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Nl3‘iV ES'l‘.\B3.[S!I._‘lI BN3‘.
Harnesses, _&c. &c.
HE attention of the public is invited to the
new S_addlery Establishment just opened
by the subscriber under the Connecticut Iiotel.
His stock and workmimship he believs to be ful-
ly equal to the best, and his attention will be
assiduously given to meet the wishes, a nd secure
the approbation ofall who favor him with their
patroua ge.
ces moderate.
A good assortment of Harnesses, Saddles,
Bridles, \Vhips. Trunks, Valises, Ciirpetbags,
_&c. will be kept constantly on lnmd, and forsiile
cheap.
Repairing done in a neat, substantial, and ex-
peditious manner. Far-:ni~:aicK Baanmzr.
Norwalk, May 2, 1848. 25
i .3; 0'l‘A.'§H.—J ust received and for sale by
. S. E. OLMSTEAD.
Dec. 21. 1847.
Removal.
1’ ‘HE subscriber has removed his stock of
Grocoi‘ies. Paints. Oils, (Site. from the
Bridge to (jentreville. about midway between
‘the Bridge and South Norwalk Landing. oppo-
site his dwelling house. He_int.ends to keep a
good assortment of family groceries, flour, (Sec.
Also, of Paints, Oils. Glass, Brushes, (Sac. dcc.
A share of atronave is res iectfullv solicited.
P ° i s‘ s
OHN AMMIS.
Centerville, (Norwalk,) Oct. 18, 1847. 1
DRUGS‘ AND ill EDICIN (25.
S E have been makingadditions to our for
mer good assortment, of Pure Drugs and
- Medicines which we offer lower by 100 percent
than others in the trade.
That is to say, 50
cents will buy as much in quiintity as can be
I Persons will
please call and get a printed list of Prices and
compare with the usual price they have paid
before——we furnish all who call for them.
T. (Sc VV. E. RAYMOND.
New Canaan. March 10.
‘.i‘att.crs:1lI’s IIEAVE I’0\VDI~:l{~i,
g4"OR the radical and permanent. cure ol
Heaves, broken wind, coughs, colds. glan-
ders and all otlierdiseases that iiliect the mucous
uiembrane of the ‘lungs. windpipe, throat and
head of the Horse. l<‘orsale by
JOHN A. VVEED.
LU ‘ll 8 5'} R _\ 'I‘ WV BS1‘ P0 RT.
SAN FORD has at his yard near the
0 Bridge, a large quantity of all kinds of
Lumber bought under circumstances peculiarly
favorable, and to be sold accordingly. Those
wanting to buy will _ find it. so by coming to see.
'12?‘ Cedar shinglc-.s.—-195.000 ‘North
Carolina cedar shingles, which are decidedly
the best and cheapest shingles to be had this
So those say that have used
them.
, Ai.so—White Lead and Paints of all kinds,
Linseed and other Oils, Varnish. Japan, Tar,
Pitch. Rosin, Glue, Spirits Turpentine, Hard-
—ware, House Trimmings, Tools, all kinds of
Nails and Spikes, Glass, Putty, &.c. &.c., and
all such articles. Z. SANFORD‘
Westport', Jan. 10, 1847. ti?
G-ROGER.IES.~.
Provisions, Ilardwarc an Crockery.
‘ E devote much time in buying the above
articles, and those of good quality Our
assortment is generally very large many of
them purchased for Cash and we profess to sell
a better article for the same money than any
store in the County. \Ve do not claim the
faculty of getting rid of inferior articles a
as good prices as we w
quality.
nearly every week during the season. Hence
we can take the advantage of buying goods
low when offered, which will be for the benefit
of our customers, as we shall charge only a very
small profit in advance.
T. dc \V. E. RAYMOND.
New Canaan, March 10, 1848.
IN VALUAB LE
F.-INIILY COMPANION.
IX Lectures on Causes, Prevention and
' Cure of Consumption, Asthma, Diseases
ofthe Heart, imd all Female Diseases. 334
pages, 28 engravings. Paper 50 cts; hound 75
cts. Mail to any part-postage 9 1-2 cts.
Shoulder Braces and Chest Expanders, 32.
Mail to any part, 50 cm.’ postage. Inhaling
Tubes. Silver, 33, by mail. lettef P"S"1g°- Ab-
domininal Supporters. perfect. $8 {to $10, for
all Ruprures. Falling of the Bowels and Womb,
Sadc'l1es,I-Iarnesses,
' ding W'hips, which are for sale at a small ad-
\Vork done at short notice, and pri-‘
,. mer wear.
Gum ask for me best Hats ofour own in-iking,
It is our intention to be in the market """3'-. S“l’e”°"'
and Weak Rack, and Chest; sent by Express‘
everywhere. For Braces or Supp0t't8t'S. 0!‘
Rupture Supporters, give height from hefld t0
foot, andcircumference of person next the sur-.
f800..jl1s'» above the hips. If Rupture, mention
which side. Agentswanted for, the sale of the
above goods. Address Dr. S. S. FITCH. 707
Broiidway, New York. post paid.
Feb. 24, 1848. 13-13
READY iVIA_Dl3 Cl.0'I‘IIlVG, "
‘DUST received a good assortment of spring
a and Summer Coats, Vests. Pantaloons,
Hiptjackegg, Shh-ts, _OVe|'.$_lll8.,&c. which will
be sold cheap for cash by .
‘ ‘ Ca/is. T. Lrzoruian.
Norwalk, May 1st," '48.
. I.-[gr-ied Pcnclies and Apples.
JUST received, and for sale . . .
'1'. L. Jr" .1.‘ Pan."
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&«co '&cc ‘ice
7 WHE subscriber would respectfully inform
, the public that he has on hand a large
and extensive assortment off-larnesses. Saddles.
Bridles, Martingales, Trunks, Valises, Carpet-
Bags, &c. which are ready made and on hand.
Also a first rate assortment of Carriage and Ri-
vance from factory prices. Harness Collars,
wholesale and retail. A good assortment of
saddle.r‘s silk. purse twist, embracing all colors
and qualities. Every article needed in theline,
may be found here, of the best quality, and will
be sold as low as can be furnished by any other
establishment in the County.
Repairing done iit the shortest notice, rind in
the best inaimer. \VM. B. S\VAN.
Noi'\v:il|<, May 2. 1848.
er_—::-,g;:ae:n*::..»..s<'r'.
Charles '1'. Leonard
"AV-Ii\‘G taken the store No. 13 Main st.
. recently occupied by Mr. Levi Clarke,
lnis laid in an entire new stock of Family Gro-
ceries, Crockery, Solar Lamps. (Sic. (Site. which
have been bought at the verp lowest state of.
the city market for carli. As he has taken
time to select his assortment of goods he feels
confident that they are cheap, as well as good.
and would invite his friends and the public in
general to call iind er-taiiiine for themselves
He has also on hand an assortment. of Boots
and shoes which will be sold 25 percent cheap-
er than hereiofore. _
All that is asked is a fair exemination of his
goods and prices and he trusts that a share of
public patronage will be extended to him.
Norwalk, April 17, 18:18.
illoetrp.
I From‘ the Champion of American Labor.
TIME’S CHANGES. A
BY MRS. n. w. in-:LtsLi:.
I saw a fair young maiden.
When first the gentle light
Of love. with beauty laden,
Slioue joyous to her sight.
Her merry laugh was rintllng
From morn till close of day,
For. she deemed not time was bringing
To her a sadder lay.
Time pnS9e(I—-and o'er her sunny brow,
A veil of sorrow hung--
For, her heart with pain was beating now,
And her soul with grief was wrung.
She turned and sought a willow,
Beneath whose weeping shade,
They made her lover’s pillow,
Low in the silent glade.
Time sped——imd friends were twining
Flowers in her raven hair,
\Vhile on her brow were shining
Bright. gems both rich and rare.
Then meekly at the altar,
She stood a gentle bride-—
Ah ! bear that sweet voice falter.
As her tears she seeks to hide.
Time passed—and once again we met,
A radiant light was gleaming
Upon her cheek. while curls of jet
‘Were o’er her shoulders streaming.
'Tis ever thus—-time wounds iind heals
The sorrows of the heart,
\Vhen often by the pain it reels,
And writhes beneath the smart.
IfiI~l5fERtIl11_).
N0 I§i¥V.§ LK
’l‘tlll.llllll\7G l5S‘fil3l.lSillltllit\i’l‘.
E. GURTES,
ERCHANT TAILOR, No. 10 Main
1 st. Olmstead's Buildings, would take this
opportunity to return his thanks to his numer-
ous friends for theirliheral patronage, iind solicit
a continuance oftheir'fnvors. He would also
invite attention to a large iind well selected as-
sortment. of
BROAD CLOTHS.
Consisting of French, English, German and
American Manufacture.
CASSIJWERES.
A large assortment of Frencli, Doeskin, plain
fancy, and Tweeds Cassimere.
VESTINGS.
A large and splendid assortment ever brought
ii-to Norwalk.
The above goods will be sold as cheap or
cheaper than can be be bought’-elsewhere.
The subsciiber pledges himselfthat all gar-
ments made at this establsliment. shit 1 be supe-
rior in style and workmanship to any thing in
town.
Cutting done as usual.
S)'r2'nrr Fashions Received.
Norwalk, March 2'2, 1848."
U. L01‘-IKVVOOE) & SON,
Merchant Tailors,
AT '1‘!-IE OLD S’l‘.AI\'D,
Bctvs Building, liiniu-.*-ti'cel,
AVING just added to their former stock,
a large and well selected assortment. of
fashionable Spring and Summer goods, corti-
prisiug all the varieties now in use for Geri-
t.lemen’s \Vear, would invite the attention
of their customers and the public to the same,
assuring them that all Garments made by them
shall be done. in a, superior and satisfactory
manner.
Particular attention paid to cutting for others
to make up.
Norwalk, April 3, 1848. ' 14
R.-XNDHLE at R $Y1‘lIONl)’S
Hat ‘and Cap Store,
WEST SIDE THE BRIDGE. i
" HE subscribers would inform the public
that they havejust received from the city ,_
one of the largest. assortments of Silk Hats and “
Cups of every description, cver brought. into
this town, which they are prepared to sell at
prices which will give entire sntisiiictioii. \Ve
would also call attention to our assortment of
Palmleaf, Straw and Panama Hats for sum-
Also a large assortment of Fur
which we warrant as
Those in want of a Hat will
do well to give us acall. Any person buying a
hat of us can have the same lroned over at any
time free of charge. ‘
Norwalk, April 18, 1848.
NE“? ARRANGIZIYIIENT‘.
Miilllzllill l‘ll=lRBlilll llllll.
‘HE subscriber having purchased the Mar-
ble Yard recently owned by Messrs E.
Price 6: Son. woiiid respr-.ct.fully announce to
all who may be disposed to favor him with their
patronage, that he is prepared to execute orders
for Jklonunrental Sculpture. and (..‘-rave Stones
of every description in a superior style. of Amer-
ican and Italian Marble, which will be furnished
as cheap as can be obtained at any other estab-
lishment in the State. A share of the public
patronage is respectfully solicited.
J. M. SMITH.
Notice.-—\Ve the undersigned having trsns-
ferred our Marble Business in Norwalk, to J.
M. Smith, cordially recommend him to our
former friends and customers in Fairfield
County. E. Paicis 65 Son. l
Norwalk, April 13, 1848. 16
District of Norwalk ss. Probate Court, May
8th, 1848.
STATE ofJEREMIAH B. KEELER.
late of Norwalk, in said district, deceased.
The Court of Probate for the District of
Norwalk, hath limited and" allowed six months
from the date hereof, for the creditors of said"
Estate. to exhibit their claims for settlement.-
Those who neglect to present their accounts,
P|'OPBt‘ly attested, within said, time, will be de-
barred a recovery. "All persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make 'im'media'te"p‘ay-
meant to SALLY ANN‘KEELE‘R,
May 29. 1848. 22 Admiuiatratrix.
l
,for ever
SAVE. THE ERRING.
BY FANNY I'0RlU-231']-ZR.
[Concluded.]
“Yeti here, sirriih,” said the father.
‘* What business brings you to the home
you have desccrated l”
“I come to see my mother, sir.”
“ Nay,” interposed the lady, anticipat-
ing the storm that seemed gathering on
her husband’s brow, “let the fault be
mine. He is mine own child, and I must
see him—a little while-——you cannot refuse
to leave me a little while with my own
boy.”
“ It is the last time, then,” said Mr.
Lane sternly.
"The last time!” echoed Robert, in a
tone of moc ing bitterness.
“ The last time!” whispered the white
lips of the mother, as though she had but
that moment comprehended it; and, as
the door closed upon the retreating form
of her husband, she slid to the floor, light-
ly and unresistingly. Robert did not at-
tempt to call for assistzince; but he raised
her head to his bosom, and covered her
pale face with his boyish tears.
‘‘I have killed her-—niy poor mother,"
l'lr* subbed. “ That I ~l‘mul(l be such a
wretcli! I her son! with all her care and
with all her love! Oh! if they had given
me a coffin for a cradle‘ A grave then
would have been a blessed thing ; but it
is too late now, too late 1" a,
Mrs Lane was uwak ned bv the warm
tears raining upon her face; and, starting
up wildly, she enireated him to be gone.
“Every moment is pveciou.-ll’! she ex-
claimed, gaspingly. “ You may not make
your escape if you do not go now. Oh
Robert! promise me —on your knees, be-
fore your mother, and in the sight of your
God, promise, my poor boy, that you will
forsake the ways of vice, that you will
become an honorable and a useful man-~
promise this, Robert, and then go! Your
motner, who has gloried, who has doted
on you, entreats you to be gone from her
I” _
“ I cannot go to-night, mother. l wait-
«id to see you and so lost the opportunity;
but there is no danger. It is too late to
take ii boat now. I shall go to some of
the landings when l leave here, and in the
morning go aboard the first boat. that
pas-e.-.” ‘
Agziin the mother required the promise
of reformaiioii; and it was given earnest-Z
ly and .~oleinnl_v. Then he again sat
down on the ottoman at her feet; and
Hill] one hand laid lovingly upon his
head, and the oiher clasped in both of his;
she spent an hour in soothing, counselling,
and admonishing him. So deeply were
both engaged, that neither the merry
voice of hills in the door-way, nor her
step along the hall, reached them.
“ Has my moi'ner retired l” was her
first inquiry.
“ No, miss; she is in the back sitting-
room,” and before the girl could add that
she was engaged with a stranger, Ella
had bounded to the door, and flung it wide
open. '
“ Robert !-you here. Robert! Ifl had
only known it, I should have been home
long ago. So you are sorry you quarrel-
led with papa, and you have come back
to be a good boy, and go out with me
whenlwant a nice bean, and all that.
Well, it does look natural to see you
here.” ’ -
As the young girl spoke she cast hood
and shawl upon the floor; and with one
bared arm thrown carelessly over her
brother’s shoulder, she crouched at her
m'othe‘r’s feet, looking into her eye with
an expression which seemed to say,
“Now tell me all about it. You must
have had strangeidoings this evening.”
But nei~ther:M"rs.L'ane nor Robert spoke.
The boy only strained his sister convul-
siv-ely to his heart; while the poor moth-
;or_ covered her own feet with herheiids
to hide the tears, which, nevertheless,
found their way between her jeweled fin-
ers.
The eyes of the fair girltni-ned from
one to another in amazement ; then press-
ing. her lips to the cheek of her brother,
she whispered, ' .
" What is it, Robin? Hus papa refused
to let you come backl I will “ask him;
I will tell him you must come, and then
you will, for he never refused me any-
thing. Don’t cry, mamma; I will go up
stairs now, and have it settled. Papa
cannot say no to me, of course, forl have
0n llle Very dress be selected himself,
and be said I should be irresistible in it.
I will remind him of that.”
“Alas! my poor Ella!” subbed Mrs.
Laue, “this trouble is too great for you
to Settle-. Our Robert has come home
now for the last iime——we part from him
to-night forever.”
“ FUFGVEI‘ 1". and Ella’s cheek turned
pale as the white glove which she raised
to push back the curls from her forhend.
_ "' Yes, forever, answered Robert, calm-
ily, “ l will tell you all about it, Ella. You
gseem not to know that it was something
iworse than a quarrel which lost me my
ihome. Ibad contracted debts-—improp-
lerly, wickedly-and my father refused to
fpny them. lobtuiued the money for the
lpurpuse, and now, Ella, I must escape
or-or——”
“How did you get the money, Rob-
ert 'l”
The boy answered in ii whisper. '
“YoU!" exclaimed .El|a, springing’ to
her feet and speaking almost scur; frilly ;
“you, Robert Lane! my brother! Is it
so, mammal is my brother a villain, a
forger, is be——”
“Hush, Ella, l'Il.iSll!” interrupted Mrs
Lane. “lt is for those “he have hard
hearts to condeinn—not for thee, my
daughter. There will be insults enough
heaped upon his poor head to—m0rrow-—
let him at least have love and pity here.”
“ Pity!
when he deliberately--”
“Ella! lilla '" again interposed Mrs.
Lane, almost sternly.
“ Nay, mother,’ said the boy, in ii tone
oftouclting rnournfiilness, “' do not blame
poor Ella. She does right to despise me
I have outraged her feelings, and disgrac-
ed her name. She deserves pity, and she
say what her brother is.
all claim even to that. Oh,
why did you not let me die in that last
woe.”
Ella stood for a moment, her head
erect, and her lipwhite and treinulous,f
while tears came crowding to her eyes,?
and her face wor-«ed with emotion; the‘
next she threw herself into the arms of?
her brother. ;
“Forgive me, Robin! my own dear,i
darling brother. ldo pity _vou——I do love!
you, and will forever. But, oh; it is ii
horrible thing to be a for_=er’s sister. I
cannot forget that, Robert, and l must,
say it, if it break your heart. to hear me,
it is horrible! horrible I”
“ It is horrible, Ella; l never thought'
to bring it upon you, but--”
“ Why are you here, Robert? Will
they not find you and drag you--oh,
mamnia, where shall we hide him 'l——v\ but
can we do I"
It was several minutes before Ella could
be made to comprehend the absence of
immediate danger; and then she insisted
on hearing all the particulars of the crime,
even though poor Robert appeared to be
on the rack while giving them. She lov-
ed her brother deurly, and was distressed
for him; but she thought too, of herself,
and the disgrace of her family; hers was
iioi a mother's meek, affectionate heart;
a mother's all-enduring, self-sacrificing
'n:rture. At last she started up eagerly.
"' The disgrace may be avoided ; papa
.will of course shield his own name; and
I will go to him directly."
l “ But the sin, my child, the conscious
ldegra-.ai.ion I" inquired Mrs. Lane, with
'reproof in her mild eye. “ \\ hat will
you do with that, Ella Y”
“ Poor Robert! whispered the girl,
again folding her uhiie arms about him;
he is sorry for what he has done; and
our kind Heavenly Father is more ready
to forgive than we. You will never do
such a Wic ed thing again, dear Robin,
will you I”
l Robert answered only by convulsive
subs, and Ella too, subbed for a few min-
'utes in company; then, suddenly break-
ing away from him, she hurried up the
stairs. Along the hull she went, as fast
as her trembling feet could carry her,
and past the room in which she had been
‘so happy while willing hands decorated
her pretty person ; but when she reached
her failier’s door, she paused in dread.
She could hear his heavy, nionotonous
tramp as he walked up and down the
-room; and, remembering his almost re-;
pulsive sternness, she dreaded meeting‘
‘hi n. " If I had only known it before,”l
thought Ella, “all might have been avoid-
ed; but now it is almost too much to
ask.” A fresh burst of tears had no ten-
dency to calm her; and she could scarce
support her trembling frame, when, re-
peating to herself, ‘* he must be saved!"
she gathered courage to open the door.
The old man paused in his promenade,
and fixed his troubled eye sternly on ilfe
intruder, “ while Ella rushed forward. and
twining her arms about him, buried her
face in his bosom.
Whom did he pity or love .
claimed, all her courage forsaking: her
9", ‘he l"3t3mi" find‘ then’she sobbbd, as
Mr." Lane had never supposed, his dough.
-teizcould.‘ But, he did not attempt to
quiet her; he only drevtrher closer to
him, as thougbbe would thus have shield-
ed her from the wretcbedness that was
bursting her young heart." At last Ella
broke forth, “ Come down and see Robert,
pupa; come and save him. They will
drag him away to prison for forgery, and
you will be the father of a condemned
criminal, and I his sister. Ob! do
not let him go away from us so, papa-
come down and see him, and you will
pity him-you cannot help it.”
“ Forgery, Ella! he has not—”
“ He lids! and you must save him, papa,
for your own sake, for all our sakes.”
“ Do you know this, Ella? It is not
true—_—it is a miserable subterfuge to
wlieedle money from his moiher—mone_v
to squander among the vile wretches
whom he has preferred to us. No, send
him back to his dissolute—-”
“ Is that the way to make him better,
papa '!” inquired Ella, raising her head
and fixing her sparkling eye upon him
resolutely. “ You sent him back to them
before; you shot him away from yourself
and from mamma-—you closed the door
by to say, ‘take care, Robin,’ none to
give him it smile but those who were
leading him to ruin; and no wonder that
they have made him what he is. Be
careful, papa. Robert has committed a
crime, a dreadful crime; but it was when
you, who should have prevented it, bad
shut yourheart against him, when we,
who might have prevented it. were obliged
to go abroad to see him, and then could
give no more than ii few stolen words.
lt was not just to keep in ignorance" so
long, for he is my own brother, and one
little older than l; btit I know all about
it now, and if Robert is put in prison, I
had almost as lief be in his place as
vours.”
“ Ella! Ella!”
. “I should, papa. I know that one like
you cannot do wrong without feeling re-
morse; and when you reflect that poor
Robert might have been saved, if you had
only had more patience with him, you
will never sleep peacefully again.”
will need it, when people point at her and;
I have forfeited.
mother !,
sickness? it would have saved a world oil
pertinence.
come over you’! VVho has set you up to
talk in this way to your father"! I sup-
pose I am to be answerable for this imper-
tinence, too.”
“ Oh, papa! you know this is not im-
I have a right to say it, for
the love Ibear my only brother; you
know that my own heart is all which has
set me up to it, and your heart, dear pupa
is saying the same thing. You must
save him and us the disgrace of an
exposure."
“I will avert the disgrace while I have
the power, Ella, but that will not be long,
if he goes on at this rate. Do you know
the amount of money he aslr.-:”l”
“ He asks none—l ask for him the sum
that you refused before.’
“ Ah! he has gained the victory, then.
VVell, tell him to enjoy his villainous iri-
iiuiph. Give him that,and say to him,
that if he has any decency left he will
drop a name which has never been stained
but by him, and leave us to the little peacg
we may glean, after he has trampled our
best feelings imder foot.”
"Thank you, papa; and may I not tell
him you forgive him 'l”
“No!”
“ That you pity him?"
“No l”
“ ‘Way I not say that when he is reform-
ed be may come back to us, and be
received with open arms and hearts ?”
“Say nothing but what I bid you, and
o !”
Eila turned away with a sigh. She had
scarcely closed the door when a deep,
heavy groiiri ,br0l.'e upon her ear, and she
paused. Another and another followed,
so heart-reading, so auunized, that she
grew faint with fear. For a moment her
hand trembled upon the latch; and then
she raised ii, and gliding up to her father
folded her arms about him, and pressed
her lips to his.
“ Forgive me, dear papa, forgive your
own Ella her first unkind words. I was
thinking only of poor Robert, and (lid not
well know what I said. I am sorry-—
very sorry-—cannot you forgive me,
papal”
“ Yes, child, yes. Good night darling,
there go!”
“ And Robert I”
No ansu er.
“ You will feel better if you see him,
I)
Again Ella turned from the door and
hurried down the stairs._ Still the boy
sat with his face in his mother’s lap, and
his arm twined about her waist Both
started at sight. of her slight figure, dres-
scd as it was, for a different scene from
this. The pale anxious face, looking out
from the rich masses of curlsnow disar-
’r.inged and hill" drawn back behind her
ear, appeared as though long years had
passed over it in tl at one halfhour. Poor
Ella! it was a fearful ordeal’ for glad,
buoyant. seventeen. ' ..
n'vp;,,_.,e is the money, Robert,” she
said, flinging it 03-00 the -table, " and now
you m|;_st go back withpme and say to our
father that you are sorry you have made
him miserable.” ’
“Oh! I. am so wretched!” the ox-
“ He will turn me from thp d'oor,Ella;”
"And do you not deserve it 2-" .
upon my only brother—-there was none 1
“Ella, my child,” said the old mtin,.
cowering in spite of himself, "what has!
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“TO
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| L.“ Ellal.” in_tei'pos' d the re'n‘der .l'n_OIl'iQ_.?.‘,
“I do; that an more.
he willthink I_ cometo mock him." —
“ Your mannerand words will ‘tell him
for-‘what you come. You‘ have fiver
nearly killed our poor father, Robert. I
have seen his grey hairs to night almoéf
83 l0w_as the grave will lay them. I have’
seen him in such agony as none of uteri
c.upa_ble of enduring. You ought to’ go‘
to him, Robert;-‘go on. your knees,"and*
whatever he says to you, you will have no‘
right to complain., " . I l , ‘
“Ella, child 1 Ella!” exclaimed Mrs,-
Lane. “ You have too much of your‘
fatber’s spirit——that is, too much for 1'
woman. Beware how you “break the‘
bruised reed.” ‘ _
“ Ella is right,” said the boy rising} “I-
will go to hiin—-I will tell him how
‘wretched l have made myself; how ‘I_
wish that I could take the whole load of
wt.-etcbe-clness,and relieve those I love." ‘ I
will promise him to look out some humble"
corner of the errtb and hide in self in it,-
away from his sight forever. _ erhaps he‘
will bid me earn his confidence by year!
of i'ectitude—pe1"/zaps he will,but’.if I10‘
does not, Ella is right--whatever he says‘
to me, if he curse me,I shall have no right-
to complain.” . _ , , _ h
“ But I will complain,Robin l" exclaimed:
the girl, with ii fresh burst of tears; “and
wherever you go, I will go with you.--'
Poor, dear papa ! But he shall not sepa-'
rate us—-we, who have set upon his knee’
at the same time-his own darling child-'
real I will never stay here while you are‘
without a home, Robin.” ,
The excited girl clasped both hand!‘
over her broiher’s arm, and led the‘ way
up stairs; while the trembling mother fol-'
lowed, praying in her heart that the inter-‘
view might tcrminate more favorably than‘
her fears promised. _
When they entered Mr. Liinc’s room,"
the old man sat in his armed chair, lean-
ing over a table, and resting his forehead‘
upon his clasped hands. Books were‘
scattered around, but they had evidently‘
not been used that evening: there was a‘
glass of water standing _ beside him, and
his nzzck-cloth was loosened as though’
from fnintness. I-lad his hair become"
grayer, and his vigorous frame bended
within a few days’! It certainly s2eeuié'd'
so; and the heart of the erring boy was‘
stricken at the sight. The sorrow that
he had brought upon his mother and‘
sister had been duly weighed; but hill,’
stern father had never been reckoned‘
among the sufferers. . .
I A loud, convulsive sob burst from his‘
bosom, and he threw himself, without it‘
‘word, at the old man’s feet. The motiheri
drew near and joined her son; meanwhile’
raising her pale face pleadingly to her‘
husband’s; and Ella, first kissing lief’
father’s hand, and bathing it wlth a"
shower of warm tears, placed it on Rob-”
ert.’s head. , _
“ You forgive him papa-you forgive‘
poor Robin? He shall never act wickedly’
again; and he is your only son.” _
The old man strove to speak, but lh€
words died in his throat ; again he made"
a strong effort, but emotion overinastered
him ; and, sliding from his chair into the"
midst of the group, be extended his arms,-'
enclosing all of them, and bowing his‘
head to the shoulder of his son, wept‘
aloud. . . .
“ Stay with us, Robert!” he at last said,‘-
we can none of us live without you. Stay,-
and make yourself worthy of- the love that‘
forgives so much ll’ _ ,
Men never knew by whntn very hair"
had once hung Robert Lane’s welfare ;'-'
that a mere breath alone had stood be-
tween him and ignominy. Years after,‘
when he was an honored and respected
citizen.adoroing his brilliant talents by
virtues as rare as they were ennobling, no"
one knew why he should turn ever to the
erring with encouraging words. The"
key-stone of his generous forbearance
was buried in the hearts of three, and they
all loved him. It was buried; but yet a‘
white-haired old man, who watched his‘
course with an eagle eye, and followed his’
footsteps dotingly, receiving always the‘
often have been heard muttering to him-“
self, with proud and wondering affection,-
“This, my son, was dead and is alive’
again; he was lost and is found.”
A sick person who had not slept for
many nights, was asked if he did not wish‘
to have a’ clergyman attend him, and
whether he wished any particular one.j
He replied “yes, send for Mr. D .”
He came. _The sick man requested of
sermon. Mr. D-‘-—‘-‘—— started with surprise:
and desired to know the reason why. The,’
invalid answered, “I never heard yOl.I_
preach but three or four times, find‘ fhélff
invariably I fell asleep; so I thought that:
a short discourse might enable me to take,’
a nap-——-which I much need,*not having
slept any for several nights.”
The worthiest people are the most in ,
jured by sln'nde'r,~as' we -usually find that;
to be the best‘ fruit which the birds have
been picking‘ at.
——
Truth.-—Nothing is so consistent with:
itselfand harmonious in all its parts as;
truth; nothing is so bold, fearless_and_'
uncompromising; and nothing so power-i.
fut, None ever knew truth ovgrcomo in,
a fair fight with error.‘ It is.ni_igh!y and
must prevail. We do her an injury whet):
we distrust her power and hill ‘'13’
_ cars.
But perbapl _
refined and deferential attention, might‘.
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