The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1845-09-20
.ELD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1915.


| into the mysteries of the game. Every one takes.
| and makes the best ofall the advantage which is
placed in hIs hands, without caring for any other
| welfare than his own What is it to get mans
services for the lowest possible price, which you
have just owned as universal practice, but to
swinde him out of that which justly belongs to
him, and all because il is in ones power 10 do so'
| All business is system Of gambling with marked
cards, in which the ignorant are the dupes. There
is no difference except 10 name. There is not an
honest man on earth; fthere is, / pity him." M
"This is false, Wilson; such reasoning may
serve to keep your conscience quiet for a time,
butt cannot serve you long. You know that tits
not true. The world is bad enough without such
| a coorng as this And, as for honest men, you
may as well keep your sympathy to yourself, for
even though they starve, they do SO with wealth
far richer than the mines OF Golconda, preserved
in their own bosoms;a wealth, too, which will not
be scattered TO the four winds at the hour of
| death" 14 -! NJ FsHe nira1 1vi ... t5
| "Ahem, !" said Wilson with sneer, 81 did not
know you were SO pious. | am glad the world
uses you so well as to merit your high opinion oft
| Twas mistaken thought it did not" -.vg a.5l
Itmlght not have been strange, perhaps, in his
present destitute and discouragng situation, if Ar
thur had been mdre ready to lend an ear to the
poisonous philosophy of Wilson; but he had prn-
ciple 10 protect him. and penetration to detect the
flimsy nature of his speclous arguments. Little
| had he learned Of the world, when with many
brilliant air castle giittering before him, he desert
ed the home of his childhood, and threw himself,
penness and friendIess into the tumultuous ocean
Of humanity, to win his way unaided to the pin
nacle of fame. During the years that had passed
away since then, he found that he had not only
been unable to rise above the tide, but had scarce
ly succeeded in supplying his own wants. and now
actual poverty stared him in the face. Every one
who has made the attempt knows well that it is no
easy matter for aperson 10 earn his living, where
he has neither money nor friends to assist him at
the outset and, besides this Arthur was too proud.
too sensitive, to get on well in the world, in the
position in which he had placed himself. He had
been reared in afluence, and twas far more diff
cult for him TO buffet the storms Of lfe than if his
native energies had been called out in the school
ofpoverty He had read glaring descriptions of
the fortunate few, who from humble stations in
life had risen TO eminence and power, but he had
not read the hearts of the multitude ofmankind,
who had poured over these tales with an enthusi-
equal to his own; and launched their barks up
on the sea life, destined for the sane glittering
port; nor did he know that, amid that multitude,
there was not one in a thousand, whose bark was
not soon wrecked upon some hidden shoai or
quicksand. II may be true that "every mans for
tube.isin his own hands, but it is no less tue
that Fortune is jade which many do not know
how TO manage and never will. And, as for fame,
it is the merest accident in the world,
"Full many gem Of purest ray serene ...g
The dark uniathomed caves Of ocean bear"
And there is no doubt, also, many gem in the
ocean Of mankind, that no chance wave will ever
bring to light The requisite qualities for hero
being given, the voice which heralds them to the
world is merely circumstantial. arls
"Occasion makes the man." No one can as
sumo the rens Of power unless they fall within his
reach. And though there be7"a tide in the affairs
ofmen," it is not every one who knows at what
time it goes out. Arthur had not learned this un-
der the roof where he was born, but he had ere
this seen enough of adversely, to have been induc
ed to return to his friends, had henot been to
proud to do SO. He had committed himself, and
he could not bear the thought Of returning to the
house he had left with such high hopes, in poverty
and dis race. How many of the actions. and
opinions OF mankind, are hinged on this one thing;
in an unguarded moment they have committed
themselves, and now they will not retract
CHAPTER III. s-l
"Marion. Col LIS below, and has inqui-
red for you" GOO
Marion's pale face grew paler than usual she