The Arkansas advocate., 1830-05-26
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up our scrun1DS. On LDt thS shii night we took leave Of our Samaritan with the deepest emotion of gratitude for lis kindness. always looked on the bright side of human nature; bat 1 never received an impression in it's ia vor So decided and reyiying as from the conduct of this humble man. l never saw nor heard oi him again.
 Cur friend had given Us directions to a place where we could take passage for Falmouth, now Portland. We sac- ceed in reaching it without difficulty, and though we had no money, hts re- commendation gained us q place in the vessel. Ifeltrelieved when once more upon the waters, and standing gallantly seut to sea. With what different ieel- sings had l traversed the same ocean roads beforei Then my heart died with in me. as stood on the battlements of the floating castle that bore me through the waves; every moment increased the distance that that separated ne from my home and country, which grew dearer to me in the hour of its own distress and mine ;now, asourlittle whale-boat boun- .ded over the waves, felt bold, joyous, tri,iili ,sitiit. thought thought then there were moments in fife of changes, which atone for the heayiness of many ofits hours. l have since learned that the only real happiness is that which l then unconsciously felt, arising from the reflection that had done my duty,
 ssFrom Falmouth we went home on foot. Before l reached my native viii lage, my companion left me. His soci- sety had become endeared 10 me by our partnership in misfortune, and parted from him with sorrow. He has ceased from the number cf the living long ago, but l hope to meet him again. l en- tered my native place in a clear sum- mer afternoon; the air was calm, the sky | was clear, and there was stiffness like | that of the Sabbath through the whole | extent of the place. l remembered hearing the distant bell, and knew that they were assembled for the lecture which preceded hecommunion service, according to the custom of our fathers. 1 went to my fathers door, and entered itsoaly. Ny mother was sitting in her usllal place by the freside, though there were green boughs instead of faggots in the chimney before her. When she saw me, she gave wild look, grew deadly pale, and making an intellectual effort to speak to me, faiated away. Withmaeh difficulty lrestored her, but it was long before l could make her un- derstaad that the supposed appafition was n trtlta. her son whom she had SC long incurred for as dead. Ny little | brother had also caughta q glimpse ofme, and with that superstition which was in | that day so much more common than it ] is in this, he was sadly alarmed. In his fright he ran to the meeting house to give the alarm; when he reached that place, the service had ended, and the congregation were just coming from its doors. Breataless with fear, he gave them his tiding, losing even his dread, in that moment, for the venerable minister and the snowy wigs ofthe deacons. Hay ing told them what he had seen, they re turned, with the whole assembly after them, towards my fathers house and | such was their impatience to arrive at the spot, that minister, deaeons, old men and matrons, young men and maidens, quiekeaed their steps to run.
 Never was there such a confusion in our village. The young were eloquent in their amazement, and the old put on their speetacles to sec the strange being who had thus returned as from the dead. | I told naY story over afid over again. As oftenas iconcludedit, newdetachments arrived, who insisted on hearing all the particulars in their turn. The house was crowded with visitors til far in the night. whenthe minister dismissed them, by calling On my father and mother to join hinin aaofering of praise, $ For this son which was dead and is alive a. gain, which was lost and Is found.''
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