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No paper discontinued , until all arrearages are paid •except at the option of the proprietor. t Office in Hamilton Street, one door East of The German Reformed Church, nearly ,opposite Ole nFriedenshote" Office. poetical Depattnient. (From the Louisville Journol.) The Spring of Life is Past The spring of life is past, With its budding hopes and fears, And the autumn time is ct ming With its weight of weary years— Our joYousness is fading. Our hearts are dimmed with care, And youth's fresh dreams of gladnes, All perish darkly there. While bliSs was bin , ming near us, In the heart's first burst of spring, While many hopes could cheer us, Life seemed a glorious thing bike the foam upon the river, When the breeze goes rippling o'er, Those hopes have flvd forever, • To dome to us r.o more. 'Tis sad—yel sweet—lo li>ten • To the soft wind's gentle swill, And think we hear the music . Our childhood knew so well ; To gaze out on the even, And the boundless fields of air, And we feel again our boyhood's wish, To roam, like angels. there. Thrre arc many drrams of gladness That cling around the past— And from that tomb of feeling, Old thoughts come thronpng fast; The forms we lovrd so dt arty, In the happy days nose pule, The beautiful and the lovely, So lair to look upon• Those bright and gentle maidens Who seemed so It rined for buss, Too glorious and too heavenly Fur such a world as this ; 'Whose soli dark eyes seemed swimming Ins sea 01 liquid light, And whose lucks of gold were streaming O'er brows so sunny bright / Whose smiles were like the sunshine In the spring time of the year— Like the changeful gleams of April, They followed every tear; They have passed—like hope—away— Ail their loveliness has fled— Oh! many a heart is mourning, That they are with the dead. Like the brightest buds of summer They have fallen from the stem— Yet, uh ! it is a lovely death, To fade from earth Lke them! And yet the thought of saddening, To muse on such as they— And frel,that all the beautiful Are passing fast away; That the fair ones whom we love, Like the tendrils of a vine, (how closely to each loving heart, Then perish on their shrine ! And we can not but think of these In the soft and gentle spring, When the trees are waving o'er us, And flowers are blossoming; Foe we know the winter's coming, With his cold and stormy sky— And the glorious beauty round us, Is budding but to die! (From the Baltimore Patriot.) To My Sister. I weep for the--thougb mortal eye No bursting tear•drop now survey, But deem the Mont of anguish dry, And hope the pang bath passed away • One lowly, lonely spot appears, That darkens every joy to tries From all the charms from all that cheers Sister, I turn to weep for thee. Unmarked may seasons roll away, The sun hath annual circuits sped And may a moon with waning ray, Hath lit the dewdrop o'er thy bend, And art thou prisoued deep in earth 1 My soul still questions—can it be? That glow of health—that smile of mirth 0, can I cease to weep for thee The heart its secret anguish knows, . Nor strangers of its joys partake, The tear of wounded nature flows, • But hopes reviving sunbeams break, And scft the rainbow tints unite. And point that fer off land to me, Where sooh shall faith be cast in sight Anti, sister, ni rejoice with thee. A FAMILY NEWSPAPER. ----- There was no bolt inside. She looked I tug of hands and knees atoms the fluor—a 'F'uTtg', he need not come here ;we don't around for something to barricade it with, . heavy suppressed breathinr —announced Want any of his trash.' --- and perceived a heavy chest of drawers.— 1 that the supreme moment was near at hoed. .01), yes, let us see what liv has,' said the' 'the intrepid Mother. Fear gave strength. She half lifted, half 1 I ler white arms were Lured to the should- father, 'and at all events enceurage the boy The dillieence from Paris to Charlons pushed it against the door. Not content : erg ; her hair fell wildly around hor face, by buying some of his addresses, tell him to stopped one evening. just after dark, 50ine with this, site seized a table to increase the ,lilte the mane of a lioness abdut to help upon bring, them in here, George.' miles beyond the little town of Rouvray, to sirensth of her defence. The kg was bro- ; its prey ; the di s tended or bits of her e yes The young ladies tessed their pretty heads set an English lady and her child-as-a lonely ken, and when she touched it, it fell with a t el ired down upon the s not where the ques- when the Vrinter's boy came in, and his roadside A überee. Mrs. Martin expected mash to the (her. A lone echo went sound- tem of life and death was soon to be duct- course dress and awalord manners contrast to find a carriage ready to take her to Cite- ing throe-It the house, and she felt her I.t art cit!• ed strangely with the eleeance around him; well de Senast, a distance of some leagues, sink w i t hi n h er , B ut t h e e o n , di e d „ wee Time seemed immeasurably 'lengthened but his frank open countenance. greatly whither she was repairing on a visit ; but and 'went. came ; so she piled tin e fragments , out, e v,•re s e corel a s sumed the proportions pleased his host, who brought a copy of his was told it had not arrived. The landlady o f the table upon th e chest of drawers. Tn!. of a n 't o ur s B u t a t l as t, just as all lines and little le far inch member of his family, say a tall, coarse looking woman, who showe d - ern'oly satisfied in this direction, she proceed- ;fan is began to float bete l s. hs r sieht roundthrugh Mg. as he passed them around: 'Another her into the vast hall that served at once as c d to exam i ne t h e wo r t ,. T he y %eel ., a ll , au i n d em i ns t me di um o f bi e ndmies h New Year's present for youFhe piece a sitting-room and kitchen, observed that the ea pered, aml alter esant inatien, s eemed to, darkness, a black mass interpote 7 d between of gold which he passed into the boy's hand roads were so muddy and dcult at Multi, contain no secret door. her eyes nod the fleor. Suspense being, caus.yd a thrill of pleasure not to be mistaken., there was little chance Miter friend arriving M rs , m arl i n now d own i nt o a s hi r th e i s ne o f act i on I ae i ng arr iv e d,' ve . •You Must be cold my lad,' he said, •teke a before morning. 'You had better, there- to think on her position. As was natural ry l i iiegE. , ent.ql to pass with 3nat;ical rapi- seat here by the fire, and tastesome ef Mrs. fore,' said sulte,nnake up your mold to sleep after hoeing all these precautions, the idea te ars. rebb. r thi ust his head carefully S's cakes and cofloe. A happy Now Year's here. Ne l l have a good room to cffer you, sug e es im se lf that it might be supeifluous, letward, Marin be down. There to you. 13e always imlustrous, hooest in and you wil be much more comfortable be- end shi esid at ale t hotinkt o f w hat h e r s s „s a h a ne c h,,ked cr y—the so und of a knife svord and act, and voil 'HUY become a dk lumen a pair of clean warm sheets, than (fiends would say when she related to them falling to tle , fl o or—a con vulsive s t r ip-Yale.— tinguished morn and are sure of being et hap linocldeg, about in our rough country, rope- the tenors of the night , tree child was Pull ! pull !! pull !!! Mrs. I\lartili heard NI one,' was Mr. F,'s parting advice to the cially us your dear child struts sickly.' s'eeping trttuquilly, its rosy cheeks half bo- notbiog—saw no thing, but the scavf passing little carrier. Mrs. Martin, though inuch (unissued by red in the pillow. 'Fite fire had blazed up l a qween h e r two naked feet. She had hall 'll guess he never saw such a room as this tier)ourney, hesitated. A good night's rest into a bright flame while the tinsmith d can- thrown hersell back; and holding her seen before,' said Ellen. was certainly a temptieg prospect, but she dle burned dimly. The remit was lull of with h o ili h an ds, p u lled with a desperate 'Yet you may live to see him the owner • felt so coefidt tit that het would not pale, trembling shadows, hut she had no su- Inc r • r her life. The c o nflict had lit - of tri finer establislonentilian ours ;as stranger neglect her,that after a moment she replied : persaitious Ware. Something positive could ,gun ;raved on e o r the other must 'perish.— things than that (arc c( tue to pass,' said •thank you, madatiael will sit up for an hour :done raise alarm. She listemed attentively. C rfie ro bber was a powerful man, and made the thee. •or so, it is not late: and the carriage may but could hear nothing but the boss ling 01 . furioes ! ellerts to get loose ; net a sound es- ! 'Father why is it you ssern to take a deep come, after all. Should it not, I shall be the over the roof, and the patterins, of c o ped hi s hips—not a sound from hers. The er interest in - New Year's carriers than in glad of your room, which you may prepare the L in d a ra gainst the window panes. As her dreadful tragedy was enacted in silence, any other class of the community V for me at any rate.' exeitmerit diminished, the tatigue—which s s s * e .1 riot only seem to, but I really do feel a .. The heAcss, who seemed anxious her had Le bun f o r g utnes—began again in make it- , Well, mother Guerard,' cried a young warm interest in them. I suppose because guest should not remain in the great room, self felt, and she resolved to undrues and go man, l e aping out of a carriage that s topped I happen to know a story about one which suggested that a fire might be made above ;to bed. . before the doer of the A uherge next 'naming, is rather rots:antic.' but Mrs. M. found herself's() .coinfurtable , (ler heart leaped into her throat. For a 'what news have you got fur me ? alas my 'A romantic story of a carrier, what was where she was—a pile of faggots was blaz- monwnt she seem( d perfectly paralyzed.— mother arrived t' it, father ?' ing on the heorth—that she declin e d at first She bad undressed and put out the candle, 'ls it your mother? asked the landlady, 'PH tell it to You all, this evening after the to move. Iler daughter; about five years of wheel she accideetly dropped her watch.— who se emed qui e g oad humored after her buStle of met ng, Visits is over ; your ss age, soon went to sleep in her lop : and she Stooping to pick it up, her eyes volaturtrily night's r est. •There'e a t a tty up s tairs wait- test are anxious to got to their toilets now herself found that while her ears were ans- emeed towards the bed. A great mass of me for sortie (d e eds, but s he does n ot speak and 'tis time, too, for 1 sec a knot of spruce iously listening for the roll of carriage wheels, rid e hair, a hand and a gleaming !:rife r we Fmench eosily aed seemed unwilling to talk. young gentlemen corning this way. Who her eys 5 occasionally closed and sluember be- revealed by the light of the fire. Afte the Wt. could scare 2 ly p e rsuade her to go to ever gets here, fi rst in the morning is the gars to make its insidious approaches. first monwet of terrible Warm, her presence bed:. most ardent admirer, isn't her' But the In order to prevent herself from ;icin g of mind returned. She felt that she hid •Sttow me the room I' cried Arthur, run- girls were not there to answer his raillery. heist If cut of all means of escape by the ning iota the house. having, fled at the first announcement that way, she endeavored to direct her attention to the obj , cis around her. The apartment was vast, and light, d more by the glare of ihe fire than by the dirty candle stuck . into a filthy tin candlestick, that stead en one of dune, ~.t): i ic,7 . d was entirely left. to her own re- They socm arrivt d before the door. - compaey was in sight ; fur, shocking . to tell Without uttering a cry, but 'Member! m ottle' I' cried he, but he re . what truth compels mo to adimt, their beau trembling. in eve r)' limb, the poor woman got crier d no answer. tiful hair was still in curl of papers. into the html by the side of her child. An .The doer is only latched, for we have no It was scarcely arranged in graceful ring _ t he lung t a bl e s. T wo or t h ree h o n e h eaf . idea--a plan bad suggested itself. it had robbers in this part of the country,' said the lets before the door bell was heard again,n, i sneteSed across hallway up the walls: leay. tbis!wil through her 17rain like litzhtniog. It landlady. and (rein that time till night there 1 ing a spice filled weh (biting, shadows "as the en!): cleat" I: , t• , But a formidable obstacle opposed their cessation of its sounds, any more than there labove. Fein these der nil, d a rusty gun The lit d was su d i-posed lila the ri,,1.1t r entrance, They breame alarmed, et :pee:ed. was rest for the servants who repaired the or two, a swrrd, several ba r v, {:antes of 01 ,_ could get In in beneath it by a narrow ;quer- l e ti l t ,n they hemd the shrielss of the little attacks made up on the refreshment table, Imons, cooking utensils. &e. 1' here were tune at the licad unlimit inalinie a ions; ; wt.', and burst open the door. and served up steaming oysters, and Ira i very low signs tent 1111. house was much and it was probable that he would chouse, l The first o bject that presented itself was grant rue d ; or for the young ladies who I visited, though a pile of old wine bottles lay from prudence, this IlleatiS oh exit. There t h e f ace o f the ro hh e r, r iakitly u p• u med must have something new ; and brilliant to in one co:ner. The landlady sat at some was no curtail) in '.)se way, so Mrs. Martin, f rom beneath the bed, and with protruding 'say each successive round of callers, and ' distanc in the fireplace with her two sons. with terrible decision mud noiseless energy, toneue and eyeballs ; the next the form must look pretty and smile sweetly all the i I who laid their heads together, and talked in made a runnieg noose with her silk scarf, o!' ,Irs. Martin, in the position in which we time without letting any one decant how 1 whisr,„„, and {it'd it poised over the aperture by I. ft her. She was still polling with both nerd they were. . Mrs. Martin began to feel uneasy. Th e which her enemy ens to make his appear- hunds at the scarf, and glaring wildls , to- •We are at at last,' said Blanche throw idea Entered her mind that she had fallen ance. She ha d resolved to strangle him in war d s the teed ut the bed. The child hurl ing herself into an easy chair. I into a resort of robber.; and the words. defence of her own life and that of her child. th r own its a rms ar eund her neck, an d w a s .1 bvgai) to think the visits were never to f 'C'est elle,' (it is she.) which wasthat 'Flue eosition was nn atVfol ono : an d ert inv., hut he paid no attention. The terror • end,' said El:en. she [nerd of the whispered conversation, probably had she been able to direct her • a t- of that dr, allul night had thriven her mad. ~. V hat lovely cape jessamines, where did I contributed to her alarm. 'Fite door leading tendon to the surrounding. circumstances. -- you get them, Nell V into the' rind nas left njar : and for a mu- she might hove given way to her fears, and New li ear's Day. Bat Melt heat over the list of calls, and attar she felt art inclination to start up and attempted to raise the boase by her Fereams. peated over and over agaM. .A Kapp New Year.to you,' had been i pretended to be too busy counting to have escape on foot. 'Put she was far from any The . fire on the hearth, unintended to, had re heard the question. The costly other lambitation, and if the people of the rotten :around, and now gave only a dull, preseimis, always exchaw - q1 ui-ion such uc- 'What au uncommon amount of heat this house entertained any evil designs, her at- sullen light, with an occasional brtgle eleam• casions, had been duly ad .; l:iired l and the'fatni- coil throWs out,' remmirked ()corp., this ! tempt would only precipitate the catastrophe. Every object in the vast apartment glowed ly of Mr. E. sat at table in due element break- chieveously, , just look at Ellen's face, it So she resolved on patience, but listened at- arouse restless motion. Now and then a last parlor, the very picture of Come Elsie).. must be nearly blistered from the color of it.'- tentively for the approach of her friends.— advitticed stealthily along the floor, meta'. Everything within the mansion be- 'ather, didn't you promise us a story to All she heard was the whistling of rho wind, but, startled by eon's! noise under the bed, spoke hianenSe wealth ; subtle one could not ni g h t?' she asked abruptly. ' and the dashing, of the rain, which lied be- went scouring back in terror to its hole.— , tail topetcei ye that each purchase, and evrey 'Hadn't you better take a seat nearer ! gun to fall jest alter her arrival. Th, child breatht d steadily in its uncousci- : ; i . mt had brew directed by what is trianst intto papa, before he begins!' • inquired her ous repose : the mother endeavored also to still mo rel desirable, but alas! more rarelv ! About two hours passed in this untie - brother. imitate s l um ber; but the man under the foiled than wealth —a pure artistic taste.— fortable way. At length Mil door was 'Why' she asked. quite innocently. thrown open, and a man dripping wet Came bed, uneasy in kis position, could not help The table service tlmaah far less showy , Ohl because your hearing is' ratherbad, • in. She breathed more freely ; for this occasionally making a slight noiss. than that used by many of their neighbor . , to night, you may lose some of the story.' new coiner 'night frustrate the evil designs Mrs. Martin was occupied with only two was to the elatice of the connoisseur words 'We stall lose it all if you dolt% keep qui of her hostess., if she entertained any. ale ideas. F:rst she le flectett on the extraordi- live times the aumuut which others iniagined et there ! pleatte begin now, father.' was a red-haired, jovial-faced looking man, nary delusion by which she had been led to intide their table so resplendent. The f ate ' ' , One New Year's morning, more than for and inspired her with coufidence by the see enemies in the people of the . I,OIISO and er though past the prime (Attie, had a heart franknees and ease of .his manners. I ' a ft iehd in the red-haired man ; and s, cond. , warn smile, mut a beaming eye which nee- tv years :ego, a little boy like—let .»st think Where is such a boy ? well, he had blue eyes 'A fine nissht for welkin , * I' cried he, s link. ly, it struck her that as h e would fuer no re- !er could grod while the mother (he like our. \ V title's, and brown curls: buttery ing himself like a dog Who has scrambled sistatwe from a woman he might p . usli away ;armed.) gl en ; wre beautiful during each were not soft, and glossy like his, for they I out of a pond. • 'What have you to give me ! the chairs that were in his way, regardless I stweeediog year of their mooniest life. Twe never had been brushed 'round the snowy Salute Messicure el ,Vesdamrs. lam rye s of the noise;atal thus amid the snore that daughters and two sons graced the sides of finesers c,f a fond sister ;cud his mother was to the skin: [lope I disturb nobody. Give was laid for bin d. e Once she thought that, : the table, such 'olive . plants' as any one too het blot a consumptive to attend them.— me a bottle of wine.' whilst her mtention was strongly directed to I might feel pride in seeing shout •up beside Well. this little boy got up, when the fust The hostess, in a surly, sleepy tone, told one spot, he had made I ris exit, mud was him. In the intervals of eating, the elegant streaks of dawn were visibte throueb the her eldest son to serve the gentleman ; and leaning over her: but slue was deceived by minuets, which were umong the New Year's chinks, of his garret, and putting oo his rag- then addresSing Mrs. Martin, said : a flickering shadow on the opposite wall.-- gifts, were examined by some ol the party, • gad clothes, whict had either been inade for ! 'You see }our friends will not come, and In reality there was no danger that he would while. the ethers discussed the arrangements I a smaller boy than he, or for him a long time you are keeping us up to no purpose. You, •compiondse the su c cess of his sanguinary for the day, and commented ut.on the expec- ' ago, took a package in his anus, and saying had better go to bed.' enterprise ; the shrieks of a victim : put on wet' callers. 'never fear, mother I'll bring home saute' •'I will wait a little longer,' was the reply ; its guard might alarm the house. Sister, I know one gentletnan who is tint - \ thingtonight,' :torte out to ! • which elicited a kind of a shrug of contempt. Have you ever stood, hour after hour with I e worth while • d sell his New Year's AddresSes. darn, months ,e ihe red haired man fi nished his bottle of your (jelling rod in hand, waiting with the i . ing lucre tc-day said George. •Do you! who is it ?' inquired Blanche, he had hooked forward to this y hoping , wine, and then said : • • ferocious patience of an angler, ler a: nibble? ,in spite of herself the color deepened on her then to gain what he could never spare from t 'Show me a room, good ' woman—l shall If you have, you Gaye some litho idea of the t eheek• his scanty earnings, enough to get him some sleep here to-night.' state of mint! in which Mrs. Nlaitin—with 'Mr. Chamberlain.' ' ' decent Oahe's. Hope Was in his heart, and Mrs. Martin thought.as he pronounced far other interests at .take--prissed the time, •P•shaw,' was her involuntery exclamation, I s that made his step light, but the further he these words, he cast a protecting glance td until an old clock On the cliimnvv-piece told 'of course he will be here, he always does went the heavier grew both heart and step; : wards her, and site felt less repugnance at one alter midnight. Another sort cc (dans- for his little papers e which he had prepared come when we keep open house. the idea of passing the night in that house. iety now presented itself--the fire had near- 'She was in hopes you would have said so cad:ldly, were laughed at, and protiounc ;When, therefore, die red haired man, after Iv burned out. Verdi . zy eyes could 2Care.e- Mr. St. John,' cried Willie, laughing ; 'but ; e a riot wort h a penny . Now, an d t h en h e a polite bow, went up stairs, she said, that ly Sec the fl oor, as she bent with fearlut m- I guess he will come; too, suss,, for he nev" I sold one, but oh, bow diflereet were the as her friends had not arrived, they might ! tention over the bead of due bed—the tend- stray ditties, which thus found then . wey to took his eyes ayou at the concert the other as well show her to her bed rootn. .• . ! ble noose hanging like the sword of Demo' Mgmht.” his pocket, from the silver day dreams 'I thoteght it would come to tliat at last,' cles, nbeve the gloomy 'aperture. 'What,' which had cheered him onward in his hours 'You stupid waze,' retorted Blanche,' what said the landlady . 'Pierre, take the lady's though he delay his uPPenra.nce un- do I cure who looks at me.' of toil, cold and weary he at last stopped at trunk up stairs.' til the li g ht has completely died away ? Will A loud ring at the dour startled them.— a large: house which had the name of How- In a few minutes, Mrs. Martin found her- it not then be impossible for me to adjust the and on the door. I don't think he will ever 'Can it be nine for calls ?and how we look!' ' self alone in a spacious room, 'with a large scarf—to de the deed—to kill this assassin exclaimed the two girls in the sammibrenth: forget that name Mr. 'F. said, with a twin fire burning on the hearth. Her first care, --to save myself and my child ?0, Gud I, •Don't run ;it is only the carrier with the kle in his eye. He was shown into a hand-. after putting the child to bed, was to txam- deliver him into my hands I' ' New Year's Addresses,' said George, peep- some parlor, where sat the master of the nom ine the door. It closed only by a latch:— 1 A cautious movement below—the drag,g- ing through the windoW. sten in e . large . orimscin arm 'Chair, with • - . . . , Illiscctlancous Zcicction. Imolis and pt. rio licids scattered about him 1 %Odle a young ch . !, who wris more hlie the boy's dreams of th,i A 1 - 121 , . s in that I leal,..en of which his mother tall,ed to him than any earthly being he had ever seen was sitting on a •Imv stool beside her father singing a new. year's chant. The girl opened her larg-:e brown eyes in wonder on their little rag red viitor—now that I thin!: of it ; they must have been something libe your eves, Ilanche— , ot the gentleman received him v..ry kindly, and. I.avirc, t a lk c d wi t h hi m 0111 e ii MC. z1:1 r.cutl over Cis address and ask- ed who wrote it. 'I ,lid,' was the r: ply, 'but my mother hel;e d ine to cini:o..te it.' And to his lurtlier inquiries the artless story of his lather's death, hastened by in temperance, nod ha , mother's ill health, was almost unconseioudy re veiled ; it was 'so tor , since the hoe li id been spoken to in toms of I,inthiess by ant' one save his moth er, that he could not le Id °penile* his heart. 'You have surlP . talent, my boy,' said the erentleman iii concluston, 'continue to be in du-t riotts,be alwilys :strictly honest in speech an d actin:', aq l I 1,9 1 :o to sec you a great man yet,' Ile put a piece of money into his hand which in the „dim light, the boysupposed I teas all a dollar. and thanking the gentle • man in words for the money, and in lijs heart for the k iitil encou ra gement he ht.' given him. was about to leave the house; i when the brown eyed little girl, who had slipped out of the room a while before, call ed him back, and forced up)n hint a basket containing cold turkey, cakes, and some nice jelly for his sick notice?. The tears stood l in his eyes when she gave them to him, so I the boy was riot as'i-ined of those which ! sprung to his mothers aib. That last call was worth more to him than all the rest, so it) telling his mother of his adventures, he touched hot lightly on his dis appointment, and .e : ave quite an animated ac count of the kind gentleman hod his pretty daughter. When he tool( to his money to count it, h fotind that tie- piece given him last was gold, and not silver as he supposed. 'flow liberal he was !' said his mother, , but then I expect lie is so rich that it is nothing to him.' 'Pilo mother I don't believe he meant to give me gold, he has made a mistake, and i must qrty it back to him.' 'Perhaps he meant to h ive it to yo u , and %%that a nice suit it would get you.' 'I should not dare to keep it Without be ing sure he meant it (or me,' and away her ran. •I think you made a mistake sir,' he said, rushing breathless into the old gentleman's preseuce,.did you mean to give me gold ?' , Gold ! I give you no gold did not know it until I got home, sir, and then I found it was gold instead of sib.. ver.' 'The money I gave you, I took out of my dres.iiug gown pocket, and I did not know I had anything but silve'r in it—you must have got it from sonic one else.' , No, sir, I. knew it camelrom you, because I you gave ine the larg , st piece of money I received to day.' , Well, you have not much vordly wiso don, for you might have kept ii, and I nev i • er should have known toy mistake ; but I b. lieve you will sleep the sounder for hav• inc restored it ; why did you come back this cold evening, though, üby not unit till morning.' 13ccam:e I was afraid if I kept it over nigld I ••liettlil Le ti nipted to keep it longer,' wa s his Mgt nuous , That a a 3 right, to put the temptation out of your reach. I lire is the halt dollar I had intended to give you ; preserve your inegri ty, and hou,s, r poor you may be, you will be happier than tunny who are rolling m wealth. I know some persons who have gold enough to buy all they want, except a clear conciet.ce, who would' willingly be cerr., yen, if they could thus gain your in- nocence: Tut, father, did he really let the Poor boy go away without the gold piece, when he hod been so honest as to bring it back r 'lie did.' '1 think if would be as little as he could do, to have given him that I' . .llc was not content with doing 'as little as he could : next day he went to the•of£ico where the little carrier was at work, and having received a good character of him, took him into his own employment, with the . rifler of such wages that the boy could scarcely believe his ears, for he was connect- , led with a large publishing house. Before 1 he introduced him to his office, he took - him tort tailor's, and made him a present of an entire suit of clothes, costing nt least four times the amount of the gold piece. Nor did he ever lose sight of the boy who was thus strangely intruded upon his notice, and through his kindness ; he was enabled to rise from type-setter to editor, and finally to become one of the publishing firm, from which he has realized a handsome fortune? 'And what became of the pretty little girl . did he ever see her again?' ✓l;here she is,' he replied pointing to their intittlez. ..
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