Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-10-27

knee deep in'water, eN,iTely surrounded,
with a trick ia each band, and Il face
expressive Of the most hdg getting ankle.
y-,he most laug gh,er- moving picture
Imaginable. .-
villa ha hap' broke out on all sides
and the roars Of mirlh seemed as thoush
they would never die AWAY.
"Throw Inc a hoard, ;" cried John.
"Time enough" responded merry
little urchin, aud this again brought on
another fit Of laughing
However, we threw him board, aud
soon released him from his uncomfortable
situation, into which he had Introduced
himself, by putting OF leaving the pier
" until II was too late.
1t were superfuous, nay. perhaps tire
some, TO some OF our readers, Ia dwell
long upon the many lang liable inc idenls
of John Browns school days. We,
therefore, pass on Ia notice one or two
that occurred after he had left school,
and when between the ages Of Eighteen
and twenty five.
Johns father had died when he was
ten years oi age, leaving a moderate
fortune To the widow and our iriend.-
Therefore, John did not trouble himself
about obtaining trade or profession,
but settled himself comfortably at home
and employed himself by reading, and
such other anuseinenis as are sought
utter by intelligent minds.
Now, John was great lover Of books
and one day he had seated himself
comfortably in the little parlonr at home,
with most Interesting volume in his
hand, when "ding- a-ling ding" goes the
door-bell, and shortly after The servant
enters with letter.
"Well, Thomas" said John, scarce
raising his eyes from the book, "what
now Z"
"A letter, sir, by the Boston post"
"A letter for me -
"For you, SIR" And Thomas laid
il upon the table before him.
He broke The seal, and read as fol- !
lows
"DEAR SIR-Haste with all possible
speed, by the next mail, to Boston. -
Your uncle is nearly in the last ex,remi- |
~ Of disease, and will perhaps not last
iwenty-lour hours louger. He has ex-
pressed great desire for your presence,
and perhaps IL will not be TO your disad /
vantage to comply with his request.
II have the honor TO remain,
"Your Obj. servant,
"RoBERT GREY,
"Atiorney al Law.
"Io John Brorn, Esq"
John stood considering for few mo-
mcnis.
Yes! | must CO." muttered he -
"Hrre, Thomas, get me few clothes
ready IN n porimanteau. ! must leave
for Boston in the two o'clock train il is |
nov Twelve"
Yes ] must CO." he repeated -
"The old gentleman is very rich-worih !
two or three hundred thousand-wants
,o see me before he dies. must CO.
III get ready Immediately" And he /
was about to leave the room for that pur-
pose.
"Siop, though-there's time enough
III first sit down and finish this volume. "
No sooner said than done and SO in
ierestcd IN the book did John become,
That he entirely forgot his Intended Jour
ncy. Time passed unheeded. AT length
in rushed Thomas.
1T wants but ten minutes Of two, sir /
the cars will leave you behind"
"Only ten minutes of two Run for
your life, Thomas hurry with my bay
gage to the depot quick quick IN
tollnw instantly =" \
Away went Thomas with all possible
speed. John stopped not long TO make
much change Of habiiments, but hurried
on after him. The place from whence
the cars started was some ten or twelve
squares distant, and ten minutes was a \
short space oi time to walk it in. How
ever, away they went, shot foot"
They arrived within two squares OF
tie depot the cars were just moving off.
Thomas, who was a small distance ahead
of his master, took to running so did
our friend Away they went, like
couple Of frightened horses, putting and
blowing at a great rate-laster, faster,
and yet still faster. They reached the
depot. II
"Stop -the-cars !" shouted Thomas,
almost out of breath
IC'SCnOOu OuT
friend. II
"Whiz- whiZ-whz :" went the To-
comoiivc, whirh was now pretty con-
siderably ahead, and "whiz -whiz-
whiz /" it kept on, drowning all their
cries 10 stop.
Al that remained now was TO go home,
and quietly await until o'clock in the
evening, when the next train would start
And SO John did, but it was too late.
The old man breathed his last but an
hour before he arrived, bequeathing his
large fortune 10 n distant relative, which
he said, ia his will, he had fully Intended
to leave to his nephew, had he obeyed
his wishes, and haslened 10 receive his
last sigh. {
Thus John Brown lost, as a down-eas-
ter would say, 'preity considerably" by ii
this habit Of putting things off. John I
was outrageously angry with himself, yet
il did not work cure upon him, as we {
will show by the following incident-the I
inost important, and the last we shall give I