The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-06 00:00:00

usual spirited n

in the former number

forms thi

subject of one of the vignettes

't of the work

portra t appea

By Captain Knox

Harry M

Liverpool

g Webb

A new

new year, 1r

al under this name has commenced with

very ele

the pen of Captain Knox, the author
1 clever poem, entitled " Day Drear

which has just been published

story is a gallant officer of her M

The subject of

in love with a fair da

sty's 100th Fa

and who has

n consequence of his entert

1 lrelan

story promises very well
There are two well-executed woodcuts to illustrate the stor

BISHOP GEORGE AND THE

YOUNG PREACHEI

An aged traveller worn and weary, w
tired beast, just as the sun was droopir
hills that bound the horizon of tha
country, in the vicinity of Springfield,
August evening and he had journeyed a L
since morning, his pulse throbbing unde

t ;inn and pi

the inttue

Fairtie.

been tic

itably en tert

by one who

~red to him tor Las •
etits himself nad received, from the hand which tee(
'g lions when they lack ; and he had tro-
.• But many a weary mile be had_ journeyed os

cognised the veteran soldier, c

and who had minis

Bed on refresh

since then, and now as the evening shades _
around, he felt the burden of age and toil heavy upon tar
and he desired the pleasant retreat he had pictured to hia
self when the day's pilgrimage should have been neon

in spin!

plished.
It was not long before the old man checked his tired animal
at the door of the anxiously looked for haven of rest. A mid-
dle aged woman was at hand, to whom he mildly applied for
accommodation for himself and horse-
" I don't know," said she, coldly, after scrutinizing for
some time, the appearance of the traveller, which was .not
the most promising, " that we can take you in, old man.
You seem tired, however, and I'd see if the minister of
who is here to-night, will let you lodge with

the circus

hun. •
The young circuit preacher soon made his appearance, anu
consequentially swaggering up to the old man, examined him
for some moments inquisitively, then asked a few impertinent
questions—and finally, after adjusting his hair halt a dozen
times, feeling his smoothly shaved chin, consented that the
stranger should share his bed for the night, and turning upon
his heel entered the house.
The traveller, aged and weary as he was, dismounted and
led his faithful animal to the stable, where with his own hands,
he rubbed him down, watered him, and gave him food,
and then entered the inhospitable mansion where he had ex-
pected so much kindness. A Methodist family resided in
the house, and as the circuit preacher was to be there that
day, great preparations were made to entertain l*
number of methodist young ladies of the neighbou
been invited, so that quite a party met the ey
stranger, as he entered, not one of them took the slightest
notice of him, and be wearily sought a vacant chair in the
1-1

s of tl

corner, out of direct observation, but where he could note au
that was going on.—And his anxious eye showed be was no
careless observer of what was transpiring around him.
The young minister played his part with all the frivolity

and foolishness of a ct
caped his lips. Now he was chattering and bandying sense-
less compliments with this young lady, and now engsged in
trifling repartee with another, who was anxious to seem in-

ty beau

teresting in his eyes.
The stranger, after an hour, during which no refreshment
had been prepared for him, asked to be shown to his room, to
which he retired unnoticed—grieved and shocked at the con-
'uct of the family and the minister. Taking from his saddle-
rn bible, he seated himself in a chair, and was
soon buried in thoughts. holy and elevating, and had food to
eat which those who passed him by in pity and scorn dreamy
not of.

bags a well.wo

Hour after hour passed away, and no one came to
invite the old, worn down traveller, to partake of the luxuri-
ous supper which was served below.
Towards eleven o'clock the minister came up stairs, and
without pause or prayer, hastily threw off his clothes and gol
into the very middle of a small bed, which was to be the rest
ng place of the old man as well as himself. After a whit
rose up, and after partially disrobing bin

the ag

.ed stra,

a tervet

t the young preacher, who began to feel sor

,nd after slowly

upon the edg,