Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-11-01

va "S'NS v SaVNn ih suSn space as lHO |
score yeafs and lenl
AZ the sun an hour ere setting, casts |
long and slanling shadows 80 The eastward, !
1.-Two men, WitheTed, with hair thin and |
snowy, came weariiy up from opposite !
diTe6'lons, and stood at tomb built on
the borders of a fair airriVer-Why do they
start as each casts his dim eye at The 9th
erf Why do tears drop dowa their
cheeks, and their frames trenbIe even
more than with the fssGleness Of agei
They are the long separated brethercn,
and teey enfold themselves in one anolh>
cts arms.
"And yet" said Mnk, after few mo.
mems, stepping back and gazing earnest
IL upon his form and features, "and yet il
wonders me thou art my brother. There
should be a brave and beautiful youth,
with black curls upon his head, I'd not
those pale cmbIems Of decay. And my
brother should be straight and nimblc-
not bent and tOltering as thou"
The speaker cast second and search
ing glance-a glance Of discomfort.
'And l." rejpined Nmhar, "might re-
Eqnirc from my brother, rot such sbrivcll.
ed limbs as I see, and instead of that
cracked voice, the full swelling music Of
! a morning heart-but thai half century
ia fearful melier of co7neliness and of
strength; for half a century it is, dear
brother, since my hand touched thine, OF
my gaze rested upon Thy face"
| Mark sighed and answered not.
Then in little while they made in.
nuiriss about what had befalien either
during The lime past Seated upon the
marble Gy, which they had met, Marx
briefly related his btory.
VI bethink NE, brother, many, many
1 years have indeed passed over since the
! sorrowfu day when our grandsire, dying
left Us 10 seek our fortunes amid wick
ed and seductive world.
"His last word, as thou doubtless dOs'
remember, advised us against the snaret
that should beset our subsequent jour.
neyings. He portrayed the dangers that
Holm The path of love; he impressed up
on our minds. the folly of placing conf
dence in human honor, and warned us tC
keep aloof from too close a communion
with our kind. He then died. but his IN
slFuctions live, aud have ever been pres
: ent in my memory.
. "Dear Nathan, why should conceal
f from you that at that ;itne loved, MY
simple soul ungifted with the wisdom Of
g our aged relative, had yielded 70 the de
4 lcious folly, and the brown eyed Ev'
$ was my young hearts choice. 0 broih
n er, even now, the feeble aud withereC
h thing am, dim recollecti6ns, pleasan
!. passlaes, come forth arocnd me, like
a Ioy Of old dreams, a boy, again, and il
d The confding heart of the boy, | walke'
r with Eva by The riger's banks. Aud tn
v gentle creature bluphes at my prctesta
# tions Of love, and leans her cheek JPoI
5, my neck. The. regal sun goes down il
J. the west, and erse upon the glory Of tn
/. cloud that attend his setting, and Will
/, we look al their fantastic changes, laug
sounds out, clear like flute aud meTr
IN as the jinglng of silver bells. 1t is tn
u laugh of Eva" :.
The eve Of the old man glistened wit
k. unwontes brightness. He paused, sigh
), ed, and the brightness faded away, an
,e he went on with his narration.
d. Gas said, the dying lessons OF BIZ
whom we reverence were treasured
e. my soul. Icould not feel their Truth
e: feared that it again stood beside II
rs maiden luf my love, and looked upon b
il face, and listaned TO lFer words, Il
wholesome axioms might bs blotted fro
A. NV thought: so | determined to act
ID. became man; from that hour ne
.ts. or have beheld the brown ey
I've Eva.
er 81 went amid the world. Acting
il on the wise principles which our ag
friend taught US. lOokeduPon eve
AN. thing With suspicious eyes. A'as! tou
les il buttoo true that iniquity and deceit
no I4he tuling spirits ofmeD.
no, nSome called me cold, calculating,'
des unamiable; but it'wss their own INV
,our thjness that made me appear 60 IN u
arm. ewes. am not, naturally, of proud
= ~ tsnulsive manRer but was determI
xeyer TO give my friendship merely to
old Blown On again. il might chan's
o,nb feather by the wind; pcF ln;sTweay!e
lii cou,se ofliFe with those that very IN
would draw all the advantages OF
than connexion, and leave me no better !
emily before s,ccsss a,
nOni 4 81 engaged ~ 'tanc. ,S.t nv gond
each ded me-. Enemies say La%cs ~" bnt Tx
I'D al tune paathe result o. c!ut ;,dicions sys
isre; pit 10 Ee Inc ttg.t Of 'ne JaJ me- in msi
efore, OF cautoa-"hleh gyt gI,.a of social L
to be Of BUSINESS as we" .
er course Irl ,,,
iobs '1y Gro.nGr' "n ma mus f i have been 6
= - naar brother, truth ilDpels me to SO
Gu dns :" YET assuredly, if few gliye'ing plea
= and ralnisteredto me on my journey, !