to take
SAli r ' You surprise ine. - What kind Of ' ~Edward rents theshouse-lbr us, maid the old ; dollars worth of retinae
dividends?' . • :-- • ' . `i• -. *-. I Man; ' DeyOu'lindefslond•nonsr :•s ; ' ; ..'Fifteen thousand is
i
. More - than - a bandied per cerit' - 1 - -.... - 's .- ' I tradersteidhim perfectly. --, It was stlien . ,• s.
-., --
1l 1 Yes.' - s- ' • .
''lndeed ! :Not iniaoney?" - : - '''-' 1 , - • '-'s =' , si. 'that I received the largest dividend uts-my insl r. Davis smiled-en
1 - 'Oh': tie. , But sits somethit4.lsetter. than vestment which hiss yeti come interns': halide.' !It timt is all,''snitllt
moneys , TheantiStietion that :flows "...from an' If thef -go :on increasing at.this:rate;lediall,; ty in the way, ,Ican,e;
apt or benevolence wisely done:, s:- - -- . :.•.-..;lsison.berieli.'s .'i : ' -.--, „- -: ,. - - • , , ey.'
'Oh, that'i..all; .. Tile
. friend spoke With 1114 .. 'Rutheitingebstantiel kindef riches,' , Was Mr.:Winslow started
. .
.
tormented contempt .t. -,. - ... '-. • lremarked by the - friend,' -;
'Don't yeti call that something fsetikedMisi 'That which, elevates; and "delights the mind 1 • ''S;Why,'ilidn't you to
Winslow. -:"' ' - 's:• -
~' `S.„: '•: ' -,:."--. H,*' -'.'. lean hardly be 'coifed linsebitantinl,' , : replied' Davis' - 4 the-moment
- ' It's entirely'toti , nnsubetatdial iols.inie;j . 're- Mr. Winslow.' _'Gold twill notalwayt do this.' such a difficulty. Sure!
plied the ethers. A.l tosin for rant:nest exam : B.lf r• The - sighed inioluntarity.: - TlitsSre-Ity trembled.' surely yo
tangible -charades.; ; Those Yonsissiesit-plwent i marks of Mr; Winsleweansed thoughts to
„flit *,. sible forme to forget
pay any notes: ' -,- -'' -f- s .: .-sf. •' s.
-s , ' over lie-Mind that were' far, from. being - avec-1 yeti eyeit . ftiieg l s --ati
, Mr. Winslowsmiled, and - 1, 4 4 ! . his i piend T ables s . the basest. of men, if I
gead-tnotning. 1'
, , 1
~ ' t _ s . si s '.. :' - , .A. year. or to more Went. by;and' then Mil It Irons need Were Oil .
"He' knows - nothing,' kdir , h6 to himself, as .addition was hiadil -- , to, the firm of 'Weld? : Asi it required the division:
he mused on the aubjests "of of: plesisiiiii'dfi•Waldritin., Edward Davis .reeeitted the: offer yeu,not ri hair of your d d oing gebd';"and the- lota - is'alt on his side.- of iiii'iritereSt in ,the business;' wbich ; he , ' an- I did 'not knotis that it
If we' ave the ability 40 secure investments theisitatingly actepted: s From that 'day bowels. get.into tuseXftetn.elY-1
of this,itiad,teey are - amongtho :best r.tve..ean ;us the road to , fortune.. -', Threetlears..ofter• it, whispered a little :is
make and all A re: 4 14 yi put at: least some I ward - one:Of the prente.died i :whep biti„interss , So' nnexpeited*re 1
money in thefund of good warks;let. Abe ev. ICA seas increased.
,; .1 -
'
. . ..., ~. , ,s - s„
„,.: Pletely*.Pominned,mr: ‘
9r.v." small. an amonut s :.'Llsier suffered the 11. Twenty five years trino the timi36:3l l ,it*i his face and wept
abridgment of a single cuiftert•by- Whitt have ,IpW, attiogsflitunt a *,henevelintlinpiilse.Tprti s i controllable
itonOt• - ws; ,-• }LA I iiiclediiiiieeisAtb -01 : 1 4: pOsedrtir send - young Davis-. to' eithoelithave . . ;;"Ali !siir,'-ho said' at
and feelingi by "the net?? ".'lsirgely: ': ti'rigs ' passed. • ' - s -., ''.
..'. . - ' _ ' -***' s • !S: s. : - -...,. '' -.
,'l•distnot:expeet.tha
beerva.isourae of' perennial tiniarientl' ivcillid i ':'''Olin - day, about - l ulls 'Period; lr.'- -Winslow, f ; 4 •Yuit s luid-ii rinlitt
1
not have; believed -thets,ntsio small- ar,tlitsta - .Who had met - with xi numberf.to , reverses . in, i esss i g „th ans ,.,-,,,We re ss
eould.hiwe seetsted se, much plerteures • .P And
.busiiiessr.vnis .isitting;ln - shis`:entutting-rifem,Lloo ve s e 2
, a ny al tos
how s great thegood..that may ,fiuw fioniS:what , With wtretubled -.look's's . hisstess'e, ,when ;:the±my:ability;lsvoold*
I have done 1:- Instead - of meritdpdilabo - ref :ruereautils; friend- befet‘peutionel*e*e.: 41 a , min „. Aid now;":
'' 4 ` . :'s'l work in thii`ti,9ol . gens..ad btkiialkti 'lts Acquat,oo4**.U[pale 0. 1. Y0 1. 04b4. 'T
heail be at - -rat, xi
Bt&feelti Votgato o Nibolos. WeeTattalra;g2trlczaligutTplallemcep M4toirzaagev.
.',Agnj lo sgi': . l.TlTllSAY, : :'TElih,lfAlrf..,
tias ow . . Your drafts will probably game
back'toYoti'te.inoirowl'-' ••• •
To-mcirroWit the • '••
', Very _wcll,..f seelthat,yciu , .nre provi
ded- with the,tneans to li ft them:ln:the memo;,
time, if;yett areln want_ of any'atims toward
your payments -of te:day,',juSt let me: know.'
'‘ Fean .probably - get through - bY 'my
own efforts; said-Bfr..Winslow.:•,
'PrPholt: , HtArt !latch 4 1 .9••Y9u- w4 l 4r
,
asked Did Davis s
In the neighborhood of th r ee thiisand,4l:
• '
will send-you round a check for thatsum
immediately,' promptly yeturned they young
man, rising as bespoke and:drawing forth his
watch. . • .
'lt is nearly'. two o'elaele tuiw, he , added, i
so 1 mill bicl•you good• day; .• In fifteen Min-)
oteyoti fi,ncl a.theeknt.youi.store.'..
,And with this Davis retired.
"All this, which . passed in a brief,. space of
time; seethed Re a dream to
He'eould hardly* realize its tiuth.' 'lint it was'
a reality, and he cortiprehended it more fully,
when on reaching his store; he fotindtherethe
premised check 'for three thensand, dollars.
On the next day'the protested draft came in;
'but,-thanks to the ;grateful' kitidhess , of Mr.
Davis, nomm•Merchant with.the co:amend:of
large !floppy he was to. take
them up. .The friend; before. introduced .Was I
Jess fortunate. • There ivati.no.orie to:stepfor
ward and save him from-inin,'and he Mink
tin
derthe stuldenpretsore.that came upon hbr.i
A few dayamfter
.failure., lie met . .31r..1
How' is this ?' said - he. ' How 'do• - you
weather the stornr:tlint 'droiia me tinder?'
thought• your. condition was ae,hop'eleas
mine l' , : „ • .
'So did I,' answered Mr. Winslow, But,
I h a d forgotten a small investment niatle Years
ago.- I have spoken of it'to you before.'
The other.looked slightly Puzzled.. .
you forgotten that investment in the
charity, fund ?• which yet; thou,ght , money
thrown anmy. l :'
Oh Light broke In . upon his mind. 'You
~edueated Davis. I remember now. •:' =
.".4.nd Davis, hearing of my extremity, step
ped forivard and.saved me. That was the best,
investmentl ever made!' •
- The friZnd dropped' his eyes to the pave-
Ment, stood for a i moment' Oe'two • Mithou t
speakinz; - sighed and then Moved How
many opportunities for similar investments
had he not neglected:
.f The -told. Shall Judge.. between_ .ts P:.shi . ,
saidi - ika etilii.laytene; that froze the, Weider
'erli ' h eart;:a Look' ! : . Thal:tibia' Irtis OPeti•liti='
.on my. knee. '---' I will:close that-vole:rm..' and
_then this boy: ihnll - open it,and.piace his.fin
ger at random„ Mien,n:dine, - -and .
.bf
,that 110
you ihall - litreet‘dler '" - ---: -- . _. .
• Tiris'was a strange m ad eproposal;:and' , in
full faith,of wild ruld,dark . superstithin of the'
Olden time. ‘;.... -.. . ,:; ... . -
.„, :-. •,_ T: . :: ;-‘ „.:• ;
per Imenrent.the T o ry kneeling, there liv.
.icleit'riSleg; Was wrapt le thought , ' 'Theo a
faltering Veice;heisignified EistOrtsent:' r" . ' I
-
•-• Raising her dark eyes to Heaven,.the moth.
erpreyed.the Greet. patherto - dirndl. the tin..
ger of her, son`—sliii closed, the ~,Bible--she I
hailed it le thebtoy; Whoseyoungeheek re&]
dened with loathing is he gazed upon . his fatli.
i or's murderer.' : ; --. •• :... '... - „
Ile,took,;the riilile7:,•cpened iti . holy pages
at randorn-4lncedhis finger, one verse, .. .
[, 'Than there Wes silence! ' ' ' .'- •
,Then' the Contiorifid - 'soldier; ' who had .
sworn to . Avengii! his ~ brother's death, - stood
there, with, diluting 'oyes and parted lips.:•.: . ...
Then - the culprit kneeling on the fl oor, with
a face- like - discolored *Clay, - (elf. 4is ; heart
leap to his throat; r I' . " ' -'-'- " ' _. -
' Then in- clear bold yoke.' the widow teed
this hue from the. Old Testluaerit;'it.Was short
Y
et terrible: .. ~; ...... _.. , •. .
L . 4 Tax; M. illiii. DIE-!'"" - ... .
I Lookl The 'hi - other 'springs ' forward' to
r r plenge a knife' Into the . murderer's heart, but
the Tory, pinioned as he is, clings to ilteltil
ow's knees!: Ile. begs that one more trial: may
be made by thelittle girl, that !child of. five
'years,With golden hair:l4 leirghingeyes.—
• The Widow' chnieritf ; -. theta . is an awful
1 patise. , -: 1 ..,.., .' .'...,'„:- :-. :-.• - .! ._f ... • ii- ..
- Mali a smile in.her eye,- witliont.'knowing
what.the 'dues, that "little girl opens.the Bible
' as4Jays on fici mother's knee—she turns her
laughing thee away.-'-slie places bet finger 'tip
. That awful silence grows deeper!' -.
. The
That.
breath of the _brother, the
broken grasp of the', murder; alone disturbed
rthe silenc4. - . The' ividOw and: ilark4Y( d ' buy
are breathless, ' ! .-:.
That .little girl,..anecni.ecious as slip: was
caught a Dieting of awe froth the horror of the
countenances'atohndt her, and'stoOd breathless,
her face turned - asideih e r tinny fingers resting'
on that - line of life.or denth;.- - : •.'. '
At last gatherings.ourage, the widow bent
her eyes to the page, ; : and read... It was a line
from the New 're:tat:mt. ' I . :
• LovE
,toua - EUE.OrEs'? - • - •
.". Ahl that Moment was sublime. -. ' ••
Oh! awful 800k..0f God, in whine-dread-,
1 Pages we see Job talking face to; rice with
JellOWah. bi . 'hails Waiting by "Samaria 's well
or wandering - Ville iiiavei of . ..dark G.dilee.-
LOh I awful. Book; • shining to-night; as I speak;-
r the light of that widow's home, the, 'eery 'of-I
that Ineelmnie . 's . Shop, phining- where the'
1.17-t4"-r;;Tti..E4-.-.4.-I,_-.1....:..4q-fv.-iaa't night of 1
,;.. re m-ras•-.....-ii, i. 6 - r.f.eritagme - way- It l 1
- ' .".
• .......• . ' • • ' God; even- . over - that " dreaded gibbet. - ' Oh!
It was here_ in. these .wiles of the Wissa- - boek.of territklemajesty and childlike love, of
hikon, situated' about - five miles wit of-Pll4. sublimity
-that crushes the soul into awe, of' '
delphia,.on the day orthe battle, as the' ric•on. beauty that Melts tlio ; heart with .rapture:-,
day nun came shining through the ' thickly you never shone more strangely beautiful than
clustered leaves,titat.two men met in deadly i
there, in the lonely cut of the' Wissaliikorr,
combat.
.. They grappl e d in deadly conflict when, yoii , saved that wanderer's life! • • r
near a rock,. that rose—lik e the huge wreck of I For—ed 'tell
.yea....tfiat: murderer's life
same pritheVal world -•,:if least one hundred • was Sav ed r • That widoiv reCognised . the fin
feet above the dark waters of.the WisSildkolLg,•er of tiodeven the stern brother wainwed
- That than with the'darli•broW. and the &irk- into ailenee. -.-: -.-- • ~ •' -
er 'grey eye, flashing with - (1g/idly light; with 'T murdererment 'his why.:: ' -- .
the muscular form, clad in: the blue -binding, N o v o look ye, how wonderful . are ; the ways
frock of theßevolution is a Continental nom. orlida ve.P`r . _ ~. . .
I
ed Warner. Ills brodier was: murdered, the f t • That. very night; as.. theLwidciw sat by her
other night at the' Alassiere of Paoli. - That ; lonelyllearth—her'orphans by herside—sate
there with crushed heart .. .and 'hot eye:balls;
other inan, with lotin- black hair, drooping 1
Along his cad•4leroits faw, is clad loth& halt: I thinking ()flier husband, .who now lay nioel,
military enstenie of a Tory refugee, ,That is dering on the. blood.drenehed sod of Paoli...—.
the murderer,of Paoli, named Dabn e y. . there- was a tap at the d00r.... .. '
They had !het there in the Woods by. aCei.: ' 'She Opened the deer, and-:-•that husband
I
dent, and now. they fought ; not With Sword or !living...Ahem:6i covered With Many woonds,was
rifle; but-with - limgandilisdly hunting kniVes,' in, her arms! -.. ._
~_.
~ . • . ..
.: .
that, 1.14, in the light, no they. go : turning an 1 k had fallen nut
,Paoll..—but n ot in death.
1
- tWistingever the green sivard.
on his ... , ,
' frd W"a hi lVe:; - hin IYlfe : , 1 4-
At last the Tory wa s down': down on th e
.ortast. •.- ' ''. ; .1 1 . Panting -
green sward with the - knee' of thecontiriental• Mutt night 'there wall a penyer in that
upon his breait=that• upraised knife 'quiver.: nctubowered cot:M•the:Wissahikort! wood
ing.in the light c tliat .dark :grey , eke. flashily . • - -
death into his facel ,:,..
1 Quartei—l yield i'' gasped the Tory as the
knee was pressed . upon his breast Spare trio
—I yield! - .. :r . . • .1. .
'.3ly, brother!'-.said ;.the patrint•soldier,•ifil
thatlew deeptone of deadly hate—i'3lybroth.l
er cried for' quarter' on the, night of Paoli,'
and, even 'as: he "clung' to your' knees; yini '
struck that knife into his:heart!' Oh! I will
give you the iptarter of Paoli? -. 1 - ' .' •'
And his hand wits raised for:the:Wow, and
his teeth were clenched . in.. deadly hate. He
pauSed fora moment, inid .- thee pinioned the
TorY'Satms,and . with one rapid stride ()rigged
hini to the verge ;:of the reek, and held him
quivering over the, abySs,
' 3lerey I' gsped the Tory,turning black
and nahyby turns, as that awful'griltyavined
below.. ' Meref! I have a Wife—a - child—.
spa ni Inc r ' • ...-,'.-
,; - • - ' ; '
' . Then the. Continental,- . with . his - muscular
strength gathered fur the
the` the'
Murderer once mere over the abyss, and then
hissed this bitter sneer between his teeth : 1
• 'sl l y brothetintd 'is- Wifeand-two:Children!!
The morningsfter,,llie night of Paoli,that . wife
'was a .widew, those. children' were : orphans?
,Wouldn't you like to go and beg your, life.of
I that widow and her children l' 'r J
This proposal, made by' this Continental In
1 the mere - mockery of; thtte,' Was takedin iseri:
oils earnest by ; the, horropetrieken.Tory.f•lHe
begged ,t# be taken firth° witiow . end her.ehil, , l
dren, : tohave the pitiful.'priviregp, of begging]
his life . ''l After a moment's ..sert ink : thought, ;
1 the patrio t - soldier. - corisepted; lie boand A th a:')
Tory's arins - yef , tighter; Placed- him • - •on the !
rock again ! --led him up. the
.woods. •:., A , .quiet.
'cottage; .cmhesolned antinag. tree ' s,. broke : c . 9 . 2
their eyes.. ' , _.. ~., •.
~ • ,
, i -, ,
'` • The entered that eigtie; - 'The're 'beside:
the deso y
late heitrth.stOne; - e g at the widow and
I - her-children: ..- She. sat There a.matronly ;tiro
' man of thirty years, with a face faded by care,
a &OP:dark eye, And long black hair
.henging
iiidislincelled - Ilake abourker: shoulder%
'... '
On iane side Was ri thirk.haired bey,'Of some
eir yearson the other. &little girl,. - -orm year
younger, with AO t hair and blue , eyes.- The
141e--iin.oldand veneribievolinne.7lapen
on thit.,niother's knee: ""'j;
_,.• , , _
- And then that pale- face d 'firing . htth- -
self u s potil'his.'knees;;:cnnfased fthiit =he bad
butehered,freibusband en the night!orp,oli,
big beggedbikini:ruttier kends 1' , , , ' - '.,.
---1 8paren0, for 'the sake Of trilwite. - :-
:)? A StiateMe; for theeake-Of ipy - tilkina'n3y '
clod r=, = -- --, -
He, had expected thsthispitiful mean would'
touch the widow's leart—but 40,, , ,9ie ;OP*
int gleifia iofteo4.lielr p4ta ; fao, . _
. -
From the Phltediiptila Saturday 6ottrier
The Bible .Legend; `Or the , Wis
.
• - sahilon,
tering.
hi! visitor, taking
ping it 'warmly.
together, thesone
_!*hlle 'duo that
".', ,
me!! replied ldr.
last prop I lean-
last one . and now
worst.. 'l- Is
fifteen thOttsand.
n'onnt?'
agcy
• re is no difEcui.
et you the mon;
tyarm'flusli, : wooi
'tote?' asked -3fr.
and yourself io
his voice 'flight;
ot •think it pos.
1.. Monet I osve
I I'lll4 be 'Ono Of.
, my obli g ation ?
nibetisand, and',
st dollar -with
/mid: be-injured:
Bible for you• to
t until i ttesrd
•
• ,
is. alTairei CO6.
Pl. 110 covered
e,:wit,fitli6
' brok n voice,
) •
• - than to In's..?
tOci - treat, for
by the ;lora°
_et
slevi. Tyour;
*fiotlatl mules,
,; 18~Q,
z •-,7 llZazeTtliztrilootgo.
. „
PROVERBS FOR TIM py PEOPLE.—Hap i the
.man who has no bOots-'.:his corn s - shall s
sel.
dam trouble hint: -
Happy-i s he who can't, get trusted; he - shall
havq no.bills: to settle- - •
Wise are they who. refuse to learn how to.
write they Will never, be taken.up for for.
f gory:
.
'•
Honor him Ivhoulways opposes' the right.;
he will be like tylighthonse.on'a reeky Coast- - .
Be kind those you know to be ungrate
ful ;'this will kove,you,tO.,4o disinterested. ;
Lnekkare they- who always. net like aeOuW
drels; they are Sure of a' atone house - id - live
in andrm . exalted station , a ',
Happy pre they' who.aiways have to go on
Coot; they do'net ridi3 the same read With - the
beggar.-
Kessuth, in ono of his speeches addresed-to
ladles, said:
"With us, the widow remains ;at the head
of the family, as the futhertVas.' As long as
I she lives,slie is thothistress of the 'property of
her ()gamed husband. '..Under the old consti-'
tutien of Hungary, the widow, of the lord.had
a right to -"send a representative to the parlia
ment,' and in - the county election's of public
ftinutionaries, vvidoint had a right to vote like
the men." •
NIAGAI a
I.—The, gross power of the Fall
Ilitgitra is, `nenording to B lack well's observa
tions,-equal to that of pearly seven millions of
horses; others, from different data; make Una
high as ten or twelve millions, and even more.,
I Li fact, taking into account;the constancy Of
its : riper:Mon, the effort of thla great CatainOt
wilt-bear' n Comparison with, thlit of the entire
adplt laboring population .on face of the
More pleasing-than the"dean drops that spar
kle`ilpen roses, are the teals tbrit pity gathers
upon_the - cheek:of beauty. ; . • • ,
There' Wan in Ticiy, an mean 'that he
rfeVeritais rinythinglo fit him. -Ilfpurehnsing
boots or breeches, he always
,takes the biggest
pair be,can get for the mosey,- - -
)1 i: 8b l :1 1 ; 1 :i:4 ° P:4 n ttri be d n de l k tu ed "h
all
the
°label.
rbia 'ln her 1.13C0, bi n t s PN yet it bokWeist b e
beady; out! AIL the lines
• • ,
41. rashksa ataPPet Into II shop no ,
labgainoeond naked the keeper he had tusy
• matiimonial basket4,"s4
,
- • •••
vaua 11.` ''irrimßElt
The:Reformed - Drunkard.
AN. E i r ; B iz i cr , ...BlEETsl6x - . , ...T-
A'great! Experienee meeting? washeki ens'.;
one evening 1a...4- ! —.... choral:. where the speak?":
era; as. usual, were to be:reformed, drunkards., :
An - estimable woman, whore we will , call Al- - , :
ice, was induced to attend. 'When the meet:': ing was soinewfmt advancedri late a:emberee
Congiess arose with apparent Sadness, T e n d'
said: Alift.:Preaident, although I had cot:WM 4
ed, at your argent acilicitation,in•-address MIS*
large assembly:W.:fight, yet I felt so strong e -1.
relnetange 'to doing so, that it has • been
the utmost difficulty :I could drag myself for. -
-ward: But I hid passed my-wqrd—f 'conlil ,
not Violate it. As to "relating my ciaperiencri:
that °I do not , think "I can venture open.% Thu -;
past 1 dire riot recall. Would to'beaven that -
Just ten,years of my life were btotnid oat.' ::., =
• Tbe'speaker paused a moment, already muel
affected. Then :resuming a - firruer„volce • by -I
'But But. sOniethink must be said cif- my, - own:
case; .orf sh - all fail to • Make that impress:on o4_
. 1
your minds that I'wish timed:me. ' -
!Pict:ire - a il- real life's, touch the heart - with r"
power; while abstract, presentation's of truth'
glitter.. coldly. in the -intellectual .-region, • or °.
mind, and , then fade trent the perception, lltb •
figures in a diorama l . • . ; . .. .
$ YoUr apeaker,,wai Once among -the finit,..
lailaberi of the, bar In a neighboring State.,-,
Nay, More than:that—he represented his eouri",
ty, - three years In the Assembly of this Corti; :f
inonwealth and more than that still—occupied
a seat in dengress for two Congreasional ea.-
riods.'; . -' :7 ' • - i
At this, moment the stillness of death per. -..,
waded :the crowded assembly. - .
...• :.
'And yet More than that,' he continued, tile,
voice sinking into a thrilling tone—the :men,
had
..
a tenderly loved nifeand two sweet Chit.
dun: - 'But all these blessingt; have departed'
from him: he, continued,, his voice growing
louder"and deeper in his efforts to control him.
- self. 'Ho was unworthy to retain them.tr:-:
His constituents threw him off because he.had , ,
debased hiMself and disgraced them.: A.
more. than all—she who had. borne him - tiva -
dear babes, was,ltrced to. abandon him and '''
seek an asylum ""in her father's' house. _ - Arid''
could 'tbecome so changed in a tow short
years? :What -power was; there. so to 41:144-4
me that my felloSss beings spurned, nd even .-
the wife of-my
_bosom turned away, heart: -
stricken, frorii met, Alas! my friends, It wan.;
mad indulgence in intoxicating drinka. But :
for this, - I were now an hionorablii, and useful ;
representative in Pringress, pursuing after my
country's, good, and blest .In the home circle .
with Wife and children., •
$ But! have riot told yon all: After my Wife '..
. separated , from me,!l sank rapidly. , A'state:or
perfee,t sobrietr.biought too • many
,painful
thoughts; I therefore drank mord treely, and _
and was more' rarely;' if ever under tlie bewil.;
. clering effecti of it partial intoxication." - I - is, ",
-....:-..4.rtruro-same village for some years, but'
never saw her once during that time—nor e
'glimpse of my children.. At laiti became $4l 't .
abandoned in my life. : that my wife: urged on
by, her fr:eads, no doubt, filed an applicatiott :.
for a„ divorce, and as cause could easily be
shown.why it should • be a atlxuatiett
was - legally declared. granted,
: To - complete. my dia. I
grace, at the next!Congressional =mut,' I
was left off the ticket, as unfit to represent -.
the district... .- -
.. i .;
' Three years have elapsed then. tor
two.years of this`perled Ibandoned" myself ~
to the fearful impulse of th)appetite I bad ac. .,
quired.
.Then I heard of this - new movement;, .
the temperance cause:, At first- I sneered, then
Avondered, listened at, last; arid finally- threw ' '
myself upon thd great wave that was sweep.,
ing onward, in hoPe.of= being carrird by it far'
out of the reach of danger, and I did not hope ;
with a-vain hope. It did' for most! and more -,
than I could have dreamed.. It set me :once: :
more upon my feat-once morn made a man.
of me. A year of sobriety, earnest deiotiez:
to my profession, and - fervent prayer to Mai,:
who alone gives strength in every good rem),
lotion, has restored much 'to me that I' have“
lost—but not all,riot by wife and ehildren.4—:
Ah! between-myself and these tho law - has'
laid its stern, impassab. le - interdiction . I have;,
no no longer a wife; no longer children; though, -
my heart goes out towards, these beloved ones.,
with the tenderest yearnings. PiCtures :Vow..
early days of wedded love are - lingering in my :
imagination: J dreamed of the sweet fire-side
circie ; I saw even before me - the - once placid -
face of my. Alice, as her oyes looked into my
own, with intelligent confidence. I feel her
arms twined about my neck . : the music of hot,
voice is ever 'sounding in m y ear." - -
--Here the'sPeaker's emotions overcame Mu:.
His utterance beantie choked; and he 'stood si."
lent with bOwed head and silent limbs.; The'
dense mass of_people were hushedinto an op.:
prnssive Stillness, that was' broken, here and
there by half stilled sobs. . At thie moment
there was a movement in the ,crowd. , A; fa:-
male figure before whom every one seeme d:
instinctively to give way, was seen passing .up' '
the - aisle. This was not observed by the
speaker until she had com e n ea rly in front of
the platform on which he stood. Then the
movement caught his car. and lifting his eyes,
they instantly fell On - Alictfor. it ma: she:
that was passing onward.:; Ho bent forward •
toivards her with :sudden uplifted hands and,
eager eyes, and stood like a statue until she:
had gained the stand and advanced quietly to"
pia aide. ' For a moment or two they stood:'
thus: the whole audience, thrilled with - the:
scene, Were on their feet and bending forward(
when the speaker extended his arms, and :Al'
ice threw, herself upqn:his bosom:with a 4 301ek
t :v e il m d , gest:re.. , _Th , uli .,: f . :r , the ._ :"R ce eta Miti natal
v -
they stood--overy ono fully, by a single fatal..
lion, understandin' the scene .. One of - .the
ministers I then . Caine for Ward aid `separated
, • Ne, no,' said -tho-reformed Congreeemal;
• you cannot taketet from trio.' 4.. .. k ' - y -,!-
'Hearen,forbid that I should do' that: tepli.:.
ed the minister. 'By your own confession 4h6
,_ , .
Is not your wife
, $ No, shfilts pot,' retuttied the speakei' mount. full g".
4 But shi fa ready to renew her vows ugale,' ---
Alice said, Smiling through hot team that now
rained over bet faee; ' -r, ' . ' '. - +.
Before the largo:l49"W all stnnaing: lind
wi th 'few:lty - eyes,Was,satd;ine broken volce,,i
[the Marriage ceremony that give the . speaker)
aril/Alice to toieh ether; -. .lits the - iniii.ster, au'
aged tad with thin "white locks, finfahed - this - 1 -
rite, balald his lutndiontho hes& 'a tha two
he hail jaineilin , hollbbads; and lifting c om ic
eyes that streamed with drops of &dam. bck
said in a solomm - v01e0...- - -=.-......-- ....„.._
~
What god has johsed,togother s la Rot itrd-
,
vOI
pig-anuit,,i, OW - 1-.
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assembly ; ' -
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