The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-05-29

scous ~ There too, shall be my re-
| fugeo His exclamation caught the atten-
tion of a person who was lingering near
the spot, in a state ofmind equally despond-
ing and life weary. The idea, which had
only on sudden darted upon poor B.,
had been long the fixed and cherished
purpose Of the other, though for the mo-
ment suspended by the acc ident OF meet
ing brother in wretchedness, who, to all
appearances, was bent on the same mode
OF flying from il. Singular as 1t was, they
mutually recognized each other, for they
had often met in the same pandemonium
of play. B----told him, without reserve,
| his situation. You have been unfortu.
nate said the other but abandon your
dreadful resolve, implore you. Live.
| You have the dearest, the tenderest oil con-
nexions. Thore is one. whose identity is
entwined with yours. /, too, come hither
to escape the burden of disgrace, ruin, and
want. But there is none to await my COM
| ing no heart will quicken its throb al my
return. Yet, If can dissuade you from
death, / will live on at least, | shall have
one satisfaction to live for, if restore you
to your family and home. Return to your
hotel. Tomorrow will see you, and we
will try To reason ourselves into hope
They shook hands +; B.. being the more
/ easily diverted from his rash determination,
as 1t was the instantaneous suggestion,
rather than the firm resolution OF his de.
spar. But he had scarcely walked thirty
PAGES before he heard sudden plunge in
to the water IL was his friend, who had
only postponed his own fate for a moment
B rushed to the spot whence the sound
came, but the body was not found till the
next day. Is story is well known at
Paris. He had formerly beenin the Guards,
married a beautiful woman, and fixed his
residence at Paris. For while conjugal
affection, and the sweetness of domestic
enjoyments, prevailed over the natural le.
witty OF his heart but it was transient
triumph. The master-vice that destroys
the holiest pacts of the heart, rendered him
by degrees a tiend like being and
harsh to the being by whom he was adorcd.
lie played on--was ruined and she sank
under the double misfortune Of unkindness
and ruin.
"There was a darker cloud yet in
LIS fate. He had lost all he had'ex.
| hausted the compassion Of his friends for
such was his transformation Of mind aud
| feeling, that he could solicit, and climb the
staircases of others (Dante's last of nfam.
ies) and endure the frigd excuse, and the
surly denial There was one who did'not
desert him being of the gentlest nature
with oil the accomplishments of her sen
and with deep share Of feeling. She was
| Frenchw roman, not afiluent and she had
advanced him sums to an amount which
prudence condemned, She opened her
purse to him again. It contained few
.t., h., g.
it was more than she could easily spare
and being suddenly called away, left it up.
on her table. The rest of LIS fate was
comprised in that one short moment of
| temptation. When she returned, he was
gone, and the purse not to be found. MOI
doubt remained on her mind as to the man
ner in which it had vanished bat so no
BILE was her nature, ,@that she would have
buried it in the reccsses of her own heart
forever. Nor was ii ever known till shame. |
remorse, and the consciousness of his in
gratitude, drove him to sclfdestructon
He returned the purse and its full contents:
and on the night Of the same day, the in
terview with Book place."
..sNs~.-
Drunkonness.--T following article from
the Vermont Chronicle may have tendency
to arrest the progress of some unfortunate be
ing, who is gradually approaching the vortex
of degradation and misery, into which thou
sands have beon plunged, for the want of
little perseverance in their repeated determi.
nation to shun the intoxicating draught -
Strange" says tho Indian, "that man will
put an enemy in his mouth to steal away his
brains" And stranger still that those who
feel most acutely the destructive tendency of
incorporate habits should so seldom be able
TO avoid them
1t was 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when
there came along an OK sled, as il returning
home after having discharged its load The
sled was drawn by pair of feeble oxen, and
driven by two little boys, apparently of the a
ges of eight and ton On the sled, little
transversely, lay at full length, what seemed
to be a mainland on closer view, a man dead
drunk. "What have you there'" said to
ono of the little boys. cts my father
Your father" said /, 'who is he'" Ho spoke |
his name. "Why what's tho matter with |
him'" j inquired further "Ilc drinks too
much," he replied, grief and shame shame !
conflicting in his countenance, while he strovo |
to hide his embarrassment by urging on at a |
quicker pace the unconscious team with their |
less conscious load.
Reader, pause Il moment and ponder on |
fact like this. A father takes his little sons |
to market--gets drink in their presence--is
placed, public spectacle, on an OK sled--and |
by them, even his own sons, driven to his own |
family The charnel house is not more re.
voting, tho funeral precision is not moro at.
iecting