Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-02-03

a kind friend 10 me, aud even Tor HAT onu, hnge
grown 81 far worldly wise rs to feel that you had
justice aud reason on your side. had 10 right
to wish to reduce your laughter TO beggary.'
And within this hour | have been Wishing
that hud not denied you. lsabea's feelings were
with you, and should not then have left her a
lone IN the world
! Il thank you for that wish returned lie soldier
holding out his hand which the stock. iobllrr
shook, and trusl that brighter days are il
for us all
II ann ruined man exclaimed tie stcck.iob.
her 'N0lhipg cnu save me ! will not live to he
pncd and despiscdp
Il can save YOU replied The soldier.
'Pshaw? exclaimed The stock johhcr. You
hive nothing but your pory pny, and owe sew
en'y Thousand poundsn
mo n'n,ler, replied Lincoln, seven though it
were double! have been growing worldly wise
since last saw you. | own 10 you that ! am
tired with this mean position which ! fill in The
world. | confess thai love the ense and the de.
terence that wait on wealth fully believe that
never eau acquire these by AIRY OF those slow
processes by which other men delve on at the
rate OF half-crOwn profits and am venturing all
upon mastery siruke? Mr. Ellison will you
come into my terms? If show you road to a
prncely fortune, 10 he made in II day, will you
give me half Of it aud Isabella
, Something like the ck-Dobbers old scorninl
smile broke over his haggard face as he answered.
remember telling you that you were y'ung,
and no" am wondering how you have grown
SO 0td in 80 short ne.'
A little flush OF embarrassment broke over the
soldier $ face
Tin mingIiug with the world, MIR. Ellison we
grow worldly TOO and perhaps it was yourself who
gave me one of my first lessons, Is it or is it not
a bargain p
Are you not too sanguine about the mea1s|
'lf So of course miss the eud.'
i well, have nothing TO lose, replied the stock
: ljobber Il fear you are too crednlous--nr per-
d hsps you are only cheating me into another day
!! Of life.
y Is il a barganp
IS "A bargain, aud my hand and word upon it,
y And now for he neals.'
IS Hank ,ou,' said the soldier. D. you see his
soil and blood upon my rloties, aud this wear and
- ear upon my budy: We have hnd II battle, and
y ICON it, Yau know how that will affect the nVury
IS uarketn
y sHap exclaimed tho stock. jolhpr. staggering
back for support against he stone ba'us'"r. Il
ID see see You not mud not an enthusiast
~ not fool!
Il told YOU was getting worldly wise repIied
N TIE soldier. Now do yon how the way lies 3?
Ie how the slukes must he played? Is IL moi g0-
i rious game?
p Does any one know; does any one know"
I'd hreathlessly exclaimed the stock JUbher. Are
ot YOU sure ?-sure 2
I! 'As sure as of my own existence We left Inc
Ill battle field while It's suokc had barely ro ed away.
10. accompanied the express, not officially, BAT 10y
r. permission, and yesterday ] invented ~ eyrusc
ny 10 leave II - tukeu al nome HiNG-f hph
what -- was sickly and sentimental. They thought
" | was branching off into the country, while | did
III bu, leave them TO odts,rp ieif 81 eed hni hasten
N to you. Not soul in this vast metropolis knows
or syllable of the matter, and cannot uDIl night al
RI the soonest You cannot guess what eSerlions
~ have made 10 outstrp the news got here riding
:lr express lii n mailman but an hour ago aud post
- ed myself in front Of your dwelling, intending
as only wait until the morning fairly dawneh be-
I'D fore reused you. trust II was your GOO. geu-
III tIats iltf;r,
hs saw, You, and
NJ No more Of hat = snd the stock jnhIrr, who
~, was nIreay ashamed OF his c0"ardiy pnrpose.-
Ter How wonderfully differently men both feel aud
* reason under different circumstances!
do Stocks have hern eartuill depressed, raid old
lo' Ellison. I'VE most bny to the largest umonnt-
eel. We must buy buy buy! Iiow gIoriously they
ND will run UP to-Inorrow! Lincoln we stall make
eni priucey fortunes. We wall dram The market to-
he day, aud to-morrow shall be the richest men
&c, in Eugnud There has been panic over every
nd hing. iiad Napoleon won lis game we should
III have lost ouIsn
m I'VE fought like mad !! said the soldier You
lie will utmost smile when tell you that lie com
NJ ,nander in chie and poor Lieutenant Lincoln had
M every thing at stake On HAT battle field he al
my that he had, all that hoped Tor; and we fought
,de accordingly, like tIenZed men. When ] saw
Sod that we had won, was half wild with hopes ant
fears and # they had not permitted me 10 accom-
nan pany The express, should have deserted. have
lgs, that shall die of fatigue. shall hardly he nb
eS 10 carry these poor limbs away from this spo!'
yer 'You shall 20 home with me- sad the stock
jdy jOher yon shail ~ home WIN ne nhd res
while do my days work You shall rest wills
her labor. All, how shall labor! Tunurrow W
: II shall he rich men
f. Il cannot 60 home with yOn, said Lincoln. :
has could see Isabella in this guse; should rlgh
Nn- en- and disgust her. No, will drag myself mt
the nearest hotel, and sleep away the hours, " hill
y Iy. pat,luu in utIr All
re; Promise une hing, SAID the stock Jobbe
rent - promise ,Lui YOU " Ill ne,er hint or breath
but IA word 10 isabella any olhGr person OF Tho WI
owl madness that possessed me this night
ull- On my hunor,' said the soldier. And now &
md and hny up every thing before YOU
ter Never doubt me- replied The slock-iohher =
or will buy buy buy Tomorrow we shall be I"
tail o. The richest men in England. Ha! ba! ha :
'uat, Tia ha IF! la! Ina?
3a.h Ey pryh body thought the old Stock iolher INA
IGN on that day which came usheIed IN appar, u
UT the last Of his credit aud the asi Of his uAiS,en
'nu' bnying up The market To such yHsi extent NJ
49,, did. Very cunning men looked kn"wmei!
''h' each other, wnked and shouk their bends, ~
look whispered together and iheu offered To 40 has
ness with him. Aud old Ellison accepted al ile
I'VE, offers, so that NJ lie close OF the day there was
iHn' general opinion current on tue Stock ENci'ang
EAU that the old iohher had turned cut an od io"h
W A week aiiprlh great wedding iesiI!Ihts We
,"Ne celebrated in Bedford squire. Isabella made II
pretes bride in The world IN her blonde M
o'k- white satin aud Lieutenant Llnrun ote ~ Il
nave most gallant of brIdegroulns. EvelMdy :"
mn how handsome was the one, hnd how fortuna
y our WINS The olher but the great wonder yves Ut u
Ellison's extreme disIilerssielness and grhei Us
w. IL was hule less than miraculous IhaI n q
'he stock I0hber should give away his daughter ana
. Tor hundred thousand pounds TO mere lieutrnal
rock ,yho Ind MOI n fnrthiup in the world Ii sides
49, pay. Yet so IL wns and the world alec lnlei VI
oil iha al fNn