Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-04-20
SELECTED MISCELLANY,

A LEAF FROM LIFE.

Hope ever gets the better of distrust"
8" We must part them" SAID RosaIie-
"is it so! An! Eugene, confess trem-
BE for YOU. Thrown oct under such cir
cumstanccs at this time Of lito, to push
your way into the world, what tolls, that
lsappointments and suffering may await
you. What chance can there be for the
r9rqg, poor, and fricndless, where Pros
.s..Y a4gns at Misfortune, power tram
Pies upon weakness, and TrWpi@''"o
preys upon inexperienced
- A dreadful picture is that you have
drawn Of the great world. my dear Rosa
LEI" said Eugene smiling: Suppose We
view it in another light. Let us consider
It as one vast and glorious amPhjthcatre;
upon whose arena, genius aud industry,
cXcrtion and talent, arc striving for the
rewards which awaits the mertorious."
" And how many hearts" rcloned Ro-
sale sadly, are brokcI in the conflict
how many are troddcn down beneath the
feet Of the aspirants! Hone succeeds, yet
how many fails! Besides, others have
friends to help them on-you have none.
None bat one, and she can only aid YOU
bY her prayers. Others have wealth, you
are poor. Your path is solitary before
yol-ncither influence or fortune smiles
upon it,
as it then under the most favorable cir
cunstanccs that the greatest aud most sue
ccssrul characters are formed" replied
Eugene proudly. +" Tire oak OF the noun
tain or forest. is not maturcd in a hot
house, but strikes its roots, rcars its
branches, amid the winds and storms Of
4 It's native skies. Look around YOU, Ro-
i salie.
Is it the nursing Of wealth, Of fortune,
who has handled into manhood on the lap
o.Prospcrity, who carries away this worlds
honors' or wins its mighliest inhuenco!-
or, is il not rather the man whose earlier
Years, like mine, were scarcely cheered
By a single proller Of aid, or smile Of APP
probation, and who mas drawn from adj
,cr<ity, tho elements Of greatness! You
,aae it for granted that | shall be weak,
Il unsuccessful. unfortunate, | have the con-
\ fl nee to believe that shall be neither
:. You know not the future, my dear
N4Ecuc,-IIow many misforunes may be
8 store for vou--at the boSt, how much
I'D, how many anXctjes, how many sOr-
4 rows. NAV cluster around your destined
alth, and must inevitably attend you upon
The duties and difficulties Of the most ardu-
4 us Of professions"
'Out upon the, for bird o, i'll omonF
4 sand Eugene, laughing. DO You not
/ .a5w that fortune eycrilecs the fam, heart.
& Md as to difficulties. the greater the con-
lest. the greater the glory. You speak
sorrows-thoy are in degree the COM
non lot of all"
Bat most have friends or other bless
1 4Is 10 aid in bearing them.
u "Truc.'
Bat you, if YOU fail-it your ravoro-
i o objects cude your grasp-it your Vi
4 son Of ambition flee before you, or van
Il ,aes away If treachery botravs and
II wounds vou-what have You then for con-
n >,atjon!"
"Hopc, Resale, hope, and your dear
4 u1."
7 Nouscnse-thisi is noDscnsc, Eugene. y
II by your leave no, and SO says that
{ smile, which, pardon me, demands return.
81 Iarre,-I'vo done the decd.-and now
,..r.r me to tell YOU, Resale. tha; there is
y r,fhinr which industry will not achieve,
Il aba, combined with perseverance,, and
1 rcc,cd with an undivided aim. 10 one
! --cat object Think you that poverty is 4
sure prelude Of failure! DO YOU rccoIicct
4 what Ragjdcou, the counsellor Of Joseph
4 10. told her on the eve Of her marriage
4 With Napoleon! You are about to do a
Il solish thing Madame; YOU are going 10
4 marry a man who has nota second SHIRT 10
\ lis back"
1 "Bat YOU are not exactly Bonapar;e'
1 ]a7nrehcnd." said Resale smiling
4 "Uumphl Well never mind / like
4 splendid examples
"Bonopartc was soldier anu not a
4 aver, He was also aided by q concur
ranco Of accidental circumstances, con
,olod Resale.
"Wcll, we will talk Of lawyers, then.
/ wealthy EngIishman once asked Lord