Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-01-19

ior MS blindness If he closed his eyes to the adj
! yantnges which stared him in the face He would
not he selfish Allcfaft should share in the re.
ward lie, who had acted so friendly part TO him,
should he repaid for his noble conduct. Share
aud share alike should be his motto. And he
would not hesitate or postpone his intention. lie
would look thoroughly into tho affair ut once, aud
| 60 boldly forward 1t should be his pleasure and
ms prlde to greet aud surprise his partner with
me unexpected news tho moment he refurned.-
sweet nro the visions of life, sleeping waking.
IL IS The substance Of the truth that pass like iron
10 The soul, aud kin it, Poor Plunner.
CHAPTER VA LANDED PROPRIETOR.
afer Micbael had spent month in France, he
discovered that he must still travel on, and sill
sacrlhce time and exeron, if he hoped to bring
ms unfortunate parents affairs to satisfactory
issue Many Thugs had happened, since his ar
rNhi. 10 give INN great pain mud annoyance. In
tie first place, he had learned with a sickeninQ
heart, that the private debts of his father consider
I nhly exceeded IN amount those which had appear
'l Ia The tcst1nlcniary memorandum. lie had
ssen, wuh his own eyes, his father acknowledg-
nlent OF liabilities, the existence hf which was
mus revealed to him for the first time In lis
immediate and vioiont disgust he burned to ex-
pose his parents cnpidiiy aud dishonesty, and to
rd himself OF the burden which lc had vollln,a.
fiY assumed us his own; but PRIDE shame, and
o'ler low incentives, came between him and tho
iulil meat 81 rash resolution, and he hud nothing
TO 90 but to look his difficulty fully and bravely
III Inc lace. In nddIon to ihIs trial, he found it
n ceSsary to proceed without delay MS TAR eastward
rs vienna: for tuher his chief creditor had taken
y mset on urgent business, which threatened to
Ceialn nun on the spot till the following year.
Nor was his all; Lyonese merchant, who held
on Alcrnlt's note Of hand for considerable sum
ndVnhced under assurance of early payment, had
grown obstinate and resve with anxiety and dis
appointment. lie insisted upon the instant dis
rafti nj o,h.
hours grace. 70 rid himself of this plague Mi
ciae! had not he-!tated TO draw upon his house
Tor suni somewhat greater than five hundred
pounds The act had not been committed with
out some distress OF niDd-somc murnuripps of
colscIencei bui the necessity was great-lhe
cGmpulSioH not 10 be avoided. To nut an end to
al further inporiuuao demands, he posted into
Austria fast "a he could be conveyed. The chief
creditor was destined TO be Alichlrps chief misery
lin was IN Obduratc, unyleIding man, and after
days Of negotiations, would finally listen to nothing
hui The chlnk OF The gold tia, was due to HIM;
and how much that was, Michael dared nor trust
hIuiSef 10 think. Now what was TO be done p
TO draw again upon the bank to become him
sci 10 his partners an example of rectlessness aud
eNiraVdsAhce, was out of the question. ila had
but Que course before him. and it was one lie had
soemnIy vowed never TO adopt. To beg loan
iroln his vile so early in the morning of their
union, seemed u thing impossbe-at least il
b'nshcd upon him, aud there remained chance,
n nope OF escaping e miserable alternative. But
~ mo creditor got clamOrous, mud every prospect
OF sa,i-iy ing MS demand every means save one
grew dim, and sbadowy, and blank, The wrongful
ness, the Improperly, Of making an appeal TO her,
whose heart was willing as her baud was able to
release him from despair, became less evident ard
by degrees not evident al all. Ii would have been
well for Allcrail, and for Margaret TOO, had the
lnt'er resisted his demand, or opposed il with one
kInd word or renions,rance.
Mlchne! was prepared for this and the genllest
opposition would have saved them both. But
what did Margaret possess, which she wished not
10 share with him who was her iGul-dearer to
her than her llo-thc Joy and light of lie! II.
limited his request; she hardly suffered him TO
hint 1t. She placed her substance at his com.
mand, and bade bin use ii. Like guilty nun
one guilty OF the first bat heavy Misunderstanding
and lanering, Michael thanked his Margaret for
The loan and promised speedy payment, and VOW
ed that lac would beg no more Fond Margaret
site Kissed the vow away, and babe him clear his
brow, smile and he happy. II was womans
part wEo loves not wisely but well. The day that
gave him the means OF satisfying the claims Of one
great creditor, bound AlIcrait closely to an
other; but he reoicod al his success, which brol'
linn temporary ease, and he congratulated himself
upon his deIWerGuce from failure and exposure.
There was little 10 do. The laty's broker was
written TO; The legal adviser of the gentleman, at
MlchaeiS own request, prepared all instrument TO
secure repayment of The loan; the money came !;
the debis OF hiIcrut senior, to the last iartling
were discharged, aud scarcely discharged before
Michael, eager an | anxious 10 he at home Quilted
VIenhn, ready TO lrnycl by night and by day, and
longing 10 feel bis footing safely in tie banking
house again.
II IS now proper to say that the very day that
M!chacls draft for five thousand pounds applied
Tor honorable reception Nj the counter of his most
IBSDCCtuUie Inv a
dence another demand, Tor double that amount,
appeared there likewise not in the shape of
cheqHe or written order hut in that of request
personal and oral, proceeding from The proud aud
beh born lips OF Waiter Bellamy, Esq lord ofIhe
hanor-genleHan and banker. Mr.. BeIlamy
was not The first man, by a great number, who has
attempted TO cloIhe and conceal real poverty in
the safely apparel oiarrogance and offensive self
suliicieuey. lie, II man of the world, knew well
enough, thus Disguised, necessity never need fear
discovery might look and laugh, in secret, at
mankind-night feed and thrive upon its faults
and weaknesses. How comparatively easy il is
TO avoid The shoals aud rocks of life to sail smooth
y ard pleasantly on its waters when we take Tor
our rudder and our guide the worlds great axiom,
RICHES ARE NIRTUE-PovERTY is VICE."-
"Assume tie uiriVe, il you have it not y assume
IFS shows ana appearances, lis tricks its offences,
and lis crimes, ruther than confess y our nuked-
ness. BE liberal aud prodiga ii il need be- with
lug; ddOrn with velvet and with silk the body
that grows sick for lack Of wholesome food bribo,
beyonLih eir expectation, The pampered things in
livery that stand between you aud the glory you
uspiIe to-bribe them, though 10 part with your
money is 10 lose your meal.
Upon this broad principle it was that Waller
Bethany existed ~ virtue oft he held lands, and
by lis means lac had become partner in The bank,
M active one, us very soon he proved himself 10
be. His properly wac estimated by shrewd cal
cualors TO he II hundred thousand pounds--lhat,
al the very least and bcamy chuckIed at his
ircslde- no one beng hy--ay the universal gulla-
bldny of man. A hundred thousand pounds =
why, he could not, nj any one period during the
last twenty years, command many iarlhngs.
What tight had strangers TO caculele for him ?
What right had Allcrait to depend on such calcu.
luons |? We may well ask the question since hlr.
Eellnmy did SO, when he underworld, us the worst
OF us will do to justify bad conduct 10 faithful
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