Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-08-19

him. His manners were fine and gentle,
and his appearance even venerable. He
was hospitable to the rich, and gave aims to
the poor. But his repeated losses were
enough to bear royal merchant down, and
the Dominicans became more scrupuleus,
end governor came who knew not Audain
So Audain abdicated the pulpit of Ros-
seau.
Privateering and smuggling had failed |;
so now he commenced honest trader. He
went to St. Domingo with cargo Of corn,
sold it well, and lived on the island But
his star grew fainter and fainter. He quar-
relied with two black general officers,
challenged them, and shot them both Sc
verify. Christopher sent for him, and told
him that, if the man recovered, il was well,
but that if either of them died, he would
hang him on the marind tree before his
own door. Audian thought the men would
die, and escaped from the tamarind tree by
night in an open boat
He now settled in st Eustatias, put on
his black coat again and recommended
clergyman. St. Euslatus is free port !;
yet division oflabour has made surprizing-
ly slow advances in it. There were many
religious, but no priest on the island, when
Audain made his appearance there. He
became literally minded by misfortune,
and he was always actuated by faith Of
such immense catholicity, that it compre-
hendcd within its circle every radiation of
opinion from the centre Of Christianity, as
the felly ombr3ceth the spokes of wheel.
Audain offered to minister to all the sects
respectively, which the free traders thank
fully accepted. In the morning he ccle-
brated mass in French, in the forenoon
read the liturgy Of the Church of England,
in the afternoon sprackened the Dutch SER
vice, and at night-tall chaunted to the
Mcthodists.
His star descended proner and proner,
though he seemed to be gaining wealth and
fame. Audain was married man, but his
wife resided, and still resides at Bristol.
A Dutch widow, rich, pious and large, cast
a widows eye on Audain; the rigor Of
creole vidli,y, soitencd under the after
noon spracGcnings of Audain, as Dutch
butter mota under the kisses of Titan, and
she told Audain that If heaven had made
her such man, she would have married
twice The hint was as broad as herself,
but Audan liked it the better for its di-
mcn,uns, and married her on the spot,
sp' ackcning the service himself
Audain has fought thirteen duels, and is
a good boxer. Once upon a time he fired
twice, without hitting upon which he threw
down the pistoi OH the ground, and said
s,crnly to h. second, "Take care that
does not happen again." supposing his pis-
iolhol moi been charged with ball. A de-
lay occurred in rc-iodding for the third
time, upon which Audain went up to his
antagonist, ,squai ed his body saying, ,"Some-
thing between, something between, good
Sir % and knocked him down with flush
hit on the nose.
Audain is now about sixty years of age,
and has wholly reformed in his manners.
He loves his DutctNwife, and says his pray
ers so loud at night as to disturb his neigh
bours. His English wife sends him
Christmas box annually. He is man OF
infinite talent, and has seen the world. l
trust the report is true, that like Lazarillo
de Tonnes and Gines de Pasamonte, he is
writing life Of himself 1t would be the
most entertaining book of this age. Ifhe
does not, these few lines may happily serve
to rescue him from oblivion which he does
not seem to deserve.