New-York tribune., 1841-10-14

% MD 20 home when mad done And OF,
r,,. God now long il took to do Did l stand be-
fora my VIII. and tell her Did see her ia, 7poa
,b. ground and wnen | stopped % rais- her. did
me thrust me back with force that cast me Of
if had been a child staining The hand with wh!ch
she clasped ny WIS, / that fancy
.' Did he 90 down upon hsr knees, and ca on
Heaven to witness iha, he and her unbam child
r-aoGnced ne from that hour; and did she, ia
words solemn that iuey turned ro!d-Ee.
.re,h from the horror, ny own hand mad made
warn me to fly whe there wa, time; for though
she wosd be silent being my wretched wife. .he
wauld not shelter me- Did 90 forth that night,
abJured OF God and man, and anchored deep IN
he'll TO wander al NY cables length about the
ear;h, and surely be drawn down al Ia't
Wny did YOU return said the blind man.
'Why i. blood red I could 10 more help l.,
than could live without breath. struggled
asan,; the impulse but Wa, drawn back, through
eyelv d ficult and adverse t rcumstaHce, a. by
mighty engine. Nothing could stop The day
AID hour were none OF ny choice. Sleeping and
waking, had been among the Old haunt' for years
had visited nay own grave. Why did | come
back Because this jail was gaping for ne, and
he .rood becksnnr at the door
- You were not known ' said the blind man
% was man who had been twenty-five years
dead No was not known.
=. You should have KEEP, your secret better.
" Mv secret Minsl Il was a secret, any
breath of air could whisper at it. VIII. The srars
hud i, in their twink.ng. the water in ia flowing,
The leaqes in beir rl.;sg. the seasons in their re-.
,,rn T. IurL.d in STRANGER, face. and their voice.
-,orv thing had I'm. ON which /, .l,,,,- ,rernbed
~ secret -
IL was revealed bv vour own act Al any rate.
- d the blind man
- Thc act was not raine did ii, but it was
not mine | wa. obliged at times to wander round,
and round, and round tina, spot, Ii YOU aad
ctaned me- up when the fit was on ne | should
have broken away and gone there As truly
as the load,epc draws iron toward il. 80 he, lying
al the bottom OF hi, deep grave could draw nc
near him when hc would Was that fancy Did
! like To o there. or did strive and wrc,,le viii,
the power that forced me l''
The bliad man shrugged his shoulder. ard .msd
incredulou.y. The prisoner again resumed hi, old
attitude, and Ter u long time both were mute
II suppose then, said his visitor, at length
b eakine silence, that You are penitent and
Signed-ihar YOU desire 10 make peace wit. every
body (nparilcuar, with YOUR wife who Ia, brought
yoa to tins :; and th,tyou ash no greater favor than
to be carried to yburn a. soon a. possible hat
being the case had better leave. am not . 'od
0u,.o 30. ,dIl ,., -, I'D tho o,bs, f,r..l,.
.,ba, b,,. ond - y,b H.. 1o,,:
that brought me here Has my whole life, for
eghtand-twenty years, been oac perpetual strug-
gle und resistance. and do you 'hink want to lie
down and die Do all men shrink from DEATH
most OF all
Rolgc-bu, n no, call Won that oo,,jn-;ban any
thing yo,, bny. s,id ,c, returned he blind ,,,1
s,,ank;yr mar, ,,,,II,arly s,d I,y,r h. b,,Jnr,
his arm. Look yc-I never killed = man nv
self. for have never been placed in position
that made it worth NV While Farther, am no,
an advocate for nllliag men. and do n think /