Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-07-18

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T.saar. ss ne "a. AZ TIE 51ov, az Iae zoinz
soga CT re s,sz :-rlisers5..e rsc tlst an :.
wkst ais IRE. irisu,tr - said peTson
VIZ ssoo,. gear ai--. a.tl.Dugss 5essrs upper
se-vs,f. . Hast t.scg ut Eeaiia. Has, tacu
not Eiea,!s Fast tSna nn' psenty IhcU
hast .seep is=s5rg ~ he Eiss, thg rauae-
rous her3s graze n lie az, ard III gan
ses.s teer, wIlA s5szs!szcs- j"
Trse answered Isthars, : but The
.E,r-asss ard gacezta.aty of hEHas be, are
% ne sou7ces 81 coEs.znt vrstchetness. ]
know not VIA: hen. szzy Be called % leave
Al taese blessings. 4 fe~ ire 70 lie god
cd 1-. Of four soore years, "a. how ieS (.
Thy. 20 be SIRE, are blessed, Bat have
10 assurance nat shall i've again 70 see
~ orchards in Blossom, and 10 hear the
EseztiaY d MT eariylznsSs. an miserable.
and 4os. thoa think i world cnntrib1ts
O. nv haopisess, 20 have renoTed The Gn-
certainty 81 tbJ exit from DIS lie, and 70
rscei7e lie issuance tat ,hos ssOalds;lTe
% re age Of So.s scare snd ten years
''CaG.0,45.s65v,' .zd Los!-snn " could
thea yreceed On ny conrse With ligkt
heart. Ic1osa pan my busjsezs 50r fu:IsIs
ye4rs. cosld plant orchards WITH ;ae GER
:a,s,y Of enjoying The f-5it--I eonsd -
Eoogh," SAID BIS guest, iaserTPting
aa-A" Thy desire s6aI b. grsil6ef. ara
tie spirit tAai Vrsidss oEer thy year., and
"a Commissioned to IL the die Ct thY eIis-
TINE.
Tbou ss.zlt have ua.1 The 5th Of he 9Th
Eoa;h in !be year TIA; tho shalt have num-
tsre1 far score an! ten, and in thai day,
az lie going down ii the Sun, thou shalt die
Jo,bsrn raised hs eyes, and the person
bal disappeared, but be feit The fail coz
scisusness Of the truth Of what he had de-
clsred, and resolved 10 De happy. A thot:-
sand Plans ior aIsassing wezAb--iunproyiHg
BIS grouDds-plznting orchards and forest
irees-5uildjng houses and mills, iOT while
crowded upon his Imagination bot ever
and anon, the 9TH oitbe 9Th month Of the
year that be should be 80 occurred with re-
neaed uness,Dess 20 bis mind II was TOO
f.rofto be worth thinking of, and yet would
!. return uneslled for with the NOS. alarm
ing acuteness. LOTHIAN was then 81, and
he took slate and pencil 10 esIeuls;e--I
lie bad 50 years 10 live. lie reduced the
time 10 nsonihs--to Heeks-to dsys-t.oTs
and even TO Minutes The day was bxed
10 bis mind az certain!y az IN the records Of
fate. Tle boxed al his watch. Three hours
had already elapsed--1ken Ss family no
tiled him hat il was kteT than usual Tor
him ~ retire The sleep Of Jot sm vas
disitro.I, ssd the frat thought 81 t,e nor
ainZ sas tbG SIS oi the 18th monta, 1t the
set,ing Of the sga, 10 he year 1915. But
he received 70 PIT 20 execution the Plans he
lad iorrsed. some c!5icHitiss intersned,
bat ~ be had time enoCgb, hs postponed
from day to day the commencement Of bis
Improvements.
A thousand new troab;es now erondedon
bis nina. lie vas certain OF life 5ut not Of
health. His days might drag Oh heavily in
pain and disease. lie was not sure that BIS
plans or srazssing money would sGccssd.
lie mght beooTOe psgpeF. Instead o.
stimulating his eIeriions, be found NAT tie
certainty Of long life relszed them. IL the
nsids, Of business and pleasure, toe Day Ger
tainIy fixed Tor bis death. would come like
a dark cload overwhelming bis soul, para
lying his exerjons, and dsraping bis joys.
He felt il ike The iron belt OF the Scottish
James, who fell at Flodden6eld and from
the very Circumstance be expected topro'e
the source Of happiness, he derived nothing
b.; opessiness, and finally The most uncea-
sing misery.
A year had passed away, when at the
same hour Of the same month, lothian sat al
L.s porch, bis beard long, his face pale, and
bis Whole body emsciatsd.-" Miserable
man that ] ara !" e1cisimedbe. The day
Of my death is fixed. The tine is sscer-
tanned with awful certainly. ] am Ike
criminal under condemnation, and feel
that the distance Of time is only an sggra-
walton by procrastinating my niseIy.-
Would TO God tbaimy guardian angel would
return and restore me 10 the state Of other
men"
Thy wish shall be granted" answered
the same person whom he had seen the year
before. "Bd my friend" added be, let
fhis leam thee 70 repress thY passion.--li-